A PERFECT CIRCLE

A Perfect Circle is an American rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan. The band released three studio albums in the early 2000s: Mer de Noms in 2000, Thirteenth Step in 2003, and Emotive in 2004, which consisted of re-worked cover songs. After Emotive's release, the band went on hiatus; Keenan returned to Tool and pursued solo work under the name Puscifer, while Howerdel released a solo album titled Keep Telling Myself It's Alright under the moniker Ashes Divide. The band was sporadically active in subsequent years, reforming in 2010 and performing live between 2010 and 2013. They released a 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 again in 2017 to record their fourth studio album, Eat the Elephant, which was released in 2018.