Ep122: Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2018
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
A Perfect Circle recently released their first album in over a decade. Today Billy Howerdel shares the history of the band and breaks down the methods of his songwriting partnership with Maynard James Keenan.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Billy Howardell from A Perfect Circle, and you're listening to The Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:04.0 | Well, hey, everyone, welcome to this week's episode of The Vinyl Guide, the weekly podcast where we talk to the artists behind the records we love and collect. |
| 0:12.3 | And this week, we welcome Billy Howardell of A Perfect Circle, talking about the new LP, Eat the Elephant, and his working relationship with Maynard James |
| 0:21.6 | Keenan, both historically by way of how the band came together and how it works today. |
| 0:26.4 | We'll cover heaps of stuff, Billy's writing process, the working relationship that produces |
| 0:31.2 | the music of a perfect circle, some unfortunate mishaps, and heaps more. |
| 0:35.9 | Plus we'll play a track from the new A Perfect Circle record. |
| 0:39.0 | In case you haven't heard it, in case you're like me still waiting for your vinyl copy to be |
| 0:42.8 | delivered, this track should tide you over. And this week we are brought to you in part by |
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| 0:52.9 | Get a groove washer record cleaning kit today |
| 0:55.2 | at groove washer.com. And with that, let's get into our conversation with Billy Howardell, |
| 1:00.6 | talking music, records, and a perfect circle. Do you listen to and collect vinyl records? Well, |
| 1:07.6 | you're in luck. Welcome to the vinylinyl Guide, the podcast made for record nerds |
| 1:11.8 | like yourself. Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. Well, that's me. |
| 1:17.6 | Hi, everyone. It's Nate here, host of the Vinyl Guide, the weekly podcast where we talk to the |
| 1:24.2 | artist behind the records we love and collect. So thanks for joining us here. Hi to all you regular folks. And a warm welcome to the artist behind the records we love and collect. |
| 1:28.9 | So thanks for joining us here. |
| 1:30.6 | Hi to all you regular folks. |
| 1:34.1 | And a warm welcome to folks who are just joining us for the first time. |
| 1:34.9 | Have a seat. |
| 1:38.5 | Grab a cold one out of the fridge and enjoy the show. |
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