1989's The Real Thing was Patton's first release with Faith No More.  The music had been mostly completed by the time he joined the group, and he wrote all the album's lyrics in a mere two weeks.  "Epic" was put out as a single to great fanfare and easily became the band's most commercially successful song.  I mean, when a whole mess of teenagers are dancing to your song on Saturday morning TV, you've achieved something, for better.... or worse.

Personally, I don't care if I ever hear "Epic" again.  So, I'm posting the much more infectious "Falling To Pieces" instead.

Click here to watch the video for "Falling To Pieces" on YouTube.

This is part of a week-long series on Mike Patton's best known bands, Mr. Bungle and Faith No More.