El Fangel
01-06-2008, 12:27 AM
A Perfect Circle
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A Perfect Circle (often referred to as APC) is an alternative rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock) supergroup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergroup) formed by guitarist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar) Billy Howerdel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Howerdel). Howerdel had worked as a guitar tech (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_technician) for bands such as Nine Inch Nails (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails), The Smashing Pumpkins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins), Fishbone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishbone) and Tool (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool_%28band%29). He played demos of his music to Tool's singer, Maynard James Keenan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard_James_Keenan), who offered himself as vocalist should Howerdel ever form a band. Howerdel was initially hesitant about this as he originally wanted a female vocalist, but eventually agreed and A Perfect Circle was formed in 1999. To distinguish himself from his persona with Tool, Keenan wore long wigs on his otherwise bald scalp for all of A Perfect Circle's music videos, photo shoots and live performances.
Maynard, when asked at a news conference, stated that the name " A Perfect Circle" originates from the friendships of the band members, all of them met one another in a way resembling "a perfect circle of friendship." The band's latest line-up featured Jeordie White (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeordie_White) (formerly of Marilyn Manson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Manson) and Nine Inch Nails (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails) tour line-up) on bass, James Iha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha) (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins)) on guitar, and prolific session drummer Josh Freese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Freese) (also known from Nine Inch Nails (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails) tour line-up).
Although the group never officially disbanded, A Perfect Circle has been on hiatus since 2006, having not written new material, toured or recorded, but the band's personnel have kept busy with other projects.
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A Perfect Circle (often referred to as APC) is an alternative rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock) supergroup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergroup) formed by guitarist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar) Billy Howerdel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Howerdel). Howerdel had worked as a guitar tech (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_technician) for bands such as Nine Inch Nails (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails), The Smashing Pumpkins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins), Fishbone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishbone) and Tool (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool_%28band%29). He played demos of his music to Tool's singer, Maynard James Keenan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard_James_Keenan), who offered himself as vocalist should Howerdel ever form a band. Howerdel was initially hesitant about this as he originally wanted a female vocalist, but eventually agreed and A Perfect Circle was formed in 1999. To distinguish himself from his persona with Tool, Keenan wore long wigs on his otherwise bald scalp for all of A Perfect Circle's music videos, photo shoots and live performances.
Maynard, when asked at a news conference, stated that the name " A Perfect Circle" originates from the friendships of the band members, all of them met one another in a way resembling "a perfect circle of friendship." The band's latest line-up featured Jeordie White (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeordie_White) (formerly of Marilyn Manson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Manson) and Nine Inch Nails (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails) tour line-up) on bass, James Iha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Iha) (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins)) on guitar, and prolific session drummer Josh Freese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Freese) (also known from Nine Inch Nails (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails) tour line-up).
Although the group never officially disbanded, A Perfect Circle has been on hiatus since 2006, having not written new material, toured or recorded, but the band's personnel have kept busy with other projects.