Fans of Faith No More have to be strong now: keyboardist Roddy Bottum currently sees no future for the US band. In 2015, Faith No More’s final album, “Sol Invictus,” was released. Afterwards they went on tour. When Bottum was asked by the Chilean station Radio Futuro how the band was doing and what their plans were, he stuttered slightly: “I don’t know. I really don’t know. And you don’t have to believe me, but there’s nothing… Right now we’re in a really strange situation, a really strange situation, and I can’t really tell you what’s going on. I don’t know myself. I get different information from different people, and I’m in the band.”
To be precise, Bottum has been with Faith No More since the beginning, i.e. since 1983. However, he admitted that it’s not his fault that the band is so inactive. “Not really. If I were in charge, we would probably be playing in Chile next week.”
Roddy Bottum admits he is not the reason for the band’s inactivity
Faith No More got together in San Francisco in 1983 and recorded six albums until they temporarily split up in 1998. Singer Mike Patton only joined in 1988 – and then they immediately had their greatest successes. The albums “The Real Thing” (1989) and “Angel Dust” (1992) were number eleven and ten in the US charts, and the hits “Epic” and “Falling To Pieces” were on heavy rotation in the early 90s MTV.
After a break of several years, Faith No More reunited in 2009 and went on a world tour with the album “Sol Invictus” in 2015. The last concerts took place in 2016 – but with the first FNM singer Chuck Mosley. At that time they celebrated the anniversary and the re-release of their album “We Care A Lot” (1985). Mosley died in 2017 at the age of 57.
Health problems slowed down singer Mike Patton
Faith No More actually wanted to give concerts with Patton again in 2020. The Covid pandemic got in the way, and all plans for 2021 were canceled without replacement. Mike Patton announced at the time that all of his activities with Faith No More and his other project, Mr. Bungle, were being postponed for “mental health reasons.” He later spoke of an agoraphobia diagnosis. He’s been doing a few concerts with Mr. Bungle lately, but Faith No More doesn’t seem to be an issue for him at the moment. In October 2024, Roddy Bottum spoke of a “temporary break”. Now he doesn’t seem to be sure that it’s permanent.