Happy birthday Puffy

The man who belied that drummer hanging out with musicians gag and the man who makes FNM tick, the one and only Mike “Puffy” Bordin celebrates (or at least we do on his behalf) his 47th birthday today. Puff was an original member of the band and his distinctive drumming set the tone for the group right from the off. His soul may have been metal but the Ganeshian drummer had and has the skill and mind set to drive FNM in any direction.

As Mike P would chastise, Mike is also, of course, Ozzy’s drummer, recognition that we is feted by his peers as one of the greatest metal percussionists of all time.

Mike in video:

Mike burps (feckin’ amazing vid; possibly the best FNM YouTube I’ve ever seen)

Where’s the Puff?

Mike Puffy B masterclasss

Puffy being a leg-end

Mike for Ozzy fans

Puffy in Brazil

The two Mikes

Mike joins Korn

Puffy facts (not all are true)

• A left-handed drummer who plays right-handed kit
• Along with Billy, was an original member of FNM precursors Faith No Man
• Made dreads cool again for white guys
• First dreadhead to live long enough to show that dreads look cooler in silver
• Competed in Who Wants to be a Millionaire
• Taught the Little Drummer Boy how to play

 

Links for a day…(vol. 44)

• In an effort to stave off the post-tour withdrawal symptoms, here are a few small FNM nuggets. First up, rewind back to few weeks in late October and a clip of a snippet of Fever leading into King for a Day…
  
• Also in Chile, the campaign to get FNM to return in 2010 continues.
• And there is also a petition to bring the band back to Brazil.
• Movieweb asks the stars of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia is Mike Patton – a friend of star Danny DeVito – whether the FNM front man might make a cameo appearance in the show.
• More great shots of FNM in Mexico City here on Flickr.
• Via Jose in comments, very high quality footage of FNM in Santiago.

Faith No More Edge of the World in Mexico City

Great footage of FNM peforming Edge of the World for the first and only time on the tour at the José Cuervo Salon in Mexico City:

Faith No More in Guadalajara set list

Faith No More wrapped up the third leg of the Second Coming Tour with a performance at the Auditorio Telmex in Guadalajara, Mexico. No many reports in so far but here’s the set list for starters.

Set list:
Midnight Cowboy
The Real Thing
Land of Sunshine
Caffeine
Be Aggressive
Evidence
Surprise! You’re Dead!
Last Cup of Sorrow
RV
Easy
Epic
Midlife Crisis
Ricochet
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
No más Fe Güey/Evidence
Ashes to Ashes
Just a Man
King for a Day

Chariots Of Fire
Stripsearch

Pristina
Cuckoo for Caca
This Guy’s in Love with You

I Started a Joke
We Care a Lot

Faith No More in Mexico City video and set list

Mike P at Mexico City ((c) tono.tv)

Despite this, it seems Edge of the World was played at a stonking Mexico City gig last night.
Video

Set list:
1. Reunited
2. From Out of Nowhere
3. Land of Sunshine
4. Caffeine
5. Evidence (Spanish version)
6. Surprise! You’re dead!
7. Last Cup of Sorrow
8. Ricochet
9. Easy
10. Epic
11. Midlife Crisis with Cielito Lindo
12. I Started a Joke
13. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
14. King for a day
15. Ashes to Ashes
16. Just a Man
17. Edge of the World
19. Introduce Yourself
20. Chariots of Fire / Stripsearch
21. We Care a Lot

Photos
Some great pics and a set list explanation here.

Links for a day…(vol. 43)

The Info 7 website has footage of Faith No More in Monterrey here.

And here is some footage of the masked performers at the start of the same gig.

And Caffeine

Faith No More voted number 1 of the reforming 90s bands by Rolling Stone Brasil.

Nice personal review and some great images from the Belo Horizonte show here at Zonapunk.

Faith No More in Monterrey

UPDATE:
Still no news on set list or any video surfacing but here’s a review from El Porvenir, wqhich states that the concert was not sold out, that the sound was poor and that Mike P took out a monitor in anger.
It also lists Be Aggresive, Surprise! You’re dead!, Last Cup of Sorrow, Easy, Epic, Midlife Crisis, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies and Just a Man as among the songs performed while Jaun in comments suggests they played RV (see I do read the comments!!).

No news on set list or any video yet but Roddy has posted a great photo on Twitter.

Faith No More in Belo Horizonte set list and video

Faith No More played a somewhat shorter set than recently in their final Brazil date at the Chevrolet Hall, Belo Horizonte.

Video:

Set list:
Midnight Cowboy
The Real Thing
Land of Sunshine
Caffeine
Evidence
Surprise! You’re Dead!
Last Cup of Sorrow
Ricochet
Easy
Epic
Midlife Crisis
Medley: CaralhoVoador / Ele é Carioca
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
King for a Day
Ashes to Ashes
Just a Man

Chariots Of Fire/Stripsearch
Mark Bowen

Photos:
Some great photos here from Puccini on Flickr.

Faith No More in Sao Paolo

Faith No More rocked again in Brazil despite the rain at the Maquinaria festival.

Set list:
Reunited
From Out of Nowhere
Be Agressive
Caffeine
Evidence (in Portuguese)
Surprise! You’re Dead
Last Cup of Sorrow
Ricochet
Easy
Epic
Midlife Crisis
Caralho Voador
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
King for a Day
Ashes to Ashes

Just a Man
Stripsearch
We Care a Lot
This guy is in love with you
Digging the Grave

First review here.

Faith No More in Rio set list and video

Faith No More rocked Rio last night, the Citibank Hall to be precise.
Check out the video for the first performance of Falling to Pieces on the Second Coming tour and the set list (courtesy of clauspupp)

Set list
Midnight Cowboy
From out of Nowhere
Be Aggressive
Caffeine
Evidence
Surprise You’re dead
Last Cup of Sorrow
Ricochet
Easy
Epic
Midlife Crisis
Caralho Voador
Gentle Art of Making Enemies
King for a Day..
Ashes to Ashes
Just a Man

Encore
Scarface
We Care a Lot
Falling Into Pieces

Not sure they played Bowen, judging by this so I’l leave it out for now.