Mike Bordin

Mike Bordin

Mike Bordin (born Michael Andrew Bordin, November 27 1962 in San Francisco, California) was the co-founder and drummer of Faith No More and is now playing with Ozzy Osbourne. Bordin re-recorded the drum tracks on Osbourne's solo albums, Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman for remasters released in 2002. The re-recordings were the result of a lawsuit brought on by original drummer Lee Kerslake and original bassist Bob Daisley (whose part was also re-recorded by Robert Trujillo) for unpaid royalties. He also briefly played with three-quarters of the original Black Sabbath line-up during closing segments of Ozzy Osbourne's 1997 headlining concerts on the Ozzfest tour. Mike is left handed, and has the majority of his cymbals on the left, including his ride cymbal.

Bordin also appeared on the second solo album released by Jerry Cantrell, and toured with KoЯn when their drummer David Silveria was injured.

In 2001, Bordin appeared as a contestant on the American version of the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, immediately following his wife. He made it to the $16,000 level before missing a question, walking away with $1,000. Former bandmate Robert Trujillo, now of Metallica, watched on in the crowd.

He gained the nickname 'Puffy' from the days when he began growing his hair into what would eventually become his dreadlocks. Initially, rather than growing down, his hair grew outwards into an afro which was described by members of the band as being like a puffball.

The lyrics "Take it from our drummer, Puff / Being good, it gets you stuff" from Faith No More's song "Cuckoo for Caca" (King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime, 1995) refers to Bordin's tendency to do nice things for people and their offering him things in return.

Bordin is a pinball fanatic. During the early Faith No More days, his initials were on pinball machines all over San Francisco. His "hotel" name was Henry Krinkle, which led to the writing of the song, "Mr. Krinkle", by Primus' Les Claypool.

Discography

Faith No More

• We Care a Lot (1985)
• Introduce Yourself (1987)
• The Real Thing (1989)
• Angel Dust (1992)
• King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime (1995)
• Album of the Year (1997)

Jerry Cantrell

• Degradation Trip (2002)

Ozzy Osbourne

• Down to Earth (2001)
• Live at Budokan (2002)
• Under Cover (2005)
• Black Rain (2007)