It looks like Faith No More is definitely over

Even though this is a story we’ve heard in the past, it seems like Faith No More‘s future is still bleak, as reported by theprp. The groundbreaking alternative metal band had a hiatus of eleven years in 1998 before making a triumphant return in 2009. That unplanned reunion continued until 2021, when the epidemic caused things to fall apart. Several performances were canceled, and singer Mike Patton subsequently talked about his agoraphobia issues. Patton later sought treatment for his illness and was able to resume traveling with bands like Mr. Bungle, but Faith No More did not do the same.

Mike “Puffy” Bordin, the drummer for Faith No More, has previously stated that Patton was the obstacle to the band’s recovery, saying in April of this year that he had changed from “being unable to do the shows to clearly being unwilling to do shows with us.” During the press tour for his forthcoming biography, “The Royal We,” which is scheduled for release on November 4th, Faith No More‘s keyboardist and singer Roddy Bottum recently went on to say that Patton is no longer the only member who is not interested in reuniting the band. Although Bottum maintains contact with his Faith No More bandmates, he told Alternative Nation that he didn’t think he would ever consider performing with the group again. In response to the question, he said:

It’s not just me. I don’t think anyone’s sort of up for it at this point. We had a bunch of shows that we were gonna play, and they got canceled, just for various reasons. But I don’t think the course that we were on has fixed itself. I just don’t see it happening again, honestly. I think we did a really good job. We played a bunch of reunion tours, and I think we did what we kind of set out to do.

So I don’t think anyone’s upset about it or anything. But I mean, for sure, getting back together would mean a big paycheck, but I think all of us are pretty good with what we did, sort of just like, artistically with the band and committing to ourselves and playing with each other. I think we’re all pretty good with the decisions that we’ve made up to now, and I don’t see what could really happen more getting back together and doing more shows.

What if they get inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?

I don’t see that happening. I mean, we were such a weird band. I don’t really see a big institution like that taking us on. We were very offbeat and weird and unorthodox, and we never played by the rules. I don’t see an institution like that accepting us into their sort of spectrum.