I came across this interesting Instagram post today from Puscifer, which seems to suggest some kind of collaboration with The Onion: See you all tomorrow! @theonion #comedyfirstalways #thearsonist A video posted by Puscifer & Caduceus (@puscifer) on Oct 16, 2016 at 4:12pm PDT Perhaps we’re going to see Maynard and/or Puscifer on The Onion tomorrow? In other Maynard related news, there is a reasonably new interview with him on Aussie… Read More »Puscifer on The Onion?
Interviews are starting to appear online in support of the new Maynard James Keenan authorised biography A Perfect Union of Contrary Things. For your consideration today are an interesting interview with Rolling Stone magazine, and a Podcast. In Rolling Stone, Maynard answers a range of questions which I suspect broadly preview the content of the book. The key point I take from this is that we shouldn’t be expecting it to… Read More »Maynard Biography Interviews
Here’s a fantastic video from Ernie Ball where Justin Chancellor talks about Bass, Strings, Tool and life in general. Well worth the watch!
It looks like Maynard hasn’t given up hope of a new Tool album, at least according to a recent interview with WMMR (a radio station in Philadelphia I believe). You can listen to the whole interview below, Maynard comes online at about the 1:46 mark. It’s an ok interview, nothing you haven’t really heard before though (though I did discover Al Bundy has a black belt): When asked about Tool news… Read More »Maynard “still hopeful” of a Tool album
Christophe from Salival.fr contacted me today to let me know of an interesting interview he did with photographer Sean Murphy how capture Maynard James Keenan during his A Perfect Circle days. He talks about a few interesting APC and Tool related anecdotes. What was your impression of the Tool rehearsal space, the ‘sanctuary’ for many fans? The Tool rehearsal space was bad ass. After we finished our APC shoot, we… Read More »Interview with APC photographer Sean Murphy
It’s a bit of a strange topic for an interview, but Rolling Stone spoke with Adam Jones recently about his love for Wrestling, and we get a very minor hint towards the new Tool album: Will you be attending WrestleMania 32 next month? Unfortunately, no – because it’s going to be epic. There’s going to be, like, 100,000 people there – the biggest sports entertainment crowd ever. You would be… Read More »Adam talks WWE with Rolling Stone
Adam Jones from Tool has recently talked with Rolling Stone about the Tool tour coming up in January, and progress on the new album. It’s a great interview, and while it doesn’t give us any real indication on how far away the album actually is, it does seem very positive. Interestingly it doesn’t seem to mention the Opiate video, which may or may not be out later this year. Here… Read More »Adam speaks with Rolling Stone about Tour and New Album
A nice interview with Maynard James Keenan popped up on my Facebook feed this morning. It’s an interview by Australian site Amnplify (that’s not a typo!), and as a more Aussie twist on the usual Puscifer and Money Shot questions. An good interview and interesting read. An excerpt is below! Are you planning on bringing Puscifer to Australia in 2016? Well it all depends on financing. It’s a full on… Read More »Amnplify interview with Maynard about Puscifer and Money Shot
Maynard James Keenan has answered 11 Questions with the AV Club recently, which gives us an interesting insight into his personality. There’s no real news of note contained within, but it is an intriguing read for Maynard completionists. Here’s one of the 11 questions: 7. What have you done so far today? MJK: I processed three-and-a-half tons of fruit today for a rosé. It’ll be a Grenache-Syrah-Mourvedre Rosé which is… Read More »Maynard answers 11 Questions
There’s a new interview with Maynard on the Phoenix New Times this morning, mostly related to Puscifer, Money Shot and Winemaking, but as is usually the case, offers a few thoughts from Maynard on Tool. Before I give you my opinion on what I think it’s all about, here’s the text from the article related to Tool: You’d think Keenan hates Tool. In fact, his reputation as a recluse comes… Read More »Maynard upsets humourless Tool fans