Faith No More – The Real Thing

Album 1989

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1989 album The Real Thing.

Music from The Real Thing

Artists on The Real Thing

Roddy Bottum

Roles:

Guitarist Keyboardist Composer

Groups:

Faith No More Imperial Teen Pop-O-Pies Faith. No Man. Crickets Haircuts That Kill MAN ON MAN
Billy Gould

Roles:

Bassist

Groups:

Faith No More Brujeria The Chickenfuckers MC50 Fear and the Nervous System Jello Biafra and The Guantanamo School of Medicine Shandi’s Addiction White Trash Debutantes The Animated Pop-O-Pies The Talking Book Harmful Sharp Young Men Faith. No Man. Haircuts That Kill
Matt Wallace

Roles:

Singer Music Producer Audio Engineer

Engineer Mixing Engineer Producer
Jim “Watts” Vereecke

Roles:

Singer Audio Engineer

Engineer
John Golden

Roles:

Music Producer Audio Engineer

Mastering Engineer

Gear Used On The Real Thing

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Faith No More – The Real Thing (1989). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Roddy Bottum

Roles:

Guitarist Keyboardist Composer

Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Roddy Bottum on The Real Thing

Synthesizers

Oberheim OB-Xa

Avg price: $5,849.00

Roddy Bottum utilized the Oberheim OB-Xa synthesizer on Faith No More's first two albums, "We Care A Lot" (1985) and "Introduce Yourself" (1987), as well as during live performances throughout that period.

Billy Gould

Roles:

Bassist

Effects Pedals used by Billy Gould on The Real Thing

Overdrive Effects Pedals

Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer Classic

Avg price: $370.19

Billy used an Ibanez TS-10 Tube Screamer from 1987 to 1991. He used it for the recording of Faith No More's third record 'The Real Thing'. The Tube Screamer (along with his DOD Bass Flanger can be seen during the bridge/guitar solo section in their performance of 'Epic' on their appearance on the show Yo! MTV Raps on December 26th, 1990.