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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 .

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