Australian music site Tonedeaf recently had the opportunity to chat with Maynard about the upcoming Puscifer tour. It’s not a bad interview, though doesn’t reveal too much we didn’t already know either:
Between writing, recording, and moonlighting as an actor (he’s had bit parts in cult film and television), it’s a wonder Keenan finds the time to upkeep an award-winning winery.
“I’m not going to be able to dedicate twelve months out of the year toward the project (Puscifer)” he concedes, but as “anyone who works in the wine industry [knows], there’s a window of time where you have to be in there doing that, and so as long as my bandmates understand that, we can completely work around that schedule. There’s plenty of time in the year.”
Still, that’s the beauty of Puscifer’s flexibility and independence, beholden to no contracts or restrictions but their own – and as Keenan notes, he’s no tyrant.
The “rotating door works”, because of its dynamic agreement. A member departing for other commitments is fine; “as long as you’re not gonna get mad when I hire this other guy,” he confers.
The usual topics were not entertained, though considering A Perfect Circle are also touring I found it a little odd that they were off the agenda…
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Now that’s the kind of conversation we should be having
Yeah its a shame it took 6 pages of shit-slinging to get there
I’ll keep digging, til I feel something…
Yeah, you know, there’s something kinda sad about the way that things have come to be. We’re desensitized to everything. I mean, what became of subtlety?
Has there ever a been a better song that juxtaposes fisting with postmodern philosophical truths?
Just a reminder that we have a forum and new topics are welcome. No need to discuss every aspect of Tool in one thread.
Today is a good day. A New Thomas Pynchon Novel is coming out in September, TOOL is re-releasing Opiate all fancified and Nine Inch Nails are touring this summer and fall. WIN WIN WIN. Everybody be happy!
Holy… fuck… WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN…… NINININININININININININ is coming back?!!!! OMG!!!!! JIZZ….
You obviously know nothing of collaborative art. Yes it’s been7 years since their last album but in the last 7 years it obviously hasn’t been in the cards for these guys to get together and make something and I don’t know that I’d want to hear anything from them if they were forced to be in the same room together and write something. It doesn’t just fall out of their ass and into a recording console. Anyone that bitches about 7 years being lazy just doesn’t know what art and the process really is and hasn’t really understood what went into the first album for alot of bands. Usually the first albums are the best or the most honest and intimate because they have already spent their whole lives coming up with the material for that album… afterwards they are at ground zero again… Quit bitching about the TOOL album and the time it’s taking. If you ever had the power to rush an artist and make them put something out right away instead of taking their time and nurturing the process… I’m sure you’d be disappointed in the end result. So many fucking cry babies here that have no appreciation for what all this really is. I feel lucky that we are even getting another TOOL album so I’ll patiently wait for them to do what needs to be done so we can go out… buy the album… go home… crack open a bottle and/or jar of whatever we’d like and sit back and enjoy. FILL YOUR TIME OUT! I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE IS JUST SITTING AROUND TWIDDLING THEIR THUMBS WONDERING WHERE THE NEXT TOOL ALBUM IS. FUCK…. GO HIKING, TAKE SOME PHOTOS, LISTEN TO MUSIC, PLAY MUSIC, RECORD MUSIC, SHOOT VIDEO, PAINT A FUCKING PICTURE, BUY A COLORING BOOK AND CRAYONS AND COLOR INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE FUCKING LINES, WATCH TV, WATCH MOVIES, SURF THE WEB, SNOWBOARD, SKATEBOARD, SURF, GO FOR A JOG, GO TO THE GYM, GO FOR A SWIM, GO CAMPING, EAT MUSHROOMS, SMOKE WEED, DRINK WINE, ENJOY THE COMPANY OF YOUR LOVED ONES, BUILD A FENCE, BUILD A DOG HOUSE, BUY A DOG, START A FISH TANK, GO SNORKELING, GO SCUBA DIVING, JUMP OUT OF A PLANE (WITH OR WITHOUT A PARACHUTE) ….. LIVE YOUR FUCKING LIVES!!!!!! ONE DAY… YOU’LL CHECK THIS SITE OR TOOLBAND AND YOU’LL SEE THAT TOOL HAS RELEASED AN OFFICIAL DATE FOR THEIR NEW ALBUM (UNLESS YOU OPTED FOR NO PARACHUTE OR DIED IN ONE OF MANY OTHER WAYS)…. MEANWHILE YOU’VE DONE ALL THESE OTHER THINGS (AND LIVED) THAT HAVE KEPT YOUR TINY LITTLE FUCKING BRAINS BUSY AND IT WILL ALL SEEM SO SUDDEN. UGH…. I feel better now for finally just telling all of you impatient fucks to calm the fuck down. Jesus fuck already… again… PUSCIFER SUCKS AND I REFUSE TO SUCK MAYNARDS COCK UNLIKE MOST OF YOU.
Jesus buddy. I appreciate your opinion, but that was a bitch to read. Although I agree that people need to relax and be patient, people will do what they want regardless of what you say. I enjoy the forum as it allows me to converse with like minded individuals (for the most part).
People take this forum way too seriously sometimes, and are really confrontational. Peace.
That’s cool but…I don’t have permission to access the page that my post was moved to.
This
I’m with you for the most part about all the bitching, but most of the people, on this site at least, that are bitching about the new album usually are the same people that hate Maynard and Puscifer. The people that enjoy Puscifer are usually the ones that are the most chill.
Yeah that’s disappointing. I understand why those posts were moved, but it really sucks when it is put into a thread that we cannot use… especially when an interesting topic is born out of all this chaos. There is plenty of off topic bullshit in this thread. Isn’t there a little room for some more? I respect the decision though. I know if we want we can just go start a new topic over the same subject; that’s probably exactly what Hellboy wants us to do anyway…
Yea don’t take it personally. Hellboy will normally steer conversations to stay on topic or do what he did here, suggest you start a new one.
Anyway, about Puscifer. Since Josh Eustis is joining live NIN that might mean Puscifer may have a quiet rest of the year. Then again everyone in Puscifer is easily replaced, short of maybe Carina.
Nevermind it’s under Tool related topics. Boy, do i feel like a fool…
like the drummer in Spinal Tap….
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.or the bassist in tool…
It just hit me that I have no idea which one of them is Josh Eustis, or what he plays.
I’m going to guess that he’s either the keyboardist or bassist.
I think the bassist is the one who looks like a fatter May Jay, and he’s not the drummer. So keyboardist.
Keyboardist was what I was leaning towards, but I didn’t know anything about their bassist so I threw him in as a guess as well.
Off to wikipedia.
Guitar and Piano according to wikipedia
That shouldn’t be right – let me checkNevermind – I see that you are a fool!
Yeah thanks I figure it out, lol. Still getting used to this forum’s layout. It’s a pity you labelled the thread as “genre discussion” though, as it seems to have derailed what we were actually discussing.
Yeah I didn’t read much of this. The whole art thing 7 years yada was super lame. Lazy is lazy. You can wrap it up in whatever esoteric metaphysical mumbo jumbo artsy fartsy sacred geometry nonsense you want to. Tool is fucking lazy and largely full of shit these days.
Holy shit guys… This place is a war zone these days.
Monkey killing monkey killing monkey over a band recording sounds
Silly monkeys give them thumbs they’ll type opinions
And when there is one they’re bound to deride it
Right in two
Young Jedi. This is nothing. Wait until the new album actually drops. Taken of course with a big dose of IF and UNLIKELY, but you get the point.
Whatever, I’m loving this dialogue. If someone is rude, don’t take it personally.
In fact, Mr “I like tacos”, shut the fuck up. You’re not funny. Glad to see Drury is back these days, who is much more cheerful these days. I remember a very angry man a few months ago.
how open minded of you
“who’s throwing tantrums and hurling abuse?” – crow011
Ahhh you are? Seems that you’re one of those pieces of shit who can’t tell that they stink. Which is where Tool fans start to get their bad rep, and where we seem to have a problem. Considering you’re talking about the band with such love as a crazy ex girlfriend talks about her ex boyfriend, like she knows all there is to know, but really she knows nothing at all, you must think you’re some OG from ’92 as you love to get angry and get off over the fact that that Tool hasn’t released an album in nearly 7 years and you have no solid info on when they will. Take a step back buddy, take a chill pill, and chill the fuck out. Realise that we are all in the same boat and no amount of bitching about anything Tool related is not going to get you “your” album any faster. Stop referring to Maynard as ‘Nard, like you’re his number 1 groupy, it’s fucking gay. Like you, you piece of shit.
I’d love if Tool had a new website, a live album, 10KD on vinyl, a new album, and a little more interaction with their community of fans, since they lucked out with probably the most dedicated idiots on the planet.
These are all things i would prefer, but i have no control over that. I get pissed off with how they operate, like anyone else.
It’s annoying to see some talentless loser say Maynard is “tone deaf” on BR. That’s just ignorance. It’s also boring to bash 10,000 Days, because it just tells me that whoever says that album is not high quality is incapable of adapting and growing with the band, or understand how a band like Tool has to change to stay relevant. I can listen to so many aspects of that album and hear shit that no other band could pull off. If it’s not your bag, whatever. But to continually shit on it is uncreative and predictable at this point.
Who the fuck wants Lateralus 2? Probably Crow. I don’t. I already have Lateralus, and its amazing. But in a different MOOD, i prefer 10,000 Days. On another day, i may prefer Undertow. That is the beauty of good bands. They can have material that spans all sorts of sonic landscapes and moods, but the chemistry is still there.
Pink Floyd was like that. Even during the 70′s being influenced by fucking disco, they managed to lay the hammer down on everyone with music that is STILL ahead of its time. (Animals).
So, when you listen to music, and let your ego get in the way, trying to “fix” it with what YOU would prefer or do, you’re just fucking yourself over. It’s hard for non-musicians to comprehend how hard it is to be inspired and write new music after 20 years, but no matter the art form, it only gets harder to be relevant and great. Just look at movie directors, authors, ect. Look at actors! Robert Deniro is a fucking BORE in movies these days. Age kills all.
So i think Tool is keenly aware of this reality, and they hopefully are taking care in making sure they can deliver something that will stand the test of time like all their other works.
You don’t have to hate something to love something else.
Thank you for a constructive response. Much appreciated and quite refreshing. I know it was a bitch to read but I had to VENT and that just fell out. I just get sick of coming to the site expecting like minded individuals and seeing almost nothing but GERBER fed, sponge bathed, nap time drooly babies that cannot articulate valid conversations with points. Instead they are self indulged and only care about onward and upward in a quick forward motion without regard to the quality and standards of what said process will produce. I’ve posted on here before and tried to solicit ideas and change minds and thought patterns so people could further grasp the concept of what art really is but I’ve realized that most of the people on this site are strictly consumers therefore their creativity is non-existent. Which now at this very moment I’m arriving at a conclusion… they are so impatient because they need “Maynard” to tell them how to think… They’ve all been lost for 7 years because they can’t think for themselves and are upset because “Maynard” is basically their deity and without him they are lost? Possibility? I think so…. Anyways… thanks again for a constructive response and approach. -Z
See this is what I’m talking about when I say constructive input… not just because you agree with most of what I’ve said but becase you make points and don’t whine about it. More of that please!…. -Z
The bassist (for Pussyfur) is Matt Mcjunkin(s)…. who ruined the APC “one night per album” tour because he sucks… glad he will not be touring with NIN.
Cry cry cry…
I’m on board with you Whisp… “NARD”? Seriously? Maynards dick has created a human centepede with all of these impatient cry babies… Up ones’ ass, out his mouth and onto the next.