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Maynard James Keenan recently spoke with Rick Beato on his YouTube channel for an hour long conversation, touching on all of Keenan's projects: Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, and naturally, Tool. You can check the video out below.Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.
Keenan shared some early memories of Puscifer being the musical attraction that accompanied performers on the sketch comedy scene in Los Angeles during the mid-nineties; a scene that included David Cross and Bob Odenkirk (which led to a connection with Mr. Show), Janeane Garofalo, Green Jellö, and Tenacious D.
Beato noted Keenan's ability to write lyrics and vocal melodies over riffs, something Keenan attributes to his understanding of rhythm, but he also spoke at length (no pun intended) about Tool's exhaustive creative process.
"[The guys in Tool], they just take longer to process information and get it together and then present me something that I can start building on," Keenan said. "I've made the mistake in the past of trying to build on something that wasn't ready yet, and then all the work I put into building on 'the thing', they changed the foundation. I'm trying to decorate the house and then you move where the doors are and move the windows or add a floor. I got to start over as an interior decorator. So I have to wait for them to do it. So there's time [for other musical projects]. I have time to do all these other things in between because I can and I should."
Keenan continued by adding, "One could argue a little bit of discipline and a little prodding [contributes to the extensive exercise of making Tool records.] A little cattle prod or a taser would help move those guys along a little faster, but that's their process. You just kind of respect it. You know it's frustrating. I'm sure they're frustrated with me because they hand it to me and I'm like 'It's done' — [and the band is] like, 'You didn't take any time with it?' Yes, I took 50 years—right?—for this reaction to these things. I've been preparing for decades to hear these things and be able to react honestly and I riff on them."Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.
Ultimately, Keenan summarised that listening to each other and working by committee is the best recipe for success, at least for Tool , anyway. Asked if he has final say in the group, he firmly stated, "No… it has to be by committee. Even if it's fucking death by committee. It has to be by committee because you have to trust each other at the end of the day for it to be the full encompassing piece with several sets of eyes (and ears on it)."
Puscifer will be back on the road this October and November. Check the dates out below, alongside a recently released remix of "Bullet Train To Iowa" by A Perfect Circle guitarist Billy Howerdel.
10/13 San Francisco, CA The Warfield 10/15 Reno, NV Grand Theatre at the Grand Sierra Resort 10/16 Paso Robles, CA Vina Robles Amphitheatre 10/18 Escondido, CA California Center for Arts Escondido – Concert Hall 10/20 Tucson, AZ The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall (formerly Tucson Music Hall) 10/21 El Paso, TX Abraham Chavez Theatre 10/22 San Antonio, TX Tech Port Center & Arena 10/25 Houston, TX 713 Music Hall 10/26 Ft. Worth, TX Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium 10/28 New Orleans, LA Mahalia Jackson Theater 10/29 Baton Rouge, LA River Center Theatre 10/31 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium 11/1 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium 11/3 Norfolk, VA Chrysler Hall 11/4 Washington, DC Warner Theatre 11/5 Atlantic City, NJ Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 11/7 Montreal, QC MTelus 11/8 Toronto, ON Queen Elizabeth Theatre 11/10 Cincinnati, OH The Andrew J. Brady Music Center 11/11 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace 11/12 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre at Old National Centre 11/13 Madison, WI The Orpheum Theater 11/15 Grand Rapids, MI DeVos Performance Hall 11/17 St. Louis, MO The Factory 11/18 Kansas City, MO The Midland Theatre 11/19 Tulsa, OK Tulsa Theater 11/22 Prescott, AZ Yavapai College Performing Arts Center
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