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Salival.fr interview with Maynard James Keenan biographer Sarah Jensen

An interesting interview came across my desk this morning, refreshingly nothing to do with A Perfect Circle’s new album.  Christophe from Salival.fr recently interview A Perfect Union of Contrary Things author Sarah Jensen, and asked her a bunch of questions about the process used to write the bio. Here’s a sneak peek: What was your approach here? Maynard and I agreed early on that this wouldn’t be a typical rock-star… Read More »Salival.fr interview with Maynard James Keenan biographer Sarah Jensen

Billy speaks with Vice about Eat The Elephant

There have been plenty of interviews with both Billy Howerdel and Maynard James Keenan regarding the new A Perfect Circle record Eat The Elephant. The hype train is starting to wind down a bit now that we’re a few weeks post release, but there’s a new interview up in Vice’s Noisy website with Billy recently, and I think it’s one of the better ones to come out. Here’s a sample: How… Read More »Billy speaks with Vice about Eat The Elephant

Tool Drum Tracking and Newsletters

A couple of good news items from the Tool camp today.  Firstly news that drum tracking is complete on the new album, with a celebratory photo from Kevin Mills: Here’s a photo taken by KEVIN MILLS (Evil Joe’s assistant) to celebrate the drum tracking being completed (other than a segue, I believe).  Thanks to Justin for sending! Other news in the last week is that the Newsletter Archive is back… Read More »Tool Drum Tracking and Newsletters

Tool tease demo version of Descending in Music Clinic promo

Tool have released a video promo for their upcoming Music Clinic tour, and in a pleasant surprise it features a recording (presumably some form of demo) of the track Descending frequently played live over the last half a dozen years. Adam also offered a few thoughts on the clinics via Instagram: Very excited about the upcoming #ToolMisicClinic ‘s. The concept originated from fans wanting to connect & interact with us personally. An… Read More »Tool tease demo version of Descending in Music Clinic promo

Tool add two more Music Clinics

Tool have snuck in a couple of extra Music Clinics while I wasn’t paying attention – one in Pittsburgh and the other Philadelphia. Blair also added a few thoughts on Toolband as to what these clinics could contain.  It sounds like a little more that just the Adam Jones VIP thing seen on previous tours: First of all, KUDOS to those Tool enthusiasts who realize the unique opportunity of the… Read More »Tool add two more Music Clinics

A Perfect Circle announce Fall US and European dates

Fresh from the release of Eat The Elephant, A Perfect Circle have announced a new set of dates for later this year, with a small run of dates across the US as well as a range of new ones for Europe: October 20 Salt Lake City, UT Maverik Center October 22 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater October 24 Austin, TX Austin 360 Amphitheatre October 29 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre October… Read More »A Perfect Circle announce Fall US and European dates

Review: A Perfect Circle – Eat The Elephant

“This is not going to go the way you think” a prominent quote from the most recent Star Wars movie The Last Jedi – and I expect the latest A Perfect Circle album will be greeted with similar levels of division within the fanbase.  Seemingly gone is the goth-tinged hard rock of the first two albums, Eat The Elephant greets us with a range of largely more mellow, yet more… Read More »Review: A Perfect Circle – Eat The Elephant

Maynard chats with Lars and other Eat the Elephant related interviews

Plenty of Maynard James Keenan in the press at the moment, the most interesting of which are a chat with Lars Ulrich from Metallica, and a piece for The Australian. Firstly, Maynard speaks in a video interview with Lars Ulrich.  It’s a reasonable broad interview, touching on A Perfect Circle, as well as it’s relationship with the other bands in Maynard’s arsenal: Also out in the last week, Andrew McMillen… Read More »Maynard chats with Lars and other Eat the Elephant related interviews

Weekly Update 12-April-2018

Time for another not so weekly update!  In this issue: Mike Patton talks Tool Legend of the Seagullmen gig Tom Morello comments on Tool album again (in Italian) Off the Grid! Albums worth listening too! Mike Patton talks Tool Faith No More singer Mike Patton is a well respected member of the music industry, and seems to be somewhat of a Tool fan according to a recent chat with Revolver:… Read More »Weekly Update 12-April-2018