joint mini-tour with King Crimson

Extensive touring throughout 2001 and 2002 supported Lateralus and included a personal highlight for the band: a 10-show joint mini-tour with King Crimson in August 2001. Comparisons between the two were made, MTV describing the bands as “the once and future kings of progressive rock”. Keenan stated of the minitour: “For me, being on stage with King Crimson is like Lenny Kravitz playing with Led Zeppelin , or Britney Spears onstage with Debbie Gibson .” Although the end of the tour in November 2002 seemed to signal the start of another hiatus for the band, they did not become completely inactive. While Keenan recorded and toured with A Perfect Circle , the other band members released an interview and a recording of new material, both exclusive to the fan club. The “double vinyl four-picture disc” edition of Lateralus was first released as a limited autographed edition exclusively available to fan club members and publicly released on August 23, 2005. On December 20 the two DVDs were released, one containing the single ” Schism ” and the other ” Parabola “, a remix by Lustmord , and a music video with commentary by David Yow and Jello Biafra .