I’ve heard about bands reuniting before, but this is ridiculous. Between No Doubt and Blur, Blink-182 and The Jesus Lizard, there’s no telling who’s coming to the stage next. Hell, some bands are even returning without their singers! Now comes word that San Francisco alt. rockers, Faith No More, are reclaiming the scene once again. That is, of course, if what Kerrang! is digging up rings true.

Kerrang! understands that a number of U.K. venues have been placed on hold for shows from the band next spring, while U.K. festival appearances are rumored to follow in the summer. Founding bassist Bill Gould played down the speculation, telling Kerrang! “If anything like this were to happen, it would have to come from the band, and I haven’t spoken with any of them in over a year. So as far as I know, there isn’t anything to talk about, and I’m pretty sure that if you were to contact [Mike] Patton [vocals], he would tell you the same thing.”

Despite several years of vigorously denying claims the band would reform, Mike Patton seems to have softened in recent months. In an interview with the Artisan News Service in January, he said “I wouldn’t rule it out. I don’t think we need to reform the band, but maybe there’s other things we could do together.”

- Blabbermouth

Does this matter? Duh! These guys were some of the heaviest rockers around in their heyday, blowing away the likes of Guns N’ Roses and Metallica when they used to open for the behemoths. Returning now, they might be playing some smaller venues and that could only mean some heavy handed shows to look forward to, and given the genre, it couldn’t be a better time than now.

So, for all you festival rumor makers… start adding ‘em to your lists!

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Faith No More - “The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (Live)”

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