Faith No More founding member, queer icon, and all-round good guy Roddy Bottum has released a memoir that is in turn touching, funny, devastating, and ultimately beautiful. The keyboardist, also known for his indie pop group Imperial Teen, takes us by the hand and leads us through his journey from Los Angeles (“growing up gay with no role models”) to San Francisco. It was there that he formed FNM, survived heroin addiction and the AIDS plight, and came out on top. Bottum is a gifted musician—a true creative—and as it turns out, he’s a talented storyteller too.
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