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Post by voiceofgod on Feb 14, 2005 16:45:59 GMT -5
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Post by Halo on Feb 14, 2005 20:15:22 GMT -5
Kind of old news, but definitely bears repeating.
Here's the press release:
MJK - Best Male Artist
A PERFECT CIRCLE'S MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN IS VOTED BEST MALE ARTIST IN MODERN ROCK IN FMQB'S 2004 LEADERS POLL
HONOR IS BESTOWED BY MODERN ROCK PROGRAMMERS AND MUSIC INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY;
THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS A PERFECT CIRCLE'S NEW ALBUM "A SOUNDTRACK FOR BLUE-STATE MALAISE"
Maynard James Keenan, front man and vocalist for Virgin Records' critically-acclaimed recording group A Perfect Circle, has been voted Best Male Artist in Modern Rock in FMQB's prestigious 2004 Leaders Poll. In a field packed with a host of stellar candidates including Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Velvet Revolver's Scott Weiland. Keenan's passion and artistry vaulted him to the top of the online poll, which was tabulated from votes by Modern Rock radio programmers, label executives, and music industry professionals all across the country. This illustrious accolade marks the second year in a row that Keenan has been honored by the FMQB Leader Poll in 2003, the APC vocalist was named Best Rock Artist.
Keenan and A Perfect Circle are ending 2004 with one triumph after another. The band's latest album, eMOTIVe, made a stunning #2 with-a-bullet debut on the Billboard 200 when it was released on November 2. The collection, which sees APC reimagining radical rock classics for a new generation, was the top-selling record on three SoundScan sales charts: Top Album Retailers, Top Hard Music Albums, and Digital Albums (marking the first-ever Virgin Records release to top the Digital Albums listing).
A Perfect Circle's second consecutive #2 entry, eMOTIVe is also the band's third consecutive top 5 debut.
Along with the commercial success of eMOTIVe, the album has reaped a wide range of critical acclaim in a variety of national publications, including Rolling Stone, Revolver, Entertainment Weekly, and the New York Daily News.
Described by Keenan as a collection of songs about war, peace, love and greed, eMOTIVe finds APC bridging three decades of protest songs, spanning an array of genres hardcore punk and heavy metal, new wave and Delta blues, folk rock and rhythm & blues.
Jon Pareles spotlighted the album in the Sunday New York Times Playlist section recently, praising new arrangements of old songs [that] switch familiar tunes like "Imagine" and "What's Going On" into minor keys behind Maynard James Keenan's desolate, androgynous croon. Noting the album's themes of war and annihilation, Pareles writes that the album's ominous tone and bleak pessimism make it a soundtrack for blue-state malaise.
In addition to classic protest songs by John Lennon and Marvin Gaye, eMOTIVe also includes such insurgent classics as Memphis Minnie's blues stomper, "When The Levee Breaks" (made famous by Led Zeppelin), Fear's "Let's Have A War", and Depeche Mode's "People Are People." The album also features a pair of thought-provoking APC originals, "Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of the War Drums" and "Passive."
And just two short weeks after eMOTIVe made its mark on the charts, the band released their first-ever DVD, aMOTION, a collection of APC's classic videos along with an assortment of imaginative remixes. aMOTION also hit the charts with a bang, coming in at #4 on SoundScan's Top Music Video chart.
eMOTIVe is A Perfect Circle's third full-length release, following 2000's RIAA platinum-certified Mer De Noms, and 2003's platinum-selling Thirteenth Step.
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Post by voiceofgod on Feb 15, 2005 9:00:49 GMT -5
It was new to me. I don't research that often. But hey, if you can touch just one mind........
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Post by voiceofgod on Feb 15, 2005 9:01:05 GMT -5
It was new to me. I don't research that often. But hey, if you can touch just one mind........ ;D |
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Post by Halo on Feb 15, 2005 9:07:40 GMT -5
It was new to me. I don't research that often. But hey, if you can touch just one mind........ Oh, I was just joking around with you. I'm glad you posted it. Thanks. |
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Post by voiceofgod on Feb 15, 2005 9:14:45 GMT -5
Oh, I was just joking around with you. I'm glad you posted it. Thanks. i know lol |
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