"Motherfucker" is a song by American band
Faith No More, the first single from their seventh studio album ''
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''. It was released on
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's
Black Friday, November 28, 2014.
It is the band's first release of new studio recorded material since ''
Album of the Year'' (1997), breaking a 17-year hiatus.
Background and release
"Motherfucker" was first played in concert during July 2014's
British Summer Time Hyde Park, along with another new song called "Superhero". Bassist
Billy Gould
William David Gould (born April 24, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician and producer. He is best known as the bassist of Faith No More.
Biography Early years
Billy said he is of Hungarian descent from his father's side.
...
later revealed in an interview to ''
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'' that the band was on the way to release a new album in April 2015, also stating "Motherfucker" was going to be the first single from it, with a limited print of 5,000 seven-inch copies on Record Store Day. It will also feature a remix by
J. G. Thirlwell on the B-side. The cover artwork is made by
Cali Dewitt with a photograph by James Gritz.
On the song, keyboardist
Roddy Bottum
Roswell Christopher Bottum (born July 1, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the keyboardist for the San Francisco alternative metal band Faith No More. He is also guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the pop group Imperial Teen, best kn ...
stated:
Reception
Christopher R. Weingarten of ''
Rolling Stone
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'' wrote that the song "marches forth with the doom-laden raps of their 1989 breakthrough ''
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'', the triumphant choruses of their 1997 swan-song ''Album of the Year'', the moan-to-screech dynamics of Mike Patton's avant-minded solo career and a merciless snare cadence tip-tapping at the edges of sanity."
Gregory Adams of ''
Exclaim!'' stated the song "takes on properties of the FNM of old, whether it be Mike Patton's ''The Real Thing'' rap cadence, or the way the vocalist can easily turn out soaring vocal melodies to gruff and grizzly growls targeting the 'motherfucker' that tricked them in their youth." Adams also further added: "The music is likewise epic, evolving from spacious and sinister piano lines into a grand
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escapade." Ed Keeble of
Gigwise described the track as "very rude, very noisy, very political: all the prerequisites that make a Faith No More song awesome."
Personnel
;Faith No More
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Mike Bordin
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drums
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Roddy Bottum
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keyboards,
vocals
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Billy Gould
William David Gould (born April 24, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician and producer. He is best known as the bassist of Faith No More.
Biography Early years
Billy said he is of Hungarian descent from his father's side.
...
–
bass guitar
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,
producer,
recording engineer,
mixing engineer
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Jon Hudson –
guitar
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Mike Patton
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vocals
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;Production
*
Billy Gould
William David Gould (born April 24, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician and producer. He is best known as the bassist of Faith No More.
Biography Early years
Billy said he is of Hungarian descent from his father's side.
...
–
producer, recording engineer,
mixing engineer
A mixing engineer (or simply mix engineer) is responsible for combining ("mixing") different sonic elements of an auditory piece into a complete rendition (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown"), whether in music, film, or any other content of a ...
* Maor Appelbaum –
mastering engineer
Charts
References
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Faith No More songs
2014 singles
2014 songs
Record Store Day releases
Ipecac Recordings singles
Songs written by Roddy Bottum
Songs written by Mike Patton
Rap rock songs