bms46and2 posted on Toolnavy today a link to an interview with Maynard on Asahi.com. It’s a pretty short one, and really doesn’t cover much we haven’t already heard before, but I’m sure some of you completists out there will want to read anyway. Here’s an excerpt:
Maynard James Keenan, singer and lyricist with the U.S. heavy rock band Tool, has got a crush on Japan. “It’s my favorite place on Earth,” he gushed on the phone from Switzerland in the middle of a European tour, promoting Tool’s most recent album, “10,000 Days.” After seven trips to Japan, the thing that appeals most to him is the courtesy.
“That’s what I like–the courtesy, everybody knowing what they’re supposed to do and happy to do it,” he said.
I asked Keenan if his job as a singer in a heavy rock band is to be a “sanctioned wild man.” Isn’t he supposed to disapprove of such nerdy behavior and, instead, to take drugs, sleep with groupies and smash up hotel rooms?
“You know, I’m 42 and I haven’t smashed up one hotel room,” he said with a touch of irony, admitting that this is one of the common expectations of someone in his position.