It will appear that the query mark sadly hanging over the standing of pioneering different metallic outfit Religion No Extra stays in place, even inside the band’s personal camp. Final October, keyboardist Roddy Bottum acknowledged the band had been on a ‘semi-permanent hiatus‘.
This was in fact disappointing information to followers of the extremely influential band, who reunited after near a dozen years away again in 2009, earlier than issuing their comeback album “Sol Invictus” in 2015.
The pandemic years nonetheless hit the group onerous, inflicting them to scrap quite a few reveals. Because it was later revealed, their vocalist Mike Patton‘s psychological well being had deteriorated through the pandemic, resulting in him growing extreme agoraphobia. Since then, he has gone on to endure remedy and has resumed touring with one other of his numerous outfits, the reactivated Mr. Bungle.
Whereas some have been holding out hope that maybe Bottum‘s above-mentioned evaluation would rattle some cages and get the band nearer to a minimum of getting again onstage, it seems that’s not the case. Bassist Billy Gould was just lately interviewed by Radio Futuro and was requested concerning the standing of the outfit, he responded:
“I don’t know. I actually don’t know. And also you don’t should imagine me, however there’s nothing… Proper now we’re in a extremely bizarre spot, a extremely unusual spot, and I can’t actually inform you what’s occurring. I don’t know myself. I get completely different info from individuals, and I’m within the band, so…”
For his personal half, it appears that evidently if Gould had his method, the group would already be again onstage. When it was advised that he calls the pictures within the band, he joked that if that had been really the case the group would already be taking part in reveals.
[via Blabbermouth.net]