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A Perfect Circle
Nov. 10th, 2018 07:30 pmA Perfect Circle is one of Maynard Keenan's projects. I'm a big fan of his other two bands, Tool and Puscifer, but I was never familiar with APC. I heard about this show, checked out a few of their videos and decided to go.
The current touring band consisted of guitarist Billy Howerdel, who writes the music and plays most of the instruments on the albums, singer Maynard Keenan who writes the lyrics, bassist Matt McJunkins, drummer Jeff Friedl, and guitarist/keyboardist Greg Edwards (filling in for James Iha).
The set started mellow, with "Eat the Elephant." It built gradually over the next three or four songs. I really didn't like that first song. During the second, I was hoping things would pick up, and they finally did. Those slower songs were good (except for that first one), but I really wanted some action. Shortly, they delivered. The music is enthralling.
The duo Night Club opened the show. They played 5 songs in their 20 minutes. Singer Emily Kavanaugh was giving the stadium rock show, running, jumping, swinging her hips, whipping her hair around, "make some noise!" "let's hear it for Perfect Circle!" and generally taking her job seriously as the warmup act. Synth guy Mark Brooks banged his head a lot. They're called "goth pop" and darkwave, so their song titles were all like, "Candy Coated Suicide" "Scary World" "Dear Enemy" "Your Addiction".
After a 15 minute break Tricky took the stage. Or something. Four people, silhouetted in the dark. Male lead singer, female singer, drummer, guitarist. Music was very much in the same ballpark as APC. They never said their name. Before APC came on I looked it up. Tricky, it said. Today, I dig further, and it appears to be the actual Tricky. But none of what I remember from last night sound like anything I can find online today. Nor did the person I could make out on the stage look like him. So it might have been his music but not him? No idea. Anyway, they were decent. Not sure I'd buy an album, but I enjoyed their set. Despite the darkness. They got about 45 minutes. APC played for just over an hour and a half.
Darkness was the theme of the night. There were no spotlights on the stage for APC. There were lights on the drum kit and the keyboard stand, so you could see what those guys were doing. There were three risers, with Maynard on the middle one. He was just silhouetted against the backdrop. The guitarist and bassist were silhouetted against the lights on the riser. There was enough light up there that you could kinda see what the musicians looked like, except for Maynard. They were in light only when Maynard introduced them. At the end of the show, Maynard thanked the audients for their patience, and said they could finally take out their cameras take photos of the stage. He left the stage immediately.
Set list:
Eat the Elephant
Disillusioned
The Hollow
Weak and Powerless
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Rose
Thomas
(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Vanishing
The Noose
3 Libras (All Main Courses Mix)
The Contrarian
TalkTalk
Hourglass
The Doomed
Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums
Judith
The Package
Delicious
Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison
The current touring band consisted of guitarist Billy Howerdel, who writes the music and plays most of the instruments on the albums, singer Maynard Keenan who writes the lyrics, bassist Matt McJunkins, drummer Jeff Friedl, and guitarist/keyboardist Greg Edwards (filling in for James Iha).
The set started mellow, with "Eat the Elephant." It built gradually over the next three or four songs. I really didn't like that first song. During the second, I was hoping things would pick up, and they finally did. Those slower songs were good (except for that first one), but I really wanted some action. Shortly, they delivered. The music is enthralling.
The duo Night Club opened the show. They played 5 songs in their 20 minutes. Singer Emily Kavanaugh was giving the stadium rock show, running, jumping, swinging her hips, whipping her hair around, "make some noise!" "let's hear it for Perfect Circle!" and generally taking her job seriously as the warmup act. Synth guy Mark Brooks banged his head a lot. They're called "goth pop" and darkwave, so their song titles were all like, "Candy Coated Suicide" "Scary World" "Dear Enemy" "Your Addiction".
After a 15 minute break Tricky took the stage. Or something. Four people, silhouetted in the dark. Male lead singer, female singer, drummer, guitarist. Music was very much in the same ballpark as APC. They never said their name. Before APC came on I looked it up. Tricky, it said. Today, I dig further, and it appears to be the actual Tricky. But none of what I remember from last night sound like anything I can find online today. Nor did the person I could make out on the stage look like him. So it might have been his music but not him? No idea. Anyway, they were decent. Not sure I'd buy an album, but I enjoyed their set. Despite the darkness. They got about 45 minutes. APC played for just over an hour and a half.
Darkness was the theme of the night. There were no spotlights on the stage for APC. There were lights on the drum kit and the keyboard stand, so you could see what those guys were doing. There were three risers, with Maynard on the middle one. He was just silhouetted against the backdrop. The guitarist and bassist were silhouetted against the lights on the riser. There was enough light up there that you could kinda see what the musicians looked like, except for Maynard. They were in light only when Maynard introduced them. At the end of the show, Maynard thanked the audients for their patience, and said they could finally take out their cameras take photos of the stage. He left the stage immediately.
Set list:
Eat the Elephant
Disillusioned
The Hollow
Weak and Powerless
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Rose
Thomas
(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Vanishing
The Noose
3 Libras (All Main Courses Mix)
The Contrarian
TalkTalk
Hourglass
The Doomed
Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums
Judith
The Package
Delicious
Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison