Puscifer June 27, 2012

While one might imagine Maynard James Keenan would have enough going on to keep him busy as a frontman with the groups Tool and A Perfect Circle, in 2007 he decided to record an album under yet another name with Puscifer. Puscifer first appeared as the name of a fictional band Keenan fronted in a cameo on the HBO sketch comedy series 'Mr. Show' in 1995. It wasn't until 2003 that Keenan actually recorded under the name, and it wasn't until four years later that he set to work on an entire Puscifer album. Organized less as a traditional "rock band," and more as a musical collective in which Keenan could work with a rotating lineup of likeminded artists, Puscifer's early recording projects featured a large cast of noted musicians, including Tim Alexander from Primus, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk from Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine, former King Crimson member Trey Gunn, Violinist Lisa Germano, pop singer/ songwriter Jonny Polonsky, and actress and vocalist Milla Jovovich.