1. Charles Henry Mosley III was an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for the rock band Faith No More from 1984 to 1988.
27 Facts About Chuck Mosley
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Chuck Mosley contributed to the band's early sound, combining elements of funk, punk, and rap-rock, and appeared on their first two albums, We Care a Lot and Introduce Yourself.
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Chuck Mosley continued to influence the alternative music scene until his death in 2017.
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Chuck Mosley was born in Hollywood, California, but raised in South Central Los Angeles and Venice, California, adopted at a very early age.
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Chuck Mosley first met Billy Gould in 1977, at a The Zeros, Johnny Navotnee and Bags show.
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Chuck Mosley then went on to play keyboards in Gould's first band The Animated in 1979.
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Chuck Mosley left the band to join Faith No More in 1985 replacing, among others, Courtney Love, as lead singer.
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Incidents include Chuck Mosley allegedly punching Gould on stage and one of Chuck Mosley's roadies getting into a fist fight with guitarist Jim Martin.
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Chuck Mosley took it very personally, sticking up for this roadie.
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Chuck Mosley was eventually fired after the band returned home from Europe.
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Chuck Mosley sued his bandmates in 1989, claiming a partnership interest in Faith No More's financial assets.
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In 1990, Chuck Mosley began a stint as lead singer in the revered hardcore punk band Bad Brains.
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Chuck Mosley performed at nearly 60 shows in the United States and Europe, then left the band in January 1992.
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Chuck Mosley went on to form a new band, Cement in late 1992.
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Chuck Mosley spent a year recovering from a broken back, the tour was canceled, and the band was shelved.
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Chuck Mosley moved to Cleveland, Ohio in March 1996, where he spent several years writing and compiling material while raising his two daughters and working as a chef in various restaurants.
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On November 17,2012, Chuck Mosley re-released his album Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food while working on an autobiography.
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In fall 2015, Chuck Mosley published a non-fiction essay in an anthology titled A Matter of Words, about the writing and recording of the Faith No More track "Mark Bowen".
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In mid-2016, Chuck Mosley toured the US doing an "unplugged" show, and a reissue of the We Care a Lot album, with extra tracks.
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Chuck Mosley appeared as the vocalist on You'll Never Make the Six, the fourth album from the Cleveland band Indoria.
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The album, released August 30,2016, featured an expanded role for Chuck Mosley, who had joined the band late during the recording of their previous release.
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In 2017 Chuck Mosley joined Primitive Race, the industrial collective created by Chris Kniker featuring guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite, Erie Loch, and drummer Dale Crover of Melvins.
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In July 2017, Chuck Mosley played a fictional version of himself in the film Like an Open Heart It Shines, written and directed by David Collupy.
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In early 2018, it was announced that Chuck Mosley will be the subject of a forthcoming documentary Thanks.
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Chuck Mosley is survived by long-term partner Pip Logan, two daughters, Erica and Sophie and his grandson Wolfgang Logan Mosley.
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Chuck Mosley was a reckless and caterwauling force of energy who delivered with conviction and helped set us on a track of uniqueness and originality that would not have developed the way it had had he not been a part.
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Some of Chuck Mosley's influences included David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Roxy Music, Killing Joke, Motown, Michael Jackson and Black Sabbath.