Articles related to Maynard James Keenan, singer of the bands Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer.
Henry emailed me today with a quote from a recent issue of Revolver, where Maynard gives his thoughts on working with Billy Howerdel, as well as some kind of idea when a reunion may be possible: The real problem with running Tool and A Perfect Circle at the same time was they both operate the same way. They’re both live touring bands with a label, still working under the old… Read More »A Perfect Circle not over?
According to Beckett from Toolarmy, Maynard will be appearing on the Sirius radio station Left of Center next week: MJK will be getting on the mic on his favorite radio station, Left of Center. Maynard will discuss everything from his wine vineyard to his thoughts on creativity and downloading to his new Puscifer album. He’ll also play and discuss every song from the new Puscifer record, V Is For Vagina,… Read More »Maynard on Left of Center
In a reasonably short article on UltimateGuitar.com, Troy Van Leeuwen talks about his time in A Perfect Circle, and the likelihood of them doing stuff again: I would say of course they’re different, but I have more experience working with Josh actually than with working with Maynard. With Maynard it was very short amounts of time working with him. I didn’t really per-se get in deep with him. He’d show… Read More »Troy Van Leeuwen talks about A Perfect Circle
There’s a new Maynard interview up on the MonitorThis website. There’s not really much there we haven’t heard before, so this one’s for completists only. Questions were apparently submitted by readers, which turned out to be the usual questions we’d expect to hear in interviews. Here’s a snippet for you: QWERTYUIOP: Is Blair actually Phillip Seymour Hoffman? MJK: Negative. He is an experimental textile factory by-product known as Arachno-Hypnol. One… Read More »New Maynard Interview
According to Maynard‘s Myspace Blog: Get this. Are you sitting down? Not sure how this happened, but I’m not complaining. Cuntry Boner just showed up at number 1 on the Billboard Dance Singles Chart and number 10 on the Billboard Singles Chart. Not kidding. Almost as funny as Jethro Tull winning a Grammy for Best METAL Performance. Hopefully it won’t go down. El Oh El.
According to Toolband/Army: Regrettably, MONDAY’S SHOW IN MISSOULA, MONTANA has been POSTPONED due to illness. Maynard has a viral infection in his throat and has been instructed by his doctor to get some rest. Hopefully for Montana fans this is reschuduled sometime soon. Get well soon Maynard.
Another interview with Maynard has popped up, this time on the Spinner website. Once again Maynard opens up on a range of topics, resulting in another very worthwhile interview. Here’s a snippet: Has having done Caduceus helped you develop your business sense? Tool and A Perfect Circle — both bands are very much aware, on many levels, what goes on with our business. We were much older than most people… Read More »Maynard on Spinner
Shinji has given me the link to a great interview with Maynard by Spin Magazine. Maynard talks in depth about his music, in particular Puscifer, and about his life in general. He also comments that Tool will be sticking around, while A Perfect Circle are dead. One of the best and informative interviews I’ve read with Maynard, so make sure you check it out.
Maynard posted a Puscifer Update on his Myspace site today. Not much we don’t already know, but here’s the list: Meats Meier is doing a Dozo video A Queen B DVD is in production There’s a Suicide Girls interview available There will be interviews and/or reviews in the December issues of Spin and Rolling Stone V is for Vagina will be available in vinyl, possibly as soon as 6 weeks.
Maynard speaks with Beat.com.au about Puscifer. Pretty standard interview really, with nothing particularly new revealed. Here’s a snippet: Speaking of lowest common denominators, was the singer gutted over the farcical decision to award the Grammy to Wolfmother (and their derivative single Woman) over Tool for ‘Best Hard Rock Performance? “Well, you and I both know exactly where that song came from,†he laughs. “But never mind all that, because it… Read More »Maynard on Beat.com.au