Monday, April 19, 2010 11:34AM - By Travis Woods
While all but the most committed devotees might haven given up the faith on Mike Patton’s most famous musical project amongst a seemingly endless barrages of his eccentric side projects—and I don’t care what you say, I dug Tomahawk—perhaps the single biggest surprise of Coachella’s three day weekend was the irreverent, muscular roar of Faith No More.
Still running strong from their 2009 reunion, one of the progenitors of the dubious rap-rock genre (forgive them, it wasn’t really their fault, and besides, frontman Patton has more charm, wit and talent in one fingernail than one thousand clones of Fred Durst—shudder—ever could have combined), tore into their set with humor and frenzy, opening with a hilariously schmaltzy cover of Peaches & Herb’s 1978 soul slowburn “Reunited,” as well as Michael Jackson’s “Ben,” while Patton stalked the stage in red, circa-1992 Boyz II Men-styled suit.
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Monday, January 26, 2009 6:00PM - By davidhall
If you’re a frequent internet music news surfer, you probably run into a lot of rumors, most of them based on one person’s hopefulness or assumptions. And you know what they say about assumptions…
Now you don’t want to to be an ass, and neither do we, so several times a week, Beatcrave will give you a quick list of recent rumors that have been denied or confirmed. Here’s the latest gab going around:
- A British journal claimed today that David Bowie was in talks with organizers for the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival with regards to revival show of the rock legend’s Ziggy Stardust persona. However, NME contacted a Bowie spokesperson this morning and was told that the singer has no plans to play the festival this year. Too bad, but it has been confirmed that Coachella did bid for Bowie last year, so a non-Ziggy-Stardust performance might still be possible.
- In other Coachella news, Faith No More frontman Mike Patton shot down rumors today that the band will reform for this year’s desert bash in April. However, Patton did reveal that he would perform at the festival alongside beatboxer/rapper Rahzel in support of an upcoming collaboration album between the two artists. The album’s release date has yet to be confirmed, but we’re likely to get lengthy preview at Coachella this year. Heck, maybe they’ll even surprise us with some Faith No More remix cuts.
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