Maynard James Keenan -- the freak-show ringmaster of Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer -- perpetually promises to design spectacles that go well beyond what people expect from a rock show.

A brand new track from Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan's side project, Puscifer’s demurely-titled new EP C Is For (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here) is now streaming on their myspace.

Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan may spend more time managing his business ventures and Arizona vineyard than singing about prison rape onstage, but that doesn't mean he's lost his sense of potty humor.

Tool has been blowing minds all summer at festivals like All Points West and Lollapalooza, but there's little rest in store for frontman Maynard James Keenan: He'll be taking his Tool side project Puscifer out on the road starting this October.

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Maynard James Keenan couldn’t have picked a more perfect place to debut his Puscifer live show than Sin City. His performance -- a variety show featuring a revolving group of musicians and performers, complete with comedy skits both onstage and onscreen -- was pure Las Vegas.