During an appearance on the latest episode of the Beardo & Weirdo podcast hosted by FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH bassist Chris Kael and comedian Craig Gass, FAITH NO MORE co-founder Roddy Bottum discussed growing up gay in the 1980s while being surrounded by hair-metal bands who teased their hair, wore makeup, and squeezed into tight, flashy costumes.

He said in part: "Yeah, it was the era.

It was the '80s, '90s.

I don't know how old you guys are, but when GUNS N' ROSES came out, just the sort of look of those bands and sort of the hair metal vibe that was going on, it was a really intense, kind of a funny juxtaposition because those guys, even GUNS N' ROSES or POISON or WARRANT or whoever, they were very feminine.

I mean, teased hair and a lot of makeup and costuming, but super, super misogynistic." Bottum also talked about finding himself in the spotlight in July 1993 as the rock world's first openly gay star and how there was no other option but to be secretive and hide things due to the lack of queer representation in rock music.

"I really feel like I was a pioneer in that regard," he said.

"Not really.

I really didn't know queer people in rock; there just wasn't that in my world." The memoir, "The Royal We", which Bottum is promoting, explores his experiences as a gay man in the 1980s and the judgment of great culture on gay men.\