Mike Bordin

Mike Bordin is widely regarded to be one of the finest drummers in all of heavy metal/hard rock, as evidenced by the resumé of artists he's played with over the years. Born on November 27, 1962, in San Francisco, CA, Bordin became obsessed with rock music as a teenager (especially such heavyweights as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin) and began playing drums at the age of 14, when he and a high school friend who had just picked up the bass -- future Metallica member Cliff Burton -- began to jam together. By the early '80s, Bordin had discovered other musical styles (including such new wave acts as Killing Joke, PiL, and Theatre of Hate) and his playing style began to absorb this variety. Shortly thereafter, he founded the similarly styled outfit Faith No Man, along with bassist Bill Gould, which by the mid-'80s (and several bandmember changes later), would transform into alt-metallists Faith No More.