Faith No More keyboardist/vocalist Roddy Bottum was interviewed recently by Noisey and had a wide reaching conversation that covered his coming out of the closet, the bands new album “Sol Invictus” and meeting pro wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. Also addressed during the chat was the omission of former guitarist Jim Martin from the aforementioned new album (Jon Hudson has again taken his place) and touring of the past few years.
When asked if Martin was approached to take part in the reunion:
“Oh, we totally reached out to him. I was of the mind that, of course we would not do this without Jim. There’s no way. I think we all felt pretty strongly about that initially—well, some of us maybe more strongly than others. Jim was a real contentious person in the band, but I loved him. He’s a great guy, and a real oddball. He’s the total polar opposite to what I’m all about—you could not find two more different people in a band than he and I—but I like him and I’ve always liked him. I wanted him to do it, and I actually talked to him about it. I thought it was going that way, but it just didn’t work out.”
When asked if he had no interest:
“I think he had interest. But I think he also had really pent-up resentments about the way we broke up. I think it was difficult for him to come back into the fold, and he set it up in such a way that… I think, unconsciously, he was gonna cut off his nose to spite his face. Like he was so damaged from resentment that he dug a hole and didn’t come out of it. Which is a shame. That’s my take. I’m sure he’d tell you a different story, but he’s a very masculine, closed person who doesn’t really talk about that sort of stuff.”
“Sol Invictus” is slated for a May 19th release date. You won’t have to wait long to get your hands on some more new material from the band however. A 7″ for the new album track “Superhero” is coming this Monday, March 23rd, with a digital release to follow on March 31st.
