Maynard James Keenan
Maynard James Keenan (* 17th April 1964 in Ravenna , Ohio , as James Herbert Keenan ) is an American singer , record producer , actor and winemaker . He became known as the front man of the progressive metal band Tool , the progressive rock band A Perfect Circle and as the head of the music project Puscifer .
biography
In 1982 Keenan went to the US Army , where he attended the United States Military Academy from 1983 to 1984 . In 1984 he left the army to pursue his musical career. In the following years he therefore attended the Kendall College of Art and Design in Michigan .
From 1989 Keenan was the singer of the punk band Green Jellÿ . In 1992 the EP Opiate was released by Tool. In 1993 the first album Undertow was released . After three years the album Ænima was released, which brought the band commercial success.
Before that he sang in 1992 with Know Your Enemy of Rage Against the Machine , whose album of the same name was released that same year. As a result, he became friends with the band, with whom he still appears occasionally today.
In 1994, he took with Tom Morello and Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine) and Billy Gould ( Faith No More ) under the band name Shandi's Addiction song Calling Dr Love for a tribute album with cover versions of songs by the hard rock band KISS on .
In 2000 the album White Pony was released by Deftones , where he can be heard on the song Passenger together with the lead singer of the Deftones, Chino Moreno. After disputes with the Tool label and its re-establishment, which granted Tool absolute artistic freedom, Keenan founded the band A Perfect Circle with Billy Howerdel and Paz Lenchantin . In the same year the band released the album Mer de Noms .
In 2001 Keenan released the long-awaited third album Lateralus with Tool - before that the special edition DVD or VHS Salival was released , which included all of the band's videos and some of the band's tour appearances. In addition, he played the devil in the 2002 film Bikini Bandits .
In 2003 the second A-Perfect-Circle-album Thirteenth Step followed , which should have been finished much earlier, but was delayed again and again due to an extended tool tour.
On November 2nd, 2004, just in time for the US presidential election , the concept album eMOTIVe was released with cover versions of famous peace and protest songs . This surprised the fans because the otherwise closed and introverted Keenan presented himself and his opinion in an exceptionally open manner.
In 2005 he sang at a charity concert in Seattle for the victims of the tsunami in late 2004 . In early 2005, the short film Sleeping Dogs Lie was released , in which he played a supporting role with Brad Wilk. The soundtrack comes from A Perfect Circle, among others.
In 2006 the fourth Tool album 10,000 Days was released . He also started his side project Puscifer .
In 2010 a documentary about himself and his mentor Eric Glomski as well as about his viticulture was published under the title Blood Into Wine . While the film was shown in cinemas in the USA, it was released directly on DVD in German-speaking countries in 2011 .
In 2018, A Perfect Circle's fourth studio album Eat the Elephant was released (the third with its own material).
In 2019 the long-awaited fifth album Fear Inoculum was released with Tool .
Discography
Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty
- 1986: Fingernails
Tool
- 1992: Opiates (Zoo / Volcano / BMG)
- 1993: Undertow (Zoo / BMG)
- 1996: Ænima (Volcano / BMG)
- 2000: Salival (Volcano II / Tool Dissectional: US, limited)
- 2001: Lateralus (Volcano / BMG)
- 2006: 10,000 Days (Volcano / BMG)
- 2019: Fear Inoculum (Sony BMG)
A perfect circle
- 2000: Mer de Noms (Virgin)
- 2003: Thirteenth Step (Virgin)
- 2004: eMOTIVe (Virgin)
- 2018: Eat the Elephant
Puscifer
- 2007: “V” is for vagina
- 2008: “V” is for Viagra. The Remixes
- 2008: “D” Is for Dubby - The Lustmord Dub Mixes
- 2009: “C” Is For (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here) (EP)
- 2011: Conditions of My Parole
- 2013: Donkey Punch the Night (EP)
- 2015: Money Shot
Participation
- 1992: Rage Against the Machine - Know your Enemy
- 1995: Replicants - Silly Love Songs
- 2000: Deftones - Passenger
- 2003: David Bowie - Bring me the Disco King (Soundtrack to Underworld )
- 2013: Lustmord - guest vocals on the album The Word as Power
Filmography
- 2000: Screenland Drive
- 2002: Run Ronnie Run!
- 2002: Bikini Bandits
- 2004: Bikini Bandits 2: Golden Rod
- 2005: Sleeping Dogs Lie
- 2009: Crank 2: High Voltage
- 2010: Blood Into Wine (biography)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Maynard James Keenan Interview
- ↑ Visions .de: Maynard James Keenan Wuestenfuchs
Web links
- Official website of Tool
- Official site of A Perfect Circle
- Official site of Puscifer
- Keenan's winery
- Official website on Blood Into Wine (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keenan, Maynard James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Keenan, James Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer of the alternative / heavy metal band Tool |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ravenna (Ohio) |