Billy Gould
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William David Gould (born April 24, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is a musician and producer. He played bass for the band Faith No More.
He started playing the bass while he was at Loyola High school in Los Angeles with Faith No More's keyboard player Roddy Bottum. During these early years, one of his first bands was named "The Animated," a genre-bending new wave outfit. In the early 1980s, he moved to San Francisco to start his studies. There, he played in several underground bands. At this time he met drummer Mike Bordin and guitar player Jim Martin. Although he was mostly influenced by punk rock, he integrated other musical elements in his style. He soon formed a band with Mike Bordin and Roddy Bottum called Faith No Man, which eventually became Faith No More.
In the mid-nineties, he began to work as producer and co-produced Faith No More's last record Album of the Year with the former Swans drummer Roli Mosimann. He is now the CEO of Koolarrow Records. He sometimes played with the Mexican grindcore band Brujeria in the 1990s. He was also involved in several occasional all star bands, such as Shandi's Addiction (with Maynard Keenan, Brad Wilk and Tom Morello) or Black Diamond Brigade (with Norwegian rock musicians). Furthermore, he played with Wayne Kramer and Fear Factory, and produced CMX's Vainajala album. His latest musical efforts are a guest appearance on Romanian nu-metal band Coma's new album, due out later this fall, and the production of the new album of German rockband Harmful. He also will be touring with the latter.
For most of Faith No More's life, he used a Zon bass guitar but started on an Aria bass guitar. He began with Peavey amplifiers, then moved to Ampeg amplifiers. He is known for employing a wide variety of playing styles.
| Faith No More |
| Roddy Bottum | Billy Gould | Mike Bordin | Mike Patton | Jon Hudson |
| Chuck Mosely | "Big" Jim Martin | Dean Menta | Trey Spruance | Mark Bowen | Courtney Love | Wade Worthington |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: We Care a Lot | Introduce Yourself | The Real Thing | Angel Dust | King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime | Album of the Year |
| Lives and compilations: Live at the Brixton Academy | Who Cares a Lot? | This Is It: The Best of Faith No More | Epic And Other Hits | The Platinum Collection |
| Singles: We Care a Lot | Anne's Song | From Out Of Nowhere | Epic | Falling to Pieces | Midlife Crisis | A Small Victory | Everything's Ruined | Easy (Songs to Make Love To) | Another Body Murdered | Digging the Grave | Ricochet | Evidence | Ashes To Ashes | Last Cup Of Sorrow | Stripsearch | I Started a Joke |
| Related articles |
| Imperial Teen | Mr. Bungle | Faith No Man | Brujeria | Peeping Tom | Coma | Tomahawk | Fantômas |
| Categories: Faith No More albums | Faith No More songs |
