During a new interview with Kerrang, Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer singer Maynard James Keenan revealed the musician he shares the closest mental connection with.
Kerrang:
“When Billy Howerdel first played you the music that would become A Perfect Circle, why did it resonate with you?”
Maynard James Keenan:
“I thought, ‘Awesome – now I get to be a wanker!’ I could hear parts of The Cure, parts of Tones on Tail, parts of Love & Rockets, which was cool but conjured images of dudes in Goth outfits.
You’ve got to sell it: watching dudes in t-shirts and sneakers doing Shakespeare doesn’t quite sell it. There have to be some grandiose robes.”
Kerrang:
“Which musician do you share the closest mental connection with?”
Maynard James Keenan:
“That’s a tough one. It wouldn’t be one person, but a combination. I’d say Carina Round and Mat Mitchell [from Puscifer]. We all provide pieces that perhaps the others don’t have, and we all feed off of those things.”
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