Faith No More

The sound of 90s angst: A nostalgic stumble through alt-rock series The Trip

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Which was the best, loudest, most alternative volume of the ’90s alt-rock compilation series The Trip? Craig Major listens back to all nine editions and casts his verdict. In 1993 Sam Neill was running away from dinosaurs, Kurt Cobain was still breathing, and a compilation album released by Warner NZ thrust alternative music into the … Read more

An oral history of the night Faith No More played a tiny bar in Queenstown

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In May 1993 alt-metal weirdos Faith No More were cast adrift in New Zealand with nothing to do. And so Don Rowe’s dad booked them to open his nightclub, a tiny room in a very different Queenstown.  Almost a year to the day before I was born my parents made a decision that I maintain ruined … Read more