A Perfect Circle

[sweeterthan]

Blown away by the whole show but hour glass was fucking cool. It reminds me of this one band...


ETA: show spoiler: Spoiler: does Maynard bring out shake weights at every show or was that just for last night? So funny! He talked so much.

[tcrudolph]

Was a good show last night, I'm glad I went. Somehow the tickets I bought at face value the day before the show from ticketmaster were three rows back from the pit barricade in the center orchestra section, so the seats were pretty great. Was a little disappointed no Orestes, Passive, or 3 Libras, but a lot from Thirteenth Step. Wish we would've had a little more Mer de Noms but still enjoyed the whole show. Feathers was really cool. Hourglass....... verdict is still out on that one personally. My wife and I were kind of like what the heck is this during the robotic voice parts. It sounded a little dated to me, but I'd like to hear the studio version. It was nice to hear Imagine played live. The last time I saw them was before Thirteenth Step came out, so it was cool to hear so many of those songs live and some of the covers.

By the way I had a helluva time getting the tickets through livenation (they kept erroring on checkout) and finally had to go through the ticketmaster APP on my phone to actually secure the seats after 30 minutes of trying on livenation website, clearing my browser cache, trying another browser, trying the livenation app (piece or garbage wouldn't even open after 2 install attempts), and ticketmaster website (redirected me to Live Nation website). So if you are interested in a show and see some sweet seats available go through the ticketmaster app if livenation errors and it should work fine.

[imail724]

Can someone link me, either here or via PM, to the best quality versions of the two new songs?

[sweeterthan]

Can someone link me, either here or via PM, to the best quality versions of the two new songs?

Heres a version of hourglass that I just saw


ETA apparently this link is dead already.

[center27j]

I'd really like to see them do a blend of Pet and Counting Bodies -- they could easily have the harder, more sinister and atmospheric aspects of Bodies build up to the melodies of Pet and then strip it back to the thumping of Counting. I just wish I'd get to hear Maynard do the "stay with me, safe and ignorant" part, especially with how good his voice is lately -- it's my favorite part of Pet by far.

agreed, but preferably "lay your head down child, i wont let the boogeyman come"

[implanted_microchip]

Blown away by the whole show but hour glass was fucking cool. It reminds me of this one band...


ETA: show spoiler: Spoiler: does Maynard bring out shake weights at every show or was that just for last night? So funny! He talked so much.

show spoiler: Spoiler: The shake weights were done in Fort Meyers at least -- such a great and surprising moment.

[theimage13]

Re: spoilers. Those were actually from a friend of mine, and they've been a part of every show since he gave them to him. From what I've heard, the whole band is basically just out there having a laugh and loving life.

And yeah, I laughed my ass off when I saw it in action. Which song got the treatment at your shows? For us, it was Thinking of You​.

[theimage13]

[implanted_microchip]

@theimage13 it was definitely during Thinking of You in Fort Meyers. Also, thanks for finding that vid! It was misting the last couple of songs but the uploader actually had them in a separate video here:

[theimage13]

@theimage13 it was definitely during Thinking of You in Fort Meyers. Also, thanks for finding that vid! It was misting the last couple of songs but the uploader actually had them in a separate video here:

Ah yeah, got sidetracked and forgot to add that disclaimer. The full thing was also uploaded (by the taper) to Dime, which could potentially mean higher quality than whatever Youtube is using to encode it.

[Krazy]

Can't say I'd be a fan of the musical direction if this is true...

http://www.metalinjection.net/latest...nd-dance-y-one

[kel]

Can't say I'd be a fan of the musical direction if this is true...

http://www.metalinjection.net/latest...nd-dance-y-one

i'm actually mildly interested now.

[imail724]

Maynard doing Depeche Mode? Where do I sign up?

[pcpunk]

That's interesting. I remember billy describing the sound of the new Ashes Divide album as being more synth driven. So will the new APC album be that material reworked? Will there ever be another Ashes Divide album or will it just be music that eventually becomes APC?

[gerbil]

That's interesting. I remember billy describing the sound of the new Ashes Divide album as being more synth driven. So will the new APC album be that material reworked? Will there ever be another Ashes Divide album or will it just be music that eventually becomes APC?

Billy strikes me as the kind of guy that has about hundreds off pro tools sessions with snippets, ideas, and mostly complete songs. I'm sure he could put together albums fairly easily.


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[RJK]

That's interesting. I remember billy describing the sound of the new Ashes Divide album as being more synth driven. So will the new APC album be that material reworked? Will there ever be another Ashes Divide album or will it just be music that eventually becomes APC?

Billy said in Atlanta that there would be an Ashes Divide album but not until after the new APC album which is the priority.

He's always said that it just depends which ones Maynard likes as to which banks do the songs go to.

But keep in mind he's been saying there would be a new Ashes album since 2010....

[pcpunk]

Billy said in Atlanta that there would be an Ashes Divide album but not until after the new APC album which is the priority.

He's always said that it just depends which ones Maynard likes as to which banks do the songs go to.

But keep in mind he's been saying there would be a new Ashes album since 2010....

that's what's so frustrating! I've been waiting for more music from billy, apc be damned! I love Keep Telling Myself It's Alright and I'm more excited for the follow up than new apc, to be honest.

[theimage13]

During the show I saw, I wasn't sold on Hourglass. Didn't grab me right from the get-go. But I've giving it some re-listens, and I gotta say, I'm getting more and more eager to see how this sounds on the album.

[virushopper]

I had great time seeing the band last night at the Bowl.

Got to meet @Krazy too and surprisingly enough he wasn't crazy.

I finally got to hear "Hourglass" live and vocally it's a a Puscifer song but the guitar melody is all Howerdel. I still prefer "Feathers" over it.

Random tidbits:
Maynard dedicated "Thomas" to the "bros in Tool".
Love the shake weight bit in "Thinking of You".
Maynard walking towards the front of the stage and waving to the fans is still the weirdest thing I have seen on this tour.

[Krazy]

^^^ Yeah, was very cool to meet up. Never know what you're gonna get with an ETS'er, since its like a box of chocolates in here.

Maynard also said something to the effect of "don't judge the new songs too harshly, they're a work in progress". I'm guessing they may be getting some shit on social media for the Puscifer-like Hourglass.

Hollywood Bowl is a very cool venue- probably second to Red Rocks for me (that place takes the cake IMHO). Very weird that in most of the sections, people were sitting throughout. I stood up as soon as the lights went down and got some (light hearted) shit for it. Oh well, no need to upset the herd.

It was no NIN or Tool production but the lighting did look fantastic, with the "bowl rings" helping out some.

About to get the fook out of here via LAX. Enjoy ETS on back-to-work Monday everyone.

[sonic_discord]

Maynard dedicated "Thomas" to the "bros in Tool".

Considering the lyrics, I wonder what THAT means...

[implanted_microchip]

So, uh ... did I miss it, or did nobody post this tweet from then saying there won't be a new album this year?

https://twitter.com/aperfectcircle/s...40850547945473

[ManBurning]

It's gotten to the point where you can't have faith in any Maynard related project anymore. Anything that comes from anyone associated with him or any of his bands should be taken with an extreme grain of salt.

[NotoriousTIMP]

It's gotten to the point where you can't have faith in any Maynard related project anymore. Anything that comes from anyone associated with him or any of his bands should be taken with an extreme grain of salt.

Except for Puscifer, that project is pretty steady.

[sonic_discord]

Except for Puscifer, that project is pretty steady.

In terms of the frequency with which they release new material, I agree. As for the quality of said material, that varies (at least in my opinion).

[virushopper]

So, uh ... did I miss it, or did nobody post this tweet from then saying there won't be a new album this year?

https://twitter.com/aperfectcircle/s...40850547945473

Whoever is posting just cement it:

https://twitter.com/aperfectcircle/s...71305389674496

[Krazy]

And if anyone was still wondering who wears the pants in the APC relationship, we can cement that too!

[RJK]

Wow Maynard is such a douche.

[sweeterthan]

Wow Maynard is such a douche.

He's a creepy bastard with the voice of an angel. He hates us and we still love him.


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[virushopper]

Also I didn't know Steven from the Black Queen is Billy's tech.