BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Bexley Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Bexley Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:bba8ecaf-8e68-49fc-99f5-449dbed7b384 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260824T054351Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261122T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261122T163000 SUMMARY:Roddy Bottum Author Visit with Rob Harvilla LOCATION:Bexley Public Library\nBexley Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bexley Public Library;X-AP PLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Bexley Public Library:geo:39.95674,-82.934339 GEO:39.95674;-82.934339 DESCRIPTION:Faith No More co-founder\, Roddy Bottum visits BPL to celebrat e the release of The Royal We\, his memoir that tells his story of coming of age and out of the closet in 1980s San Francisco..\nhttps://bexley.libn et.info/event/17013510 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Roddy Bottum\, co-founder of the iconic ba nd Faith No More\, visits the Bexley Public Library to celebrate the relea se of his debut book\, The Royal We &ndash\; a memoir that tells his story of coming of age and out of the closet in 1980s San Francisco. R oddy will be in conversation with Rob Harvilla\, music critic for The Ring er\, podcast host\, and author of the book 60 Songs That Explain the & lsquo\;90s.

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This event is presented in partnership with The Book Loft.

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About the Author:

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Roddy Bottum is a musician\, writer\, creator\, and actor ba sed in New York City. He started the band Faith No More in San Francisco i n the early 1980s and toured the world\, selling millions of records. In 1 992\, he came out of the closet and blew open the spectrum of what being g ay in the world of rock music meant. That same year he also formed the cri tically acclaimed band Imperial Teen\, cited as the original pioneers of a lternative queer rock. Bottum moved to New York City in 2010 and has perfo rmed and created records with Crickets\, Nastie Band\, and Man on Man\, a band with his partner\, Joey Holman. He is developing his Sasquatch opera project into a musical in New York City\, where he continues to live.

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About the Moderator:

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Rob Harvilla \;is the host of the podcast \;60 Songs That Explain the &rsquo\;90s \;and a senior staff writer at \;The Ringer< /em>. \;He&rsquo\;s been a professional rock critic for 20-plus years with stops at the \;Village Voice\, \;SPIN\,&nbs p\;Deadspin\, and various other alt-weeklies that generally no lo nger exist. (Not his fault.) \;He \;lives \;with his family&nb sp\;in \;Columbus\, \;Ohio\, \;by \;choice.

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About the Book:

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THE ROYAL WE is a poetic surve y of a time set in a magical city that once was and is no more. It is a me moir written by Roddy Bottum\, a musician and artist\, that 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 reb ellion. The book follows his travels from Los Angeles\, growing up gay wit h no role models\, to San Francisco\, where he formed Faith No More and we nt on to tour the world relentlessly\, surviving heroin addiction and the plight of AIDS\, to become a queer icon.

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The book is an elevated w allop of tongue and insight\, much more than a tell-all. There are persona l encounters with public figures like Kurt and Courtney and Guns N&rsquo\; Roses\, and recaps of gold records and arena rock&mdash\;but it&rsquo\;s the testimonies of tragedy and addiction and preposterous life-spins that make this work so unique and intriguing. Bottum writes about his dark and harrowing past in a clear-eyed voice that is utterly devoid of self-pity\, and his emboldened and confident pronouncements of achievement and unorth odox heroism flow in an unstoppable train that&rsquo\;s both captivating a nd inspirational.

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