About this episode
Musician & author Roddy Bottum discusses his experiences and new memoir with Ron Scalzo.
#175. Musician & author Roddy Bottum talks with Ron about the unexpected rise of Faith No More, coming of age in a San Francisco subculture, being a queer rock pioneer, his new memoir, The Royal We . Sponsored by DistroKid. Get 30% off your membership at distrokid.com/vip/independentminded See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
People in this episode
Host: Ron
Guest: Roddy Bottum
Topics covered
- music
- interviews
- arts
- performing
- business
Keywords
- Faith No More
- San Francisco subculture
- queer rock pioneer
- The Royal We
- memoir
Sponsors
DistroKid
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Royal We
Places: San Francisco, California
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