In a Monday morning feel good article, Maynard has returned to his home town wrestling team to support them getting ready for an upcoming tournament: Most of the world knows Maynard James Keenan as a rock star. He is probably best known as the vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning band Tool along with the bands A Perfect Circle and Puscifer. Most recently, he has turned much of his interests towards… Read More »Maynard helps Mason Country Wrestlers
Due to popular demand, a second Cinquanta show (featuring A Perfect Circle, Puscifer and Failure) has been added for the 11th of May 2014. Tickets are on sale now I believe, and you can get them here!
It’s the time of year where not only to we swear allegiance to baby Jesus and commercialism, but we also tend to compile best of lists. Last year we had a successful Album of the Year Poll, and this year we shall do the same! Below is an embedded Google Form which will allow you to enter in your favorite albums, from which I shall compile a top 10 based… Read More »Fourtheye Readers 2013 Album of the Year Poll
Those that pay close attention to the members of Tool birthdays you will surely have remembered that next year is Maynard’s 50th birthday. To celebrate he’s bringing together two of his bands, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer as well as one of his favorite other bands Failure. Details of this Cinquanta (Italian for 50) are below: Puscifer, A Perfect Circle and Failure celebrate Maynard James Keenan’s 50th Birthday on May… Read More »Maynard’s Cinquanta
As spotted by Umadbrah? on the forums, there are some rumours going around that Tool will be adding further dates to their Mexican jaunt. Here’s a Google Translation: As many of you know, TOOL visit Mexico for the first time in its history. And no, his appearance at the festival Cumbre Tajin 2014 will not be the only one in our country. Through a close source, we’ve learned that Californians… Read More »Tool to add further Mexican dates?
Blair has posted the November Tool Newsletter, which is largely a reasonably positive update on the status of Tool songwriting, and very little of the stuff you guys normally complain about (though I’m sure several of you are still more than capable of complaining regardless). He also discusses the Mexican Festival date, and the possibility of other dates. The short answer is he doesn’t know if there will be any,… Read More »November 2013 Tool Newsletter released
According to the Primus Facebook page, Tool, Primus and Puscifer will be playing the Cumbre Tajin Festival in Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico. This will no doubt be great news for Mexican Tool fans, who have waited a long time for them to play in their country. Update: Blair has confirmed the date on Toolband Details are sketchy and by no means confirmed, but here’s the poster:
Adam posted an interesting video on Facebook today. It seems to show some form of 3D printing, and includes the caption “A hail stone storm ~ New Pre Production ~ thank you #Ultimaker3dPrinter“. Not sure if this is in any way Tool related, but the video does seem to show the subject of the printing, and while it’s quite vague, it could well be the head of some type of… Read More »Adam posts 3D printing video
A Perfect Circle‘s new live album, Stone And Echo is now streaming via Consequence of Sound. This is the Live album part of the limited edition Stone And Echo set, and should be available to purchase on Amazon and probably other places like iTunes.
There’s a new interview with Maynard online where he discusses the recent A Perfect Circle and coming Puscifer releases on Artist Direct. No huge revelations in the interview, but here’s a snippet anyway: Did you get closer to the A Perfect Circle music by playing all of the songs live? Many artists don’t ever get that chance. Well, you know your body changes as you age. To go back and… Read More »Maynard talks Puscifer and APC with Artist Direct