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- Patton gave some insight on the song's meaning when he told Circus magazine in 1990: "It was about sexual frustration. Sex and lack of sex." Later in the interview, the topic of masturbation comes up, and Patton says: "Most people don't like to talk about it. I'm here to tell ya, I love it. That's kinda of what Epic's really about."
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The music for "Epic" was written before frontman, Mike Patton, had joined the band. In our interview with bassist, Billy Gould, he explained: "It was conceived naturally as a riff in the studio between Roddy (Bottum, keyboardist), myself and Mike Bordin (drummer) during rehearsal that later got fleshed out into an entire song."
As they started work on what would be groundbreaking album The Real Thing, which contained the hit single "Epic," they remembered the Mr. Bungle tape that Patton had given them at one of their...
"Epic" is a song by American rock band Faith No More. It was released as the second single from their third album, The Real Thing (1989), in 1990 in United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. The song was the band's breakthrough hit, peaking at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 , number two in New Zealand, and number one in Australia ...
Apr 27, 2024 · According to vocalist Mike Patton, “Epic” was inspired by his personal struggle with his mental health. At the time, Patton was experiencing panic attacks, which made him feel like he was losing control. The song’s opening lines, “Can you feel it, see it, hear it today?
Aug 14, 2020 · Everything changed for Faith No More with the release of the album’s second single, Epic – a fitting name for a song that would launch Faith No More’s career into the stratosphere. “The label had spent their wad emotionally and financially on supporting From Out of Nowhere and it did nothing – literally nothing,” admits Bordin ...
Jun 7, 2021 · Worse still, efforts to generate buzz through a star-studded launch show at The Roxy in Los Angeles did more to vindicate suspicions that the band had turned their post-punk, anti-establishment roots after recruiting new vocalist Mike Patton to replace original singer Chuck Mosley.
Jun 20, 2019 · Anthony Kiedis accused Mike of ‘stealing his style’ in the video for Epic, telling K!: "My drummer says he's gonna kidnap [Mike], shave his hair off and cut off one of his feet, just so he'll ...
