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"Epic" is a song by American rock band Faith No More. It was released as the second single from their third album, The Real Thing (1989), in 1990 in United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. The song was the band's breakthrough hit, peaking at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 , number two in New Zealand, and number one in Australia ...
Faith No More's lyrics have been described as "bizarrely humorous". When interviewed about his lyrics, Patton responded, "I think that too many people think too much about my lyrics. I am more a person who works more with the sound of a word than with its meaning. Often I just choose the words because of the rhythm, not because of the meaning ...
Billy Gould (pictured in 2009) has writing credits on every studio album released by Faith No More. Faith No More collaborated on two songs for Plagiarism, a 1997 album by Sparks (pictured in 1974). The Virus 100 Various Artists compilation contains a cover of Dead Kennedys' "Let's Lynch the Landlord" (singer Jello Biafra pictured). Mr.
The Real Thing is the third studio album by American rock band Faith No More, released on June 20, 1989, by Slash and Reprise Records.It is the first album to feature singer Mike Patton, following the dismissal of previous vocalist Chuck Mosley.
Faith No More's The Real Thing was released in 1989. The album reached the top 20 on the US charts, thanks largely to MTV's heavy rotation of the "Epic" music video, (which features Patton in a Mr. Bungle T-shirt). [42] Faith No More released three more studio albums—Angel Dust, King for a Day...
The original version of the song was one of the first five songs finished for We Care a Lot, recorded before the band received financial backing for the album [4] at Prairie Sun Studios in Cotati, California, and was re-recorded, with some updated lyrics, for their major label début Introduce Yourself in mid-1986 at Studio D in Sausalito, California.
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During the tour supporting their third album, The Real Thing, Faith No More recorded their only live album, Live at the Brixton Academy, and released their first hit single, "Epic". [2] Their fourth studio album Angel Dust was released in 1992 with their final two number-one singles, " Midlife Crisis ", [ 3 ] and the Lionel Richie cover " Easy ...