When the annual Sno-Core tour gets under way early next year, System Of A Down, Incubus, Puya, and Mr. Bungle will be on board.

• 1/15 - Del Mar, CA @ Del Mar Fairgrounds, Arena
• 1/16 - Anaheim, CA @ Sun Theater
• 1/18 - Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theatre
• 1/20 - Hollywood, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
• 1/22 - San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
• 1/23 - Sacramento, CA @ Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
• 1/25 - Portland, WA @ Roseland Ballroom
• 1/26 - Spokane, WA @ Spokane Center
• 1/28 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Salt Air Pavilion
• 1/29 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
• 1/31 - Centropolis, MO @ The Beaumont
• 2/1 - St. Louis, MO @ Mississippi Nights
• 2/2 - Minneapolis, MN @ Quest
• 2/4 - Milwaukee, WI @ Mojeska Theatre

-- Robert Mancini

• Incubus
• Mr. Bungle
• Puya
• System of a Down

"An Evening With Mr. Bungle"… if you think that you're up the sonic challenge that particular phrase implies, then you'll be pleased to learn about the upcoming leg of that band's U.S. tour.

• 10/20 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
• 10/22 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
• 10/24 - Columbia, MO @ Blue Note
• 10/26 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
• 10/27 - Cleveland, OH @ The Odeon
• 10/28 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
• 10/30 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts
• 10/31 - Pontiac, MI @ Clutch Cargo's
• 11/1 - Toronto, ON @ The Guvernment
• 11/3 - Montreal, Que @ Le Spectrum
• 11/4 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
• 11/5 - Old Bridge, NJ @ Birch Hill Night Club
• 11/6 - New Haven, CT @ Toad's Place
• 11/7 - Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
• 11/8 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
• 11/10 - Baltimore, MD @ Recher Theatre
• 11/11 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
• 11/13 - Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
• 11/15 - Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
• 11/16 - Nashville, TN @ 328 Performance Hall
• 11/18 - Oklahoma City, OK @ TBA
• 11/20 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
• 11/21 - Tucson, AZ @ The Rock
• 11/22 - Anaheim, CA @ Sun Theatre
• 11/23 - Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
• 12/31 - San Francisco, CA @ Galleria Design Center (w/Melvins, Kids of Widney High, Fantomas)

• Mr. Bungle

With Faith No More now a memory, singer and musical explorer Mike Patton has poured his diabolical energy into Mr. Bungle, and the results will soon surface with a new album and tour.

• 7/13 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
• 7/14 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
• 7/15 - West Hollywood, CA @ House Of Blues
• 7/16 - Sacramento, CA @ X-Treme
• 7/18 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox
• 7/19 - Portland, OR @ Roseland
• 7/21 - Salt Lake City, UT @ DV8
• 7/22 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
• 7/24 - St. Louis, MO @ Karma
• 7/25 - Iowa City, IA @ Gabe's Oasis
• 7/26 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
• 7/27 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
• 7/28 - Chicago, IL @ The Metro
• 7/29 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
• 7/30 - Toronto, ONT @ Opera House
• 7/31 - Montreal, QC @ Cabaret Music Hall
• 8/3 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
• 8/4 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

• Faith No More
• Fantômas
• Mr. Bungle

Faith No More may now be defunct, but fans of the adventurous rock outfit can soon relive the band's heyday through a home video set to arrive next month.

"Who Cares A Lot? The Greatest Videos," which arrives on February 23, logs in at 120-minutes and captures 16 of the bands best known tracks. The video comes just months after the release of a Faith No More greatest hits album, titled "Who Cares A Lot?" and brings with it a mix of videos, interview footage, and live performance clips.

Fans will also be treated to interstitial gems like a bungee jump attempt by original FNM guitarist Jim Martin.

When "Who Cares A Lot? The Greatest Videos" arrives next month, here's what fans will find:

• "Midlife Crisis"
• "Epic"
• "Failing To Pieces"
• "Anne's Song"
• "We Care A Lot"
• "Surprise! You're Dead!"
• "From Out Of Nowhere"
• "A Small Victory"
• "Everything's Ruined"
• "Caffeine"
• "Easy"
• "Digging The Grave"
• "Evidence"
• "Last Cup Of Sorrow"
• "Ashes To Ashes"
• "I Started A Joke"

• Faith No More
• Fantômas
• Mr. Bungle

Fantomas, the metal-noise supergroup featuring Faith No More's Mike Patton, rolled into San Francisco Thursday night to introduce new material from its upcoming album at a less-than-half-full Slim's.

It was the same venue where the group made their sold-out debut this past May. The line-up again featured drummer Dave Lombardo of Slayer, Buzz Osbourne of the Melvins on guitar, and bass player Trevor Dunn, who also plays with Patton in the band Mr. Bungle.

The music came from the band's forthcoming album, which they just finished recording in San Francisco. Broken up into about 30 short bursts of sound, the songs are untitled. Patton doesn't even call them songs, instead using the term "pages" in reference to the comic book "Fantomas," which inspired the music and the band. The band performs them in exactly the same order as they appear on the as-yet-untitled album.

Mr. Bungle, meanwhile, is writing material for their next album, to be recorded later this year.

Fantomas is in the midst of a West Coast tour, which kicked off last week with three sold-out shows in Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland. Fantomas heads next to the Troubadour in Los Angeles.

• Faith No More
• Fantômas
• Mr. Bungle

Metallica's Jason Newsted, former Faith No More frontman Mike Patton, and possibly Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead and ex-Dead Kennedy singer Jello Biafra will be joining Sepultura onstage for a benefit concert on August 15 in Sao Paulo, Brazil at the Anhembi fairgrounds.

• Faith No More
• Fantômas
• Metallica
• Mr. Bungle
• Sepultura

Imperial Teen's new album release has been pushed back until early next year, according to the band's publicist.

A spokesperson for the Roddy Bottum-led band told MTV News that there wasn't a problem with the record, but the company decided that the fourth quarter of the retail sales year was not a good time to be trying to push an album by a developing band. She cited tight airplay schedules, lack of retail promotion space and other like problems.

"We want to increase the odds as much as possible," said the spokesperson. She added that the band would be receiving tour support this October for a U.S. roadtrip to prepare for a full-scale push for the record's release come January.

Bottum is best known as the keyboardist for the defunct Faith No More. He formed Imperial Teen with Will Schwartz, Lynn Perko and Jone Stebbins and debuted with the profound pop album "Seasick" in 1996.

In Faith No More news, watch for a 14-track 'best of' compilation from Faith No More called "Who Cares a Lot?" scheduled for release in October. (The band had a 1985 hit called "We Care A Lot"). The Internet's Hard Radio reports that the record will include the European-only b-sides 'Absolute Zero', and a cover of the Bee Gees' "I Started A Joke," as well as an unreleased track called "Patton I."

• Faith No More
• Fantômas
• Mr. Bungle

It was not your usual show.

The sold-out show at Slim's consisted of about 30 short songs with non-traditional structures and rhythm patterns. Patton stood on the side of the stage, giving visual cues to the rest of the group in the style of a classical conductor. He performed less as the frontman of a group and more as simply one of the instruments, alternatively shrieking, roaring, yelping, and belting out very few sounds that resembled his more familiar vocal style.

Guitarist Buzz Osborne of the Melvins, ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo, bassist Trevor Dunn of Mr. Bungle, and Patton took turns at the center of the super-loud sound, delivering unpredictable and sporadic bursts of percussion and bass, experimental, noisy guitar licks, and irregular vocals.

Those in the audience who hadn't come prepared with earplugs grappled with the auditory onslaught in different ways. Some plugged their ears. Others left in the middle of the show. A few banged their heads.

Throughout the evening, the crowd reaction ranged from intense enthusiasm at some moments, confusion or shock at others. There were a few requests to play something more familiar, and at one point an audience member yelled out to let the band know he was disappointed. Patton responded only with an undetermined gesture, saying nothing to the rest of the crowd until the last song.

"Thank you all so much for coming out to hear our first show. I hope you're having a good time, even that guy," Patton said graciously, referring to the one unhappy fan. "This is our last song, and I'm sure it's going to be a really big hit," he added jokingly as the band launched into another of their cacophonic creations.

Fantomas will play another show in San Francisco this Sunday before taking their show to New York City early in July.

• Faith No More
• Fantômas
• Mr. Bungle

Former Faith No More vocalist Mike Patton will be introducing his new band, Fantomas, in San Francisco this Thursday.

The Fantomas are Patton, his longtime Mr. Bungle bandmate Trevor Dunn on bass; the Melvins' Buzz Osborne on guitar and ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo.

Patton told the San Francisco Chronicle that he's only barely met some of his new mates and that it will be sink or swim -- the band will have just five days of rehearsals. It will either be fresh and good, says Patton, or it will blow up in their faces. The band is named after a chaotic character from a turn-of-the-century French crime novel series.

Like Mr. Bungle, a long-lived Patton sideproject in place before he joined Faith No More, Fantomas will not have traditional lyrics. But while the band's sound, Patton tells the Chronicle, won't be the Mr. Bungle-like avante garde cacophony and off the wall costuming, it will include "comic-book sounds and baby talk.''

The group won't be a full-time project for the members, given their individual schedules, but Patton says that he hopes to record with Fantomas in the fall. Their label status is still up in the air, however. Faith No More broke up without fulfilling their obligations to Warner Bros., which may or may not affect the new group. Patton declined to comment on the issue in the interview.

Following their debut in San Francisco, the band heads to New York City for showcase dates July 1 and 2 at the Knitting Factory.

• Faith No More
• Fantômas
• Mr. Bungle

Faith No More has officially called it quits.

Earlier this month, the band had played a handful of overseas concerts in Spain and Portugal, a move that served to at least temporarily set their fans' minds at ease in light of a never-ending sea of rumors, but their relief was short lived.

"After 15 long and fruitful years, Faith No More have decided to put an end to speculation regarding their imminent break up... by breaking up," reads a statement released today by bassist Billy Gould.

"The decision among the members is mutual, and there will be no pointing of fingers, no naming of names, other than stating, for the record, that 'Puffy started it,'" Gould joked.

The statement was confirmed by the band's management, Warren Entner Entertainment.

Faith No More had consisted of co-writer/co-founder Gould; Mike Patton, who also fronted Mr. Bungle and who was correctly rumored to be starting a new band; keyboardist Roddy Bottum, who started up the successful Imperial Teen two years ago; and drummer Mike "Puffy" Bordin who was also known as an occasional drummer for Ozzy Osbourne. The band had a revolving door for their guitarists -- they had just added Jon Hudson, who replaced Dean Menta who replaced Trey Spruance who replaced Jim Martin. The band's last recorded effort was "Album of the Year" released last year.

In related news, Mike Patton's manager in Mr. Bungle has confirmed to Internet sources that Patton's new band will be called Phantomas. They had toyed with the name Diabolik, but opted for the former. The super group consists of drummer Dave Lombardo, formerly of Slayer, Buzz Osbourne of the Melvins on guitar, and Mr. Bungle's Trevor Dunn on bass. Their first show is scheduled to take place June 18th at Slim's in San Francisco.

Meanwhile Roddy Bottum's Imperial Teen, who issued their debut album, "Seasick" in 1996, have now completed their second album, this one titled "What is Not To Love." They plan on releasing it this July.

• Faith No More
• Fantômas
• Mr. Bungle