Talk:Maynard James Keenan/Archive 1

Scientology
This article is tagged under "critics of scientology", but there's no reference to this on the actual page. Does anyone have any information about this? I tried to find any references to Scientology in the article history but was thwarted by boredom. 134.84.100.80 07:11, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * there is reference to it in these articles: http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=1&csid2=9&fid1=167 http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2002 . ctrl f Scientology to find relevant area.  these are used as references on the Tool article.    :-) daveh4h 07:24, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

The category was removed and I undid the edit. The references above clearly show that he is a vocal critic of Scientology, as are others in the link that the category will take you too. I question the bias of this edit.--72.130.23.39 16:04, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not so sure that he can be classified as a 'critic of scientology'. The links above show that he's not particularly fond of the church, but judging by some of his music he's just as much (if not more so) a 'critic' of other religions, specifically christianity. Putting him on this list seems strange, since he hasn't made any serious attempts to attack the church (unlike, say, John Sweeny or Kenneth Robinson). Does saying that you don't like L. Ron Hubbard now make you a serious critic of the church as a whole? I don't think so. I'm removing the category. If you want to put it back in, I suggest you write something about it in the body of the article.220.101.186.127 (talk) 08:09, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * My edit was undone, but I'm still not convinced. The quote in the Tool (band) page is not specifically attributed to keenan, and whilst the 'baa-ing like a sheep' incident is not the friendliest of gestures, all my arguments above still stand. Furthermore, he shouldn't be in the category if the piece of information is neither used nor referenced within the body of the article itself. I'm removing it again.220.101.186.127 (talk) 10:45, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree with anon. Scientology is mentioned at Tool (band) only for one incident, regardless of its FA status, and not here. Lachrymology would be actual criticism, except it isn't supported to be about scientology in particular. –Pomte 11:33, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Stand-up Comedy
According to this recent interview maynard has never done stand-up.

Flaming turds
Any proof for saying Maynard wanted to call Tool "flaming turds" ? --anonymous
 * dont know of any, havent found ANY mentioning of that claim apart from this wiki article, therefore, i removed it... thx for pointing that out--Johnnyw 16:51, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Maynard finds Jesus

 * REMEMBER, DON”T KILL THE MESSENGER


 * You know the old saying, “no news is good news”, well… that was the case as far as the recording process was going for the new Tool CD, but now things may have changed a bit. Yesterday, when I went to the studio to give Maynard a bottle of wine (a 1992 Maya) for winning the bet that I had with him involving his new film “Sleeping Dogs Lie” (I lost by default, not being able to attend the Sedona screening), not only wasn’t Maynard there, but, in what seems to be a case of enantiodromia (something becoming its opposite) if ever there was one (!), I was told the reason why he wasn’t there. I wish this post was dated April 1, but, unfortunately, it isn’t. Like a doctor giving a patient a straight, honest answer to a medical diagnosis, without sugar-coating the truth, here’s exactly what I was told: “Maynard has found Jesus.” This will come as a complete shock to most (but not all) of you, as it did to me. In fact, it just seemed like another MJK prank until I talked to the one person who I believe would know if all this was legit or not. After nearly an hour on the phone with this person, the answer I received was that Maynard has indeed “found Jesus” and that, for this reason, he’s abandoned the project for the time being, if not entirely. I don’t know what the f**k is in the water these days, but hopefully a black jelly belly will turn up in that golden bowl… that’s all I can think to say at this point. Before leaving the studio, I watched as Danny made arrangements to go play some golf, while Adam and Justin kept working on a particular song. So, in case you missed it (those who don’t read the whole post), here’s today's news: Maynard has found Jesus…

http://www.toolband.com/index_frames.html

....Wow....


 * I know that was posted on March 31st, but I can almost be certain that it's an April Fool's Day joke. This is Maynard's little way to make us "think for ourselves". MrHate 04:11, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)


 * I removed some text at the end of this section suggesting that Maynard "really is Christian" because it (A) was highly POV, (B) was unsupported, and (C) looked like it was written by a twelve-year-old. This was the most recent addition to this page and so I felt pretty comfortable nuking it.  See changelog for details. Rob 19:15, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I think you did well. Thanks. --Johnnyw 20:59, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Wow, THANK YOU, I'm so sorry I didn't catch that sooner. What rubbish.--Cassius987 04:51, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Removed text that said Maynard, after his April's Fools Day announcement, died from a "roundhouse kick-related death". (since Chuck Norris is most-likely a fan of Tool)

Capitalization of Jesus in quotes. If Maynard didn't capitalize it, and it's a quote, shouldn't it read, "found jesus" as opposed to "found Jesus"? --Scott

Name
In the short form, he's commonly refered to as Maynard, not Keenan. At least, in my experience, anyway. I'm too lazy to go change it right now, though.
 * Erm... this being an encyclopedia, people are generally referred to by surname where fitting. MrHate 02:17, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

but joey stalin's last name is actually Dzhugashvili and we still call him stalin. i say we follow convention and refer to him as maynard. (@)

Bring Me The Disco King
This song was mentioned twice in his appearances, and the second time, John Frusciante's presence on the track was added without necessity. I removed the second mention, the first was more objective.

Freeworld
Later, after a prolonged legal battle with their former label Freeworld Entertainment, the members of Tool...

Wasn't it Zoo? --Cassius987 06:14, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It probably was Volcano/Zoo, yes, don't know of Freeworld.. --Johnnyw July 6, 2005 03:19 (UTC)


 * it was volcano. you nitwits need to read the faq at down.toolshed.net.  (@)
 * after reading this article, you might have witnessed, that the correct change has already been made months ago. but thanks for your contribution. --Johnnyw 02:35, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Portrait photo
okay this is a way better pic of maynard: http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/8449/maynardjameskeenan369x5639oj.jpg change it now plz thx

Tool 1991-2001?

 *  He played in Tool (1991-2001); A Perfect Circle (1999-2001).
 * NO they fucking diddn't homie, he started tool in '90 --anonymous
 * dude, tool started in 1990. not '91 --anonymous #2

What's with that? This suggests he stopped singing for either in 2001. I'm pretty sure that's not true..? -- Sam


 * Yeah... also, this page needs some help =\. -- ugen64


 * I guess this is obsolete? As far as I can see, the page now just links to the Tool article, where the correct information can be found. --Johnnyw 20:17, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

where is blu? and where is luv?[ee63]

-i suppose now would be a bad time to point out that they have a new cd in production...and apc has put out two cds (because emotive was such a lowly piece of crap that i'm not counting it here)

A Perfect Circle Defunct?
User:69.115.141 added that as of 2006 A Perfect Circle is defunct. Is this accurate? AmiDaniel (Talk) 06:29, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I tried to find any evidence suggesting so, but couldn't. The only information I could gather is more than a year old, stating that APC will reconvene after the current Tool release/tour: "We're gonna hopefully reconvene a couple of years from now, after Maynard's done doing his thing with Tool and I'm done doing my thing with whatever that's gonna be called, and if Jeordie's available and James and Josh, then bring them around, and maybe Troy and Paz, it works out that they come back, I don't know... you just never know what's going to happen." (Howerdel) --Johnnyw 15:33, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

The article states he confirmed APC is over for good. That is not exactly true. He stated in a French interview that the band has no immediate plans for new tours and releases, however refused to literarly say that the band had split up. So claiming that APC is dead, is maybe a bit looking too far without any member using those words? It is not sure if they will ever re-unite, but it's not something that is out of question. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 170.65.192.6 (talk • contribs) 14:09, 2006 October 25 (UTC)

Maynard is a Skinhead?
"left the military to join the skinhead movement at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan" who the hell wrote that, and is it true? what am I missing here???? why doesn't this make no @#% sense?
 * Both of the edits by 166.77.6.4 have the same quality of vandalism to them, I checked the contrib log of 166.77.6.4 and noticed another batch of vandalism of this page back on 2006 March 20. I am removing those two edits. — Asatruer 19:46, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

picture
i've uploaded a picture of Maynard which i believe meets the proper licensing criteria (someone please correct me if i'm wrong). if it does and you guys like it as a main portrait for this page, then i'll (or someone can) add it into the page. i just thought i'd get a consensus first - don't wanna post a picture no one likes. Image:20060511_035447_AE11_tool.jpg H. merkin 03:56, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

ok, up it goes H. merkin 14:31, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Top Photo is horrible
ANYONE please find a picture that is safe to upload via copyright standards and REPLACE that horrific black and white picture of MJK from years and years ago!

What're you talking about? It's fucking hilarious. Pretty boy, goody-two shoes Maynard.

Maynard a Scientologist?
I was wondering if anyone knew if Maynard is a Scientologist, he has many references to L. Ron Hubbard in his work, he he just critising his work or what? Teh mephisto 17:09, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

"fuck l. ron hubbard and fuck all his clones" -aenima (http://www.stanford.edu/~npai/wallowing.html) -plexitox


 * I don't think a scientologist would consider their fellow peers mere sheep. (See Maynard biting remarks and gestures at his concert at some Scientology concert). Plexitox pretty much hit it right on the spot with the excerpt from Aenima; showing that people should actually listen to music. --ShadowJester07 04:47, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Keenan and Allah?
In light of the conflict in the Middle East and Keenan's view of religion, does anyone know if Keenan has called Allah or Mohammad punks (as he did concerning Jesus) or said fuck Allah and Mohammad (as he did concerning L. Ron Hubbard), or does he simply reserve his animus for the religion of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and for Scientology? --dawg
 * Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.? Who said anything about MLK Jr? The majority of the US believes in Jesus, thats why he writes songs about it.  Why doesnt he call figures from the jewish, mormon, hindu, pagan, etc, religion punks?  It has nothing to do with martin luther king jr, thats for sure. Most of his comments on religion can be applied to any religion: http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/quote-k.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.17.128.75 (talk) 18:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Statutory Rape
Are we going to not cover the time he was arrested in the late '90s for statutory rape (the photo is out there somewhere) because it's a positive, fan-run page?
 * If it is verifiable from reliable sources, than it should be in this bio article, but if it is not than it should not per WP:BLP—Asatruer 12:21, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

i can find no evidence of this. it would be a matter of public record, and i see nothing to support this as fact, as of now.The undertow 00:19, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I count 50 unique Google hits for "maynard james keenan" and "statutory rape", and these seem to be in different paragraphs in these webpages. Sounds like a hoax to me.--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 13:44, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Image MIA?
Does anyone know what happened to the image that was previously on top of the page? --ShadowJester07 00:39, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * That image was improperly licensed. According to its Flickr page, the author did not allow commercial or derivative use (cc tag cc-by-nc-nd-2.0). Such images are not allowed according to Wikipedia image use policy. If you were to contact the author and get permission to relicense the photo under cc-by-2.0 or cc-by-sa-2.0, then it could be used. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 05:34, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Contradictions
1.

The section 'Biography' claims "That same year Keenan explained in an interview conducted by French magazine "Rock Hard", that his band A Perfect Circle is not only on hiatus due to the release of Tool's fourth full-length studio album, but finished."

The introductory paragraph still claims APC is on hiatus. The former is sourced, should we go with that?

2.

The section 'Maynard and Comedy' states "he is featured wearing a wig as the lead singer of a fictitious band "Puscifer,"".

The section 'As Puscifer' lists a number of tracks that are officially credited as Puscifer, and there are many external links to Puscifer sites. Am I right in being able to remove "a fictitious"?

Rickythakrar 10:49, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

UPDATE: I jus realised that Puscifer didn't exist when the comedy sketch aired, and that Puscifer was named after the sketch. Rickythakrar 10:53, 4 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, there was a similar problem with a Puscifer reference on the Adam Jones page that got cleaned up in much the same way. Puscifer is in fact in existance and has created at least two tracks (Rev 22:20 and The Undertaker).  I also polished the grammar up a bit on the page. Deutschebag17 17:42, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Source of name
Is it perhaps worth mentioning that the source of Maynard's assumed name is almost certainly John Maynard Keynes? This really jumped out at me when I took a political science class a few years back, and frankly I can't imagine where the hell else he got the name Maynard from. I was surprised when I saw that it wasn't mentioned in the article already. 71.193.152.63 13:50, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

what are u talking about? What makes u think he got "Maynard" from the British Economist John Maynard Keynes??!? Because they now have the same initials in different orders? Have u never heard the name Maynard before?? Get off the dope.

Well I for one would love to know what the actual source of his nickname is, if anyone knows. I have only heard he picked it up while in army training, which tells you nothing.Machine Man (talk) 04:59, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Infobox image
Flickr came through again, user deep schismic was gratious enough to post two concert pictures from the Roskilde Festival under a cc-by-sa-2.0 license. Here are a few variations for your consideration:

The selection of Image:Maynard James Keenan Roskilde 1.jpg was cursory, does any one of the above seem like a better fit? ˉˉanetode╦╩ 10:49, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Singing Abilities
Sorry if this is irrelevant, but is anyone sure on Keenans singing specifics as in range, vocal weight, and further classifications? Does anyone else think this info would be useful? 67.186.225.14 03:51, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think this would be amazing info to put into the article, if someone who is familiar with Maynard's work can classify it. I know his voice is great, but knowing exactly the range and other classifications would be good to define just HOW good.  If you can do such a thing, please do.  Coreydaj 05:50, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Nobody would be able to do this without original research. Also it would be impossible due to the amount of effects he uses on his voice. In particular, the pitch shifter he uses to harmonize. Sometimes he does 5th(like in Schism), sometimes an octave, we can never tell what's real and what's not. I can say he has a high upper range though. Wikidan829 20:05, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi all,

Does anyone know of any links regarding Keenan's vocal education? Regarding techniques such as placement, upper register strength, overall ability, there seems to be a marked shift from Opiate/Undertow "era" to Anima onwards. Of course, the change in producers must be accounted for also, including production values, effects, and the large amounts of compression on the tracks. Also, his age may be a factor for the change in tonal qualities of his voice in post-undertow work. More than anything, I think he had some type of training before Anima, but effects, etc are important too in understanding Keenan as a vocalist. Also, comparing and contrasting keenan's singing APC v Tool could be interesting, not to mention examine the raw vocal tracks floating on the internet somewhere on some "Judith" re-mix. Really, if these things could be asked in an interview, that would be helpful. Then again, I don't think he'd discuss it; and besides, I wouldn't trust anything that guy said.

If anyone knows of anything regarding the above subject matter, e.g. internet links, or magazine, journal articles, could you please leave a post?

Cheers, Dave
 * Not to discourage you, but I doubt you're going to find anything. I doubt he has any formal training and he just sings what he sings, and that's it. Wikidan829 04:30, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, keenans voice has changed a lot since earlier days. Where he once sang with aggression it is now replaced with a more whiny nasal tone, especially high notes. It's probably just his age or just new ways he has learned to sing a song differently. He did sing in the the glee club in early days and had earlier bands. This is off subject but, did maynard join the army or west point or whatever before or after those 2 earlier bands? Cause in videos of CAD (i think)on youtube he looks and sounds really young. 67.177.35.89 06:13, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

d'Amour and Carey
This page claims that the Tool line-up was completed by Carey, but the Tool page says the line-up was completed by d'Amour. Which one joined Tool first?
 * Gotta be d'Amour. The story goes that Maynard and Adam wanted to jam, asked a few drummers, neither of which appeared, Danny, a neighbor, felt bad and filled in for them. I'd assume the bassist came last, but this can definitely be sourced.. Wikidan829 11:52, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Maynard's religion?
What exactly is his religion? Is he atheist? Nairanvac 00:12, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Felicia Fox
Removing bit about the affair, I think it's overblown. All I could find on it is "100 Things you need to know about Felicia Fox..." which basically says she's a fan, but it also says she's a fan of half a dozen other people. --AnonEMouse (squeak) 15:01, 10 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I was just reading this -- ancient history, I know. I am xxx actress Felicia Fox, now known as my birth name of Beth Wentz. I live in Ohio and I am no longer active in adult. Maynard and I met while at A Perfect Circle show in Dayton, Ohio on the Mer de Noms tour. He asked me to meet him in his hotel room a few months later -- he was staying in Indianapolis during Tool's Lateralus tour. I was given a laminate and travelled on the tour bus with Maynard, Danny, Adam and Justin to Toledo. I also was able to see several other shows on that tour, such as Phoenix, Albuquerque, and Los Angeles. Maynard and I hooked up frequently when we were able, generally while on the road or at his home in the Hollywood Hills. After roughly two years or so, we stopped seeing each other. It was an amicable parting -- I thought he was great, and he always treated me wonderfully. 2600:1700:EDE0:4E30:90E6:21D:3078:89EA (talk) 13:50, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Missing song from the Contributions section.
Just wanted to let you guys know there is another song that Perfect circle had on a Movie soundtrack, Its "The outsider (renholder Apocalypse remix)" Which is on the Resident Evil Apocalypse soundtrack. Thought this should be added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.168.53 (talk) 15:01, 15 December 2007 (UTC)