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Bigfoot and me: Roddy Bottum on his avant garde monster opera

by Alex Needham

He was one of the first openly gay men in metal. Now, after losing everything in a house fire, Faith No More's Roddy Bottum is bankrolling an opera featuring crystal-meth arias and interspecies duetsIn a top-floor flat overlooking Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, Roddy Bottum is talking me through his fringe show Sasquatch: The Opera. Bottum is the keyboard player in Faith No More, whose twisted take on hard rock propelle…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:24am on August 5, 2017