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“A very honest and extremely well-articulated story of coming of age, parallel and within the evolution of the alternative music world.” Kim Gordon
“A brilliant and gorgeous book.” Courtney Love
“Written with the right amount of flourish and punk abandon—what a treat.” Chloë Sevigny
Roddy Bottum is a musician, writer and actor based in New York City. He started the band Faith No More in San Francisco in the early 1980s and toured the world, selling millions of records. In 1992, he came out and blew open the spectrum of what being gay in the world of rock music meant. That same year he formed the critically acclaimed band Imperial Teen, cited as the original pioneers of alternative queer rock.
The Royal We is a a poetic survey of a time and a magical city that once was and is no more, documenting a charged era of bicycle messengers, punk rock, street witches, wheatgrass and rebellion. The book follows Roddy’s travels from Los Angeles, growing up gay with no role models, to San Francisco, where he formed Faith No More and went on to tour the world relentlessly, surviving heroin addiction and living through the AIDS crisis, to become a queer icon.
A deeply personal work of humour, commentary, and reflection, The Royal We is much more than a musical tell-all. There are personal tales of historical pinnacles like Kurt and Courtney, Guns N’ Roses, and recaps of gold records and arena rock - but it’s the testimonies of tragedy, addiction, and a deeply loving recollection of a remarkable scene that make this book so unique and intriguing.