Articles related to Maynard James Keenan, singer of the bands Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer.
Had an email across my desk today from Joe who points me towards Youtube user 25Bayor who posted a range of videos claiming to be Tapeworm cuts. A couple of tracks appear to have singers that sound like Trent Reznor and Marilyn Manson, though none I’ve heard sound like Maynard at all (except a live version of Passive that I’m presuming is APC). Are these the real deal? I’m not… Read More »Alleged Tapeworm tracks leaked?
A bunch of small non-Tool updates for you all this morning. Firstly Blair advised us via Toolband that Tool tour mates Rajas will be playing a handful of shows in June: June 15th – Portland @ Rotture June 16th – Seattle @ The Comet June 18th – Vancouver B.C. @ Funky Winkerbeans June 23rd – Calgary, Sled Island Fest @ Royal Canadian Legion #1 June 24th – Edmonton @ The… Read More »Rajas, Puscifer, Yow, Saturn
Maynard’s not the type to sit idle, and recently as well as working in vineyards, rehearsing with A Perfect Circle and writing with Tool, he’s been working on some new Puscifer material. According to a recent tweet it would appear that this work is no complete and a release “window†set: Finishin up new puscifer tracks. mixin this month w hopes of an Oct release. It’s sounding pretty tasty. Fairly… Read More »Puscifer Update
Josh Freese made several tweets today suggesting that he won’t be playing on the upcoming A Perfect Circle tour (though he did play at the recent festival show): Sad 2 report that 4 the 1st time ever Im having 2 sit out a tour with @aperfectcircle. I’ll explain more in next day on my site (if ya care) m not stopping playing with them though. All is well. We had… Read More »Josh Freese to miss A Perfect Circle tour?
Just got an email from the A Perfect Circle mailing list which confirms a further three shows during August for the upcoming tour: August 1, Salt Lake City, UT – Kingsbury Hall August 8, Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion August 10, Wallingford, CT – Oakdale Theatre Great news especially for those in Utah that have been waiting with baited breath for that show to be confirmed! Tickets go on sale… Read More »New A Perfect Circle shows in Utah, Ohio and Connecticut
In a recent interview with Gotham Radio, Billy Howerdel talks about A Perfect Circle, new songs, the upcoming tour and Ashes Divide. Here’s a snippet: So will we hear new APC music on the tour? “We are gonna hear at least a song, I would say,†Billy tells me. “One of them is very, very close to being done. And from there, things could come together once we get on… Read More »Howerdel discusses new A Perfect Circle material
It came to my attention the other day (and I forgot to post about it – thanks Zach) that A Perfect Circle also recently joined the KanRockSas festival in Kansas on either the 5th or 6th of August. Other notable acts joining APC on the bill are Primus, Muse and The Flaming Lips. Here’s a round up of dates confirmed for the 2011 tour: Sunday, May 22, Crew Stadium, Columbus,… Read More »KanAPerfectCircleSas
In what’s turning out to be a busy day for A Perfect Circle announcements, it seems as though they will also be playing at the Ottawa Bluesfest on the 10th of July. This festival, which spans a couple of weeks is bringing a pretty amazing lineup of acts including Soundgarden, Huey Lewis & the News, Joe Satriani and Shpongle. The official website seems to be having problems at the moment,… Read More »A Perfect Circle join Ottawa Bluesfest
Japanese all girl punk band Red Bacteria Vacuum have been announced as the support act for A Perfect Circle’s 2011 US Tour. According to the Facebook post they will open for all dates excluding festivals. Here’s a Youtube clip for you to enjoy:
As I predicted a little while back, A Perfect Circle were today announced as part of the Lollapalooza lineup for 2011. A Perfect Circle seem to be one of the second tier acts, and other bands joining them on the three day festival include Foo Fighters, Ween, Muse, Deftones, Death From Above 1979 and The Cars. Overall it seems like a quite reasonable lineup, and much lighter on shitty metal… Read More »A Perfect Circle playing Lollapalooza