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Mer De Noms (Album) by A Perfect Circle

Artist Biography For A Perfect Circle

A Perfect Circle Is An American Alternative Rock Band Formed In Los Angeles California In 1999 By Guitarist Billy Howerdel And Tool Vocalist Maynard James Keenan. A Perfect Circle Has Released Four Studio Albums The First Three During The Early 2000s Mer De Noms Their Debut Album In 2000 And Followed Up By Thirteenth Step In 2003 Then In 2004 Emotive—an Album Of Radically Re-Worked Cover Songs. Shortly After Emotive's Release The Band Went On Hiatus Keenan Returned To Tool And Started Up Solo Work Under The Band Name Puscifer While Howerdel Released A Solo Album Keep Telling Myself It's Alright Under The Moniker Ashes Divide. Band Activity Was Sporadic In The Following Years The Band Reformed In 2010 And Played Live Shows On And Off Between 2010 And 2013 But Fell Into Inactivity After The Release Of Their Greatest Hits Album Three Sixty And A Live Album Box Set A Perfect Circle Live Featuring Stone And Echo In Late 2013. The Band Reformed In 2017 To Record A Fourth Album Eat The Elephant Which Was Released On April 20 2018. Prone To Downtime Due To Keenan's Other Musical Commitments The Band Has Featured A Variety Of Musicians Throughout Alternating Periods Of Activity And Inactivity And Has Changed Line-Ups On Each Album Leaving Keenan And Howerdel The Only Constant Members. The Original Incarnation Of The Band Included Paz Lenchantin On Bass Troy Van Leeuwen On Guitar And Josh Freese On Drums. Primus Drummer Tim Alexander Had Briefly Stood In As A Drummer Prior To Freese In The Band's Initial Live Shows However This Was Prior To Releasing Any Material. Band Collaborator And Producer Danny Lohner And Marilyn Manson Bassist Jeordie White Were Also Members For A Short Period In The Early 2000s. The Band's Current Lineup Features The Smashing Pumpkins Guitarist James Iha Bassist Matt McJunkins And Drummer Jeff Friedl The Latter Two Also Being Contributors To The Related Puscifer And Ashes Divide Projects. Despite The Varied Cast And Numerous Lineup Changes The Stylistic Content Of A Perfect Circle's Songs Has Remained Consistent With Howerdel As Music Composer And Keenan Writing Lyrics And Vocal Melodies. The Band's Studio Albums Have Been Generally Well Received Critically And Commercially With Their First Three Studio Albums Selling 4 Million Copies Collectively As Of 2005. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/A_Perfect_Circle Studio Albums
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Mer De Noms Is The First Studio Album By The Alternative Rock Band A Perfect Circle. The Album Was Released On May 23 2000 And Certified Platinum By The RIAA On October 31 2000. The Album Entered The Billboard 200 At No. 4 With 188 000 Copies Sold. Most Of The Album's Lyrics Were Dedicated To Various People That Lead Singer Maynard James Keenan Knew. The Title Of The Album Is French For "sea Of Names". The Track Listing Consists Of Various Names Such As Judith Breña Rose Thomas Magdalena Orestes And Renholdër For Musician Danny Lohner . Some People Consider This A Possible Motif For The Album. The Sigils On The Front Cover Of The Album Can Be Translated To "La Cascade Des Prenoms" Which Translated To English Means "The Waterfall Of First Names." Inside The Insert The Track Names Appear To Be Randomly Spelled Out In Symbols. The Symbols Can Be Seen In The Background Of The Front Cover. One Way To Decipher The Symbols Is To Match The Song Titles Using The Normal Alphabet With The Song Titles Inside The Insert. The Symbols Which Have Popularly Become Known Online As “APC Text ” “Mayan ” Or “Elegant Mayan ” Have Become Surprisingly Widespread Appearing In Tattoos Computer Fonts And Independent Artwork. The Following Is A Key For Ciphering And Deciphering The Symbols. Inside The Insert There Are Twelve Pictures One For Each Song And Next To Each One A Song Title And Beneath That A Portion Of The Song's Lyrics All Written Out In The Symbols Shown Above. An Example Of This Would Be The Drawing Of The Red Octopus Which Has The Song Name "Orestes" And "Sever This Umbilical Residue" Beneath It.