In 1981, Bay Area California
musicians Mike "Puffy" Bordin, Billy
Gould, Mike Morris, and Wade Worthington formed a
band called Faith No Man. A year later when
Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy
Bottum, and Mike "The Man" Morris was
ousted, the group began calling themselves Faith No
More. After going through a series of singers which
included Courtney Love, the band was joined by Chuck
Mosely in 1983.
The same year, Jim Martin was recruited to replace
guitarist Mark Bowen. A four-song demo tape recorded
in 1984 led to the band's first real album, "We
Care A Lot," released on Mordam Records in
1985.
Within a year the band signed up with Slash Records,
and in 1987 their second album, "Introduce
Yourself," was released. The subsequent tour
brought Faith No More a good deal of press in
Europe, but when the tour was over the rest of the
band chose to fire Mosely due to his constant
drinking, limited vocal capabilities, and squabbles
with bandmates.
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