Religion No Extra drummer Mike Bordin has mentioned frontman Mike Patton is “clearly unwilling to do exhibits with us”.
The veteran Bay Space band have been largely inactive for the final decade for the reason that launch of their comeback album ‘Sol Invictus’ in 2015, though they had been as a consequence of play plenty of exhibits in 2020, just for them to be scrapped as a consequence of COVID-19.
Additional plans for dwell exhibits had been introduced in 2021, however these had been subsequently cancelled, with Patton citing psychological well being causes. He later revealed he had been identified with agoraphobia through the pandemic.
Within the time since, the singer has been out on the street once more along with his different band Mr Bungle, nonetheless, and now in a brand new interview on the Let There Be Speak podcast, founding Religion No Extra percussionist Bordin has given an unencouraging replace on the way forward for the group.
Bordin mirrored on having to cancel the 2021 exhibits, saying it was “very clear that he was unable at that time to bodily do it”.
“We made the choice that, ‘Look, we’ve gotta help our man’,” he added (by way of Blabbermouth). “It’s gonna be a shitstorm cancelling fucking 75 exhibits, however none of us needs to be the man that breaks his again and forces him to do one thing that he’s not within the place to have the ability to do. It wasn’t even an argument.”
When he noticed the Mr Bungle exhibits go forward, although, he realised the standing of Religion No Extra could also be clear.
“My assertion on it’s that he’s gone from being unable to do the exhibits to obviously being unwilling to do exhibits with us,” he mentioned. “And that’s heavy. That’s a giant distinction. That’s a giant distinction. And we haven’t actually had a lot dialogue on it… It doesn’t really feel nice to me. It actually type of hurts my emotions a bit bit, however that’s private. That’s a personal factor. It’s enterprise. We had been by no means gonna pressure any person to do one thing that they weren’t capable of do. And now, as I say, it appears prefer it’s extra actually about being prepared to do it.
Earlier this 12 months, guitarist Roddy Bottum additionally spoke about the way forward for Religion No Extra, saying they had been in a “actually bizarre spot” proper now.
“You don’t need to consider me, however there’s nothing [to say],” he added. “Proper now we’re in a very bizarre spot, a very unusual spot, and I can’t actually let you know what’s occurring. I don’t know myself. I get completely different info from individuals… and I’m within the band.”
Bordin, in the meantime, can be enjoying as a part of the gargantuan line-up for the Black Sabbath farewell present at Birmingham’s Villa Park on July 5.
