There are very few people who hold multiple professions all together, especially in the music industry of music. Today in our blog we are going to tell you about America’s one such personality who is not just a singer but an actor too. In this article we are going to discuss Maynard James Keenan, his band, wife, acting career and more.
Maynard James Keenan : A Multi-Talented Personality
Maynard James Keenan was born in Ravenna, Ohio in 1964. Maynard James is a songwriter, singer and a philanthropist. He was the member of a band named Tool as A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer. He is now living in Los Angeles to maintain his career. There are many layers in his life which we are going to learn in the below sections of the blog. Before entering into the world of music he was also part of the American Army where he served for a few years.
Maynard James Keenan Birthday And Age
Maynard James Keenan Birthday comes on 17th of April 1964 so his age is around 60 years old. This means he was working in the music industry for a long period of time. His looks defines as a middle aged bald man. He recently celebrated his 60th birthday with his musical tours which he named Sessanta. He had done this tour with his band and celebrated his birthday with them.
Education Qualifications
He went to a local school which is situated in his hometown. After this he went to the United States Army where he got admission into Military Academy Preparatory School. Here some of the batchmates gave him a nickname “Maynard”. After this he started using this in his name. When he went to live with his father then he also completed his graduation from Mason County Central High School located in Scottville. There he was also part of the wrestling club.
Connection Of Maynard James Keenan With His Family
He was born and brought up in Ohio, United states. He was very close to his mother whose name is Judith Marie. That is the reason he created two songs with her name which are ‘Wings for Marie’ and ‘Judith’. Her mother got divorced with his father when he was just 3 years old. He didn’t even meet his father for over 12 years after his parents got divorced. But he had shifted with her father after a stroke happened to his mother. When he was 16 years old he went to live with his father which he considered to be the step he would take in his life. His father was the coach of the wrestling team in the college he went to completes his graduation. But, he also leaves coaching when his son also graduates.
Maynard James Keenan wife
He married Lei Li Ki in 2012. He kept his marriage life private and doesn’t really share much about her on his social media. But back in the year 2021 he shared a post about his wife in which praise his wife for battling from cancer. Together with her wife he opens a cafe which they together name Quinnb Vinyl Cafe. She is very passionate about this business and often shares some behind the scenes from this cafe. Lei Li Ki is also very much active on social media and has around 40 thousand followers.
Maynard James Keenan Kid
Mynard has a son also whose name is Devo. He sang Backing vocals for A Perfect Circle’s Thirteenth Step. He was also given a solo cello performance for the 50th birthday of his father Maynard James keenan.
Maynard James keenan bands
Throughout his career he had been part of In total 3 bands. Here are the list of these Bands :
- Tool
- A Perfect Circle
- Puscifer
Rape Allegations On Maynard James keenan
In the year 2018 and young woman accused James for doing her rape back in the 2000s. This went on fire when it was released into public. Later on he denied all of the rumors which spread around him. He says all of these rumors are “despicable false claims’’ . While all of this is happening he upload a tweet on twitter which says“Many thanks to those of you who saw right through this despicable false claim that only does damage to the #MeToo movement,” He also mentioned “And shame on those of you who perpetuate this destructive clickbait. As for my delayed but un-required response, I had my phone off. You should try it.” The woman uploaded her video with all the claims on her youtube channel.
Maynard James Keenan Net Worth
There are few reports which mention his accumulated net worth. They say Maynard James Keenan net worth is around 60 million. All of this income comes from his work in music and musical tours which she does on the time basis. He also promotes all of his tours on his instagram also with the name of Tool Music. Here he promotes all of his work and music tours. On this account he has over 1.2 millions followers.