Faith No More’s Mike Patton has revealed he battled alcoholism during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 54-year-old Faith No More frontman talks about his role in hardcore band Dead Cross and the hardships he and his bandmates faced during the pandemic when he talks about their upcoming album. made clear.
He told The Guardian: “This record has been falsified by COVID, cancer. [guitarist Mike Crain’s battle with squamous cell carcinoma] and alcoholism.
“He’s the strongest fucking man. He wouldn’t think you could get cancer. But he does, and a lot of it went into Dead Cross records. A lot of weird pain and horror.” It’s hard to explain…but it made the record better.”
Patton initially welcomed the lockdown because of the break it gave him, but things soon got very dark and he was diagnosed with agoraphobia.
He said: “My first reaction to the pandemic was, ‘I love this!’ It allowed me to become a sociopathic motherfucker! Spent: “This is f******** great!” Then something changed, but not for the better.
“I was so isolated that it was hard for me to go outside. It was scary. And the thought of doing more Faith No More shows was stressful. It affected me mentally, I don’t know why, but the drinking just… happened.”
He added that he has been sober “for a while” and is “doing pretty well.”
