Early Days of A Perfect Circle and Mer De Noms Were Crazy

I know I butchered the pronunciation of "Mer de Noms" throughout the video. I hate how I hold my hands often. I took way too long on this video. Not sure how worth it really was. Let's see how the copyright bots do with this.

Intro: 0:00
How It Started: 02:30
New Recruits: 12:17
First Shows: 19:43
Recording a Record: 30:47
Marketing and Touring: 37:47
Album Theme: 48:20
Outro: 56:10

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