I’m still digesting the news of a Faith No More reunion tour. I saw Mike Patton a few years ago at the Astoria. He was spitting on fans who were shouting for an FNM song as he set up his gear. They got off light. I’ve seen him quite happily piss on people.

I saw FNM a lot back in the day. They signed my leather jacket one wet Manchester afternoon – I skipped an English lecture to meet them and I remember Patton seemed to be channeling R2-D2. My jacket had the FNM logo on it – he wrote SUCKS underneath. That was around the time of The Real Thing.

The only way I envisaged them back together in the same place was maybe in a courthouse after they pulled weapons on each other. I figured Patton was happy enough with his Zorn projects, Fantomas, Tomahawk and all the other weird shit he’s had me grinning at over the last few years. I’m not at all sure I want to see him back on stage with FNM.

I probably will get a ticket though. Just in case he pulls a knife.

Photo: Elbereth from Rijeka, Croatia with Mike Patton. Accidental double exposure via Riot Clit Shave

PS I love the way their news page just picks up where the last entry left off back in 1998