In their heyday, Faith No More were known for some of the most insane shows on the rock circuit, with maniacal frontman Mike Patton holding nothing back, regularly risking life and limb, both his own and his audience's. Since their 2009 reunion, the band — older and somewhat wiser — has been notably less wild in their onstage presentation, though the shows have still been extremely high energy and fully captivating, just a little more, you know, safe. That isn't too say that Patton hasn't come away with a few bruises — particularly to his pride.
When we caught up with bassist Billy Gould backstage at the Monster Energy Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, California, he discussed the reception to the group's triumphant comeback album Sol Invictus, what it's been like touring in this second iteration of the band, and more. He also shared a very amusing story of one of the group's more humiliating recent live experiences. "Couple shows ago we did, something extremely inappropriate happened to us," he told us. "We were playing and Mike did a stage dive and he landed ... Nobody caught him. Landed like 12 feet. He limped back onstage. We thought he really hurt his back. And it was quiet. Somebody else [shouted], 'You're old!' That was really inappropriate." Watch the full interview below.
