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A Perfect Circle is a rock band that was formed by former Tool/Nine Inch Nails guitar tech Billy Howerdel after recruiting Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan in the late ’90s. Josh Freese, a professional studio drummer and a permanent member of The Vandals and Devo, joined soon after.
The members of A Perfect Circle changed between albums, while many of the musicians still make guest appearances on the records. Maynard James Keenan, Billy and Josh Freese are the only permanent m
A Perfect Circle is a rock band that was formed by former Tool/Nine Inch Nails guitar tech Billy Howerdel after recruiting Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan in the late ’90s. Josh Freese, a professional studio drummer and a permanent member of The Vandals and Devo, joined soon after.
The members of A Perfect Circle changed between albums, while many of the musicians still make guest appearances on the records. Maynard James Keenan, Billy and Josh Freese are the only permanent members of A Perfect Circle. The first line up which recorded Mer de Noms was Paz Lenchantin on bass and Troy Van Leeuwen of Failure, on rhythm guitar. When Van Leeuwen left for Queens of the Stone Age and Lenchantin for Billy Corgan’s short-lived Zwan, two new members joined for the recording of Thirteenth Step: James Iha of the then defunct but now reformed (sans Iha) Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson’s Jeordie White aka Twiggy Ramirez on rhythm guitar and bass, respectively.
A Perfect Circle is an extension of the progressive rock/metal style popularized by the aforementioned Tool in the early to mid-’90s.
While similar to Tool in intensity and melancholy, A Perfect Circle is more melodic with a theatrical, ambient quality that incorporates occasional strings and unusual instrumentation. Some of their songs maintain the dark quality that fans of Tool will recognise as signatures of Keenan’s poetic style, but the subject matter is very different.
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Listal's A to Z library of favourite bands (241 person items)"Nominated by Pumpkinate
What was initially speculated as a "side project" of Tool quickly turned out to be its own band with its own sound. The combination of Tool lead singer Maynard Keenan and Billy Howerdel's styles was generally softer than what Tool fans had been used to (3 Libras, Weak and Powerless), but chaotic and aggressive at times as well (The Package, Pet). It also became an outlet for Keenan to write about his frustration with his mother's submission to her paralysis (Judith, Ores"
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Seen Live by FSG (29 person items)"Hmm, love this band, but didn't like the way Maynard sung behind a curtain type thing. Sounded great though."
Trent Reznor - The Man, His Bands, Influences & Co (256 person items)"Supporting Nine Inch Nails on their Fragility v2.0 Tour 2000.
The song "Passive" on the 2004 album "eMOTIVE" was co-written by Trent Reznor and originally intended for Tapeworm.
Also, former Nine Inch Nails drummer Josh Freese is a member of A Perfect Circle, former Nine Inch Nails bassist Jeordie White was in A Perfect Circle between 2002 and 2004 and former Nine Inch Nails bassist, guitarist and keyboarder Danny Lohner between 1999 and 2004."
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Bands I've seen live (452 person items)"Better live during their brief existence than Tool was during the same years."
Supergroups (16 person items)"Billy Howerdel
Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails)
James Iha (The Smashing Pumpkins)
Jeordie White (Marilyn Manson)
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