American alternative metal band Faith No More has had nearly fifteen band members, many for such a short period of time they were not documented, including: five vocalists, eight guitarists, as well as two keyboardists; one drummer; and one bassist.

The band, consisting of Mike Morris, Billy Gould, Wade Worthington, and Mike Bordin, first formed in 1979 under the name Faith No Man, recording just one release. Wade left shortly afterward and was replaced by Roddy Bottum. In 1982 the band, minus Mike Morris, quit to form Faith No More. During this time they went through the majority of their long list of vocalists and guitarists, Courtney Love being the third and longest-standing vocalist at the time. ^[1] They then settled on Chuck Mosley and Jim Martin, with whom they recorded and released their first two studio albums, We Care a Lot and Introduce Yourself. After the tour for Introduce Yourself the band fired Mosley and hired Mike Patton from the experimental band Mr. Bungle. This was Faith No More's longest-standing lineup and featured the most releases, including the studio albums The Real Thing and Angel Dust. Following the departure of Jim Martin in late 1993 the band went without a guitarist until starting the writing of the follow-up to Angel Dust, King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, for which they hired Trey Spruance, also of Mr. Bungle. Spruance left before the tour and was replaced by Dean Menta. Menta was then replaced by Jon Hudson before the recording of the band's final album, Album of the Year. Faith No More split up in 1998. ^[2]

In February 2009, Faith No More announced they would be re-forming for a European tour that began in June in Brixton Academy, London, and then Download Festival in Donington Park, the UK's biggest rock festival. ^[3] Since their reformation, the lineup has been identical to the final lineup prior to the band's 1998 breakup.

Members

Current members

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Billy Gould	1979–1998 2009–present	bass guitars backing vocals	All releases
	Mike Bordin		drums percussion backing vocals
	Roddy Bottum	1983–1998 2009–present	keyboards piano keytar guitars backing vocals
	Mike Patton	1988–1998 2009–present	lead vocals samples	All releases since The Real Thing (1989)
	Jon Hudson	1996–1998 2009–present	guitars backing vocals	Album of the Year (1997) Sol Invictus (2015)

Former members

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Mike Morris	1979–1983	lead vocals guitars	" Quiet in Heaven", "Song of Liberty" (1982) (as Faith No Man)
	Wade Worthington		keyboards backing vocals
	Paula Frazer	1984	vocals	none
	Courtney Love [4]
	Mark Bowen	1983–1984	guitars
	Chuck Mosley	1984 [5]–1988 (guest; 2010, 2015, 2016) (died 2017)	lead vocals	We Care a Lot (1985) Introduce Yourself (1987)
	Jim Martin	1983–1993	guitars backing vocals	All releases from We Care a Lot (1985) to Angel Dust (1992)
	Trey Spruance	1993–1994 (guest; 2011) [6]	guitars	King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime (1995)
	Dean Menta	1995–1996		King for a Day single b-sides

Timeline

Line-ups

References