Puscifer in San Antonio

About Puscifer

Puscifer is Maynard James Keenan's side project, a deliberate detour from Tool's mathematical heaviness into something weirder and more theatrical. Started in the '90s as an occasional experiment, it became a full creative outlet where Keenan could indulge his taste for industrial textures, deadpan humor, and unsettling imagery. The project embraces absurdity—album artwork featuring fictional characters, song titles that are deliberately crude, and a general refusal to take itself seriously while remaining sonically ambitious. Where Tool demands reverence, Puscifer invites skepticism. The live experience is deliberately theatrical and occasionally confrontational, with Puscifer often acting as a character rather than just a musician. It's Keenan's playground for exploring the uncomfortable space between aggression and artistry.

Puscifer shows are deliberately weird and sometimes hostile to the audience. Keenan treats crowds like they need to be earned, not entertained. Expect industrial soundscapes, theatrical staging, and an atmosphere that's more unsettling than cathartic. Not everyone leaves happy. That's intentional.

Known for Conditions of My Parole, Mommy Daddy Smoke Crack, The Remedy, Hungry for Heaven, Apocalyptical

Puscifer + San Antonio

Puscifer brought their particular brand of theatrical rock to Freeman Coliseum on April 29, 2025, laying out a 31-song journey that felt less like a greatest hits run and more like a deep dive into their catalog. They opened with 'The Package' and moved through both the expected and the delightfully obscure — 'Pablo's Hippos' and 'Southbound Pachyderm' sitting comfortably alongside deeper cuts like 'Flippant' and 'The Contrarian'. The setlist had teeth, mixing Tool-adjacent heaviness with Puscifer's signature sardonic edge. Closing with 'Grand Canyon' felt deliberate, like Maynard and crew were in no hurry to leave.

Puscifer in San Antonio News

• What we saw as Primus, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer brought the Sessanta V 2.0 tour to San Antonio San Antonio Current · Apr 30, 2025
• Primus’ Larry LaLonde dishes on the Sessanta V 2.0 tour coming to San Antonio this month San Antonio Current · Apr 27, 2025
• A Perfect Circle, Primus, and Puscifer Set to Kick Off 2025 "Sessanta V2.0" Tour Consequence of Sound · Apr 23, 2025
• Sessanta V 2.0 concert unites A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Primus San Antonio Express-News · Apr 22, 2025
• Puscifer Extends 2022 North American Tour & Releases New ‘Bullet Train To Iowa’ Music Video Billboard · Jul 12, 2022

Live Music in San Antonio

San Antonio's got a deep roots music identity—Tex-Mex, country, conjunto—but the harder rock underbelly exists quietly beneath that. There's a solid contingent of metal and progressive fans here who've been waiting for something weirder and more experimental to land. Puscifer's theatrical darkness and genre-bending sensibility should resonate with people tired of the expected.

San Antonio road trip to see Puscifer?

Stay in Southtown, where the gallery scene and restored Victorian homes give you something real to walk through between dinner reservations at Cured, which does thoughtful Italian-influenced cooking without pretension. Catch the show, then spend the next morning at Pearl Brewery itself—the district's worth an hour of wandering. The Majestic Theatre or the Tobin Center are your likely venues depending on the tour routing. Head to the McNay Art Museum if you've got afternoon time; it's one of the better regional collections in Texas and won't feel like you're wasting daylight.