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‘The Royal We’ by Roddy Bottum. (Akashic Books, Ltd.)
It’s fair to expect a memoir by Faith No More’s co-founder and keyboardist to include a wealth of revelations about the influential San Francisco band. But if that’s what you were hoping to get from Roddy Bottum’s new memoir, The Royal We, you might leave sorely disappointed.
In his debut book, one of hard rock’s few gay icons does take a no-holds-barred approach to telling the story of his upbringing in Southern California and, in particular, life on the artsy fringes of 1980s San Francisco.
Yet, although Faith No More’s success was a huge part of Bottum’s life, I left The Royal We with almost no idea how the band actually worked together — on tour, in the studio, writing songs or on a day-to-day organizational basis once they
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