Birth Name: James Herbert Keenan
Birthday: April 17, 1964
Quick Facts: Maynard was a
Kiss maniac when he was 12. His first concert
was
Rick Springfield. He was voted 'most artistic' by his
high school senior
class.
Maynard has a son named
Devo who was born August 5, 1995. He practices
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, occasionally under
Rickson Gracie. Has paintings by
Ramiro
Rodriguez hanging on his apartment walls.
Full Bio: Maynard was born to a
Baptist family and grew up with an
older sister in
Ravenna,
Ohio.
Maynard attended Brown Jr High and then
Ravenna
High school through the 10th grade until he moved to
Michigan. There he attended
Mason County Central High School in
Scottville, MI. By the time he entered
the army, in 1982, he had lived in
Ohio,
Michigan,
New Jersey,
New York,
Oklahoma,
Kansas and
Texas.
Maynard was a member of the
United States Military Academy ("
West Point")
prep school class of 1984. He was member of the
cross country and
wrestling
teams, the
glee club, and the "
Knight Crier." References to the
Honor Code
"I will not lie, cheat, or steal, or tolerate those who do"; and to the term '
tool'
probably came from this experience.
Maynard quit the military to study
art, which eventually led to a job in
LA
applying spatial design concepts (called "
Feng Shui") to remodeling pet stores.
While
Maynard was in
Michigan, he attended the
Kendall College of Art & Design,
which is one of the best in that area. His
artwork is rumored to be very
abstract.
Maynard was friends with
Gillian Anderson while he was at
Kendall.
Before
Tool, in the 80's,
Maynard was in
Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty
(
C.A.D.) that released an independent cassette called '
Fingernails'. He was
also in another band called
TexAns.
Maynard met
Danny Carey in
LA when they were neighbors.
Danny let
Maynard
and
Adam use his practice space, and ended up playing with them a few times.
Maynard's father is a retired high school teacher from
Mason County Central
Highschool in
Scottville,
Michigan. They get along fine and
Maynard visits
home every year.
Maynard is rumored to reside near
Sedona,
Arizona.
Maynard is currently involved in a second project called '
A Perfect Circle,'
though he is still very much a part of
Tool. He has also become
engaged to
his
girlfriend.
thanks to:
toolshed.down.net