Maynard James Keenan on Imposing Telephone-Free Concert events: “The Factor You're [Filming] on Your Telephone Sucks”

Maynard James Keenan has by no means been one to observe tendencies — and that features how his audiences expertise reside music. Because the frontman of Software, A Good Circle, and Puscifer, he’s lengthy enforced a strict no-filming coverage at his exhibits.

In an interview on Clownvis Presley’s Severe Clownversation podcast, Keenan laid out his philosophy behind the coverage: “It’s annoying and it’s distracting and the factor you’re getting in your cellphone sucks. It’s not an excellent illustration.”

Relatively than encourage limitless documentation, Keenan desires audiences to be current. “We simply form of power the problem of partaking with one another — watching the present — and simply being current. Take a break from it. It’s solely three hours.” Followers are permitted to movie only one tune, the ultimate quantity, giving them “a memento that sucks that you just’re by no means gonna watch,” he defined. Watch the total interview between Keenan and members of Puscifer with Clownvis Presley under.

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The remark echoes a follow Keenan has carried out throughout his reside exhibits for years. At Software performances, even official livestreams are restricted to wide-angle photographs to protect the environment. Followers who violate the coverage might face removing from the venue — or, at a minimal, a public scolding from Keenan himself.

Subsequent week, Keenan will preview Puscifer’s new album with a pair of intimate live shows in Los Angeles. In the meantime, his different band A Good Circle can be recognized to be engaged on a brand new music.