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Music Ruined My Life - A Perfect Circle, Tool & Maynard James Keenan
Joel Frieders | October 31, 2011
1996: In high school, I was in a band where the bass player was a what I would like to consider a super-fan of the band Tool. We used to sit in his car in front of the house where we rehearsed and listen to Aenema on repeat really fucking loud. For hours we would sit there and listen to the tape, staring out the window, playing air drums, inhaling his numerous yellow tree air fresheners.
It was a waste of time, sure. But when you're baked out of your mind and in lust with a band as mysterious and thrust-worthy as Tool, well, I'm thankful I sat still and soaked it all in. Every person that sat in that car in front of that house knew every fucking riff, drum breakdown, creepy calliope intro part, lyric and/or vocal inflection of our dear Maynard James Keenan.
1997: When I enrolled in...