A Perfect Circle Share Apocalyptic-Themed Video for "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”

A Perfect Circle have shared the official video for “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish,” from their most recent album, Eat the Elephant.

Earlier this year APC guitarist Billy Howerdel spoke to Guitar World about the compositional approach he took on Eat the Elephant. Instead of starting with guitar riffs, arpeggios or effect loops as he had in the past, Howerdel instead began most of the songs on keyboards and then either transposed the material to guitar or used the guitar to provide complimentary melodies and atmospheric flourishes. “A few years ago I decided to dig fully into synths and keys, which I was very bad at,” he explained. “And once I became a little better it allowed me to push my creativity instead of falling into a pattern.”

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Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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