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Latercera.com recently posted a brief interview with Billy Gould….in spanish:

Faith No More: “Great moments of the band that happened in Chile”
Billy Gould, bear of the band, speaks of its return, the future and shows that will offer in Santiago.

“These days, Faith No More takes a breather. A few weeks off before starting the second coming of The South American tour, the tour back in July, the group revived, 11 years after its dissolution. And in an unprecedented gesture at the meeting of one of the most important rock bands of the 90s, its bassist and founding member, Billy Gould, interrupted his break to talk with La Tercera. The highlights of entry: “On this tour we are not giving any interviews, this is a special case,” the massive man in charge of the four strings of the group that next October 29 will offer a gala show at Teatro Caupolicán and next day will hold its reunion with the masses in the Estadio de La Florida

“We decided to talk because what happened in Chile is very crazy,” Gould said. “Chile is one of the most special places for the group. I mean you. Great moments in the history of the band have happened there and feel a very powerful energy. We are very aware of the expectation of our visit, if this is not for Chile, we would not have given this interview, “says the man who come together on the group for the third time the country after a bizarre debut at the Festival de Viña 1991 and a return that had received thousands of spitting in the hectic closing Monsters of Rock Festival 1995 at Teatro Caupolicán.

What do you remember Viña?
Vina was incredible. We thought it was a rock festival. When we started playing there was a family audience thought we were a band of pop. Many people did not understand what is ours, many people hated him and there was another that I liked. Definitely do not pass unnoticed.

Do you remember the spit of 1995?
It was crazy. There was a very different energy from Vina.

“Bad energy?
No, no, quite the contrary. It was one of the most intense shows I can remember. It was one of those nights where everything is on, I remember we played very fast.

A RETURN HERMETIC
Since the group announced its return through a statement on its official site, there have been no new developments to the new dates that had joined the tour that revisits songs from the six albums between 1985 and 1997 – and ending in March 2010 in Australia.

Do you prepare something special for South America?
We’re taking songs that we have not touched on the reunion tour. Insurance that covers but will not tell you what. Every night is different, there is little, just two weeks.

What will happen to the group after the tour?
None of us know.

Right?
Yes, we have not sat down and talked much about it.

Can we expect new songs by Faith No More?
I’d love that to happen, but it’s something that just solve once we finish the tour. For now we are enjoying playing, we’re having a great time.

Great old school Faith No More article by Jai Young Kim. Includes loads of Trey!

http://www.scaruffi.com/interv/fnm.html

I wonder if it was their jaded attitude to touring that put Trey off?

A big new John Zorn article has just been posted over at JazzTimes. Check it out here

Thanks to feelingkettle for the tip

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1605901/20090226/faith_no_more.jhtml

“Obviously, frontman Mike Patton is in, as is Gould. Founding members Mike Bordin (drums) and Roddy Bottum (keyboards) will be back for the reunion, as will guitarist Jon Hudson, who joined FNM for their last album, 1997’s Album of the Year. The band’s mid-’80s frontman, Chuck Mosely — who was replaced by Patton after being ejected for erratic behavior — and iconic guitarist Jim Martin — who split (or was fired) in 1993 — aren’t mentioned in the e-mail, though Gould does hint at their rather tumultuous exits from the band.”

Nice interview/article of Mike Patton at the AV Club

On voicing for Bionic Commando:

“I just did a make-up session where they were getting into the latter stages of the game, and lines have changed and things like that. It was much more sound effect type work. Like, “Imagine yourself falling from a 30-story building. Now imagine yourself tripping. Now imagine yourself getting hit by a lead pipe in the head.” And, you know, kind of improvising on the fly. That was pretty fun.”

On the first Bungle Album:

“Our first record was kind of a culmination of our teenage years. It’s all in there: pornography, videogames, death metal, and then some other leanings that came to us later, like some sound design stuff and a little bit of improv, some more compositional chops. Every record we made basically summed up five or 10 years of frustration.”

On Mondo Cane:

“What I did was I put a band together, like a 10-piece band, and I rehearsed them to death. Most of them are people my age, and yeah, they know this music very well or at least they know of it. What I did was I twisted the arrangements up to kind of make them my own. This stuff in some ways is kind of sacred and you don’t just wanna karaoke it. You don’t want to just play it A to Z. It’s an exciting prospect. So I did that and then we found an orchestra there in central Italy. I had some friends write some string arrangements and orchestral parts out for me. We did several shows there, and now it’s kind of growing beyond that. We’re working with local orchestras in different countries.”

On the Fantomas hiatus:

“It’s slowed down a little bit because we’ve gotten distracted with other things, but I’ve started writing a new record. It’s gonna be a bit of a stretch for us. I want to try to make an all-electronic record. I’m trying to figure out how to do that, the practicalities of doing that. So I don’t think it will be out probably for another year, but the band is still very much in my mind.”

On Guitar Hero/Rock Band:

“If someone can do something creative with it, I’d buy it in a second. I mean, would you go see a band of 10-year-old kids playing original music on Rock Band? I would. I’m not saying I’ll like it, but I definitely would go see it.”

“We’ve always been a band that has an element of unpredictability,” Weinman says in vast understatement. “At the same time, there’s a lot of people who think our music is just noise. But everything we do has a purpose and has a meaning.”

Full article at Beat

And hilarity ensues…………….

As we got situated with the Rock Band setup, Patton quipped, “I already know how to sing, I want to learn something new,” and picked up one of the guitars. For this first gig, I decided to use Rock Band’s super-gentle learning curve, and put Patton on easy bass while I did medium drums and his manager, Werckman, eased in with easy guitar for Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So.”

Full article at GameTap