Stripsearch (song)

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“Stripsearch”
“Stripsearch” cover
Single by Faith No More
from the album Album of the Year
Released November 11, 1997
Format CD
Recorded Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, CA
Genre Alternative Metal
Length 4:12
Label Slash Records
Writer(s) Jon Hudson
Mike Patton
Mike Bordin
Billy Gould
Producer Roli Mosimann
Billy Gould
Faith No More singles chronology
"Last Cup of Sorrow"
(1997)		 "Stripsearch"
(1997)		 "I Started a Joke"
(1998)
Album of the Year track listing
"Collision"
(Track 1)		 "Stripsearch"
(Track 2)		 "Last Cup of Sorrow"
(Track 3)
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"Stripsearch"
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"Stripsearch" is a song off Faith No More's final studio album, Album of the Year. It was released as a single towards the end of 1997 and was the last single to be released prior to the band splitting up.

When asked about the song, Billy Gould replied:

“ The loop in the beginning made such a difference. Before we put it in, the song sounded more like Queensrÿche. But after the loop, it sounded more like Portishead or something. It gave it a darker, different slant. It didn't sound like a rock band anymore. „

—Billy Gould[1]

Contents

[edit] Music video

In the video for "Stripsearch", which was written by Billy Gould[2] and directed by Philip Stolzt, Mike Patton walks through parts of Berlin.[2] At about half way through he arrives at a military checkpoint and stands at the back of a queue consisting of, amongst other people, other members of the band. When he reaches the front he hands in his passport for inspection, the man inspecting finds something wrong with the papers and calls the guards on Patton, who tries to get away and gets pinned to the floor at gun point and arrested.[citation needed]

[edit] Track list

  1. "Stripsearch"
  2. "Collision" (Live from Night Town, Rotterdam on August 27, 1997)
  3. "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" (Live from Night Town, Rotterdam on August 27, 1997)
  4. "Ashes to Ashes" (Live at Phoenix Festival '97 on July 27, 1997)

[edit] Charts

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ [1], "Faith No More - The Making of Album of the Year" (Keyboard Magazine, September 1997)
  2. ^ a b Q15 of the FAQ on FNM.com
  3. ^ Australian charts page for Faith No More[2]
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