<h2>www.patreon.con/dopeypodcast</h2><p>This Week on Dopey! I'm in Philly at the Rise for Recovery Conference! I was on Soft White Underbelly! I read <strong>Spotify comments</strong>, and one of the single greatest dopey emails ever! And Old School Dopey Kirby sends in a <strong>voicemail</strong> about what it means to be an addict. Then we welcome the incredible <strong>Roddy Bottum</strong>, keyboardist for <i>Faith No More</i> and lead singer/guitar of <i>Imperial Teen</i>, and author of his new book, <i>The Royal We.</i> Roddy talks about growing up gay in a hard-rock world, his early San Francisco punk days, and how <strong>Courtney Love</strong> briefly joined <i>Faith No More</i> before their friendship and drug use turned dark. He remembers touring with the Chili Peppers, getting <strong>arrested for weed</strong>, experimenting with <strong>heroin</strong>, and being surrounded by chaos as <i>Faith No More</i> blew up with “Epic.”Roddy opens up about how <strong>addiction and grief collided</strong> — the deaths of his friend Cliff, <strong>Kurt Cobain</strong>, and especially his <strong>father</strong>, who died of cancer soon after Roddy got sober. He and Dave talk about recovery, guilt, and the weirdness of surviving when so many others didn’t.</p><br> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com/">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>