A PERFECT CIRCLE - JUDITH [RAPPER REACTION]

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

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[@alexanderbailey7155]

Paz tying up her hair in between sections is iconic.

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

I vibes 🤘

[@fucazombie]

Paz is the GOAT.

[@TopherGrant]

Just the way she grinds on her bass....🤩😍

[@timlewis9848]

I

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

And those shoes! Not to mention a killer on the bass.

[@chriswebb7822]

Maynard has all 3 bands, Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer. One does not replace the other at any time, they've run concurrent for some time.

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

What a beast! That’s really impressive actually lol

[@kirsh2036]

Thx for the info. 👍

[@sgtstank]

He has even been touring with Tool AND Puscifer simultaneously this year.

[@kimmernew19]

And they are all successful bands. Maynard is a beast!

[@chriswebb7822]

Great point!

[@iancollins65]

Billy Howerdel is the musical driving force behind APC. Maynard is obviously a huge part of that process. Billy was Adam’s guitar tech for a period of time. Which is how he met Maynard.

[@noobermensch8113]

There are a few interviews out there where Maynard talks about his process. He's a reactive creative. He listens to a mostly finished track and then layers his vocals on top. The "Toolish" tone on the first APC album is probably more down to Billy writing much of the music while he was working as a guitar tech for Adam (as you mentioned) and probably being inspired by his proximity to Tool at that time.

[@Moss_and_Such]

“3 Libra’s” is the best 3 minutes and change you can find in a song.

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

Well then I will have to add that to the list won’t I? 👌📝

[@Vegaroth]

"I'm not in love with it" As any song by Maynard, give it 2 or 3 more listens and come back here and apologize xD Nice reaction, mate. Keep 'em coming

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

Lol! Music does have a way of growing on the listener. Tool definitely grew on me the more songs I heard, hopefully the same thing happens with APC 👌

[@Vegaroth]

@@SeanStaxxMusic True story, man. It happened to me when I was listening to the song The Remedy, from Puscifer (another Maynard band). Heard it first time... yeah, ok, nice. A few times later, I am listening to it in loop whenever I get out of my house to do chores.

[@dreamofalaska]

Remedy is a must listen

[@bikimajic9610]

@@dreamofalaska I freaking love that song!!

[@rubaidaallen2764]

Exactly 😂😂

[@NoChairs4]

Buckle up. A perfect circle has an amazing catalog.

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

I’m ready 💪🤘

[@3pumps324]

TOOL ARMY follows Maynard.

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

🤘😵‍💫

[@brianthompson9241]

Here we go! Enjoy the ride down the rabbit hole my friend.

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

*Buckles up*

[@mikelary88]

If you recall, Judith was Maynard’s mother (he also has a wine named after her under his label/vineyard Cadeuceus Cellars) who was a devout follower of Christ. There’s quite a bit of religious related themes throughout lots of Maynard’s lyrics.

[@jesusfernandez]

their discography is really good, so much art in their music

[@joeroberts1408]

You would enjoy the live version of Orestes (at Red Rocks) by A Perfect Circle. Its a really great performance

[@LanceThompsonKssooner]

Jimmy, Judith, The Patient, 10,000 Days/Wings for Marie are all about his mother having an aneurysm we he was a boy. She lived about 27 years after that (10,000 Days). EDIT: you may hear some "TOOL" in there. The lead guitarist was once Adam Jones' guitar tech.

[@frankydominguez6581]

Billy howerdel was Tool’s guitar tech.

[@iancollins65]

This song was released in 2000. Which is why you feel the early 2000’s feel. This was after Aenima. You would probably enjoy Billy’s solo album that was just released.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

P.S. APC was/is Billy Howerdel's band. He wrote the songs, by and large, and his talent cannot be overstated.

[@josefu_velen]

His ability to sustain a note is legendary.

[@Gideonite]

Fun fact about this music video it was directed by David Fincher who directed Fight Club & Se7en. You can tell by its distorted film effects.

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

was gunna but you beat me to it lol. I hadn't realised he'd directed The Game as well.

[@toddashton9696]

An absolute masterpiece. Song 10/10 Video Direction & Production 10/10. Performance 12/10

[@juli-bass-singer]

aguante Paz locooo!!!. bajista de Arg para el mundo!!!🇦🇷🥰

[@0ne-Two]

Song is about his mother who was bound to a wheelchair but still had tremendous faith in God even though he's the one that put her there.

[@rubaidaallen2764]

Such a beautiful, powerful song. I was very fortunate to have APC in 2000 when Mer de Noms came out. They opened for NIN at MSG in NYC. STUNNING. First time seeing MJK sing live then the following year the mighty, incomparable Lateralus was released. Too see APC then Tool in less than a year was just the best. Wow. Good choice for an intro to APC.

[@bromanvt]

So Mer De Noms is basically a 10/10 album, just saying

[@bilicium]

Love your reaction videos. My favorite part besides the faces you make while listening is just your honest feed back and the level of music understanding you have. I feel slightly more knowledgeable after listening to your thoughts. Thank you for another fantastic video and keep being awesome.

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoy them and I can provide some value as well 🙏🖤

[@LLAGor1lla]

Let's all take a minute to recognize the mesmerizing talent of Paz Lenchantin.....

[@savageplanet8299]

APC, nice! You should definitely check out more of their stuff. They generally have a much more chill vibe than Tool that might resonate with you more. For Tool and APC, Maynard doesn't really have much influence when it comes to the music composition. He might contribute a bit more for APC than Tool, but I'm not too sure about that. I know that Tool composes their music first, then Maynard comes and puts vocals to it. I know that he has a lot more influence in the music with his third band, Puscifer. That one is more of his own pet project and experimental. All his bands are great and pretty different from each other. I would recommend the song "The Remedy" by Puscifer, if you want to check that band out. As for APC, I would recommend "3 Libras", "The Hollow", or "The Outsider", but they have a lot of great songs.

[@mattgantz1019]

You really need to do some research on Maynard’s history with his mother to really start to understand the deep meaning of this song Judith which was his mother. And songs that your going to be reacting to in the near future get heavy in meaning and a lot of his writing comes from his rough childhood and his mother being paralyzed when he was at the age of 11. You’ll grow an even stronger appreciation of his writing.

[@rickyhorth]

Perfect Circle was a project of Tools guitar tech. Maynard is an intrical part of all of his bands. If you want a lady influenced band check out Jinjer. They blow your mind.

[@ericwilson5453]

Jinjer has kicked his ass already.

[@Phaserdeath]

I don’t see a rapper reacting to this amazing song.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

The video was uploaded in 09. The song goes back considerably further. All those bands you mentioned, post APC.

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

Oh wow a little older than I thought! Thanks

[@vass0922]

White Zombie from the 90s had a female bassist, awesome band great songs are like more human than human and thunder kiss '65

[@BoolFalse]

I reacted with you for the first time :))) liked this !!

[@karlbecker8775]

Yeah. This shit is deep. As stated, Judith was Maynard's mom. They had very different views when it comes to religion.

[@divid3d]

i was in love with this song within the first 5 seconds the first time i heard it. the drums, the guitar... just beautiful. and then the powerful vocals on top. so good. i still feel the same way about it after all these years. all of mer de noms and thirteenth step remain close to my heart and get replayed regularly.

[@divid3d]

oh and i enjoy both tool and APC very much, but i love APC more. the emotional release i get from their first two albums is unbeatable.

[@JoJo-gr1rp]

Best song from them and Paz es una diosa

[@MusikIsUniversal]

This APC song has been one of the slowest growers for me. But it'd fantastic, especially when you understand the lyrics and where Maynard was at this point in his life. Billy Howerdel on Guitar and backing vocals also had a band called Ashes Divide and put out one album. It's worth a go.

[@stupidtool]

Weird trivia: Maynard wasn't Billy's first choice as a vocalist for this project. Most of the tunes were written with Fiona Apple in mind as a potential singer.

[@mikelary88]

Oh yes 😎 Weak & Powerless, The Outsider, Orestes and Gravity from APC please 👊

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

I will add those to the list my guy 📝

[@mikelary88]

@@SeanStaxxMusic I had to add The Outsider - can’t believe I forgot this track in my original post. 🤘

[@fenderfox5080]

Sean you gotta check out The Noose APC next, it really shows Maynards vocal control.

[@dorothyroetheli7829]

PAZ!!!!

[@TheFlem69]

Songwriter(s) Billy Howerdel, Maynard James Keenan

[@steveclapper5424]

The bands are separate from Manard himself. They write the music and send it to him and he writes the lyrics. In addition to the winery, he operates he stays very6 busy. There is a really good interview with him by Rick Beato, I highly recommend it.

[@kevinabraham9260]

Love the channel happily subscribed bro… dude I swear growing up and hearing Maynard circa 1995-2006 ish I love other vocalists better but it’s impossible to tell me someone had better pipes and all around vocal insanity during that time; I’ll give a tie to Chester Bennington and Maynard before Chester just took over the world by 2006-2007 on.

[@josephcampbell2221]

plays in both bands and he likes to wear a lot of wigs and of course the sound is the band he writes all the songs.

[@Jay-kz6ge]

Maynard is A Perfecr Circle. On the next album some members were replaced. Only person that remained from the start is Billy Howerdel.

[@goldenruletv7301]

P A Z - just awesome.

[@shaolinshefgaming400]

The lead singer circle for perfect circle is the league singer of Tool

[@christinesanders1546]

The lead guitarist, billy howerdel, used to be guitar tech for tool. That’s how Maynard met him. All the music was written and recorded by billy before Maynard got involved. He only does vocals. Same goes for tool. He isn’t involved in any of the music writing. The other members write and record all music before Maynard writes vocals. He has never heard the songs before he writes vocals to them.

[@brianthompson9241]

You are ‘mostly’ correct. Took music is all written before Maynard writes lyrics. But he absolutely does hear it before adding the lyrics. He describes it as needing the foundation before building the house.

[@shaunwhelan17]

Maynard and Billy were roommates and Billy had stuff written. He brought his stuff to Maynard after his previous vocalist fell through

[@collierpeoples1918]

Now APC man your just pumping out my fav bands Tool, Sleep Token, now APC!!! Def need to tap into Puscifer as well!

[@kylerichmond4806]

In my opinion everything Maynard is a part of is gold. Tool, APC, and Puscifer are all tied for my favorite bands of all time. The first time I heard Judith was on the radio and I was jamming out to the intro then heard Maynard's voice start singing and I ran a red light. It was different but I loved it. Went to the mall and bought the CD right away and was blown away. Puscifer took me a minute to really get into. It was totally different but after listening to it more and more and hearing the harmonies with Carina and seeing some interviews about the experiment of getting out different voices and exploring different musical elements gave me a better appreciation for them. I highly recommend checking out "The Remedy" to get a taste of them.

[@NoChairs4]

Should react to weak and powerless next by them

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

Added to the list 👌📝

[@JackChurchill101]

Music video by movie director David Fincher.... See the similarities between this and the movies Se7en and Fight Club...

[@livinginstereo]

Maynard has a lot of bands. If you want to know anything about the song, it's about his mother's blind faith after she got sick and died.

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

😢

[@catherinereynolds9644]

Maynard wrote ALL the vocals, I think. A Perfect Circle, a super band with artists from other bands, but, different. My feeling is, A Perfect Circle, TOOL, Pusifer, all Maynard James Keenan projects, all feel like a whole of musical genre. I can listen to them all together on shuffle. Enjoy you discovery. I'll enjoy your reactions☮️💜🎶

[@cristiansosa2157]

"🎼🎸JUDITH MARIE THE INCONDITIONAL🎼🎸"

[@DrVegtable]

From 2000 and Maynard wore many different wigs with APC. Paz, bassist also played violin for the band and was with the band up until their none major remix albums(2004) Cool chick though.

[@jessemahan9988]

Apc showcases maynards voice a lot more

[@anthonylama21]

APC is the baby of Billy Howerdel, the guitarist. Maynard just adds lyrics...he may have some input on final mixing but he does not write any of the instrumentation. Fun fact...Billy actually wanted a female lead vocalists but the woman he had in mind, my apologies I can't remember her name, but she was unavailable. So Maynard stepped in. And the reason Maynard was available was due to a major legal dispute between Tool and their record label. Tool had never split, just on a delay. And due to the way Tool writes and records their music(the band completes everything before Maynard adds lyrics), he also has plenty of time during the process. Keep diving into all things Maynard!! No project is the same and it's all entertaining, each expressing a different part of his mental makeup

[@mmgamedeving]

Highly suggesting A Perfect Circle - Pet here

[@KibitoSaika]

Try puscifer ... U'll fall in love with rev 22 20 martini mix 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 so jazzy

[@matthewflesher3438]

I knew you would eventually make it to this band.... and then on to "Puscifer"

[@Th4t0n3GuoY]

Passive by APC Is one of their greatest songs! Check it out!

[@angelmaloney5480]

You should react to Maynard's Other Other band called Puscifer. My favorite song from them is Indigo children

[@kirsh2036]

Kind of marching back to the 1970's, sounds so familiar with that rhythm. Yep, listenable but nothing new. 🎵 (BTW - Congrats on the 20k 🥳)

[@TheFlem69]

Ice Nine Kills - The Shower Scene

[@ThirdEye...]

Not went there but formed, as many side projects Maynard Keenan did and have !

[@saltysir]

I am pretty sure that the Maynard DNA is much better represented in his 3rd band 'Puscifer'. In my book, APC is a very distant 3rd place for me. TOOL and Puscifer being one and two. Those two are neck and neck. I feel that puscifer is much more of a Maynard (and Carina and Mat) expression than the other two bands.

[@eggstu]

Checkout the A Perfect Circle's cover of Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" and make sure it's the Live at Red Rocks version. Its an amazing cover

[@Soljarag5]

Yeah the live version is 100 times better than studio

[@theresashadwell9060]

Omg you've finally discovered APC and Maynard is also vocals for Puscifer too 💕🔥 This is his anger at God because of his mother when you finally get to 10000 days part 1 and Wings for Marie part 2 by tool is about his sorrow and exceptance of her faith and death 🌷

[@Fireknight7]

Nice! You discovered APC…3 Libras should be next. It’s an awesome display of Maynard’s voice. And yes APCs songs have a more typical/mainstream type structure to their songs. No Epic journeys like you get with Tool but nonetheless great music! Enjoy! Great reaction!

[@justinlovince8816]

Maynard is more involved in Puscifer which is his baby much like APC is Billy Howerdel baby. Also a lot of Puscifer has a female vocalist singing with Maynard on most tracks.

[@TMSAS07]

Every time I hear this song I love it more… and my wife asks me to turn it down.

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

Lol!

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

released 2000

[@0ne-Two]

Gotta check out parabola by Tool

[@MB-ln9nv]

It’s 2000. Right before lateralus

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

Woooooow 👌

[@MB-ln9nv]

@@SeanStaxxMusic yeah! So the bald guitarist is Billy Howardel. He was the guitar tech in nine inch nails and him and Maynard became friends, tool was held up by legal issues and billy had these songs written. Maynard then added vocals and they never thought it would blow up like it did. 3 Libra’s live on Leno. Watch it.

[@jasonwerner4335]

Check out some Puscifer next

[@dreeg3641]

Maynard never liked to be the center of attention, he had huge stage fright

[@EiriUesugiKun]

For a funnier side of Maynard, you should check out his third band "Puscifer" and start with the directors cut of "Conditions of my Parole". Here's a link for your convenience: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXaQkH1rjLyepcU Also "Judith" was made in 2000, not 2009. :)

[@Comrade_mommy]

This wasn’t a fav for me either, at first. At first I felt like it just sounded to “but rock”, but once I kinda listened to it more & read the lyrics, my opinion changed. Still not a fav of Tool/APC, but I like it a lot more now. For APC the outsider and so long and thanks for all the fish are top of my favs list.

[@aaronwolf3587]

It’s from 2000……. That is all 😎

[@tomwiththeweather247]

Comment, like, and subscribe.

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

🙏🖤

[@jcmgstudio]

It's been brought up in a past interview in regards to Tool where Maynard claimed to be waiting on his bandmates to finish the music so he could write lyrics and record vocals. So as far as influence in the writing with that band there is clearly some sort of wait for others to finish before he can begin to give his input. In regards to APC "A Perfect Circle was originally conceived by Billy Howerdel, a former guitar technician for Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, Fishbone and Tool. Howerdel met singer Maynard James Keenan in 1992, when Tool was opening for Fishbone, and the two became friends." Billy Howerdel * the hairless gentleman in the music video* probably does much of the writing of the music perhaps with or without the collab of previous and or current members thru the history of the band. Dive a bit deeper into APC's library of music and you should start to hear more and more influences. This in turn, leads me to believe that there is some sort of stylistic input that organically compiles together making something within APC's overall tone and vibe similar to Tool.

[@JackChurchill101]

That is true for APCs second and third records, but for their first record, this one, the band Tool were getting sued for contract issues and were counter sueing their insurance company (complicated)... Point being they didn't know if Tool would ever be able to release again, so Maynard did this instead.

[@Soljarag5]

If you think this sounds different from Tool... Check out his other band Puscifer... Totally different and with a female Co signer

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

Oh 👀

[@klipfellgames1158]

Puscifer. Yes.

[@godsassassin3733]

He cursed once on this whole album…and it was to curse God in this song💀

[@waylon360]

Became a fan of Apc first, actually lead me to tool

[@jlewis4812179]

Maynard wrote this song about his mother.

[@SeanStaxxMusic]

😭🖤

[@KlooKloo]

There's no green in the entire video

[@twall91]

This song, while being incredibly well written.. has always been one of the least interesting APC songs for me. There’s just not a lot going on in it besides the main riff. Everything else they’ve done holds my attention much better. I HIGHLY recommend Weak and Powerless. Then getcho azz back to Sleep Token!!! Lol

[@grntbggr126]

APC really hasn't been the same since Paz and Josh left. Mer De Noms was their best work, but after that, they really dropped off in quality, I'm sorry to say because Mer de Noms is a really fantastic album.

[@Th4t0n3GuoY]

Passive by APC Is one of their greatest songs! Check it out!