Stripsearch (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Stripsearch

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Artist = Faith No More
from 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
Producer = Roli Mosimann Billy Gould
Writer = Jon Hudson Mike Patton Mike Bordin Billy Gould
Last single = "Last Cup of Sorrow" (1997)
This single = "Stripsearch" (1997)
Next single = "I Started a Joke" (1998)
Misc = Extra track listing
Album = Album of the Year
Type = studio
prev_track = "Collision"
prev_no = Track 1
this_track = "Stripsearch"
track_no = Track 2
next_track = "Last Cup of Sorrow"
next_no = Track 3 Extra musicsample
filename=FNM Stripsearch Sample.ogg
format=Ogg
title=Stripsearch
Type=single

"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: cquotetxt|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 [ [http://www.angelfire.com/pa3/fnm/FNMquotes.html#1997] , "Faith No More - The Making of Album of the Year" (Keyboard Magazine, September 1997)]

Music video

In the video for "Stripsearch", which was written by Billy Gould [http://www.fnm.com/faq/#15 Q15] of the FAQ on FNM.com] and directed by Philip Stolzt, Mike Patton walks through parts of Berlin. 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.Fact|date=April 2008

Track list

#"Stripsearch"
#"Collision" (Live from Night Town, Rotterdam on august 27, 1997)
#"The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" (Live from Night Town, Rotterdam on august 27, 1997)
#"Ashes to Ashes" (Live at Phoenix Festival '97 on july 27, 1997)

Charts

*flagicon|AUS ARIA Charts #83 [Australian charts page for Faith No More [http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Faith+No+More] ]

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