Podcasts · The Allison Hagendorf Show
An Evening With Puscifer: "Normal Isn’t" & the Art of Creative Freedom
· 34 min · S3 E9 · Explicit
Episode An Evening With Puscifer: "Normal Isn’t" & the Art of Creative Freedom
Under the stars at LA’s historic Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Allison Hagendorf sits down with Puscifer — Maynard James Keenan, Karina Round, and Matt Mitchell — for an intimate screening party and the first-ever listen of their new album, Normal Isn’t.
Fresh off hearing the record come to life for the very first time, the band opens up about what makes Puscifer different: no rules, no fixed lineup, total trust, and the freedom to follow ideas wherever they lead even when that means comedy and heaviness living side by side.
The conversation dives into:
⚡️ Experiencing Normal Isn’t for the first time with an audience
⚡️ Puscifer’s 20+ year evolution and ever-rotating creative family
⚡️ Why “anything goes” is the band’s true mission statement
⚡️ Balancing humor, intensity, and instinct
⚡️ Making records in hotel rooms, studios, and on the road
⚡️ The album’s sonic palette, guitars, synths, and aggression
⚡️ New characters, storylines, and the expanding Pusciverse via graphic novels
⚡️ What Normal Isn’t would taste like… if it were a wine 🍷
This is Puscifer unfiltered, playful, thoughtful, uncompromising, and deeply human.
Subscribe on Substack for more behind-the-scenes from our magical night
👀 Watch next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwh7qo7VAe4&list=PLl6dGiHr9hXCBsHHe9qR0PiTgxkpdjRyI&index=2
🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts: https://play.megaphone.fm/sxhb2ibzrw-vle8ombutpa
❤️ FOLLOW & SUBSCRIBE TO ALLISON
✅ Substack: https://allisonhagendorf.substack.com
✅ YouTube: https://youtube.com/AllisonHagendorf
✅ Official Website: https://allisonhagendorf.com
✅ Instagram: https://instagram.com/allisonhagendorf
✅ TikTok: https://TikTok.com/@allisonhagendorf
✅ X: https://x.com/allihagendorf
00:00 – Intro
02:55 – Hearing Normal Isn’t With an Audience for the First Time
03:55 – Puscifer Backstory (20+ Years In)
04:52 – Why Revolving Musicians Matter
06:30 – The Core Dynamic of the Band
07:04 – The Mission Statement: No Rules, Anything Goes
08:45 – Friendship as the Foundation
09:59 – How Puscifer Has Evolved
10:40 – Balancing Comedy and Intensity
12:08 – The Meaning Behind Normal Isn’t
12:58 – The Album Process (Arizona, LA, On the Road)
14:35 – Sonic Identity & Musical Palette
16:07 – New Characters & The Graphic Novel Universe
19:55 – If Puscifer Were a Wine… (Tasting Notes)
21:20 – Fan Questions
27:46 – What Inspires You Most About Each Other?
31:51 – Outro
#Puscifer #MaynardJamesKeenan #NormalIsnt #RockCulture #MusicInterview #HollywoodForever
An A-Game Production
Co-Produced by Raw Content & Ones To Watch/Live Nation
Raw Content
Directed by: JT Boehme
Shot by: Ben Feldman
Sound by: Jimmy Ward
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them. Explicit shows are for adult profiles only, and children’s profiles hear only children’s shows. More about this list.