A Perfect Circle is clearly and shamelessly Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan's ticket to the big time. And believe me, there are plenty of worst aspects there for the plucking. Still, this being America, you probably lap this sort of crap up. Quasi are so gorgeous, so enflamed with love and desire and all those poignant, melancholy moments in between, it damn near breaks my heart to even think of them. I was the only person to cheer at a recent Go-Betweens London show when lanky singer Robert Forster announced that it was Quasi singer Sam Coomes playing on their terrific new album, not Elliott Smith.
People are so mutton-like sometimes.
He's been gone from the scene for a while, fed up with broken promises and major labels giving him the shaft. Also, he got married. Thankfully, Collier's back in the clubs, grousing and grumbling while playing sweet, soulful tunes in Ballard, where folks hear that kind of stuff the best. Ringleader Ross Shapiro has been mixing his musical metaphors for 20 years now, and it shows. Do not make me add injury by telling you that you really should go.