I swear its not Maynard...

[Systolic]

Whoever is singing isn't Maynard... completely different vocal timbre... Who is it? I think the scream at the end IS Maynard however...

Perhaps a live show may make this manifest?

[clarity.]

It's Satan.

[tangent]

Someone suggested to me that it was Billy Howerdel (he sang on Peace, Love and Understanding on eMOTIVe, and began A Perfect Circle with Maynard).

[FistFck]

its american indian chanting... so its probably authentic... like probably someone from whichever tribe does this kind of chanting. i know the screaming in the background is amusing, but for the most part, the chanting is serious....

[Rav]

I'm sure somehwhere someone posted an interview with Danny where he said they actually got some Native Indians in to do the chant.

[Bogart]

I thought I read that it was indeed Maynard who done the chanting, but it sounds nothing like him.

[Nietzsche's Dead]

its american indian chanting... so its probably authentic... like probably someone from whichever tribe does this kind of chanting. i know the screaming in the background is amusing, but for the most part, the chanting is serious....

Um...perhaps its the (motherfucking) Lipan Apaches???? Lol, thats what the songs named after..

[Unifaun]

I do think it's the nard

[eonphi]

this song is hilarious

[hbynoe]

so i put it on
and danny came to my head while
listening to it
and almost pissing myself
i

[Alveolate]

i practiced real hard. my indian chanting isn't that great, but tool thought so. you got me.

[paganman7]

I would say the same about the intro to The Pot. Does that sound like Maynard? I think, for better or worse, it shows his incredible range. He isn't limited to a single register. He certainly sounds better in some registers than he does in others *ahemthepotahem*, but he has incredible range.

[mutualusing]

i think its josh homme, slightly pitch-adjusted. with someone else in the background.

[mike09]

Who is it that screams the chant at the end with the native americans? I laugh out loud everytime I hear him join in.

[Opiate Son]

i practiced real hard. my indian chanting isn't that great, but tool thought so. you got me.

lol, can't wait to hear it! will you sign my cd when it comes out!?! great signature by the way, i miss Mitch Hedberg!!! and Bill Hicks!

[ladiatia]

Trent Reznor screaming for sure..... Well not really.

Salud!

[dancingflame]

in an interview danny said it was recorded by a friend of him who travels all his live and who actually learned that singing from the lipan themselves...they call out their ancestors and so...

[mike tyson]

It's Maynard and Justin.

[Zli 0bucjar]

Whoever is singing isn't Maynard... completely different vocal timbre...

no shit captain Obvious?

[Nate-dogg21]

its george bush

[Zli 0bucjar]

I think it's Maynard's dog

[kyyuulle]

maynard squeezed his cat again

[Viginti Tres]

it's a Lipan Apache warrior named Squanto

[right_in_three]

It's definitely not Maynard.

Maybe he's squeezing an old guy this time around.

[erazorhead]

its schism's uncle

[EvilDoR]

Sounds to me like North American Indian. Then at times I think it could be Aloke Dutta with help from Maynard at :10 and throughout then with Danny coming in at :58 in the background towards the end. We shall find out on the album credits when it is released.

[Fractals ROCK]

tapeworm!

[sunn]

TA members will probably recall from Blairs post a while back about Danny's _ _ _ _. Ring a bell? I dont recall a mindblowing S O L O nor do I remember hearing a G O N G. Kinda sounds like Danny acting like in damn navajo in which this may be his S O N G. Elaborate please...

[#Notion]

Did you miss the newsletter? it was Danny's D I C K.

[Window Licker]

maynard squeezed his cat again

We have a winner!

[paganman7]

TA members will probably recall from Blairs post a while back about Danny's _ _ _ _. Ring a bell? I dont recall a mindblowing S O L O nor do I remember hearing a G O N G. Kinda sounds like Danny acting like in damn navajo in which this may be his S O N G. Elaborate please...


Listen to Right In Two...Danny works the hell out of those synthesized drums. Simply amazing.

[montsegur]

best track... i think its some Indian guy....not aloke, heard his voice,doesnt sound anything alike....

[psims23]

best track... i think its some Indian guy....not aloke, heard his voice,doesnt sound anything alike....


I think by Indian we're referring to Native American, not Asian Indian :)

[whittashau]

this is written in a finnish interview with MJK:

"Lipan Conjuring" is Danny's little song which he made with his friend Tom Brown. It's an Lipan-apache exorcism, kinda like a situation check and strengthening your roots. As far as i have understood the idea is before starting a task to ask yourself: "Where am I now and where am I going?". Little bit like when the hindus are praying Ganesh for advise and protection or how the buddhas say: to achieve this and this goal I have to take a breath for 10,000 times. All this is related to the theme that we are coming back to our roots and we consider this as our "rhythm& blues" album.

[mmortal03]

Yep, the new images of the liner notes say that Bill McConnell did the vocals. So it isn't Maynard.

[spunkwater]

every time i hear it i want to say it's chris cornel with the big yell.

that is all.

[Warartist]

Whoever is singing isn't Maynard... completely different vocal timbre... Who is it? I think the scream at the end IS Maynard however...

Perhaps a live show may make this manifest?

ummm..... there were a couple songs on thirteenth step where his voice got pretty high, his has a pretty wide range but it's most deffinatley maynard.

[ÆNIMA69]

lol, can't wait to hear it! will you sign my cd when it comes out!?! great signature by the way, i miss Mitch Hedberg!!! and Bill Hicks!

LOmotherfuckingL your signature just made me spray a film of saliva all over my monitor...

i played this cd at school and left the room(art room) when i came back this song was on, my first response was to start bitching about someone changing the music but then my buddy tosha said "i dont know what happened to your band man but this is fucked up" like all of tools interludes(?) is see this song as a pallate cleanser of sorts...i fruit sorbet for your ear canal. it also has some medatative qualities to it i think.

[toocooltool]

Who knows what they did the in studio.. it might well be him.

[BDT]

I've heard its just maynard.

[slash]

Booklet says Bill McConnell - BUT lyK OMg it IZ jST a DEcoY!!111!one!

[Morfindel]

Its not maynard. Look at the cd notes. It says a different frigging name. I saw it on some of the Cd's pics that some have graciously posted here.

[PsYkeR]

i think its josh homme, slightly pitch-adjusted. with someone else in the background.

Bingo. I've been thinking that for a while, but have been unable to register. Remember a month or two ago when Adam posted recording pics to his myspace site? Josh Homme was chilling out with Maynard, which places him at the scene of the crime. Plus it sounds just like him. Also, i don't think the scream is Reznor. By all accounts, he and Maynard don't get on very well. More likely it's Maynard himself.

[Subster]

Does it really matter, It sounds absolutly amazing. Theraputic

[loottool]

Who knows what they did the in studio.. it might well be him.

it was probably buzz from the melvins...

[martyrinexile86]

The name of the guy doing the chanting on the track is Bill McConnell, he's a wilderness tracker.

[DeathByPain]

It's clearly Mike Patton

[s ti N Kfizt]

i think it sounds maynard, but it's not maynard.. it's that some guy and probably Danny. and don't know about the scream but it's hilarioushahahahaaaa.

[Rosette feasted]

It isn't Maynard. Its a friend of danny, called bill.

[blask84]

i think its josh homme, slightly pitch-adjusted. with someone else in the background.

That was my first guess as well. He's been visiting Tool in studio, so it might be him. Sounds like him, I'm convinced :)

Definately Joshua

[Loveboat Captain]

It has an air of QOTSA about it.

[The Useful Idiot]

doesnt the album book credit someone for vocals on Lipan

[Marinda]

It's Col. Mustard in the library with the rope???

[Lights_1]

This was played Saturday in Tempe and it wasn't Maynard on vocals. Don't know if it was Bill though and we will probably never know. Sounded pretty damn cool live.

[redshift.]

I love how many people continue posting names in this bullshit debate after several people have already mentioned who it really is and who is given credit for it in the liner notes.

Good job, fellas.

Keep up The Stupid.

[eslupminoyler]

Um...perhaps its the (motherfucking) Lipan Apaches???? Lol, thats what the songs named after..

they're not incestual, ass hole. jk. Good thought

[eslupminoyler]

why the flip do i keep hearing opinions of humor?

I think ROsetta Stoned and The Pot are more sarcastic and humorous.

This song is about as funny as George Bush giving head to a fallen angel for cocaine. Haha. That is kinda funny though.

But this song isn't. It is seriously about expelling evil.

[Carny_Handles]

who the fuck cares about the chanting, all i want to know is who can play the kazoo so damn well!!

[Mad Rany]

It's the sound made when BMB smiles.

[JOK3R]

It's clearly Mike Patton

that would be awesome i love mike patton