Throughout his look in a brand new episode of the “Lipps Service” podcast, Software frontman Maynard James Keenan recalled a considerably scary second within the band’s historical past once they needed to carry out underneath violent intimidation.
Answering the hosts’ query about whether or not it was true somebody had used a gun to threaten them throughout one in all their reveals, Keenan stated: “Yeah. I imply, a veiled risk.”
He continued, explaining the incident: “I feel someone that was working there was attempting to get new recruits within the door they usually thought, ‘Properly, we’ll get this younger band to come back and play the Scientology heart. Love Jones was our opener and people guys are filled with comedy and had no downside working their mouths and speaking shit about Scientology. In order that was actually fabulous to witness them. They’re already superb sh*t talkers however then to have them actually flip the warmth up on the locals was sort of inspiring.
“They got here up and mainly shut them down, put a hand over the mic and [said], ‘You’re executed.’ And the man got here again to see me and goes ‘Hey, are we gonna have an issue with you?’ As he’s leaning down, I might see his jacket’s open, and I’m like, ‘You actually need to begin in a glass constructing? As a result of this isn’t gonna finish effectively. Yeah, you may shoot me however this factor’s coming the f*ck down.’”
When the host requested if the particular person had flashed his gun at him, Keenan responded: “Yeah mainly. He didn’t flash it, he simply leaned ahead and the jacket opened then I might see it. He’s mainly saying ‘Are we gonna have an issue?’ I’m going, ‘Are we?’ In order that was a bizarre, awkward scenario that simply made me madder so in fact we did run our mouths.”
This isn’t the primary time the frontman has been threatened with violence. The 13 12 months hole between Software’s newest album, “Worry Inoculum,” and their earlier album triggered some crazed followers to ship Keenan dying threats.
“He even instructed me he was getting dying threats from these idiots on the market,” drummer Danny Carey recalled in a earlier interview with Spin. “They simply don’t know what our work ethic is. These items don’t occur, man. There’s no different report that’s going to sound like this Software report. What you hear is what you get, and what you get is what it takes to get it executed. And it’s not a simple course of.”
