More About An Evening with Roddy Bottum, Keyboardist with Faith No More and Author of The Royal We
Meet keyboardist Roddy Bottum, founding member of the band Faith No More, who will discuss his memoir The Royal We. Moderating the conversation will be Selina Policar, Selina Policar, also known as Frankie M. Cyanide, the busiest drag king in Connecticut.
Written by Roddy Bottum, a musician and artist, The Royal We documents his coming of age and out of the closet in 1980s San Francisco, a charged era of bicycle messengers, punk rock, street witches, wheatgrass and rebellion. The book follows his 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 the plight of AIDS, to become a queer icon.
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Written by Roddy Bottum, a musician and artist, The Royal We documents his coming of age and out of the closet in 1980s San Francisco, a charged era of bicycle messengers, punk rock, street witches, wheatgrass and rebellion. The book follows his 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 the plight of AIDS, to become a queer icon.
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Date & Time
May 7, 2026
6:30pm - 7:30pm
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DiMattia Building
1 Public Library Plaza
Stamford, CT 06904
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