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A Perfect Circle: Maynard James Keenan (vocals, gourd); Billy Howerdel (guitar, piano, bass, programming, background vocals); Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar); Paz Lanchantin (violin, bass, background vocals); Josh Freese (drums, percussion).Additional personnel: Luciano Lenchantin (viola); Tim Alexander (drums); Draven Godwin (percussion); Keli Shafer (background vocals).Engineers include: Billy Howerdel, Frank Grymer, Critter.Recorded at Perfect Circle Studios, Exstacy and The Chop Shop, Hollywood, California; Sound City, Van Nuys, California.A Perfect Circle: Maynard James Keenan (vocals, gourd); Billy Howerdel (guitar, piano, bass, programming, background vocals); Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar); Paz Lanchantin (violin, bass, background vocals); Josh Freese (drums, percussion).Additional personnel: Luciano Lenchantin (viola); Tim Alexander (drums); Draven Godwin (percussion); Keli Shafer (background vocals).Engineers include: Billy Howerdel, Frank Grymer, Critter.Recorded at Perfect Circle Studios, Exstacy and The Chop Shop, Hollywood, California and Sound City, Van Nuys, California.Personnel: Billy Howerdel (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, programming); Maynard James Keenan (vocals); Josh Freese (drums, percussion); Tim "Herb" Alexander (drums).Audio Mixers: Alan Moulder; Billy Howerdel.Recording information: Extasy Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Perfect Circle Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA; The Chop Shop, Hollywood, CA.Photographer: Dean Murphy.Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan offers up something to fill the collective void of fans eagerly awaiting a follow up to AENIMA. Keenan teamed with Tool guitar tech and A Perfect Circle guitarist/composer Billy Howerdel for MER DE NOMS, which is both a band effort and an engaging hard rock album, recorded while Tool renegotiated with their label and other band members took a break. But don't be fooled; A Perfect Circle is more than a one-off side project.The band isn't nearly as brutal as Tool; the musical textures are instead spacious and melodic. Keenan maintains his brooding, emotionally charged vocal style and his knack for conjuring bleak imagery. The track most comparable to Tool's music, "Rose," utilizes rise-and-fall dynamics and unpredictably breaks away to gentle strings, while "Judith" (the album's title is French for "sea of names," hence the song titles), explores free thought and warns against blind faith, and "Orestes" departs from the predominant guitar distortion with moody, powerful results.
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Artist: A Perfect Circle
Format: CD
Year: 2000
Genre: Rock & Pop
UPC: 00724384925321
Tool is a great band, but they never really interested me. It wasn't until the formation of A Perfect Circle that I recognized the talents of these musicians. Not really sure where this rates as compared to Thirteen (though I'm more than sure that it's better than that awful cover album), but this is probably the best album by either band.
finally a c.d. worth commenting on, the 4th track couldnt be a more true statement about religion or what religion has become since man interviened. musically a brilliant record made by some of todays truely talented musical artists, well in my opinion anyway.
This is a great album by a great group of talented musicians. This is more of darker and gloomier side of modern rock. Tool fans may be dissapointed by number slower numbers on here.
This is an incredible album. Now, Maynard can say he is in two of the best rock bands out there. It's not the same style as Tool. The band has more of a basic hard rock sound. However, the songs are anything but basic. A wide variety of musical ability and great songwriting can be found on this record
This is a spiritual journey through the mind of a genius. This cd is a MUST have! Anyone who loves Tool will love A perfect Circle better!
Beautiful, soft melodies combined with heart-felt lyrics make this CD a must-buy. Maynard has the strongest voice I have ever heard. So deep and such a great range of vocals. And I'm going to agree with Dorkavitch Charnalsky on the religion thing. People shouldn't say they don't like someone or something because of the whole religion issue. I am atheist as well, and I couldn't care less what you...
I think this band has some talent. I don't understand people's reviews sometimes. I think you can be a fn of the new bands and still like old ones as well. For example, I love Foo Fighters but I also am into Styx and other classic bands as well.
In my humble opinion I think Mer De Noms is the best album to come out in ten years. This is a classic. A work of art. This band has literally made a landscape of sound with some of the most melodic,complicated and heart felt songs I have ever heard. This is of course by Tool front man Maynard James Keenan's side project, A Perfect Circle. These talented and ingenious musicians have created an...
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Mer de Noms [PA] (CD - 2000)
An excellent album held together by Maynard's superb vocals and cryptic lyrics. My favorite tracks are 3 Libras (an all-time classic), The Hollow (some great harmony), Rose, Orestes, and Judith. The song Judith may rub devoted Christians the wrong way, but it may go down easier if you know the story behind it: Judith is the name of Maynard's mother, who died of cancer shortly after the album came...
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