Faith No More - Falling to Pieces (1988 Demo)

Recorded on 4-Track in Bill Goulds attic as a demonstration of Mike Patton for Faith No Mores management and their record company (Slash). Two copies of this tape exist, dubbed directly from the 4-Track by Bill onto tapes with pre-existing music on them.
This copy was sold on eBay in September 2006 after being found in a Hollywood, CA thrift shop in a box of other music industry demo tapes along with a copy of Mr Bungles 4th demo OU818″ and 4 photos of Mike Patton taken in a Photo Vending Machine.
These are rough versions of the songs, most likely played live into the 4-Track. The music and lyrics are early versions and contain many differences from the final recordings.
The exact timing of the recording is unknown but FNMs first gig with Patton was in Nov 1988 and so this recording was probably made before that.
Tracklisting:
1. The Cowboy Song
2. Surprise! You're Dead
3. Underwater Love
4. Falling to Pieces

[@michaelsands442]

Lyrics to a whole album in 2 weeks at 20 years old... Fucking mike patton man... Goddamn genius

[@waitindelaney]

Amazing how much difference a producer makes

[@smokepepsi]

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO GUILLOTINES MY HEAD IS DRAWN TOWARDS ONE EXTREME BOTH BLADES FALL AND I'M UNATTACHED BUT I CAN FEEL ANOTHER HEAD GROWING BACK

[@sniperhf]

Set playback speed to custom 1.1 or 1.15, pretty close to the official release tempo.

[@CLVitz78]

Wow wow wow! Thank you so much for sharing! :) I'd love to hear this version cleaned up as a B-side or something. Very cool!

[@scriptorioiio4008]

Jan 2 2019 an im jamming on this yall

[@lisaeckman27]

Love his voice!!!

[@maxime125]

This is the start of a great FNM album, woooww!! Thanx for uploading it!!

[@madmike8145]

Dayum...the machine fugged up again, These boys were gold in hindsight.

[@Paction78]

Awesome! Thanks for posting these! Wish I could get a copy of these tracks!

[@campsecxxi7448]

Ultra rare

[@scriptorioiio4008]

Unreal awesome

[@tonyorsini5255]

Is there a compilation of FNM's demos and unreleased stuff somewhere? I'd love to get that.

[@ivanbursac4740]

Somebody put me together!

[@Yarina-]

..a "little" lovely Great Mike!!!😚😚😚😚😚

[@JeffIndigo]

he sounds nervous? interesting takes before the basically versions (I love that voice though!)

[@_Majoras]

they should do a modern slower acoustic version like this it would be a hit

[@vapordreams983]

Anyone know what date this demo was sold?

[@BeachRocksResort]

Anybody catch what he said during that rap part thats not on the final cut? Or other lyrical differences?

[@CaptainCorpulence]

Sounds something like "Stuck in the middle of two guillotines my head is drawn toward one extreme both went off and I'm unattached but can feel another head growin back".

[@CapeWearingSchmuck]

Here are the entire lyrics for this version (has several differences from TRT album version): Back and forth, I sway with the wind Resolution slips away again Right through my fingers, back into my heart Where it's out of reach and it's in the dark Sometimes I think I'm blind Or I may be just paralyzed Because the plot thickens every day And the pieces of my puzzle keep crumblin' away But I know, there's a picture beneath Indecision clouds my vision No one listens...Because I'm somewhere in between My love and my agony I'm split in two; me, you My life is falling to pieces Somebody put me together Stuck in the middle of two guillotines My head is drawn towards one extreme Both blades fall and I'm unattached But I can feel another head growing back Droplets of "yes" and "no" In an ocean of "maybe" From the bottom, it looks like a steep incline From the top, another downhill slope of mine But I know, the equilibrium's there Indecision clouds my vision No one listens Because I'm somewhere in between My love and my agony I'm split in two, me, you My life is falling to pieces Somebody put me together Back and forth, I sway with the wind Resolution slips away again Right through my fingers, back into my heart Where it's out of reach and it's in the dark Sometimes I think I'm blind Or I may be just paralyzed Because the plot thickens every day And the pieces of my puzzle keep crumblin' away But I know, there's a picture beneath Indecision clouds my vision No one listens...Because I'm somewhere in between My love and my agony I'm split in two, me, you My life is falling to pieces Somebody put me together

[@ColdHeartedMan1979]

@CaptainCorpulence Yeah, haha! Why does he hate it so much? Too commercial?

[@MikePattonFan24]

coo

[@FionaAppleAddict]

Nice rudimental version. ;) Check out SUICIDE KID - FOR HEADPHONES! :)

[@Pedroleum100]

I don't hear the guitar on this one. Is there any?

[@Lithium_180]

speed 1.25

[@juanr9446]

I really mean if Korn is not influence for this band

[@teameymelli1]

+Juan R haha nice trolling. you dumb piece of shit, Korn came after them

[@dukeford8893]

FNM was around for years before Korn. Moron.