RODDY BOTTUM is a musician, writer, creator, and actor based in New York. He started the band Faith No More in San Francisco in the early 1980s and toured the world, selling millions of records. In 1992, he came out of the closet, and that same year formed the critically acclaimed band Imperial Teen. Bottum has performed and created records with The Crickets, JD Samson, 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.