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Mike “Puffy” Bordin (M)
27-11-1962
country: United States
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Born on November 27, 1962, in San Francisco, CA, Bordin became obsessed with rock music as a teenager (especially such heavyweights as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin) and began playing drums at the age of 14, when he and a high school friend who had just picked up the bass - future Metallica member Cliff Burton - began to jam together.
Mike's first gig goes back to 1976. It was an illegal gig in a movie theatre with many kegs and arrests. Since this first concert he has been touring for more than twenty years.
Mike Bordin is widely regarded to be one of the finest drummers in all of heavy metal/hard rock, as evidenced by the resumé of artists he's played with over the years.
Mike has played with a lot of great musicians like:- Cliff Burton of Metallica(R.I.P.),
- Faith No More,
- Ozzy guys,
- Sabbath guys,
- Korn,
- Primus and
- Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
By the early '80s, Bordin had discovered other musical styles (including such new wave acts as Killing Joke, PiL, and Theatre of Hate) and his playing style began to absorb this variety. Shortly thereafter, he founded the similarly styled outfit Faith No Man, along with bassist Bill Gould, which by the mid-'80s (and several bandmember changes later), would transform into alt-metallists Faith No More.
Bordin and Faith No More issued a pair of albums, 1985's "We Care a Lot" and 1987's "Introduce Yourself", which created a loud buzz in the underground. But it wa........click for full story of Mike “Puffy” Bordin
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