Drum Teacher Analyzes Mike Bordin - Faith No More - Midlife Crisis - Episode 99 

Hello, I'm here for the Mike Patton cult.

Bill and Puff are one of the greatest rhythm sections of all time and Mike Patton IS the greatest frontman of all time. I love Angel Dust but King fora Day is their masterpiece! Great upload. You have to check out Sol Invictus, songs like Matador, Superhero, separation anxiety are fucking bangers!!! LONG LIVE FAITH NO MORE!

You are so correct in my opinion - arguably the most under appreciated band that gets dismissed because it takes a skilled ear to hear everything the band is doing with sound! Like I said, in my opinion - also FNM is easily in my top 3 bands...true musical bands of all time!

The clip makes this Gen X’er feel a bit sentimental for what was (for me at least) a simpler/more fun time.

Angeldust is absolutely EPIC

Mike Bordin deserves an hour of drumming technique and rhythm patterns!!! I don't see here stuff about him. I'd like to see more. Tks. Keep on tubing man!!

One of my top five favorite bands. One of my top ten favorite drummers.

I wish I could like and subscribe about a million times just for the Limp Bizkit comment, LOL.

Killing Joke was a big influence on Faith No More. There are some live videos from the early days (ie, 'Faith No Man' era) that shows that influence a lot more clearly.

No shame. The love is definitely shared. Faith No More, & Mr. Bungle completely redefined my notion of music, & art. Believe it or not Mr. Bungle was my gateway to Faith No More. I remember the day my friend brought over the self title Mr. Bungle. It was like a new universe of possibility opened up to me. Blew my mind. First time I got to see Patton live was with early Fantomas. They played House of Blues in New Orleans easily over a decade ago. My friend, & I got to the venue early that day. The same friend that first introduced me to Mr. Bungle. We were walking up to the venue, and spotted Mike hanging outside on the phone. He’d just hung up so we decided to introduced ourselves. Asked if he had a moment, & ended up talking for what felt like half an hour. It was the most wonderfully normal conversation. Just the three of us nerding out about music we love. I can’t explain how awesome it felt to just be shooting the breeze with my at the time musical Hero. After a while I believe Buz, or Dave called him in for mic check. As Mike said bye, and walked inside. Trevor walk out to grab some cables. He saw that we were just chilling with Mike, so he stopped to say hello. Ended up hanging with him for a good 10 minutes before we all had to make our way inside. That experience meant more to my friend, & I than they could have ever imagined. My folks were both professional musicians so I’d meet my share of famous individuals before them. This meeting was far different. We’d idolized these guys for years prior. Listened to everything they’d ever put out, and dug into the artist that influenced them as well. To me Mike Patton, Trevor Dunn, Trey Spruance, & Danny Heifetz were the greatest musicians on planet earth. I’d never been so nervous in my life, Mike, & Trevor treated us as complete equals. Not as fans, but as the fellow musical nerds we were. One of the coolest days of my teenage years. A decade + later my friend who now lived in NYC as a musician posted a show flyer on his webpage. He was scheduled to preform at John Zorn’s venue The Stone. Flashback to the conversation he, & I had with Mike Patton all those years ago. The topic of discussion that kicked off our nerd fest was a recently opened venue owned by John Zorn - The Stone.

Thank you thank you! I've been waiting for this video since you startedl! You kept your promise to me, Steve...I can't believe I somehow missed this!

Mike Patton’s other band just released a new album with Dave Lombardo on drums. Mr. Bungle - it’s what’s for dinner.

Saw them about ten years ago on a festival in Belgium. Patton in a tux playing Opera tenor, styling many songs with a classical bend. Magic.

Bill Gould!! The bass player

Sir you 100% spot on!

Huge FNM fan since 80's. Agree with everything you said - they're way bigger in Europe than US for some reason. New stuff is excellent - takes a few listens to settle in but has good hang time (still on steady rotation a year later). Awesome work on the channel as always!

"Angel Dust & King for a day, fool for a lifetime are Fucking masterpieces!...... " TRUTH! I've always marveled at how flat and high his toms are!

I know this is drumming video but FNM sound so good with Jim Martin of guitar.

King for a Day was the soundtrack to my teenage years. Masterpiece for sure!

I was just listening to System Crasher (it's from a live 1990 Amsterdam broadcast) in the car yesterday. That might be the most energetic performance from the band that i've ever heard. Puffy is absolutely incredible on that show. It made me realize why he had a drum tech that would re-hydrate him MID-SONG with water.

There is nothing better when this comes up randomly on your playlist! Love FNM!

Hello, I'm here for the Mike Patton cult as well.

The song you were referring to from Korn (who also played with Mike Bordin) is 'Shoots and Ladders'. Also funny enough Mike Patton was the lead singer for the Dillinger Escape Plan but only for the album 'Irony is a dead scene'. Which I may say is an amazing EP..

I totally agree ! Most underrated band ever

When I heard Epic for the first time I had no idea Patton was white and I had never heard anything like FNM before. They are my favorite band, along with Gojira :).

The song starts with him playing over a sample from Cecilia by Simon and Garfunkel, that’s what you can hear underneath his part.

You're forgetting his signature flams, just a little more space than the ordinary flam. Such a cool little touch that makes it his own.

the only time ive ever seen bordin play live was when he was with ozzy. was quite interesting watching him play a right handed trap left handed. he had a lager cymbal arrangement than you usually see him playing. had fills with that left hand in the weirdest places. reminded me of steven sweet from warrant. he played a right handed trap left handed.

Jon Hudson is the new guitar player. He was with them on Album of the Year. They have been fantastic on the reunion tours. King for a day might be my favorite record of all time.

There is a drum loop from "Cecilia" by Simon and Garfunkel that starts the song

Glad to see one of my favorite drummers from one of my favorite bands get some shine. You should do Igor Cavalera soon.

Hells yeah!

masterpieces indeed. those two album you mention in the middle are best... and the two before and after are pretty good too.

He’s played with korn too. And that Korn song you’re talking about his shoots and ladders.

Check out Mike Bordin's interview on the Trap Set with Joe Wong podcast. Great info. on his influences and beginnings of playing drums, etc.

Brad Wilk recorded "13" with Sabbath. Clufetos played the tour live.

I saw Mike Bordin play with Ozzy and Sabbath at Ozzfest 1997. He brought a unique perspective to their material. Especially, his take on the Tommy Aldridge parts (who I love as well). At the time, I only knew Faith No More from their radio airplay but watching Bordin was simply awesome. The open-handed technique is so cool to witness and he was probably the first guy that I really noticed who played that way as well. Last comment I have is the tom grooves that you pointed out - I absolutely love those as well. They're underappreciated and I don't know why. I work those into my drum parts quite a bit but my bandmates don't seem to understand any beat/groove that doesn't include a hi-hat/cymbal on top.

Incubus is my favorite FLM cover band.

preach it

Keep practicing til it's easy bro!

Love Mike Bordin. KFAD is my favorite FNM album...such a mood/vibe to it...the album art is great too.

First FNM album I heard was King for day... I was a metal head hardcore fan at that time but I loved them inmediataly and even more after listening the rest of their stuff. FNM is one my favorite bands ever.

I had tickets to see them last September. Never happened. Devastating.

joined your cult today, thanks for the insight on Bordin

You have redeemed yourself - I was so wound up by your Christoph Schneider video but this is spot on. FNM are one of my favourite bands and I think Puffy is easily one of the best drummers out there. I'll have to see if you've done one for Brian Viglione - another favourite drummer.

It's funny hearing you talk about personal preferences and how they affect your playing. I'm a multi-intrumentalist and find I prefer different things with different instruments. I'm a hair bigger than you but I like my kit spread out so I can have my arms (and legs) stretched out instead of close and tight. I almost never like my elbows at a 90-degree or less. That being said, when I'm playing guitar or bass I like really low action and a more narrow nut (whether it's in a 5, 6, 7 or 8-string guitar/bass) despite the fact my fingers have a harder time fitting into chords. I don't mind an extended range, in fact I prefer a 26.5" on a guitar and a 36" on bass, but I don't like a wider nut like the ones found on a lot of PRS guitars and such. It's weird how we find these little things that only make sense to us. Stay safe everyone. Cheers.

Muito fodaaaaaa

There wouldn’t be Nu/ alt metal without Helmet and Faith No More

From the last album Sol Invictus I like Superhero! Please do that one! 🙌

Mike pattons vocals kinda remind me of Michael Hutchinson at times.. I think they came out around the same time, no? Also, can you do a review of matt greiner from august burns red.. Preferably something from the album constellations

I could be wrong, but if you look closely at the beginning of their performance it looks like Mike is playing the rim clicks between the rack tom hits. I could not agree with you more. FNM is one of the most underrated and underappreciated bands ever, and Bordin is a hard hitting bad ass rock drummer. I'd say Jane's Addiction is another underappreciated and often overlooked band as well. Great video! Really good stuff.

Faith No More sounds like themselves. Nothing else really fills that gap.

how have you not heard their new album yet? its not even new anymore. it came out 5 years ago i think. and its f-ing great

Great analysis! I highly recommend to listen closer to 'Superhero' The counter bass part in the beginning is really amazing, gets almost into a shuffle or a 'punjabi' Also the snare fills in that song are spot on. One of the big influences of Bordin was Paul Ferguson of Killing Joke, trible and gothic.

I blame Mike Patton for my tinnitus, he screamed during a gig at Brixton Academy and I thought my skull was going to explode! :D

I was scared of Sol Invictus too. But give it a shot it's really great. Imo better than Album of the Year. You're awesome and I had no choice but to sub :) Also I am game to join Patton cult. John Hudson is their current guitarist. He's not as in your face as Jim Martin was but he's pretty underrated imo even by FNM fans. The band said he was the first guitarist they didn't have to explain how to play. He's a quiet and down to earth dude, but he kicks ass.

Ok. Here you go. Check out Mr Federico Paulovich of Destrage!!

You should totally react to unearths nick pierce play "never cease" , it's easy to find on RU-vid. He plays metal whilst using trad grip in that song it's absolutely mindboggling

I saw them a few times, mostly with primus

Totally agree with your introduction of this criminally underrated band...!!! Before other bands became famous because of her „unique” styles Faith No More have already done...

Thank You!!! They are never mentioned nearly enough! I agree with everything you said 100 percent. FTM is so immensely talented and versatile, and soooo influential! Love your channel. And I think the Korn song you’re talking about is called “Blind”. I’ve listened to every album and I honestly can’t compare them to anyone. The band as a whole is so musically versatile. They could very heavy ala Jizzlobber or even venture into gospel ala Just A Man. They are truly one of a kind. Also I caught all the puns lol and those or 2 of my favorites!

I’m so glad you mentioned that Faith No More influenced Red Hot Chili Peppers…I’ve been a Faith No More fan for decades. Listening to several of their albums straight through recently on a road trip - I kept thinking…man, they must have really influenced Red Hot Chili Peppers, whom I don’t favor but interesting to notice so many years later

Saw Bordin in a Korn concert, he was replacing the original drummer. I was there, asking myself if he was who I thought he was, and nobody knew him at the time, in France...

Brad Wilk - speaking of drummers you need to do an analysis of!!

Please do “Superhero” from the 2015 BBC session!

I've been a drummer 23 years and I appreciate your videos any chance you be able to to react to Mike portnoy pull me under dream theater baby 🤘

Faith No More also played easy on that same show

Sol Invictus is actually quite good. I rate it above Album of the Year. But I think some of their best stuff is on Introduce Yourself.

Love me some FNM reactions, love Puff and the whole band is my childhood.

Pretty sure it was Wilk on last Sabbath album- but Ozzy's solo drummer did the tour Cluftos (sp?).

The RHCP comparison is interesting, considering that band tried to say they copied them. And I looked it up and it seems faith no more came first! Haha so who knows!!

Open handed lefty drummer! represent!

Jon Hudson is on Guitar.

Analysis starts at 4:35

Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs looks like Roddy Bottum.

WEW lawd this SLAPS in GTA San Andreas. Coming thru San Fierro? #HotFire #ThingsYoungPeopleSay

If you don't know FNM....i'm sorry for you... Can't imagine living without

Thanks for your videos and dedication. You could do a video on any drummer that plays with Patton and it would de funny and educational no matter what. What you say about influences by Faith no More and that they are not famous enough, I believe it happens the same with Zappa, just too much influence

Love FNM also love Limp Bizkit :)

I was going to see them at Hellfest for the first time ever :(

Rush, Primus, FNM. My Holy Trinity🙂

FNM Drum is left-hand... Also he play for Korn...

I agree that FnM influenced the peppers! And yeah, FnM should get more listens...

I’m a FNM fan since The Real Thing. Always thought they sounded like a bastard child of Geniuses and Fishbone.

Who do I think they sounded like? NIN on this track. He's left handed.

2:00 In terms of their first studio album release, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were first.

I play open handed, I'm a lefty, however I can't play left handed, faith no more helped me become a better drummer

IMO, you will not be disappointed with the new stuff. Separation Anxiety, Cone of Shame......

I completely agree with you on Limp Bizkit, BUT, the grooves that Otto and Rivers came up with, along with the crazy guitar ambients from Borland were very unique, it's just a damn shame that Fred Durst shit all over them with his obnoxious lyrics and overall doucheness. and DJ Lethal was useless too.

You asked who FNM sounded like. Maybe after diving heavily I don’t know enough, but I don’t think a band has been as versatile and in a positive way blended the sounds they did. I don’t know of a more important band between 1980-1999. They shaped the current music scene. For better or worse, as you’ve said. Not a weak link in the chain and Mike Patton certainly is the greatest modern vocalist.

You should look at Matt Halpern of Periphery. One of the better poly-rhythmers out there.

In all honesty the BAND Limp Bizkit was actually pretty decent...it was Fred Durst that was the problem.

As much as Limpbizkit sucks, I always enjoyed Jon Otto’s drumming.

I don’t think you’ll be disappointed with Sol Invictus, their latest album. It still very much sounds like FNM. They didn’t change anything really to fit in the with times. And yea there’s a new Mr. Bungle out too.

I can appreciate not digging Limp Bizkit, but their drummer doesn’t suck. Dude’s full force with some pretty elaborate grooves at times.

Then I was grooving to you until you rejected the fact that John auto is a f****** insanely amazing drummer. I love faith I'm more too mad but I part ways at the Limp Bizkit dissing

Start that cult and sign me up man

How about the beat? Break down the beat plz Couse I hear I lot more that I can see

Mike Bordin is left handed.

As a drummer I totally bit off of Mike Gordon from a young age. Like you said, they influenced so many musicians. From big time rockstar's. To local musicians.