Roddy Bottum

Roddy Bottum (* Roswell Christopher Bottum III, July 1, 1963 in Los Angeles, USA) is an American musician, best known as a keyboardist for the rock band Faith No More.

Bottum learned at an early age playing piano and moved at age 18 to study at San Francisco, where he became a member of Faith No More. He remained there until keyboardist to the band dissolved in 1998. Previously, there was about him but already exit rumors because he contributed less to Angel Dust the band work and increasingly his own project, the indie-pop band Imperial Teen devoted.

Imperial Teen was indeed after the dissolution of Faith No More is still active, but did not reach their success. In 2005 he worked on the soundtrack of the comedy My name is Fish. 2005 Bottum composed the film score for Craig Chester's film Adam & Steve. Since then, he has composed the film music for various film productions. In 2009, he started with Faith No More a worldwide reunion tour, which ended in December 2010 with a concert in Chile.

In 1993, he outed himself in the U.S. magazine The Advocate as homosexual. This step ensured especially in his home country for attention, since it was rare for musicians from the metal industry at this time, to profess your homosexuality.