![]() ![]() The first would be because somebody has convinced them that they're not good enough to achieve something great. There's probably three main reasons people read celebrity biographies. Seems like the majority of celebrity biographies really hinge on that sort of masturbatory approach. You mentioned not letting your personality or persona sort of dictating things. It's a pride and personal thing rather than being out and writing it out loud. I just don't usually do it with somebody in the room. To do that, sometimes you have to be pretty vulnerable. You work your whole life, in theory-some people do-on trying to correct your trajectory, or at least help deal with and transmute some of those negative energies into something positive. When you start digging up old wounds and stuff, things come out. Was there a vulnerability for you in revisiting some of these experiences? As it turns out, for Keenan, there's a hell of a lot more to talk about. Instead, we talked about things less likely to irritate the living shit out of someone who, surprisingly, becomes agitated when constantly asked the same question about the same thing. As it happens, the band didn't come up once in our recent hour-long conversation to discuss A Perfect Union of Contrary Things, his biography published last month with author and childhood friend Sarah Jensen. When it was announced last year that he would be releasing a biography in 2016, conversations regarding the news naturally lent themselves to things like, "How much will he talk about Tool?" or "What about Tool?" or "Will there be a release date mentioned for the new Tool album?"Īnd yes, Keenan does take the time to discuss his role in Tool, the band that started it all for the man born James Herbert Keenan, with "started" being the operative word. Show to winemaking to god knows what else, Keenan's penchant for developing penchants extends well beyond an assortment of boredom-induced hobbies. Running down the list of accomplishments and projects from Tool to A Perfect Circle to Puscifer to guest starring on Mr.
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