List of Faith No More band members

The American band Faith No More has had nearly fifteen known band members, many for such a short period of time they were not documented, including: five vocalists, including Mike Morris; seven guitarists, also including Mike Morris; as well as two keyboardists; one drummer; and one bassist.

Faith No More
Years active	1979–1998 2009–present

The band, consisting of Mike Morris, Billy Gould, Wade Worthington, and Mike Bordin, first formed in 1979 under the name Faith No Man, recording just one release. Wade left shortly afterward and was replaced by Roddy Bottum. In 1982 the entire band, minus Mike Morris, quit to form Faith No More. During this time they went through the majority of their long list of vocalists and guitarists, Courtney Love being the third and longest-standing vocalist at the time.[1] They then settled on Chuck Mosley and Jim Martin, with whom they recorded and released their first two studio albums, We Care a Lot and Introduce Yourself. After the tour for Introduce Yourself the band fired Mosley and hired Mike Patton from the experimental band Mr. Bungle. This was Faith No More's longest-standing lineup and featured the most releases, including the studio albums The Real Thing and Angel Dust. Following the departure of Jim Martin in late 1993 the band went without a guitarist until starting the writing of the follow-up to Angel Dust, King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, for which they hired Trey Spruance, also of Mr. Bungle. Spruance left before the tour and was replaced by Dean Menta. Menta was then replaced by Jon Hudson before the recording of the band's final album, Album of the Year. Faith No More split up in 1998.[2]

On February 24, 2009, Faith No More announced they would be re-forming for a European tour that began in June in Brixton Academy, London and then Download festival in Donington Park, the UK's biggest rock festival.[3] Since their reformation, the lineup has been identical to the final lineup prior to the band's 1998 breakup.

Members

Current members

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Mike Bordin	1981–1998, 2009–present	Drums, percussion, backing vocals	All Faith No More releases
	Billy Gould	1981–1998, 2009–present	bass, lead guitar, backing vocals
	Roddy Bottum	1983–1998, 2009–present	Keyboards, piano, keytar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
	Mike Patton	1988–1998, 2009–present	lead vocals, samples	All Faith No More releases since The Real Thing (1989)
	Jon Hudson	1996–1998, 2009–present	Lead guitar, backing vocals	Album of the Year (1997), Sol Invictus (2015)

Former members

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Mike Morris	1979–1983	Lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar	As Faith No Man, "Quiet in Heaven", "Song of Liberty" (1982)
	Wade Worthington	1979–1983	Keyboards, backing vocals
	Courtney Love[4]	1983–1984	Vocals	None
	Mark Bowen	1983–1984	Lead guitar
	Chuck Mosley	1984[5]–1988	Lead vocals	We Care a Lot (1985), Introduce Yourself (1987)
	Jim Martin	1983–1993	Lead guitar, backing vocals	All Faith No More releases from We Care a Lot (1985) to Angel Dust (1992)
	Trey Spruance	1993–1994	Lead guitar	King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime (1995)
	Dean Menta	1995–1996		King for a Day single b-sides
	Robin Guy	1997	Drums	None (Depped for Mike Bordin on Top of the Pops)

Timeline

References

1. Aswad, Jem (May 1992). "Faith No More: Angel Dust in the wind". Issue 25. Reflex Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Faith No More Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
3. Adams, Jason. "Faith No More reunion update: 'We Care a Lot' because this is 'Epic'!". Entertainment Weekly. February 23, 2009.
4. "7 musicians who got fired, and the strange reasons why - BBC Music". 21 May 2018.
5. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/10/chuck-mosley-former-lead-singer-of-faith-no-more-dies-at-57