This Day In Music History: May 23rd, 2000 – A Perfect Circle releases debut album, ‘Mer De Noms’
When Tool’s Maynard James Keenan launched A Perfect Circle with Billy Howerdel, one could be forgiven for immediately comparing the band’s sound to Tool. Stylistically, however, the band’s 2000 debut album Mer De Noms leaned much more toward art/alt-rock. Specifically, an emphasis on melodies and more palatable song structures helped make the “side project” an…