Religion No Extra final performed a live performance in August 2016, and it seems they gained’t be returning to the stage anytime quickly. Drummer Mike Bordin says that singer Mike Patton has “gone from being unable to do the exhibits to obviously being unwilling to do exhibits with us.”
Patton was speculated to return to the stage with Religion No Extra in 2021, however canceled all scheduled concert events at the moment as a result of psychological well being struggles. He has since returned to performing reside along with his band Mr. Bungle, however Religion No Extra have but to reschedule any exhibits.
In 2022, Patton informed The Guardian that the pandemic took a toll on him, and that he turned to alcohol throughout these darkish occasions. “The thought of doing extra Religion No Extra exhibits — it was demanding. It affected me mentally. I don’t know why, however the ingesting simply … occurred.” He added, “The band is rock strong, and I need to be sure that I convey it. There are a couple of points occurring,” with out going into element.
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Final yr, keyboardist/guitarist Roddy Bottum famous that Religion No Extra have 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 Discuss podcast (as transcribed by Blabbermouth):
“All I can say is, and I feel I do need this to be on the file, truly — 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 have been prepared, we have been ready. And it got here to move that when the gear was within the truck, when it was rolling to Chicago, 36 hours earlier than we have 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 help our man.’ It’s gonna be a shit storm canceling fucking 75 exhibits, 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 now we have to.’ I imply, we did help him in our method, and whether or not that’s perceived or not is past — I can’t management it. So we pull these exhibits and simply wait to see. Hopefully issues are higher, and attempt to discover out what we will across the edges. However finally exhibits 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 exhibits to obviously being unwilling to do exhibits with us. And that’s heavy. That’s an enormous distinction. That’s an enormous distinction. And we haven’t actually had a lot dialogue on it. … It doesn’t really feel nice to me. It truthfully form of hurts my emotions a bit bit, however that’s private. That’s a non-public factor. It’s enterprise. We have been by no means gonna power anyone to do one thing that they weren’t in a position to do. And now, as I say, it appears to be like 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, monumental expertise. And the longer term? 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 power 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 in search of a fucking headline — I’m actually not. I’m simply making an attempt to inform you kind of what it appears to be like like from right here.”
Hearken to Mike Bordin’s look on the Let There Be Discuss podcast under.
