List of songs recorded by Chuck Mosley

Chuck Mosley, born Charles Henry Mosley III (December 26, 1959 – November 9, 2017), was an American musician, singer and songwriter. During his career, he recorded over 100 songs, both as a solo artist and as a member of Faith No More, Cement, and Primitive Race.

Songs recorded by Chuck Mosley

Breakdown by artist Artist № songs Chuck Mosley 30 Cement 26 Primitive Race 21 Faith No More 20 Indoria 8

Mosley began his career in Los Angeles, performing in local bands The Animated and Haircuts That Kill, before joining Faith No More in 1983.^[1] He appeared on two albums with the group, We Care a Lot (1985) and follow-up Introduce Yourself (1987), before being fired for "erratic behaviour" the following year.^[2] Mosley's last recording for the band was "New Improved Song", released as a covermount for Sounds magazine that same year; the song was later reworked as "The Morning After" for the band's next album The Real Thing.^[3]

After Faith No More, Mosley briefly joined the group Bad Brains, before moving on to form Cement. The latter group released two albums—Cement and The Man with the Action Hair—before a bus accident, which left Mosley with a broken back, curtailed their career.^[1][4] Following this, Mosley left the music industry for several years before returning in 2009 with his solo debut, Will Rap Over Hard Rock for Food.^[1] Mosley joined the musical supergroup Primitive Race for their album Soul Pretender, which was released a week before his death; the material on this album was later reworked for the posthumous remix album Cranial Matter.^[5][6] Towards the end of his life, Mosley focussed on acoustic performances,^[2] some of which saw release as the 2019 Record Store Day exclusive Joe Haze Sessions #2.^[7] According to a statement released by his family, Mosley died "due to the disease of addiction" on November 9, 2017, at age 57.^[8]

Mosley is known for his distinctive vocal style—described as "an acquired taste to most"^[9]—which blended elements of rap music, punk, and metal, and which has been seen as an influence on popular music of the 1990s.^[1][2][10] Mosley credited the development of this style to his initial confusion with Faith No More's music, stating, "I hadn't heard anything like it before […] that's where the rapping stuff came from. I couldn't really understand the music. It was complicated and different to me, so I was just screaming to the beat, like ranting".^[11]