Tool has long been known for some wildly controversial and confrontational lyrics in songs such as “Prison Sex” and “Stinkfist”. Now, frontman Maynard James Keenan says he has regrets over some of the Lyrics he wrote on the band’s earlier albums.

During an interview on Steve-O’s Wild Ride podcast, Keenan opened up and confessed he’s not keen on performing some of his band’s older material. “There’s some old Tool songs that I don’t like playing them because I feel like I failed them,” he said.

“They’re popular songs, but I was trying to make a joke, and it was a dumb joke, and I should’ve just moved on,” Keenan added. “I feel like the lyrics don’t hold up under scrutiny.”

Specifically addressing the song “4°” from Tool’s debut record Undertow (1993), he says: “The way I wrote it, I was trying to f***ing make a butt sex joke, and it was dumb. The song’s beautiful, what those guys did musically is great, and I think maybe the melody’s a good melody, but the words are just dumb.” He then added, “I don’t know what the f*** I was thinking.”

I’m not even gonna get into what “Stinkfist” is about, but you can probably guess

Shifting from lyrical content to performance, Keenan later shared that working with his Pucifer bandmate/co-vocalist Carina Round has helped him get better at using his voice. “I think I have figured out how to work with it better by arranging sets a certain way,” he said. “Working with Carina and singing in Puscifer has helped me develop better longevity, vocal skills. That’s helped quite a bit.”

“I feel like I’m doing some things better as far as being able to sing tomorrow night and the next night and the next night,” Keenan added. “But at my age, there’s some songs that I can’t even do no matter what I try, tuning down or whatever. They are just out of my range now.”

Maynard James Keenan is heading out on tour with his band Puscifer in March

While Tool does not appear to be active at the moment, fans of Keenan can catch him on tour with Puscifer starting in March. Find all the Normal Isn’t North American tour dates below.

• March 20 Las Vegas, NV The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
• March 21 Phoenix, AZ Arizona Financial Theatre
• March 24 Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall
• March 25 Dallas, TX Music Hall at Fair Park
• March 27 Nashville, TN The Pinnacle
• March 28 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy
• March 31 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
• April 1 Durham, NC DPAC – Durham Performing Arts Center
• April 3 Bethlehem, PA Wind Creek Event Center
• April 4 Boston, MA Boch Center – Wang Theatre
• April 7 New York, NY Terminal 5
• April 8  Hershey, PA Hershey Theatre
• April 10 Mashantucket, CT Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino
• April 11 Atlantic City, NJ Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort
• April 15 Niagara Falls, ON OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino
• April 16 Akron, OH Akron Civic Theatre
• April 18 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
• April 19 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre
• April 21 Louisville, KY The Louisville Palace
• April 23 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre
• April 25 Chicago, IL The Chicago Theatre
• April 26 Milwaukee, WI Landmark Credit Union Live
• April 28 Madison, WI The Sylvee
• April 30 St. Louis, MO The Factory
• May 1 Kansas City, MO The Midland Theatre
• May 3 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
• May 5 Salt Lake City, UT Maverik Center
• May 8 Portland, OR Theater of the Clouds
• May 9 Seattle, WA WAMU Theater
• May 11 San Francisco, CA Golden Gate Theatre
• May 13 San Diego, CA San Diego Civic Theatre
• May 14 Los Angeles, CA The Greek Theatre