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Articles related to Maynard James Keenan, singer of the bands Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer.

Puscifer’s Bullet Train to Iowa + Maynard interview

Puscifer’s Bullet Train to Iowa + Maynard interview

Puscifer promotion is in full swing at the moment, mostly related to the pre-recorded Billy D and the Hall of the Feathered Serpents streaming event happening 17th April. Details on that over here. Firstly there’s a video from the track Bullet Train to Iowa from their latest album Existential Reckoning. It features some Billy D related lore, as well as some Meats Meier animation. Check it out: Next up is… Read More »Puscifer’s Bullet Train to Iowa + Maynard interview

Billy D and the Hall of the Feathered Serpents

Billy D and the Hall of the Feathered Serpents

Maynard and his band of jolly performers, otherwise known as Puscifer will be hosting another live streamed concert, this time focused on the music of Money $hot. The trailer below sets the theme with Billy D being the main attraction, and presumably the live stream somewhat resembling the wrestling heavy comedy of the album tour: Earlybird tickets are US$20 each, with the price rising to $25 at some point in… Read More »Billy D and the Hall of the Feathered Serpents

Maynard talks Puscifer and other current events with Joe Rogan

Maynard talks Puscifer and other current events with Joe Rogan

Maynard James Keenan had another lengthy chat with Joe Rogan on his regular podcast. With Puscifer’s next album Existential Reckoning, the focus (for music fans anyway) is very much on that part of Maynard’s updates. They touch on a range of other topics though, including the inevitable COVID discussions, Borat and other bits of popular culture. Probably the most interesting tidbit that I can across that’s Tool related is when… Read More »Maynard talks Puscifer and other current events with Joe Rogan

Puscifer Live at Arcosanti & Maynard’s Coronavirus

Puscifer Live at Arcosanti & Maynard’s Coronavirus

There’s a growing trend among bands in these crazy COVID-19 ravaged times to hold pay per view streaming events, and Puscifer are the latest to have a go at this, with the upcoming Live at Arcosanti show. According to the blurb: Puscifer performing their new album “Existential Reckoning” in its entirety, from Arcosanti in the Arizona Desert. Livestream Event | October 30, 2020 Tickets on now at Pusciferlive.com. https://pusciferlive.com/ You… Read More »Puscifer Live at Arcosanti & Maynard’s Coronavirus

Puscifer announce Existential Reckoning

Puscifer announce Existential Reckoning

We’ve known for a little while that Puscifer have a new record coming this year, and earlier today it was announced that it would be called Existential Reckoning. It’ll be released on the 30th of October, and you can preorder the usual range of physical media here, including this interesting cassette version: Accompanying this announcement is the latest track from the record – The Underwhelming – you can listen to… Read More »Puscifer announce Existential Reckoning

Maynard discusses the Apocalypse and the new Puscifer album

Maynard discusses the Apocalypse and the new Puscifer album

Nice interview with Maynard James Keenan up on Revolver this week, where he talks about Puscifer, the new track Apocalyptical, and various other issues confronting the world today: THERE’S PROBABLY NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME FOR A SONG LIKE “APOCALYPTICAL” TO ARRIVE, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY WRITTEN LONG BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, RIGHT?Yeah, Mat has been having a lot of fun with some old-school keyboards and tech, so we had a… Read More »Maynard discusses the Apocalypse and the new Puscifer album

Puscifer drop new track Apocalyptical

Puscifer drop new track Apocalyptical

New music from Maynard this morning, with Puscifer dropping the first track off their coming album. The track Apocalyptical is available for streaming on the usual streaming platforms. Update: There’s now a video which you can find at the end of this post. Also noted in the video is: PUSCIFER INVASIONPREPARE TO BE ABDUCTEDNEW ALBUM FALL 2020WORLD TOUR 2021 Interested to hear your thoughts in the comments! Personally after a… Read More »Puscifer drop new track Apocalyptical

A Perfect Circle Record Store Day’s Black Friday release

A Perfect Circle will be celebrating the Black Friday edition of Record Store day with a 7 inch featuring So Long And Thanks For All The Fish as well as an unexpected AC/DC cover: We’re celebrating Record Store Day‘s Black Friday event with a limited-edition 7” of our new single “So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish” with a cover ofAC/DC‘s “Dog Eat Dog.” Get it on Black Friday at a… Read More »A Perfect Circle Record Store Day’s Black Friday release

Salival.fr interview with Maynard James Keenan biographer Sarah Jensen

An interesting interview came across my desk this morning, refreshingly nothing to do with A Perfect Circle’s new album.  Christophe from Salival.fr recently interview A Perfect Union of Contrary Things author Sarah Jensen, and asked her a bunch of questions about the process used to write the bio. Here’s a sneak peek: What was your approach here? Maynard and I agreed early on that this wouldn’t be a typical rock-star… Read More »Salival.fr interview with Maynard James Keenan biographer Sarah Jensen