Faith. No Man.

Faith. No Man. was formed in late 1982 by Mike "The Man" Morris, Billy Gould, Wade Worthington and Mike Bordin. The band had already been around for nearly a year, and had released a demo tape, under the original name "Sharp Young Men". The name "Faith. No Man." was a shortened, punctuated version of "Faith In No Man". They recorded a two-song 7" single which was released in the spring of 1983. After the songs were recorded, but before the vinyl was released, keyboardist Wade Worthington left the band and was replaced by Roddy Bottum. In September 1983, Billy, Mike, and Roddy quit the band as a strike out against Mike Morris, since he was the founding member and could not be kicked out. The three of them then reformed as "Faith. No More." (later punctuated as Faith No More, to accentuate the fact that "The Man" (Mike Morris) was "no more" a part of the band. Faith. No Man. played their last show on September 8, 1983; Faith. No More. played their first show a month later on October 7, 1983.