Religion No Extra final performed a live performance in August 2016, and it seems they received’t be returning to the stage anytime quickly. Drummer Mike Bordin says that singer Mike Patton has “gone from being unable to do the reveals to obviously being unwilling to do reveals with us.”
Patton was speculated to return to the stage with Religion No Extra in 2021, however canceled all scheduled live shows at the moment as a consequence of psychological well being struggles. He has since returned to performing reside together with his band Mr. Bungle, however Religion No Extra have but to reschedule any reveals.
In 2022, Patton instructed The Guardian that the pandemic took a toll on him, and that he turned to alcohol throughout these darkish instances. “The concept of doing extra Religion No Extra reveals — it was anxious. It affected me mentally. I don’t know why, however the consuming simply … occurred.” He added, “The band is rock strong, and I need to guarantee that I carry it. There are a number of points occurring,” with out going into element.
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Final 12 months, keyboardist/guitarist Roddy Bottum famous that Religion No Extra had been on a “semi-permanent hiatus.”
Now, Bordin has supplied an replace on the state of Religion No Extra in a brand new interview with the Let There Be Speak podcast (as transcribed by Blabbermouth):
“All I can say is, and I believe I do need this to be on the file, really — as a result of we don’t promote ourselves, we don’t discuss ourselves, and that’s, that’s actually been to our detriment. However we’d been rehearsing for six months for [those 2021] dates. We’d been rehearsing instrumentally and we extremely sounded phenomenal. I imply, the bass participant stated, ‘I’ve by no means heard us sound this good. That is how these songs sounded in my thoughts.’ And we’ve by no means gotten that on album, on reside, no matter. I imply, we had been prepared, we had been ready. And it got here to go that when the gear was within the truck, when it was rolling to Chicago, 36 hours earlier than we had been speculated to be on stage, and our man [Patton] doesn’t present for the rehearsal, the one rehearsal that we’re gonna do. And we go to go see him and see what’s occurring. ‘What the hell’s occurring right here? Our gear’s rolling already to the gig.’ And it was very clear that he was unable at that time to bodily do it. We made the choice that, ‘Look, we’ve gotta assist our man.’ It’s gonna be a shit storm canceling fucking 75 reveals, however none of us desires 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. The one argument was, ‘How the fuck did we logistically do that? As a result of we’ve got to.’ I imply, we did assist him in our approach, and whether or not that’s perceived or not is past — I can’t management it. So we pull these reveals and simply wait to see. Hopefully issues are higher, and attempt to discover out what we will across the edges. However finally reveals get began to get booked with one other band, and that’s continued to at the present time. So it’s my take, my place, my assertion on it’s that he’s gone from being unable to do the reveals to obviously being unwilling to do reveals with us. 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 truthfully sort of hurts my emotions a little bit bit, however that’s private. That’s a non-public factor. It’s enterprise. We had been by no means gonna drive someone to do one thing that they weren’t capable of do. And now, as I say, it seems prefer it’s extra actually about being prepared to do it.”
Bordin did add that he’s “grateful for what [Patton has] given to us. I imply, we’re blessed to have been blessed by such a big, huge expertise. And the long run? I don’t know. Will he be prepared to do stuff or not? It’s not for me to say.”
The drummer concluded, “I can’t drive him to do one thing that he, from the place I’m sitting, doesn’t appear to wanna do. That’s all I can say. And I don’t wanna be controversial. I’m not searching for a fucking headline — I’m actually not. I’m simply making an attempt to inform you type of what it seems like from right here.”
Hearken to Mike Bordin’s look on the Let There Be Speak podcast beneath.