BOOTLEG: EXCLUSIVE PUSCIFER TRACK, “HOLIDAY ON THE MOON”

In our never-ending quest to give you the best music available, we present the Revolver Bootleg series. Throughout each month, we’ll post cool, new, and often-exclusive tracks right here for you to hear before anyone else.

This installment is a cover of Love and Rockets’ 1986 cut “Holiday on the Moon,” as performed by Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan’s side project Puscifer. It appears on the tribute album New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets (Justice). Mr. Keenan himself was kind enough to tell us, sort of, why he likes the song below.

REVOLVER What has Love and Rockets’ music meant to you over the years?
MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN While serving time for assault with a deadly adjective, I was provided with mandatory weekly access to alternative lifestyles. During these events, my educators would broadcast Love ’N’ Rockets. The music changed my life. It provided a happy place for me to spend my blackout time.

Why did you want to cover “Holiday on the Moon”?
I do what I’m told. I was told to want to cover “Holiday on the Moon.” And I was told I was gonna like it. Which I did. So please stop hitting me.

Why did you choose to use electronic instruments to replace the guitar?
I don't play guitar. I’m familiar with them, but have never had the pleasure of understanding them. They seem complicated and slightly kooky. So to actually spend any time alone with them would probably result in some broken furniture and a restraining order. Tempting, right?

If they were still active, which song of yours would you have liked to hear Love and Rockets cover, and why?
“Smells Like Teen Spirit.” It’s not my song, but those guys won’t know. They’re, like, over 30, right?

What’s next for Puscifer? Do you have another album in the works?
We are working on a cure for skin cancer, which we will then bundle with a new release. We feel that it will take something of this nature to actually sell CDs.

How do you feel Puscifer’s live component worked out earlier this year? Will you be touring?
We are planning a “Sherman’s March to the Sea, Redux, (Version 1).” It starts on the West Coast right before Halloween and goes to December 5. Lather, rinse, repeat in March 2010, but more towards the East Coast.

One last question: What’s your favorite flavor of Puscifer lip balm?
That’s not funny. I have no lips. So to bring it up is just plain rude. Your mother says hello, by the way. And she likes the Starfruit Lychee. Snap! [Swivels head]

For more info on the tribute album, click here.