'Epic' by Faith No More with Roddy Bottum
About this episode
Jake Shears interviews Roddy Bottum about Faith No More's hit 'Epic' and his experiences as an openly gay musician in the rock scene.
It's our season finale and we're delighted to be joined by Roddy Bottum, best known as the keyboardist of Faith No More. Back in 1990 Roddy found himself in the spotlight in the rock world as its first openly gay star. In this special episode Jake and Roddy celebrate Faith No More's breakthrough hit 'Epic' and they discuss what it was like to be the only out queer in rock, on tour with Guns N' Roses and Metallica, his important friendship with Courtney Love and Curt Kobain and his brilliant memoir 'The Royal We'. Thank you for listening to Series 3 of Queer The Music! Keep an eye out for some special bonus episodes dropping next month... We'd love to hear from you - let us know who you would like us to feature on Queer The Music @queerthemusicpodcast via Instagram. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Jake Shears
Guest: Roddy Bottum
Topics covered
- music
- LGBTQ representation
- rock history
- friendship
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Faith No More, Guns N' Roses, Metallica
Books & works: The Royal We, 'Epic'
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