196 - Faith No More We Care A Lot 1985

The early days of Faith No More go back to the early eighties, 1982 to be exact, in San Francisco, when formed from the demise of a band called Faith No Man that featured original members of Faith No More: bassist William Gould, keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and drummer Mike Bordin. Faith No Man did not release any official recordings however. The name Faith No More derived from the previous name as sort of a spin off. The new band was formed, and with Bordin, Bottum and Gould, they recruited guitarist Jim Martin to play and went through a series of vocalists, including Courtney Love, before settling on Chuck Mosley. The band toured around California before releasing this debut album entitled We Care A Lot in 1985. This album is often forgotten and/or not appreciated by big fans of the band, or sometimes even completely unheard of by casual fans that are only familiar with the singles. This is largely due to the fact that Mike Patton is not the lead vocalist. Patton would take over in 1988, after Mosley was fired. The album opener and title track is one full of energy from Mosley with help of backing vocals.