Chuck hails from South Central LA and Venice, Ca.. He played in a band briefly in LA with Billy Gould (Bass, Faith No More), then Haircuts Can Kill. Auditioned in San Francisco to fill the revolving door of lead singers for Faith No More (a list notably including a bald headed Courtney Love). He helped firmly establish their sound live, then recording the band's first lp.(released in 1986) on legendary underground mainstay Mordam Records headed by Ruth Schwartz. Mordam also operated as a distributor and was responsible for bringing a large portion of the Punk subculture (including the Dead Kennedys and upwards of 20 labels) to the world, so this was big news and a big help when the record scored a huge underground and college radio hit with 'We Care Alot', a unique mock rock/rap song who's funny, yet poignant lyrics touched a nerve of the post punk generation living on the fringes of the fatuous, indulgent and sabre rattling mid-eighties.
They parleyed this success into recording "Introduce Yourself" for major Indie, Slash Records in 1986. They re-recorded 'We Care Alot', fueling the misperception of Faith No More as primarily a RapCore or Rock/Rap band ( more influenced by Killing Joke, Metallica, and ultra savvy pop awareness-ask 'em), and sells Chuck's vocal contributions short. Noteably, that " He can't sing, etc.", belying a clever singers self aware lampooning the sometimes bloated pomposity of Rock culture; tapping a rich historical vein.
Chuck's singing style was a cultivated crooner warble introduced by Screaming Jay Hawkins, who played with the tonality and resonance of his tone by stretchng and contorting the chamber of his mouth throughout held notes, along with other more mimicable cartoonish fun. Later in Rock, you find David Johansen using it with the Dolls decidedly playful music. David Bowie has encorporated it throughout his career, but particularly on the "low" lp., "china girl" and throughout his Berlin period. Thusly influencing Iggy Pop from "the Idiot"(check out 'funtime') on forward('I'm a conservative!' or 'wild america', f'rnstance). Jeffrey Lee Pierce of Gun Club was great with this style of using rock'n roll to play with itself. Dave Vanian with the Damned, of course. The Goth'ers used it to great lugubrious effect (Bauhaus, Joy Division).
It was Chuck Mosely (and a boat load of punk attitude) that used that warbling croon (juxta)posed against/ and in ironic tandem with Jim Martins towering metal chords to comment and play with a Genre of Rock known for taking itself a little too seriously (Yngwie, nuff said). He'd artfully fall off a note only to take it back and finish it clean. Listen to his layered tracks on "spirit(and excellence)", one track is pure and on, the other is absurdly, wildly off. Finally, I leave you with "faster disco" (in deed and in meaning) to demonstrate his purpose:
"styling, you know you are styling. So look to the mirror (there), and blow yourself a kiss (muah!)".
Iggy himself payed direct homage to Chuck and FNM's approach on the song "Lost" in 2000.
The band toured hard, tough often the success of the hit maddeningly overshadowed the rest of their vision. Chuck could be flippant onstage and I'm sure it carried over. Eventually the joke wore thin on the band; but their solution was a decided ambition to take that next step out of the San Francisco underground, and we all wished them luck. You could see them growing apart before they went down to start "Real Thing" in LA, I think Chuck could see it less so.
Mike P. was a real go getter, and was lock step with Roddy and the boys. Vox style in antithesis initially, but then by 'caffeine' there is slightly sterile decided return to the wounded croooner thing.
Mike P. does good and well by the underground- he's cool. But I miss FNM, and really miss Chuck - and tip my hat to his contributions.
ted offensive, San Francisco Mission dist.,7/08
24 Jul 03:43
They parleyed this success into recording "Introduce Yourself" for major Indie, Slash Records in 1986. They re-recorded 'We Care Alot', fueling the misperception of Faith No More as primarily a RapCore or Rock/Rap band ( more influenced by Killing Joke, Metallica, and ultra savvy pop awareness-ask 'em), and sells Chuck's vocal contributions short. Noteably, that " He can't sing, etc.", belying a clever singers self aware lampooning the sometimes bloated pomposity of Rock culture; tapping a rich historical vein.
Chuck's singing style was a cultivated crooner warble introduced by Screaming Jay Hawkins, who played with the tonality and resonance of his tone by stretchng and contorting the chamber of his mouth throughout held notes, along with other more mimicable cartoonish fun. Later in Rock, you find David Johansen using it with the Dolls decidedly playful music. David Bowie has encorporated it throughout his career, but particularly on the "low" lp., "china girl" and throughout his Berlin period. Thusly influencing Iggy Pop from "the Idiot"(check out 'funtime') on forward('I'm a conservative!' or 'wild america', f'rnstance). Jeffrey Lee Pierce of Gun Club was great with this style of using rock'n roll to play with itself. Dave Vanian with the Damned, of course. The Goth'ers used it to great lugubrious effect (Bauhaus, Joy Division).
It was Chuck Mosely (and a boat load of punk attitude) that used that warbling croon (juxta)posed against/ and in ironic tandem with Jim Martins towering metal chords to comment and play with a Genre of Rock known for taking itself a little too seriously (Yngwie, nuff said). He'd artfully fall off a note only to take it back and finish it clean. Listen to his layered tracks on "spirit(and excellence)", one track is pure and on, the other is absurdly, wildly off. Finally, I leave you with "faster disco" (in deed and in meaning) to demonstrate his purpose:
"styling, you know you are styling. So look to the mirror (there), and blow yourself a kiss (muah!)".
Iggy himself payed direct homage to Chuck and FNM's approach on the song "Lost" in 2000.
The band toured hard, tough often the success of the hit maddeningly overshadowed the rest of their vision. Chuck could be flippant onstage and I'm sure it carried over. Eventually the joke wore thin on the band; but their solution was a decided ambition to take that next step out of the San Francisco underground, and we all wished them luck. You could see them growing apart before they went down to start "Real Thing" in LA, I think Chuck could see it less so.
Mike P. was a real go getter, and was lock step with Roddy and the boys. Vox style in antithesis initially, but then by 'caffeine' there is slightly sterile decided return to the wounded croooner thing.
Mike P. does good and well by the underground- he's cool. But I miss FNM, and really miss Chuck - and tip my hat to his contributions.
ted offensive, San Francisco Mission dist.,7/08
24 Jul 03:43
by ted offensive July 24, 2008
by Flawed February 24, 2010
A fat person trying to crowd surf and when they jumps the crowd parts like the red sea.
When someone try to do a stage dive but the crowd moves away (usually happens when fat people try to stage dive).
Any attempt at a stage dive or crowd surf that causes the crowd to separate as the person is still in midair.
When someone try to do a stage dive but the crowd moves away (usually happens when fat people try to stage dive).
Any attempt at a stage dive or crowd surf that causes the crowd to separate as the person is still in midair.
Fat guy: I'm going to go crowd surfing!
Friend #1: Don't do it!
*Fat Guy jumps of stage*
Crowd: SHIT!
*Crowd moves from under the fly fat guy*
*Fat Guy falls on his face*
Friend #2: Why did you try a flying moses, fat ass?
Friend #1: Don't do it!
*Fat Guy jumps of stage*
Crowd: SHIT!
*Crowd moves from under the fly fat guy*
*Fat Guy falls on his face*
Friend #2: Why did you try a flying moses, fat ass?
by lonercs June 17, 2010
A corrupt institution that is dishonest, like it's students whom have fake friendships, take drugs, pills, weed, and drink alcohol. They need good grades, and kiss their parents asses to get out on the weekends. Most attendees are narcissistic and feel much more entitled than they are. Still, with all these problems, on the surface, we, and our lives, are all one word: perfect.
Moses Brown hosts students like this: a bitchy insecure teenage girl who walks around like she owns all of her one-hundred classmates. She talks shit like its her job, and is fake friends to everyone, but is too ignorant to even get how clueless, bitchy and negative she truly is. She lives in her own "reality"...and after highschool, she'll amount to nothing.
by princetongirl99 April 08, 2009
An exclamation to express a person's disagreement or frustration with a given person, time, or event. Alternatively this phrase can be used to describe the great magnitude of an event.
Despite the misleading use of the word "tits" this phrase is hardly if ever used in a sexual context.
Despite the misleading use of the word "tits" this phrase is hardly if ever used in a sexual context.
Example 1:
Bill: Did you study for the test Dave?
Dave: Tits of moses! I completely forgot!
Example 2:
Mother: Jimmy! Go outside and mow the lawn!
Jimmy: Tits of moses mom do I really have to?
Example 3:
Steve: Dude check that chick out!
Larry: Tits of moses she's fine! I'd like to take a bite outta' dem' apples!
Bill: Did you study for the test Dave?
Dave: Tits of moses! I completely forgot!
Example 2:
Mother: Jimmy! Go outside and mow the lawn!
Jimmy: Tits of moses mom do I really have to?
Example 3:
Steve: Dude check that chick out!
Larry: Tits of moses she's fine! I'd like to take a bite outta' dem' apples!
by SomeoneIknow January 12, 2010
the jewish version of secret santa, created for people who feel left out during office holiday parties because they cannot participate in the act of gift giving disguised as santa claus.
this year everyone in the office will play the game 'secret moses', where we all give someone else a gift for festivus, christmas, hannukah, or kwanza.
by kyle popov December 08, 2009
A large man who plays basketball under the legend Chris Smoove. Moses is also known as a man who packs a lot of heat down under whilst bullying NBA bigs such as Anthony Davis in the post.
Person 1: "god dammit man why are you playing as Moses Cuh on NBA 2K
Person 2: "idk but Moses Cuh is a smoove move
Person 1: "Damn look at that cheese"
Person 2: "idk but Moses Cuh is a smoove move
Person 1: "Damn look at that cheese"
by SVelos November 24, 2021