Crudo is a project featuring

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Faith No More Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1979. Before settling on the current name in July 1983, the band performed under the names Sharp Young Men and later Faith No Man. Bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist/r ...

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) and

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). Crudo made their stage debut playing a secret warmup show in San Francisco at

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on May 22, 2008. They also performed at the 2008

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. Their music has been described as "strange and bizarre R&B". A sample of the song "Let's Go" was placed on the band's MySpace profile in August 2008, but as of May 2013, an album has yet to be released or announced and the MySpace profile remains inactive. The band was mentioned in the film Obsessed starring

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, and

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, whose character exclaims "Dan the Automator is king!".

Notes

External links

Interview
with Crudo in Self-titled Magazine
Crudo's MySpace page
{{US-R&B-band-stub American alternative rock groups