Jim Martin - Making Of Faith No More Angel Dust Interview

[@jburdsinfuse]

His tone and style was so unmistakable. FNM was by far my favorite band a teen and in my early 20's, but the drop off after Jim Martin left was massive. They had some great stuff after he left, but it was never the same.

[@knifeprtyyyy]

I love Jim but I disagree. KFAD is FNMs masterpiece

[@ryangunwitch-black]

FNM should have changed their name after Jim left. It's a totally different band. A great band but it's just not the same thing.

[@allsystemsgo8678]

I really enjoyed King for a day. Album of the year was solid, but definitely not as good as the previous three

[@zeitok8]

jim was and is great! but it wasn´t the 80s anymore, musicians need to explore, he barely write music for angel dust, fans almost crucify metallica when they try something else, in fnm case they were evolve from post punk and new wave to wathever.

[@christiangreaves3911]

He was an amazing guitarist. He was what made those two first albums. I don’t even listen to the albums without him.

[@alakablam7901]

Angel Dust would not have been the album it was without Jim. He is probably the most underrated guitarist of our time. If you ever read this Jim, YOU are the reason Angel Dust is my favourite album of all time.

[@justinyuvilla8944]

Best guitar solos and synth music in this album than any other fnm album🤘

[@RestrainingHollywood]

Jim only contributed to 2 songs. He wrote the outro guitar stuff on Kindergarted. And all of Jizzlobber. Bassist Billy Gould wrote all the other Guitar parts. Even those Amazing solos on Everything's Ruined and Smaller & Smaller..

[@RosittoDiego]

He looks like Mike Patton dressed as Jim Martin...

[@WeeNat313]

Sounds like it too

[@bluenightgrinner8620]

That laugh sounds like Patton...

[@jeffdeprey6279]

Haha you caught him!

[@hurrikage09]

I cant unsee now.

[@bluenightgrinner8620]

Not just the sarcastic grin either...strange. Spend a lot of time with people and you subconsciously pick up some of their mannerisms.... But Jim and Mike.....what a Monster hey!

[@aaronazagoth6373]

At this point Jim was basically just fitting his guitar into the songs anywhere he could. As the bands sound got fuller there was less room for his instrument. It makes sense that he moved on. He seems pretty freaking depressed and beaten down at this point. Kudos to him for calmly answering the most cliche questions a music journalist could possibly ask.

[@TheGreatGodPan]

I don't get what he was disillusioned about, they were heavy enough on King For a Day and there are tracks on Angel Dust he had nothing to do with writing that are among the heaviest and best songs they've done (Malpractice, Caffeine). I get the impression he sort of just wants everything to sound rooted in Sabbath and they got a little too eclectic for him maybe, but Angel Dust is still a fine metal album.

[@clavius8182]

@@TheGreatGodPan - Things were pretty cloudy at the time, but you could tell what was going on at the time from little pieces of information that came out. Notice here how he names all the guys together... and then mentions Mike Patton. Patton was a big personality and he changed the dynamic of the band. Jim wasn't afraid of being eclectic, he actually says that here. But the band changed, and Jim didn't. I get the feeling that he thought things had become "The Mike Patton Show", and he wasn't totally wrong. I'm not dissing Mike Patton. I've still got my Mr Bungle gig shirt from 1997. It wasn't really anyone's fault.

[@TheGreatGodPan]

@@clavius8182 I think also Roddy Bottum took over a lot of the songwriting though so it wasn't just an issue with Mike. They'd sound a lot weirder if they simply became a Patton vanity project. But good point

[@Martaine70]

@@TheGreatGodPan Angel Dust was kind of light, guitar wise. Now if you'd made 3 albums before that where the guitar featured pretty prominently, and suddenly it's barely used, it would annoy any guitar player. Then you recruit a new singer who's got a massive ego, and was probably pretty intense and dominant, well maybe he thought "time to go". As for King for a Day, I think FNM recorded that and made it guitar prominent to further p1ss of Jim after he'd left probably. I don't know, but I felt a bit sorry for the guy.

[@TheGreatGodPan]

@@Martaine70 I'd say the album's more a balance of extremes.When it's heavy it's really heavy, apart from surprise you're dead the band's heaviest songs are on Angel Dust really

[@langdonboom]

I remember seeing parts of this on MTV at the time, mainly the part where Jim talked about not having any idea where his guitar was supposed to go in the songs, and I always thought of it once I heard Jim left the band. It was many years before I could go back and listen to let alone appreciate the post-Jim FNM stuff, eventually I did, but his loss was very hard felt and they were not the same band afterwards, as much as I love Mike Patton and his singular genius - Jim's guitar sound made the band as much as anything.

[@treangle]

"Time does not exist, until you have to do something" -- Jim Martin

[@electricbuffalo4137]

This is a fascinating bummer to watch.

[@aaronmadrigal4626]

Agreed

[@karsweirds]

Wow. A band in studio time. It amazes me how depressed and detached he sounded. Never knew at that time he wasn't happy with things. Especially as for me that album was a huge one. His role in the band obviously was just filling the gaps the guys left for him. Or at least that's how he felt it at the time of this interview. Very strange for a guitar oriented rock band. Bit this gives insight in the vibe that was going on within the band i guess.

[@mauriciom5555]

this album really shows that Faith no More wasn't a guitar oriented band anymore, every instrument has the same importance

[@clavius8182]

"Never knew at that time he wasn't happy with things." - it was well known at the time that he was just hanging on for the last couple of years.

[@RestrainingHollywood]

Jim's dad Died in late 91. He was trying to be there for his family. He was helping run the family business. His head was not in the right place during the writing process of ANGEL DUST. Its unfortunate too because its the Best album ever produced.

[@Guitarsthatkill]

And Jizzlobber and a lot of Kindergarten were soley his. He did record pretty much all of his parts on the other songs too. But yeah things seemed to be far from ideal around this time

[@RestrainingHollywood]

@@Guitarsthatkill musically on Kindergarten he wrote the guitar riffs and solo. Billy wrote the rest and patton wrote the lyrics. Jim wrote all the music on jizzlovber except the organ outro that was written by Billy.

[@Guitarsthatkill]

@@RestrainingHollywood Yup and a twisted outro it is too

[@RestrainingHollywood]

@Vincent lol. sucks to be you!

[@Guitarsthatkill]

@Vincent Its not an album thats about accessibility, or nice safeness for sure. Its very 'pure music, no industry' kinda stuff.

[@Handler870]

This is GOLD. Thank you for sharing💕. It's nice to hear things from Jim Martins perspective.

[@michaelkozlowski2264]

Agreed. The band was never the same without Jim.

[@afishcalledjuan]

This really shines light on why Jim moved on after Angel Dust

[@zeppelinfan82]

It does. It also shows his disenchantment if you watch the full "Making Of" ANGEL DUST that this is from. Its a shame too.

[@dimasgustavo]

Best Faith No More guitar player ever buddy. I fckin' love him!! God bless you Jim ;)

[@simonboisjoli316]

That girl was not in an easy spot but she did a great job.

[@N.P.G]

Your standards are as low as a down21, questions are so dumb, cliché, and more or less always the same. Jim's a gentelman for not jumping on her

[@Shaunography]

​@@N.P.Gjumping on her for what? I think she came across quite well

[@KingCrimson82]

One of the fundamental heroes when i watched mtv as a kid.

[@benwherlock9869]

Well done Roddy, with the naming. Best choice ever!

[@esc8engn]

fascinating. great share. this is one of my fave albums of all time.

[@clausm2203]

Great interview i saw him once at christania in copenhagen in 1992 before roskilde festival and they play an awsome show that year

[@firstlast-wg2on]

Damn this is a depressing interview, he sounds incredibly defeated.

[@selokin3974]

Yup, thats why he left soon after

[@mr.timebombman2230]

Well, he had lost his father when all this was going on as well.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

He knew it was all coming to an end. He hired Patton, who took over and fired Jim

[@aaronharper444]

I can’t see why he left, he seemed so happy

[@mauriciom5555]

r u writing that seriously?

[@Cuzjudd]

Lol

[@Cuzjudd]

@@mauriciom5555 I doubt it

[@durden2480]

Jim is so underrated

[@nnekuu]

Damn that's a cool interview.

[@EEVENEEVEN-vb5qy]

Jim is really great!

[@TheFullSalesCycle]

Super interesting interview!

[@KingCrimson82]

today you never come through to someone like this , this is way before the internet and way before every reetard suddenly learned to present himself like a professional funny edgy moderator spitting metas

[@Kalsarikannit72]

This guy would have fit nicely into Metallica

[@FeelingShred]

"disco songs" please release these demos, must sound hilarious LOOOL

[@carneica]

"Mike does a nice little job".... coming from Jim that's a HUGE compliment! ;) It's a pity he left the band... FNM signature was also made of his guitar riffs. I love Angel Dust guitar parts, but I still don't know who played it! :P

[@edybocman76]

he played all the stuff in the album

[@mattjns]

Wardo Melena It’s actually still debatable.

[@Strizz484]

Jim's touch is all over that record, he definitely played on it but it seems to me like Mike in particular had it in for him and may have screwed him a little bit during the recording. There's a few takes that absolutely should have been redone, or at least some parts that are less than inspired for Jim. Cowboy Song is still his finest moment musically

[@adriansalgado549]

@@Strizz484 Where is Jim? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqC5dmWmba6ioKs

[@MorbidSwede]

Station!

[@bille77]

His shirt is in German. It translates: "Fucking Screwing Giving head" 😂

[@audaciousbrowne3041]

18:58 Most insightful comment

[@bluenightgrinner8620]

I love Jim as a guitar player and person... But I didn't spend 14 months with him! He's right though. It wasn't a "guitar" based album. You can tell he felt on the outer rim at this point... Angel Dust is a Masterpiece. Ahead of it's time. But it's a world away from The Real Thing which I like better.

[@TJ-vj2hc]

I can't listen to much anymore, but when I do it's from beginning to end. Too many samples.

[@bluenightgrinner8620]

@@TJ-vj2hc Yeah..its more like a concept album in that regard. Although what the theme is?

[@dyr234]

rela thing is a good album, but I prefer angel dust much more. lot of heavy guitar parts from jim and cool concept parts and I love a lot of mike's melodies especially in everything's ruined.

[@ericksoto2881]

Jim Martin es el mejor guitarrista de FNM.. su sonido más heavy es notable en Angel Dust el mejor album de FNM!!

[@tim1843]

I've always thought Jim was Mike wearing a fake beard and red glasses. They look so alike in the eyes.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

Patton knows that it was Jim who gave him his break in FNM. It's a damn shame they broke up

[@lafleur887]

He sounds like Layne Staley when he talks

[@trenken]

He clearly had so little interest in faith no more. Not surprise he split right after this album. He never seemed overly interest in music. He just wanted to be a regular guy. Reminds me a lot of neil peart from rush. Neil hated being a rock star. All he wanted to do was ride his bike. And jim is now a championship pumpkin grower. Probably enjoys that way more than he ever did being in this band.

[@anotherrealm6176]

BS. I think the change of genre turned him off so bad that he developed somewhat of a identity crisis. From what Ive heard he lost his Dad, lost his best pal Cliff. Who knows. I think hes not comfortable with change, had he stayed until 95 when they released KFAD he mightve just called it quits right there. KFAD was notorious for their randomness and jim was more comfortable with trash style and sludge. theres some death metal elements in his solo album

[@trenken]

@@anotherrealm6176 at the time he was in FNM he was big into metallica. Im not sure he liked that FNM got this wacky rapper/singer, and all the keyboard stuff. He was an old school metal guy. I just dont believe he loved the band or the music. He was always distant from them and didnt last in the band very long. Angel dust was the end of it for him. Im very sure shit like small victory was not something he was into.

[@anotherrealm6176]

@@trenken youre talking small victory, i remember one video here on youtube about years ago that ive seen was a performance of easy cover by commodores that they performed live, you can visibly tell its just off putting for him (playing with his tongue). funny vid, i think still on this site i believe. still love sick jim btw. prolly one of the best guitarists in metal history to this day

[@trenken]

@@anotherrealm6176 he was a good metal guitarist. I dont think he was like super unique or anything, very much in the same style as guys like hetfield, thrash riffs and he was good at that stuff.

[@anotherrealm6176]

@@trenken that is not true. if anything sick jim is grossly underrated. this guy grew up and jammed with cliff so he mustve known some great stuff from him. i just dont think fnm has enough platform for him to showcase his true potential. if you think this guy is average, thats where youre wrong. look how their popularity descended after jim was held back. the only savior in that band was mike alone and i know mike is great, but imagine ratm without morello, or tool without adam, thats what happened in the downfall of fnm. again, jim was so heavily overlooked. snubbing him in the reunion was just blue balls for the true fans

[@kolbykauffman4180]

This makes me feel a little sad. I can't even put my finger on any one thing. Maybe it's just the sense that this isn't fun anymore for him and feels so left out - like he doesn't matter. And that this follow-up to Real Thing was actually very fucking risky. It's a classic, one of the most revered rock albums of the 90's. But at the time, this could have went over so poorly and potentially fuck em over. He's feeling it. :(

[@NobodyCaresALot]

He was so left out he wasn't even in this interview.

[@fernandomilan8754]

I think the only band that didn’t look or sound really defeated in interviews during studio periods - that I’ve seen so far - is Rush. I think the clash of points of view and the forced proximity just kills the band’s relationship.

[@davidmurphy8364]

Such an uncomfortable watch, barely veiled anger at Mike Patton, he just really couldn’t get it. Such a shame because it’s not only their best album but for me it’s the best album of the 90s. I hope with time he can appreciate how good it is now.

[@FeelingShred]

The Billy Gould Institute of Accurate Bookkeeping of Historical Events (LOL) says Jim Martin was "a cunt to deal with" but all I'm seeing here is a genuinely fun down to earth dude. Funny huh

[@livingbeing1113]

Can't stand Billy Gould, always thought he was a corporate snake, and a liar. Jim was the man and the metal's missing link of the band. FNM never reached the heights of AD and especially TRT after he left.

[@FeelingShred]

@@livingbeing1113 Happened in FNM, happens with the Beatles, with all the John Lennon ass-kissers out there... The world is full of coward assholes that LOVE to be under some kind of ruling by narcissistic manipulating assholes

[@anotherrealm6176]

@@livingbeing1113 been a long time fan myself, it felt like billy have problems with chuck more than jim. in regards to big jim, I think that it has to do with roddy a lot, and the way the direction he took for AD. roddy was offended by this and i think hes the one responsible for jim's firing. wish they could talk more about this and make a documentary of some sort. jim was at his best in AD, moreso than this work in TRT.

[@mauriciom5555]

This interview is really interesting, is hard to understand Jim, for one side I love Faith no More so f*ckin' much, is like my favorite band, the work in Angel Dust for me was insane, I love alternative music thanks to this band, and even sometimes for me is hard to understand this album (I like more king for a day...) but the thing is the whole experimentation in this one, this is the real definition of alternative metal, and I really like that more any other metal subgenre. But in the other side is Jim, the most "metal" guy in the band, and I always love the electric guitar more than another instrument, I always focused more on the guitar than another instrument, and I love metal more than any other genre in music, but Jim recently loss his father at that time and he doesn't agree totally with the musical orientation of the album, he looks sad, I guess he felt lost, confused, surely was a hard time for him and he want to compose more in studio, but Bill don't.... he simply doesn't fit...

[@ChrisBarnette-zk8iy]

Please someone answer, since early 90s I have to know. Is those reading glasses or sunglasses . Hate to hear him talk like this during what should be a great time in his life. Never the same without Jim.

[@therealDannyVasquez]

This guy has a lot of unresolved shit on his mind. Interviewer had a great opportunity to dig in with Jim and find out what all that pent up frustration was really about. Sadly, she just ignored his responses and his tone and asked zero follow-up questions. He was open to it as well, but she just had zero awareness. What a missed opportunity

[@Shaunography]

She was working for MTV and was told what to ask

[@hankworden3850]

FREE JIM MARTIN!!

[@danielgfrost]

love you Jim Martin! Best guitarist EVER!!!!! Angel Dust was the first CD i ever bought!!! FNM are getting shittier every album without Big Jim!!!!

[@planetofthelivingsandman3862]

This is a deeply awkward/uncomfortable interview.

[@nnekuu]

He just shits on the band it's the funniest thing.

[@derekbaillie4035]

Faith No More isn’t the same without Big Jim

[@mpc3po]

The other band members seem to trash talk Jim a lot, but his role in absolutely integral--his sound, style, and tone are so tight and spot on for FNM arrangements. Indelible contribution to the FNM sound---wouldnt have been FNM without him

[@mpc3po]

love his direct frankness and honesty in this interview. "Uh..well my favorite song so far is called F Sharp.." Lol

[@KingCrimson82]

if he wouldnt be in the band back then i would have skipped the channel when their videos hit although i love digging the dirt

[@bloodbathmcgrath986]

I have plenty of vcr uploads of MTV faith no more stuff on my other you tube channel fmcgrath1

[@faithparent1139]

I wonder what year this interview was taped

[@edybocman76]

early 92

[@HarlderHenker]

That shirt^^

[@PatrickSantos-sn8ox]

Jim Martin was a member of FANG....

[@alvogeljr]

He’s describing the new album as something that will be like the Real Thing. I feel he was messing with the interviewer. Also It almost seems like he wasn’t paying much attention to the songs. Lol

[@Shaunography]

I don't think he liked the album in all honesty

[@christiangreaves3911]

He was amazing on guitar. I feel like he’s what gave them their sound until he was gone. After that it’s like bungle 2.0. Not hating it’s just not what it once was. They were amazing on those first two albums.

[@jimmydasani8922]

One of The reasons why he had such a difficult time with the album is basically because Billy n Mike Bordin are essentially the main brains of the band. Not to discredit Patton Roddy n Jim in any way but seriously dig up those old interviews with the band. Bordin n Billy were practically in sync with where they wanted to take the bands sound to next with angel dust and while Patton n Roddy were down with it Jim had the biggest issue cuz the sound was moving away from that Thrash aspect they had on their previous albums. Jims main influences are Thrash and Classic Heavy Metal so by leaving him songs where he had to fit his personal sound/taste with his own influences came to be more than a challenge because of the direction Bordin n Billy wanted to take with it. I find the album fantastic but compare the guitar sounds on Angel Dust to The Real Thing and youll see what i mean. Sure some songs on angel dust have a very heavy sound from Jim like on Smaller and Smaller and J***lobber but its definitely fewer than as TRT as Angel Dust was embracing that more alternative Mr. Bungle sound with it’s music as opposed to its RAWer punchier TRT sound. Its so upsetting he left the band after this but I genuinely believe he went out with a bang. I mean especially on J***lobber i mean cmon that closing riff tells you all you need to know.

[@thedude4795]

Sick. Jim.

[@michaelristeski2552]

JM pure metal rock filth god 🤘🏼

[@FeelingShred]

"little movie soundtrack" ?? I wonder if that's Evidence... epic song

[@inenirf.m.-playlistradio2900]

He's talking about Midnight Cowboy.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Malpractice. Mike was inspired by movie soundtracks, Godflesh and "satanic easy listening"

[@Shaunography]

​@@neilpatrickhairlessMidnight Cowboy....

[@jimmyscott7414]

Seems so sad in this interview. It must have been hard if he didn’t feel wanted. Hopefully he’s in a good place now.

[@Cuzjudd]

Did he use an 8 string guitar on Angel Dust?

[@gavin6666]

No, he used a 70s gibson flying v with an emg60 pickup in the neck and a seymour duncan livewire in the bridge on most of the album, there's some parts where he used a telecaster, a les paul, and a strat (I think)

[@vicaldama9314]

Fuck the Bungle questions ,why not ask about Bruheria or black Sabbath.plenty of room for side projects or other shit . Touring and studio time can be figured out

[@STEVEFINNERTY]

I feel sorry for him ,as I see it he wanted to just hit it' they wanted to plan a hit lp which isn't it .

[@jg1772]

I think Jim Martin is just Mike Patton in disguise.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

Patton's speaking voice is a combination of Jim Martin and King Buzzo

[@flawlessvictory5481]

he seems upset

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

Because he knew it was over

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

@@flawlessvictory5481 I think he had the same problems with Billy that Chuck had. It was a real clash of personalities

[@flawlessvictory5481]

the death of his father at that time had affected him greatly

[@leonardjones4200]

they sucked after him

[@shamusburke9313]

What a cry baby

[@shamusburke9313]

I can think of 200 guitarists that are better than Jim but there's only one Mike Patton

[@123612100]

Yeah but he was the best guitar for faith no more.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

Jim Martin discovered Mike Patton. He gave Patton his big break