Puscifer will party on Halloween weekend by streaming 2 new movies. Here's how to watch
Puscifer's October 2020 concert film “Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti” broke online attendance records and fully explored what the at-home concert experience could be, which in typical Puscifer fashion pushed the limits.
Now Maynard James Keenan and Puscifer are planning to celebrate Halloween weekend 2022 by releasing a double feature of what they're billing as "concert-meets-feature films."
“V Is for Versatile: A Puscifer Concert Film featuring music from the V Is For… era” and “Parole Violator: A Puscifer Concert Film featuring Conditions of My Parole" will screen Friday, Oct. 28, at puscifertv.com.
Both films will premiere at noon Pacific time and remain on demand for 72 hours.
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The pandemic as a call to action
The pandemic-induced dawn of the at-home concert experience era provided Maynard James Keenan, Mat Mitchell and Carina Round with the tools to turn to film.
“Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti” was followed in 2021 by “Billy D and the Hall of Feathered Serpents featuring Money $hot by Puscifer.”
In a press release, Keenan said, “Those with creative minds are restless. Lockdown was only physical, not mental. The pandemic was the perfect springboard and opportunity for us all to flex our creative muscles. Here is more evidence.”
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'V Is for Versatile'
"V Is for Versatile" was shot at the famed Los Angeles recording studio Sunset Sound, whose clients included Led Zeppelin, Van Halen and Elton John.
The live performance piece shows Puscifer reinterpreting and rerecording songs from the "V Is for…" era.
Scenes involving recurring characters in the Puscifer universe — Agent Dick Merkin, Major Douche and the briefcase — as well as a few surprise cameos are interspersed with studio footage.
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'Parole Violator'
"Parole Violator" features new adventures of Billy D, Hildy Berger and Peter Merkin as well as a live, track-by-track re-imagination of 2011's "Conditions of My Parole."
According to a press release, the visuals are "evocative of Keenan’s north Arizona homestead" in Jerome with "striking visuals, dramatic lighting and, in a nod to the band’s 2011/2012 tour in support of the collection, closes with a campfire sing-a-long."
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How to watch, where to buy tickets
Tickets and a selection of limited edition merchandise, exclusive to attendees, are available now at puscifertv.com.
Early bird tickets are on sale through Oct. 21.
Both “V Is for Versatile” and “Parole Violator” have album companions, available on vinyl, CD and streaming Nov. 11. Pre-orders are available now via puscifertv.com.
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