Puscifer's New Video Gives Away Maynard's Halloween Costume

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If you guessed "Kenny & Dolly Christmas",
you're sadly mistaken.
Scroll it on down for the official video for "Conditions of My Parole", the title track from Puscifer's second LP.  Of course, Puscifer is the side project of Maynard James Keenan, who is also famous for his work in Tool, A Perfect Circle, and winemaking.  Those unaware of Keenan's silly side will likely take this clip as a bit of a shock, what with Maynard gussied up in his finest hillbilly attire whilst packing as many redneck clichés as humanly possible into its three minutes.  The video is presented on Puscifer's YouTube page as the "SHORTENED version", which leads this writer to believe that there's a whole other level of awesome here that we haven't experienced yet.  I'm hoping for a "Cops" tie-in.

 

While it's nice to see MJK has a sense of humor, it does kind of overshadow the fact that the new Puscifer album, even with its overbearing redneck imagery, is really quite solid.  I get that maybe he doesn't want everyone taking his pet project so seriously.  But, when you hoke it up so blatantly, I think it takes away from a really strong effort.  Regardless, you can enjoy the music on its own merits by snagging a copy of Conditions of My Parole and investing in some nice headphones right now.

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