Aloke OK, Volto! coming soon

According to a recent post by Blair on Toolband/Army, Aloke is recovering well from his heart surgery in his home town of Shantiniketan, India. Good news…

Also, Volto! will be playing at the Knitting Factory in LA on March 15. Make sure you grab a ticket!  prepare yourself, here’s a cool drum solo courtesy of rnp2003 from Toolarmy.

Finally, for those that missed it, there’s a new NIN album out today.

Maynard on Suicide Girls

Badkittygothgirl from Toolarmy posted a like to a video interview done by Erin from the Suicide Girls where Maynard talks about the creative process behind Puscifer. Here’s the article:

“Enigmatic is a misnomer. Most likely a byproduct of my absence in the press. An assumption arrived at due to the lack of available information, accurate or otherwise. I don’t do that many interviews. General because of my private life and my classified activities, but mostly because I’m not very good at them. The conversation in my head never matches the conversation that ends up in print.” — Maynard James Keenan

Meet Maynard James Keenan — musician, winemaker, connoisseur, alchemist, undercover CIA operative, and (as most of you might know him) frontman for Tool, A Perfect Circle and, most recently, Puscifer. Keenan describes Puscifer as, “The space where my Id, Ego and Anima come together to exchange cookie recipes.” Puscifer is more than just a band; for Keenan it’s a multifaceted, multimedia, multi-artist, multi-personality project that takes shape in a variety of media such as film, music, digital video, clothing, feminine hygiene products, coffee, pet supplies, websites, blogs… you name it.

The week before Puscifer’s full-length debut V is for Vagina hit stores on October 30, Keenan invited SuicideGirls down to his winery in Arizona (Caduceus Cellars/Merkin Vineyards) to chat about music and where his interest in alchemy began. Oh yeah, and he told us to bring a video camera.

Check out the following SGTV exclusive, shot on Flip Video, as we step into Keenan’s world for an afternoon

Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VulJYHNIxdo

More Puscifer details

Thanks to Henry for this one.  Maynard posts on his Myspace page:

Ok, music fans. Let the games begin. It’s been a long time coming and we thank you for your patience. The Cuntry Boner cd single is now available for pre-order exclusively at www.puscifer.com and will be shipped the first week of October. As promised there will be even more music to follow. We’re just now finishing up the video for Queen B and that should be up on iTunes in a few weeks. We’re also putting together a Pre-release E.P. for iTunes called “Don’t Shoot The Messenger.” We will of course keep you posted. Pop by the shopping cart for new stuff. Plenty of little items with which to stuff stockings, turkeys, and private areas. Pre-orders for the full length cd, “V is for Vagina” (In stores and on iTunes on Oct 30th. 2007) will begin shortly. So as you can see, we’ve been very very busy little bees. Damn, this is fun. You should try it. Oh, and we finally got around to putting up a U-Tube page… http://www.youtube.com/pusciferdotcom and a “friends of Puscifer” section at http://puscifermusic.com so you can check out who else has been involved. Peace. mjk

Puscifer Commercial

Hmmm, this post was supposed to come out yesterday, but seemed to get stuck along the way…..

Another Puscifer Commercial has found it’s way onto the net according the The Tool Hotline. This one has been posted by APC drummer Josh Freese who says:

MJK was diggin’ my youtube stylez so I put something together to promote his record coming out in October.

Wierd shit indeed. Check it out, it’s much more interesting that the last one.