When everyone’s schedules are clear enough, the former Faith No More/Mr. Bungle gibber/scream master Mike Patton gets together with Melvins’ Trevor Dunn, the Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison, and Battles’ John Stanier to make viciously seesawing rock music as Tomahawk. Tomahawk’s new album Oddfellows...

Mike Patton believes the Faith No More reunion has 'petered out'

Around the time Faith No More broke up, Mike Patton started a new band with a particularly burly and vicious lineup: Melvins’ Trevor Dunn, the Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison, and Helmet’s John Stanier, who would later become the best part of every Battles show. Tomahawk has been largely inactive since 2007, but they&a...

Motorhead, Limp Bizkit, Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, Marilyn Manson, Faith No More, Pantera, Prodigy (yup) and Nine Inch Nails are just some of the names that have made our most prestigious and awesome Friday Playlist. Come inside and crank that shit up. Happy Friday!

Faith No More’s Angel Dust was my first exposure to the very idea of the Difficult Follow-Up Album, and I’m guessing that thousands of other kids shared my experience. The album came three years after The Real Thing, the San Francisco band’s breakthrough. I’d bought The Real Thing on cassette with birthday...