Maynard discusses Puscifer and not Tool with Phoenix New Times

Post by **hellboy** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:21 pm

Gene sent me a link to a new interview with Maynard this morning, where he talks about mainly Puscifer, as well as the state of the recording industry:

"The illusion is gone," Keenan says. "There's no longer blank checkbooks. I remember playing a show ages ago, where Helmet got offered a [record deal worth a] million dollars. Oh, my God! A million dollars. Of course, all that did was make every other band with ego throw its dicks on the table and say, 'Well, I want a million five.' 'Well, I want two million; I'm more popular.' There was never any rhyme or reason to what those numbers ended up translating to at the end of the day. If you go back and track what somebody actually paid for something, it's not nearly as dialed-in as, say, a video-game corporation saying, 'No, we're going to sell exactly this many units of this game.' It was never that calculated. The people running [the business] weren't qualified to run it."

It's an interesting article and well worth reading. As the title suggests though, there is no Tool update, though I'm sure none of you expect one from Maynard at this stage...

There's also a short teaser video courtesy of Livewire of Puscifer rehearsing for upcoming tours:

Ravenpig · Post by **Ravenpig** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:51 pm

Heh. Even the article's title gives him shit for not talking about Tool.

Post by **UndKeineZwEier** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:10 pm

So now there's a Maynard biography and autobiography. Â Mog's going to be fucking ecstatic!Â

Also did that Queens of Country ever actually come out? Â It's mentioned in this article, but I haven't actually heard anything about since like early 2011.

Post by **bigboy55693** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:20 pm

Nardo's look at all my random crap videos are always fun.

WTF was that green drink...Â A kale smoothie?

markuspoop · Post by **markuspoop** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:28 pm

Eh, that wasn't a bad read.

Post by **UndKeineZwEier** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:44 pm

This reminds me of how much I'm looking forward to getting my hands on that Balls to the Wall. Â I loved it live, and I would love to have a recording.

Post by **not tyson** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:23 pm

"appeared on the anti-comedy TV series Tim & Eric Awesome Show: Great Job"

No he didn't, great journalism

Post by **not tyson** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:25 pm

Wait, I never knew this was him

joeypants · Post by **joeypants** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:29 pm

No way that's Maynard. Doesn't sound like him at all. I'm sure someone just mislabeled a video.

Post by **UndKeineZwEier** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:31 pm

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1617580/

Post by **ilikecheese** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:37 pm

UndKeineEier said
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1617580/

You are correct sir.

joeypants · Post by **joeypants** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:57 pm

Wow. I'll be damned.

Post by **ilikecheese** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:10 pm

Is there an interview rider where the source must explain first that the members of tool rarely give interviews, even though a member of tool is about to give another interview?

Post by **ilikecheese** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:12 pm

joeypants said
Wow. I'll be damned.

You may indeed, if you get lucky.

Post by **hellboy** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:19 pm

cheeseballs said
Is there an interview rider where the source must explain first that the members of tool rarely give interviews, even though a member of tool is about to give another interview?

It should be rarely give interviews about Tool

Post by **The Boss** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:34 pm

Why would you expect an interview with a TOOL member about TOOL, when they haven't done anything for over half a decade?

Post by **ilikecheese** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:43 pm

crow011 said
Why would you expect an interview with a TOOL member about TOOL, when they haven't done anything for over half a decade?

If I were interviewing and the members of tool still call themselves a band, then game on.

Agenda · Post by **Agenda** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:51 pm

Anyone want to bet that this forth coming book barely references TOOL at all? It seems like Maynard dislikes everything to do with TOOL more and more. He almost seems to resent the band itself. The truth of the matter is that without TOOL, Puscifer would not be a success and likely would not exist in it's present form. Don't get me wrong I like Puscifer, but like many Puscifer fans I started out as just a TOOL fan. Hell, A Perfect Circle never would have been a band if Billy wasn't Adam's guitar tech. Like it or not Puscifer, the vineyard and Maynard owe their success to TOOL. It just seems rather desperate to constantly distance yourself from what made you successful, in an effort to make your other projects seem more relevant.

Post by **not tyson** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:56 pm

Thanks for pointing out the obvious

Post by **ilikecheese** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:02 pm

Agenda said
Anyone want to bet that this forth coming book barely references TOOL at all? It seems like Maynard dislikes everything to do with TOOL more and more. He almost seems to resent the band itself. The truth of the matter is that without TOOL, Puscifer would not be a success and likely would not exist in it's present form. Don't get me wrong I like Puscifer, but like many Puscifer fans I started out as just a TOOL fan. Hell, A Perfect Circle never would have been a band if Billy wasn't Adam's guitar tech. Like it or not Puscifer, the vineyard and Maynard owe their success to TOOL. It just seems rather desperate to constantly distance yourself from what made you successful, in an effort to make your other projects seem more relevant.

On the other hand, four fingers and a thumb. Â Maynard might look at it differently though. Â He DID participate in that success too. Â It's not like any three members success is collectively responsible for any one members success. Â So Maynard is making the best of that, as are the other members. Â

That's it. Â

End of blog/story/tweet?/whatever.

Post by **The Boss** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:12 pm

Agenda said
Anyone want to bet that this forth coming book barely references TOOL at all? It seems like Maynard dislikes everything to do with TOOL more and more. He almost seems to resent the band itself. The truth of the matter is that without TOOL, Puscifer would not be a success and likely would not exist in it's present form. Don't get me wrong I like Puscifer, but like many Puscifer fans I started out as just a TOOL fan. Hell, A Perfect Circle never would have been a band if Billy wasn't Adam's guitar tech. Like it or not Puscifer, the vineyard and Maynard owe their success to TOOL. It just seems rather desperate to constantly distance yourself from what made you successful, in an effort to make your other projects seem more relevant.

I feel like I've read a post very similar to this before.

ziggy23 · Post by **ziggy23** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:39 pm

Maynard James Keenan Discusses Donkey Punch the NightÂ

Right now, there's a Tool fan angrily venting about the lack of a newÂ ToolÂ album in some dark corner of the Internet. Right now, Tool frontmanÂ Maynard James KeenanÂ is most likely working on something other than a new Tool album.

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsu ... erview.php

Post by **UndKeineZwEier** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:18 am

Honestly I'm surprised Maynard hasn't turned to crowdfunding for an international tour.