Faith No More playing their first European reunion show (after more than ten years) at Brixton Academy, just prior to their performances at Download Festival and Reading/Leeds Festival.
It was the band’s sole London date and their only UK non-festival headline show. There was a general ban on press that night – apparently they weren’t looking for any publicity due to the sold out gig designed to be simply ‘for the fans’, since they weren’t promoting any new releases.
I was one of just a handful of lucky photographers allowed to shoot the gig, which easily matched their performances of over a decade ago for dynamism, eclecticism and power.
In this shot vocalist Mike Patton plays the suave, crooner role before letting loose in time-honoured scream-fest style as the set progressed.
Infinite thanks to FNM’s bassist Bill Gould for giving me access to this show!
