![]() ![]() While I’m sure we’d all love to believe the fish in “Epic” belonged to Björk, it’s simply not true. But I know, if I had gone home with MY fish, which was given to ME, none of this would have ever happened.” “I know those guys, I know they wouldn’t do anything to harm. In another unlikely move, it was alleged during an interview with CNN (?) Björk would make the following statement about her beloved Linear Soul Child and what, if anything, the members of Faith No More had to do with its possible demise after appearing in the video: Sometime during the evening, the fish disappeared. She then traveled to FNM keyboardist Roddy Bottum’s home in Berkley, California where he was throwing a party. The part about Björk owning a fish called Linear Soul Child isn’t that hard to buy, but the rest of the tale is slightly fishy, and it goes like this Björk was given the fish as a gift from a fan after her poetry reading in San Francisco. Living up to their rep as tall-tale tellers, and likely to help quell some of the negativity surrounding the fish in the video gasping for air from its gills, a story began to circulate that the fish in question was named Linear Soul Child and was formerly a pet of Icelandic chanteuse Björk. The video was a massive hit with MTV viewers and FNM performed it live and unhinged at the MTV Video Music Awards show in September of 1990 and on Saturday Night Live in December of the same year. ![]() Armed with Patton’s aggressive vocals and innovative musical arrangements “Epic” would become FNM’s first top ten hit and, with respect to Mr. ![]() Now that we’ve established how members of FNM have enjoyed fabricating some of their antics let’s break down one of their greatest pranks and the video for “Epic” which started it all.Īfter parting ways with original Faith No More vocalist Chuck Mosley, the band joined forces with 21-year-old Mike Patton for their third album, The Real Thing. Although not all the yarns were always factual, such as the rumor he took a shit in Axl Rose’s orange juice while Faith was touring with Guns N’ Roses in 1991. They danced in the nude around Billy Idol in Seattle in 1990, and Mike Patton has told countless, wildly gross stories about the things he does with poop. Historically, FNM’s reputation for fucking with their fans, bands they’ve toured with, and random people are well documented. The cringey, surreal video got animal rights activists riled up as it features a fish flailing around on the floor of the set seemingly in the throes of death as the song dramatically plays out. I’m pretty sure most of us are well acquainted with one of Faith No More’s most controversial moments-the 1989 video for “Epic” directed by video visionary Ralph Ziman. ![]()
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