Classic Rock
Roddy Bottum says Faith No More is on semi permanent hiatus
The Faith No More longtime keyboardist Roddy Bottum revealed in a newsletter on Substack, that the band is on a “semi permanent hiatus”. Although he didn’t give a direct reason for that, he described many other projects, which might be a reason why the band is not currently active.
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But in 2022, the band’s vocalist Mike Patton told Rolling Stone he was diagnosed with Agoraphobia, which is the fear of being in crowded places or leaving home. So he explained it was better for Faith No More to cancel the upcoming dates than having a nervous breakdown on the road with the group.
Roddy Bottum says Faith No More is on semi permanent hiatus
“Lemme introduce me but let’s also acknowledge us. Introductions can be awkward, I know, I’ll start. I’m Roddy. I’ve made a life for myself making music. With Faith No More and then Imperial Teen. I live in NYC and I work with my boyfriend in a band called MAN ON MAN and two awesome friends in a band called CRICKETS and also sometimes the horror art project gnarl core Nastie Band.”
“FNM is kind of on semi permanent hiatus and Imperial Teen is making a record slowly but definitely. I wrote an opera about Sasquatch a couple years ago but I can talk about all those projects later. I’m here in anticipation of a book I’ve written, it’s a memoir called The Royal We. It’s my first foray into writing and it’s exciting and scary and a whole new world for me..,” Roddy Bottum said.
Since then the band has been inactive but Patton already toured a lot with his other smaller projects like Mr. Bungle. So he started probably to overcome that issue with his side projects since the crowds wouldn’t be as big if he was performing with Faith No More.
The band
One of the most influential bands from the last decades, Faith No More sold an estimated amount of more than 20 million records worldwide and were always known for their incredible live performances. The band was first active from 1979 to 1998 and then reunited in 2009. Since then the band toured until 2012, released the album “Sol Invictus” in 2015 and toured to promote that record.
Their most recent concert happened in 2016 but the band even announced their return to the road in 2019 and had many concerts scheduled for 2020. But the Covid-19 Pandemic forced them to postpone all the dates. But in 2021 when they would finally return, their shows were again canceled.
