Remembered in the U.S. for the song “Epic,” and a couple other tracks, Faith No More managed to build a large following internationally. Epic In ’81, a group of Bay Area musicians came together as Faith No Man. Two years later the group had only two original members, drummer Mike “Puffy” Bordin and bassist Billy Gould. An early addition was keyboardist Roddy Bottum. After a stint with Courtney Love on vocals the group landed Chuck Mosley. Also, guitarist Jim Martin came on board. ’85 saw the release of the group’s debut “We Care A Lot” on Mordam Records.Moving to the Slash imprint, their sophomore effort “Introduce Yourself” was issued. Following a relatively successful European tour Mosely was bounced due to his constant drinking, limited vocal range/expertise and general foul disposition. It was Martin who came across vocalist Mike Patton’s demo tape, containing his work with the Death Metal influenced group Mr. Bungle. Patton joined Faith No More in ’89 and immediately began working on lyrics for the group’s next effort, “The Real Thing,” containing “Epic” and “Falling To Pieces.” Touring as Metallica’s opening act didn’t really connect until MTV put “Epic” into their heavy rotation. The band received a Grammy nomination for Best Heavy Metal/Hard Rock performance. By the end of ‘90, “The Real Thing” had gone platinum in the U.S. A year later, Faith No More released an album in the U.K. entitled “Live At Brixton.” “Angel Dust,” the group’s fourth studio album, saw the beginning of a fissure. Martin, not liking the group’s direction, bailed on rehearsals. Gould took up the slack. The ’92 album featured “Midlife Crisis,” which did exactly what first singles should do – it got played on the radio and MTV. But “A Small Victory,” while popular in Europe, failed to resonate in the states largely because the prominent keyboards differed from Faith No More’s established sound. MTV passed. Opening for Metallica, again, and Guns N’ Roses earned them, at best, a lukewarm reception from the headliner’s fans. Though “Angel Dust” went gold in the U.S. it was something of a disappointment. In Europe and Australia, the album was far more popular, even outselling “The Real Thing.” Coming off the “Angel Dust” trek Martin was sacked. ’95 release, “King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime,” featured Mr. Bungle guitarist Trey Spruance. Whether he was unwilling to embark on a lengthy tour or didn’t really fit in, he soon departed with Dean Menta, a former Faith No More roadie, stepping in. “King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime” reached the top of the Australian charts but barely registered in the U.S. Once again, MTV passed.A European tour was cut short due to lack of response/interest. The group headed home with hopes of working on a new album but spent much of the next two years involved in solo projects as rumors of a break-up circulated. Bordin toured with Ozzy Osbourne, Patton hit the road with Mr. Bungle in support of their new album while Bottum found success with Imperial Teen.Turned out Menta wasn’t a long-term player either. He was replaced by Gould’s friend, Jon Hudson, for the band’s sixth studio album, the ’97 release, “Album Of The Year.” Following a relatively successful international tour the group announced their break-up. It came only 12 days after their last show (Lisbon, Portugal, 4/7/98).That same year, Faith No More reformed and toured extensively, especially at festivals. But the reunion wound down in ’10. A legit comeback appeared in the works when Faith No More previewed two new songs – “Leader Of Men” and “Motherf****r” – during a ’14 festival appearance at Hyde Park in London. The songs represented the band’s first new material since ‘97. Life didn’t improve for Mosley since leaving the band.  The 57-year-old lost his life in ‘17 “due to the disease of addiction.”   The post Faith No More appeared first on RockinTown.

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BEIRUT — Lebanon's Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who Israel said on Saturday it has killed, has led Hezbollah through decades of conflict with Israel, overseeing its transformation into a military force with regional sway and becoming one of the most prominent Arab figures in generations — with Iranian backing. The Iran-backed Hezbollah has yet to issue any statement on the status of Nasrallah, who has led the group for 32 years. The Israeli military said it killed Nasrallah in an airstrike on the group's central headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut a day earlier. The Israeli military "eliminated ... Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Hezbollah terrorist organization," Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote in a statement on X. If the Israeli claim of his death is confirmed by Hezbollah, Nasrallah will be remembered among his supporters for standing up to Israel and defying the United States. To enemies, he has been the head of a terrorist organization and a proxy for Iran's Shi'ite Islamist theocracy in its tussle for influence in the Middle East. His regional influence has been on display over nearly a year of conflict ignited by the Gaza war, as Hezbollah entered the fray by firing on Israel from southern Lebanon in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas. Yemeni and Iraqi groups followed suit, operating under the umbrella of "The Axis of Resistance." "We are facing a great battle," Nasrallah said in an August 1 speech at the funeral of Hezbollah's top military commander, Fuad Shukr, who was killed in an Israeli strike on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut. Yet when thousands of Hezbollah members were injured and dozens killed as their communications devices exploded in an apparent Israeli attack last week, that battle began to turn against his group. Responding to the attacks on Hezbollah's communications network in a September 19 speech, Nasrallah vowed to punish Israel. "This is a reckoning that will come, its nature, its size, how and where? This is certainly what we will keep to ourselves and in the narrowest circle even within ourselves," he said. He has not given a broadcast address since then. Israel has meanwhile dramatically escalated its attacks, killing several senior Hezbollah commanders in targeted strikes and unleashing a massive bombardment in Hezbollah-controlled areas of Lebanon, which has killed hundreds of people. Recognized even by his enemies as a skilled orator, Nasrallah's speeches are followed by friend and foe alike. Wearing the black turban of a sayyed, or a descendent of the Prophet Mohammad, Nasrallah uses his addresses to rally Hezbollah's base but also to deliver carefully calibrated threats, often wagging his finger as he does so. He became secretary general of Hezbollah in 1992 at age 35, the public face of a once shadowy group founded by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in 1982 to fight Israeli occupation forces. Israel killed his predecessor, Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi, in a helicopter attack. Nasrallah led Hezbollah when its guerrillas finally drove Israeli forces from southern Lebanon in 2000, ending an 18-year occupation. 'Divine victory' Conflict with Israel has largely defined his leadership. He declared "divine victory" in 2006 after Hezbollah waged 34 days of war with Israel, winning the respect of many ordinary Arabs who had grown up watching Israel defeat their armies. But he became an increasingly divisive figure in Lebanon and the wider Arab world as Hezbollah's area of operations widened to Syria and beyond, reflecting an intensifying conflict between Shi'ite Iran and U.S.-allied Sunni Arab monarchies in the Gulf. While Nasrallah painted Hezbollah's engagement in Syria — where it fought in support of President Bashar al-Assad during the civil war — as a campaign against jihadists, critics accused the group of becoming part of a regional sectarian conflict. At home, Nasrallah's critics said Hezbollah's regional adventurism imposed an unbearable price on Lebanon, leading once friendly Gulf Arabs to shun the country — a factor that contributed to its 2019 financial collapse. In the years following the 2006 war, Nasrallah walked a tightrope over a new conflict with Israel, hoarding Iranian rockets in a carefully measured contest of threat and counterthreat. The Gaza war, ignited by the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, prompted Hezbollah's worst conflict with Israel since 2006, costing the group hundreds of its fighters, including top commanders. After years of entanglements elsewhere, the conflict put renewed focus on Hezbollah's historic struggle with Israel. "We are here paying the price for our front of support for Gaza, and for the Palestinian people, and our adoption of the Palestinian cause," Nasrallah said in the August 1 speech. Nasrallah grew up in Beirut's impoverished Karantina district. His family hails from Bazouriyeh, a village in the Lebanon's predominantly Shi'ite south, which today forms Hezbollah's political heartland. He was part of a generation of young Lebanese Shi'ites whose political outlook was shaped by Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution. Before leading the group, he used to spend nights with frontline guerrillas fighting Israel's occupying army. His teenage son, Hadi, died in battle in 1997, a loss that gave him legitimacy among his core Shi'ite constituency in Lebanon. Powerful enemies He has had a track record of threatening powerful enemies. As regional tensions escalated after the eruption of the Gaza war, Nasrallah issued a thinly veiled warning to U.S. warships in the Mediterranean, telling them: "We have prepared for the fleets with which you threaten us." In 2020, Nasrallah vowed that U.S. soldiers would leave the region in coffins after a U.S. drone strike in Iraq killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. He expressed fierce opposition to Saudi Arabia over its armed intervention in Yemen, where, with U.S. and other allied support, Riyadh sought to roll back the Iran-aligned Houthis. As regional tensions rose in 2019 following an attack on Saudi oil facilities, he said Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates should halt the Yemen war to protect themselves. "Don’t bet on a war against Iran because they will destroy you," he said in a message directed at Riyadh. On Nasrallah's watch, Hezbollah has also clashed with adversaries at home in Lebanon. In 2008, he accused the Lebanese government — backed at the time by the West and Saudi Arabia — of declaring war by moving to ban his group's internal communication network. Nasrallah vowed to "cut off the hand" that tried to dismantle it. It prompted four days of civil war pitting Hezbollah against Sunni and Druze fighters. The Shi'ite group took over half the capital, Beirut. He strongly denied any Hezbollah involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, after a U.N.-backed tribunal indicted four members of the group. Nasrallah rejected the tribunal — which in 2020 eventually convicted three of them in absentia over the assassination — as a tool in the hands of Hezbollah's enemies.

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Nasrallah, who guided the year-long bombings of Israel, who did the bidding of Iran, who promised vengeance, is dead. He was the target of Friday’s bombings by the IDF. Israel’s military said Saturday that it had killed the overall leader of the Iran-backed group Hezbollah in an airstrike the previous day on the group’s “central headquarters” in […] The post Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s Leader Is Dead appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

About 45,000 dockworkers will walk off the job on Tuesday if port ownership does not meet the union’s demands on wages and port automation, shuttering 36 ports on the East and Gulf Coasts. If they do, Americans could experience supply chain disruptions through Election Day and well into the holiday season. The Daily Wire has been covering the coming strike, from the details of the contract dispute and how it could disrupt supply chains, to information about the colorful Democratic head of the dock workers union and his clash with President Joe Biden, who refuses to block the strike. Here’s everything you need to know before the strike begins.   Why the Dockworkers Strike Could Impact You In the latest episode of FACTS, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro takes a look at the recent dockworkers’ strike, setting the stage for a broader exploration of the history of strikes in America. He examines the motivations behind these labor actions, their impacts on the economy, and how they have shaped American history. Join Ben as he explores the significance of strikes, illuminating key moments, influential figures, and important laws, while discussing how these developments can affect your life today. WATCH: Ben Shapiro Explains Why the Dockworkers Strike Could Impact You   The Strike Comes After Months of Contentious Negotiations. Negotiations broke down in June between the International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents about 85,000 dock workers nationwide, and the United States Maritime Alliance, which represents port management. The two sides are in a stalemate over both wages and the automation of port operations. READ MORE: Here’s How A Dock Worker Strike Could Upend The Economy — And The Election   A Strike Could Impact Everything From Coffee to Christmas Trees. About three-quarters of banana imports to the U.S. arrive at ports that would be affected by a strike, as would pharmaceutical imports — a third of which are routed through the port in Charleston, South Carolina. The National Tree Company, which sells artificial Christmas trees and other decorations, has rushed to import goods early to beat the strike, but expects to see 15% of its goods stranded if a port strike happens. READ MORE: From Coffee to Christmas Trees, Here’s What A Dock Workers Strike Would Disrupt   The Dockworker’s Union Has Given $8 million to Democrats. The ILA has donated more than $1.6 million to Democrats on Harold Daggett’s watch, and more than $8 million to Democrats in total. Federal prosecutors in 2004 alleged a mob conspiracy to elect Daggett head of the union, and the leader is still suspected in a separate but related racketeering case that also involves the mob. READ MORE: Dem Donor Union Boss With Alleged Mob Ties Fights Biden Over Dock Worker Strike   Biden May Let the Strike Happen to Hurt Kamala. Presidents have the authority to block strikes that could pose national security problems, but the White House is adamant that Biden will not intervene. Some say his inaction is retribution for Harris’s role in ousting him from the presidential ticket, while others think he’s trying to appease a powerful union as union membership abandons Democrats in droves. READ MORE: A Dock Worker Strike Could Cost Kamala The White House. Why Won’t Biden Stop It?