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Welcome to my sight. Sience 1999 i have been very excited with the bands Tool and A Perfect Circle. Here you will find some mp3's, band art, tour info, fan art, and song lyrics, enjoy! ________________________________________________________________________ _______ A Perfect Circle ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________ apc8 (3K)

________________________________________________________________________ _________________________ Band Members ________________________________________________________________________ Vocals: Maynard James Keenan Guitarist and songwriter:Billy Howerdel Paz Lenchantin: bass, violin Troy Van Leewen: guitar Josh Freese: drums ________________________________________________________________________ _____________ BAND ART ________________________________________________________________________ _____________ apc (3K)

________________________________________________________________________ ________ A PERFECT CIRCLE ________________________________________________________________________ apc5 (2K)

________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ BIOGROPHY OF A PERFECT CIRCLE ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ A PERFECT CIRCLE A Perfect Circle is not a side project. A Perfect Circle is not a hobby for any of those involved. A Perfect Circle does not represent the end of anything. A Perfect Circle does not represent the beginning of anything. A Perfect Circle is not a religion. A Perfect Circle is not a political movement. A Perfect Circle is the continuation and the furtherance of many extraordinary musical ideas. _______________________________ A Perfect Circle is a Los Angeles based band formed at the end of the last decade by free thinking individuals, each actively seeking to challenge themselves and their listeners through intense and provocative performance. Mer de Noms (French for Sea of Names) is A Perfect Circle’s first album, a remarkable collection of creatively un-categorizable modern music. Singer Maynard James Keenan (who is also the vocalist for the rock band Tool) is the voice and soul of A Perfect Circle. On twelve new songs Maynard delivers a towering yet vulnerable presence which stands in bold and unexpected contrast to any of his previous efforts. Guitarist Billy Howerdel, the band’s chief songwriter and producer (who previously worked with Tool, The Smashing Pumpkins, David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails and others) writes the incredible music and is the heart of A Perfect Circle. Billy deftly combines keen instinct with raw talent to create passages of untold mystery, beauty and power. A Perfect Circle is five musicians operating outside all the lines. A Perfect Circle is restricted by no boundaries, real or imagined. Mer de Noms is about all of us, however A Perfect Circle is not for everybody. A Perfect Circle can not be explained or described with any one word. A Perfect Circle is about moments of inspiration and expression and passion. ______________________ A Perfect Circle is... _______ ________________________________________________________________________ _______

TOUR DATES:
July 26th • Denver, CO • Ogden Theater
July 28th • Dallas, TX • Grenada Theater
July 30th • Atlanta, GA • Roxy Theater
August 1st • Norfolk, VA • The Norva
August 2nd • Washington, DC • 9:30 Club
August 3rd • Boston, MA • Berklee Academy of Music
August 5th • New York, NY • Irving Plaza
August 6th • Philadelphia, PA • Theater of Living Arts
August 8th • Cleveland, OH • Odeon
August 9th • Detroit, MI • St. Andrew's Hall
August 10th • Chicago, IL • Cabaret Metro
August 11th • Minneapolis, MN • Pantages

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_______ ________________________________________________________________________ _______ A PERFECT CIRCLE LINKS ________________________________________________________________________ _______ www.aperfectcircle.com ________________________________________________________________________ _______ www.aperfectcircle.org ________________________________________________________________________ _______ A Perfect Circle Lyrics ________________________________________________________________________ _______ A great fan sight ________________________________________________________________________ _______ A perfect Circle Tabliture ________________________________________________________________________ _______ TOOL ________________________________________________________________________ _______ tool1 (3K)

________________________________________________________________________ _______ BAND MEMBERS ________________________________________________________________________ _______ Maynard James Keenan: vocals Adam Jones: Guitar Paul D'amour: BASS Danny Carey: drums Justin Chancellor: bass ____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______ BAND ART ________________________________________________________________________ _______ tool (2K)

________________________________________________________________________ _______ TOOL ________________________________________________________________________ _______ tool6 (4K)

________________________________________________________________________ _______ ________________________________________________________________________ _______ Biogrophies ________________________________________________________________________ _______ Maynard James Keenan mjksmall (6K)

Maynard was born to a Baptist family and grew up with an older sister in Ravenna, Ohio. Maynard attended Brown Jr High and then Ravenna High school through the 10th grade until he moved to Michigan. There he attended Mason County Central High School in Scottville, MI. By the time he entered the army, in 1982, he had lived in Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. Maynard was a member of the United States Military Academy ("West Point") prep school class of 1984. He was member of the cross country and wrestling teams, the glee club, and the "Knight Crier." References to the Honor Code "I will not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate those who do"; and to the term 'tool' probably came from this experience. Maynard quit the military to study art, which eventually led to a job in LA applying spatial design concepts (called "Feng Shui") to remodeling pet stores. While Maynard was in Michigan, he attened the Kendall College of Art & Design, which is one of the best in that area. His artwork is rumored to be very abstract. Maynard was friends with Gillian Anderson while he was at Kendall. Before Tool, in the 80's, Maynard was in Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty (C.A.D.) that released an independent cassette called 'Fingernails'. He was also in another band called TexAns. Maynard met Danny Carey in LA when they were neighbors. Danny let Maynard and Adam use his practice space, and ended up playing with them a few times. Maynard's father is a retired high school teacher from Mason County Central Highschool in Scottville, Michigan. They get along fine and Maynard visits home every year. Maynard is rumored to reside near Sedona, Arizona. Maynard is currently involved in a second project called 'A Perfect Circle,' though he is still very much a part of Tool. He has also become engaged to his girlfriend. ________________________________________________________________________ _______ Adam Jones adamsmall (6K)

________________________________________________________________________ _______ Adam Jones is the creative mind behind the amazing guitar riffs and the intense videos of Tool. Ironically, he seems more comfortable as an artist than as a musician. Adam is originally from Illinois, and played violin in elementary school. He was accepted into the Suzuki program, and continued to play violin through his freshman year in high school. He then played a stand up bass for three years in an orchestra. In addition to playing in an orchestra, Adam played bass in a band called Electric Sheep with Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine in high school (Libertyville), and while he never received traditional guitar lessons, they learned from each other. Adam also studied film. Adam recieved a music scholarship to go to college, but chose to go to art school instead. Adam went to school at the Hollywood Makeup Academy. He began by learning "straight make-up," because he thought it would help him out. He then began work as a sculptor and special effects designer where he learned the stop-motion camera techniques he would later apply in Tool's videos Sober, Prison Sex, Stinkfist, and Aenema. After he graduated, he went to work at Rick Lazzarini's "The Character Shop." He was there for quite a while, 1-2 years, and worked on a TV show called "Monsters." He designed and fabricated a Grim Reaper makeup and a Zombie head on a spike (later used in Ghostbusters 2.) he worked on several commercials, and was one of the designers. He worked on a salad dressing commercial (it was never aired), Olympic stain (Albert Einstein makeups), Duracell (Boxers and Taxi cabs), Nightmare on Elm Street Part 5 (He did the Fredy Kreuger in the womb makeup), and Ghostbusters 2. At that time, Adam had a pet chameleon and a Great Dane. After that, he went to Stan Winston's. There he worked on Predator 2, where he sculpted a unique looking skull for the Predator's space ship interior. Adam worked on several other big films in Hollywood doing makeup and set design, including Jurassic Park and Terminator 2. He also helped Green Jello with their costumes. Adam is a great drawer, and is brilliant at charicatures. He is a big Devo fan. He used to skateboard and had an empty pool in front of the house he rented. ________________________________________________________________________ _______ Paul D'amour paulsmall (8K)

Paul is originally from Spokane, Washington, and is actually a guitar player first. Paul was introduced to Tool by Adam Jones. Paul came to L.A. because of the film industry. He hadn't played music for a while and was thinking about giving it up. He was angry all the time, and Tool's music suited him perfectly. Paul played guitar in the Replicants, a cover band that included members of Failure, performing songs by everyone from Missing Persons to T-Rex, and have a disc out on Zoo. Paul left Tool because of a shift in his musical taste away from heavy, powerful riffs, and he wanted to do something more experimental. He formed a band called Lusk, and has released one album titled 'Free Mars.' ________________________________________________________________________ _______ Danny Carey dannysmall (6K)

Danny Carey grew up in a very typical, middle-class American house in Paola, Kansas. His father was a manager for a large insurance company and his mother was a school teacher. Danny has one older brother and one younger brother. Danny's earliest musical memory was when his father took him into the music library at the University of Kansas and played The Planets by Gustov Holst. Danny started taking lessons when he was ten or eleven, just on the snare drum in school band, and then again when he got his first kit at thirteen. Danny received a scholarship in High School to go to the Conservatory of Music in Kansas City. Danny studied music for over three years at the University of Missouri. He had a couple of offers to play basketball at small colleges, but knew he wasn't good enough to play major college basketball or to go pro. Danny spent years working on his rudiments and doing drum corps. He always loved Billy Cobham and Buddy Rich because no matter how fast they played, you could hear every note. When he was in college he got a lot of classical training, doing recitals for three and a half years. He could have earned a degree if he stuck it out a while longer, but just wanted to play the drum set a little more, so he bailed on school when an opportunity came to go on the road with a band. In 1986, Danny moved to Los Angeles, and spent four years there before anything really happened. However, at that time he was heavily into electronic drums. He was playing an electronic kit with real cymbals, and played the clubs. Then he got more into real drums, and attributes that to finally finding a quality set that sounded good. Danny also worked as a session player for Green Jello, Pygmy Love Circus, and Carole King. Danny's day job in LA was working in a tape duplication house. Then he met Adam Jones through Tom Morello of Rage (Against The Machine). Danny was also living beside Maynard. He never auditioned for them (Keenan and Jones). He felt sorry for them, because they would invite people over to play, and they wouldn't show up, so he would fill in. Danny still loves playing jazz when he gets the chance. He is also working on a side project called ZAUM, which works in an electronic medium. Danny has also been involved in other side projects, including a TV sitcom called "Sibs." ________________________________________________________________________ _______ Justin Chancellor justinsmall (7K)

Justin first met Tool in New York, and kept in touch with band members for a couple of years until Justin's band in England "Peach", did a tour with Tool in Europe in 1994. When original bassist Paul D'Amour left, Tool gave Justin a call. At first Justin turned them down. Peach had broken up about six months before, and he was forming a new band with the guitarist. Justin felt very loyal to his friend who he'd played with since he was 14. But then decided he couldn't deny himself the opportunity. Justin flew to the US, auditioned, and got the job. He beat out some stiff competition, which included Filter's Frank Cavanagh, KYUSS's Scott Reeder, Zaum's Marko Fox (who did the voice on Die Eier von Satan), and Pigmy Love Circus's E. Shepherd Stevenson. After settling in the US, Justin married Ariadne Chancellor, on top of Mingus Mountain in Arizona on January 12, 1997. ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ Tour Dates ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ NO CURRENT TOURS ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ Tool links ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ Official tool websight ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ Tool Tabliture ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ The Toolshed ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ___________________ I would greatly appreciate new items for my sight. if you enjoy this sight please send items to goodell3@hotmail.com This is to Ali for letting be sing to her over the internet when we were drunk, heres to you Ali, and Lauren to, for sleepin through my singing and then pukeing, thanks to booth of you! joshua1

Joshua David Goodell (hookupdaddy)