Billy Howerdel, A Perfect Circle: THE TOUR WAS UTTER DESTRUCTION
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- On this Billy Howerdel interview: From sound and lighting guy, to playing lead guitar in a platinum-selling band all over the world! Billy talks about how & why he became a tech, and the serendipitous series of events that led to him becoming an artist and a professional musician.David Gilmour , Pink Floyd’s Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, the utter destruction (137 Guitars) of the Downward Spiral Tour, growing up with an alcoholic father, backstory to his hit records, TWO low points he’s had to deal with, cooking, quitting guitar, and loads of other interesting life stories. Incredibly humble and thoughtful
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Billy Howerdel’s most well-known as the co-founder, co-songwriter, lead guitarist and producer of A Perfect Circle, as well as in his solo project, Ashes Divide. A Perfect Circle’s first 2 albums (Mer de Noms & Thirteenth Step) went platinum, and all 4 of their albums opened up in the Top 5 Billboard charts. Billy’s got a new solo record out, called What Normal Was. It’s an awesome record filled with very cool ambient electronic rock, great songwriting as always, and great lyrics.
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1:09:53 “there’s a diminishing return on knowing too much”
Holy hell, perfectly said..
Right on @BootsORiley, thanks for listening! 🎸💥🙌🏻
Thanks to this I learned of his new solo album and love his profound insights. ❤ What an awesome person he is. Thanks for the interview!
Glad you enjoyed the interview @HYP3RC0L0R, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
Mer De Noms is the album that means the most to me above all else. The times that I’ve spent with that album, good and bad, have completely shaped me as a human. When I first heard that CD, it didn’t leave my CD player for 3 years. I’m a massive fan of Billy, he seems like such a sweetheart, I’d love to meet him some day and give him a hug and thank him.
Glad you enjoyed the interview @PickupsAreNotTrucks, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
Same here yo. Been listening to it frequently since I was a kid in 2000. It's a huge part of my life. It always will be.
@@namelesstempleI feel like an idiot with my handle lol, but absolutely APC came out when I REALLY needed them and Billy's playing is in my very bones as a guitarist. I would work for free to get to work with him. Also him mentioning Jerry Cantrell who is literally the reason I picked up a guitar blew my mind!!! I love this guy even more now 😂.
He's undoubtedly a great guitarist with a lot of original ideas, Mer De Noms is full of great grooves and atmospheric tones...
Thank you for listening @harmonicparticles! 🎉🔥😇
Thirteenth Step has a special place in my heart. Keeps me going... I choose to live ❤️
Yes!
I love how humble Billy is. He's an unbelievable musician and artist but he's also just a low key maybe even shy guy. I love seeing people like him succeed. It gives me hope
As an actor who decided to be a crewman until i found my break, this very much speaks to me. I want to cut an album with him.
Just saw the Sessanta tour. Such a magical experience with Billy, Maynard and Les, and all the incredible musicians in each of the bands.
Very cool, thanks for sharing that, @tmmsplace 🙌🏻 💥 🎉
55:15 hell yes man. Gravity is one of the best APC songs, no question
Glad you enjoyed the interview @BootsORiley, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
Awesome interview! Billy is such a great musician 👍
Glad you enjoyed the interview @paltieri11, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
OMG Billy is wearing the Disconnection Carina T!
28:00 This is so insightful. Musicians create their albums usually in a tight time frame but the impact of those works can last decades for listeners. I know Mer De Noms is like that for me. The sheer artistry and depth of that album opened my mind
Record of the year, for sure.
I'd do anything for an audition to work with Billy Howerdell, I'm 36, I have no kids, I have my shit together, pro gear, I'm fully qualified, willing to uproot my life, I have no commitments. For years I've learned the APC songs, the NIN songs ect ect and not ever was there any way to reach someone to be like " hey, I'm literally obsessed with trying to dedicate my entire purpose to your band, how do I get to even say "yo, what's up". I see all the bands I wanna play a part in hire new member after new member and I'm just like , " fuck, it's like these guys are on the other side of the galaxy".So many of these guys have exactly the same tastes as I do, it would be amazing just to jam in a garage with them. Theres so many guitar players getting gigs who have kids, and drug problems, or arent fully commited ect ect, I'm fuckin getting old here. Maybe I need to go viral doing something idiotic to get an audition. I'd literally work and tour for free. Seriously, somebody hit me up, Ive got two les pauls, a marshall and a backpack.
I feel you, man. I think hiring as a big name or band is a nightmare just because if you actually told people HEY WE'RE HIRING you would get a million jokers applying no matter what.
Honestly it comes down to being in proximity with the people. If you’re in the sphere of musicians you’ll have a million times better chance of a meet or audition. For example I moved to Los Angeles and meet all the guys from APC backstage in Hollywood after only living here three months.
Let’s jam then man!!! Let’s create our own apc!!!
I watch a vid the other day about how Chad Smith got hired for the RHCP. It was an open type audition with randoms coming in. No one knew him. You’d think they’d have had a bevy of friends to tap for the job. Might never be like that from now on.
"Awll I halff in this wherld, is a Lezz Paul, a decent Mart'shult, my t'Chitt together, no t'chillrrun, my bawlls, and my wherrd...oh..anna packpack. Ho'kay?
An' i don't break'em..for noboddy."
this new album of billy's is fucking astounding. billy, danny lohner, and josh freese are such a powerful combo. side note: that first black light burns album (wes borland, danny lohner, josh freese, and josh eustis) is fucking amazing, i hope danny is involved with black light burns in the future. that first album is a masterpiece too
Right on stop it, thanks for listening! 🎸💥🙌🏻
Everything Josh gets on is amazing.
13th Step is a masterpiece!🎸🎸🎸🎸
Agreed!
10000000000000000000000000000000%
Billy is such an ICON! He creates the most timeless, insanely beautiful and powerful music. I was SO fortunate to have been able to meet and speak with him on his solo tour. Hands down one of the coolest, most laid back musicians I’ve ever met! I think he would’ve continued talking to me if I hadn’t been the one to end the conversation. Such an awesome person/artist all around! His music is on my daily rotation and has been since 2000(Mer De Noms), I was 13 years old. I cannot explain how many times I’ve been having a hard time in my life and could throw on some APC & zone out and change my mood in that moment. Thank you, Billy, for sharing your art with us all & being so willing to acknowledge us, as fans & giving us your time to simply hand us a guitar pick or sign a poster, you’re one of the greats!!! 🖤
Very cool, thanks for sharing that, @bail3yb 🙌🏻 💥 🎉
Billy is a legend. Amazing music.
Glad you enjoyed the interview @JS-nf1sn, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
Man I’m so happy I stumbled across this interview! Really well done!
Glad you enjoyed the interview @stevewade4190, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
Mer de Noms is…perfect 😏
Best name for a YT channel EVER.
Thanks @thoughtsmovereality, Rock on! 🎸🙌🏻🔥🎶 and Thank you for listening!
Billy, APC, and Tool are my childhood, just as Pink Floyd was his! Currently listening to his new album, and it's an incredible experience. The album seamlessly blends synth-pop, dark wave, cold wave, and 80s influences with a modern twist, and his vocals are amazing! I never knew he was such a humble person as well. Live long, Billie, and may your music continue to resonate!
Glad you enjoyed the interview @monikavitcheva5815, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
Crazy how much money 1200 was back in the late 90s.
Yes, totally! Thank you for listening @y_magaming9798! 🎉🔥😇
His remix of puscifer song Bullet Train is 🔥
Honestly I think the band Extreme is currently bringing true rock music back into the mainstream consciousness. Nuno is the next "Eddie vh" groundbreaking sound!
Terrible band
I completely agree
There are new dogs. Extreme is old.
Back in 98, I was talking to mjk in a truck stop bathroom about my band idea "oblong oval".... guy stole my idea 😢
Thank you for listening @Perfect1583! 🎉🔥😇
I want this guy to produce my album.
Fantastic interview guys, thanks. Billy Howerdel remains one of my all time favorite musicians. I'm an avid APC fan & really like his latest solo record. Thanks for the great, in-depth interview! I appreciated all the various rabbit holes of topics it traversed..
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Thanks for your kind words @bobshaffo1842 and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫
One of the best interviews I have seen of Billy, loved how open he was x
Glad you enjoyed the interview lipstick perfume, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
What a great interview. Very much enjoyed your style and Billy is very transparent and humble. Looking forward to seeing him on the Sessanta tour.
Thanks for your kind words @jsmirnoff77 and glad you enjoyed this 👍🏻🎸♫
Hi Billy I'm a huge Billy Howedel fan!!
Interesting; "learn something with your hands, a skill, that no one can take away from you", Billy's dad. Well, maybe not in the way his dad envisioned but that's exactly what Billy did. Exactly.
Thanks @the9011, Rock on! 🎸🙌🏻🔥🎶
I just wanna know what Danny Lohner said to Billy after the first show. It’s always gold... What did he say?
I had no idea Billy was from my area. I grew up near stone pony. I seen perfect circle at the asbury park convention center when they first started and it was the most romantic concert I’d ever been too. They were all so into it. I had seen tool before and it was okay but seeing APC in a small place near home was a real live experience. It was super hot and we were nuts to butts and people smoking funny stuff but out of all the concerts I’ve seen in my life that was the best. Billy is amazing. I’d love to meet him n chat n jam He inspired me so much coming from being a tech to playing in APC.
Glad you enjoyed the interview @bryanp8010, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
Brilliant! The both of you are such likeable and humble human beings. Loved the stories! 🤓👍
Thank you kindly, and so glad you enjoyed this :-)
@@EveryoneLovesGuitar The moment you were talking about addiction and self help was deeply touching for me. The both of your faces showed a few times how deep that conversation got for you. I can relate. With a childhood like mine one tends to get into abusive relationships and self destructive behavior, because that is what you know from home. My life crashed when i was about 27 and i fell into a heavy addiction for 3 years. This year January 22nd i had my 60th birthday and 30 years clean. 🤓👍
Oh, more more thing for you personally, when it comes to being "free and weightless": Imagine trauma as stone bricks in a backpack. Many of us have some kind of trauma related baggage, that we have to shoulder on a daily basis. Life will put more pressure on all of us, may it be through the job, kids and family issues, health problems of yourself or of a loved one, or anything else what life comes up with. Who do you think, will sustain more pressure on the long run? The person that wears a backpack with half a ton of stone bricks on his back, or the person who did the work to lessen the load? The answer should be quite simple. Even if is hard work and may hurt like hell, pulling out each trauma related stone brick will lessen the burden on the long run and will make your live a lot easier to handle.
@@tapatvde Man thanks so much for sharing that was very cool of you. And congratulations on 30 years, big ups to you and yours. Peace...
Fishbone? Love Fishbone. Seen em, maybe, 6 times back in the day.
Right on @williamweiss6128, thanks for listening! 🎸💥🙌🏻
Great eclectic band!
I remember the impromptu band name they used at the Stone Pony in that cover band. Wonder if Billy remembers?!? 🤔
Billy ☀️💛
Thank you for listening @sophiehaddad6903! 🎉🔥😇
When the Wall came out I was in 7th grade when Mario Vadari was walking around singing to our math teacher: “..we dont need no education..”
I thought- wow very clever, Im going to write a song with that!😂🤣
Right on @Datanditto, thanks for listening! 🎸💥🙌🏻
Thank you 🙏 both for your time and efforts in producing this interview. Very resonating on many levels. Much appreciated. Peace ✌️
Glad you enjoyed the interview @cajuncrackerranch7990, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
I love Billy Howerdel. APC is one of my favorite bands of all time if not THE favorite. Mer de Noms and Thirteenth Step are HUGE albums for me. Unfortunately, his recent transition from guitar to keys hasn't really spoken to me like those earlier efforts. It happens. As an artist, he needs to follow his inspiration, so I take nothing away from him on that count. It's just not for me.
Thank you for listening @helzapoppin9810! 🎉🔥😇
1:02:36 shoutout to the Kentucky GOAT Ben Lacey
Love Ben! Had him on the show a while back: czcams.com/video/iTAtxWDNgck/video.html
Thank you for listening @BootsORiley! 🎉🔥😇
The 13th step is, in my opinion, a perfect album. It's almost a perfect circle.
Right on @derickmiller6875, thanks for listening! 🎸💥🙌🏻
That album pulled me out being china white and dracula as I approached the bottom. Thank you Billy and everyone for literally putting my pain to music and letting me work through it all.
Great interview. I totally understand the dyslexia thing. Thank you for this post
Glad you enjoyed the interview @MrBassPlayer1, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
As if his 4th ever gig was depping for NiN. That is absurd haha what a great story.
Love apc and gravity is one of my favourite songs love everything about it but really love the drums and the bit where the verse ends before going into the break down it’s almost like the drums and the cymbals slow down or goes sloppy is the only way I can describe it but love all their music.
Thank you for listening @andrewscott1387! 🎉🔥😇
Billy mentioned our biological step Dad Uncle Ben!!!😅👍🏼🎸
First 2 albums saved me from suicide after my wifes affair when i was just 21 back in 2006.I was only into heavier bands at that time more metalcore/crowbar/decapitated/lamb of god stuff and then i hear Mer de noms and it reached a part of me almost raped like invaded my soul and allowed me to feel a release of built up sorrow and pain
Glad you enjoyed the interview @jeffreypeters5578, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 ! All the best...
thought the thumbnail was a fallout ghoul for a second
Man im really curious what he said was his favorite tracks when the audio cut out.
Thank you for listening @shnoopydoopy6707! 🎉🔥😇 Sorry, I just don't remember...
He should maybe work with Josh Rand. They kind of look alike too .
73 likes and 28 comments is insane. I hate society so much right now. It fucks with me seeing how souless everything is and how anything shitty and superficial seems to rocket to the top. Its like he said, the popular band is the one that chugs a bottle of ketchup on tik tok.
OMG your comment was so funny and direct, and sadly... on point! Weird times we're in right now, for sure. That being said, thanks for your input and thanks a bunch for listening to the show! All the best!
I remember the old MTV days when Billy and Maynard would pop up, and the music of A Perfect Circle felt just as timeless then as it does now. IMO rock gods like Billy seeking more recognition in the evolving music scene can adapt by embracing social media and engaging directly with fans, while focusing on authentic live performances and collaborations with emerging artists. By leveraging online platforms and advocating for fair recognition, they can navigate the changing landscape while staying true to their musical roots.
I NEED Billy's "naked" amp it's crushing and beautiful just like all the music he makes. THANK YOU Billy from the bottom of me heart❤
@@monikavitcheva5815Factual and so sad.... I need Billy's "naked" amp, it's crushing and beautiful just like all the amazing music he and all the legends he works with have made. THANK YOU Mr. Howerdel from the bottom of my heart❤
Does Billy use auto tune to sing ?
Starting in the 90s almost every band had a bald guy in the lineup and that was the point where it was ok to be bald.
Thank you for listening @jonesy2111! 🎉🔥😇
Phil Anselmo inspired it as well
Billy is also really brave to throw off those demons about singing. Nobody could sing anything if they had to ask if it's better than Maynard's singing. Lol
Glad you enjoyed the interview @jessehutchings, and thanks for listening 💥 🎶 🎸 !
Free will..fate..it's all good.been there..still there.
Thank you for listening @michaelsteven1090! 🎉🔥😇
nothing about 3 libras?
Cadillac Escalade?
Haha, I wondered myself! Thank you for listening @RealMNeutral31! 🎉🔥😇
@@EveryoneLovesGuitar You're welcome. I saw a few times when Jerry Cantrell appeared on camera with said vehicle multiple times. They are nice vehicles.
@@EveryoneLovesGuitar Hell, after I get rich, I will buy one for myself.
Guitar centered music are very boring to me. Perfect Circle is a great band in the 90’s and in the 90’s there were so many guitar centered bands but I moved on.
Billy I dont understabd how the fake it till you make it is denial. I kbow thats not wxactly how you lut it but Id love to know what you mean with that whole thing. Ive had a path with some sinilarities to yours, and the fake it till you make it thing is the only thing that ever worked, Id just say, "yup I can do it" and id figure it out. I never had any college degree and dis work with a lot of my favorite performers as a stagehand, carp, electrics, guitar tech ect. This is the most enjoyable interview youve ever done. Thanks Everyonelivesguitar.
Thank you for listening Nester Ness! 🎉🔥😇
It is underrated.