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FAITH NO MORE: CREW RELIEF With their loyal touring family out of work, Californian rock legends Faith No More launch a campaign to ensure their crew are taken care of during the lockdown. TPi’s Stew Hume reports...
With a fiercely loyal fanbase across the globe, Faith No More have been a mainstay of the alternative-rock scene for many years and, since reforming back in 2009, the band has enjoyed a great level of success touring, and headlining numerous festival slots. Since reigniting the flames at the tail-end of the noughties, there has been a constant roster of men and women working tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the band get to each venue and their stage shows meet fans’ lofty expectations night after night. The current Faith No More crew - Tour Manger, Tim Moss; Production Manager, Shaun Kendrick; FOH Engineer, Michael Brennan; Monitor Engineer Nicco Anntonetti; LD, Charles Martin; Tour Assistant, Anika Jacobs and Backline Techs, David Stauble, Max Karon Abel Vallejo - were all set for
a busy year of shows. However, like many people across the globe, 2020 meant one thing – a sudden halt of touring plans. “We were set to roll from May to mid-September this year,” reflected Production Manager, Shaun Kendrick. “I had been working on the project on and off since October 2019 with setup and advancing due to start on 1 April 2020 and the New Zealand shows due to start at the start of May. As it became apparent the gigs were going to be off, we were devasted, personally and financially, having lost all of our work. I knew how much this was going to impact our crew. We are all part of a freelance community across the world and, at that very moment, we were all in exactly the same position.” The worry was not lost on the band and upper management, who began to put their heads together to find a way to raise some funds for the 08
