{"id":2024423,"date":"2025-09-15T20:33:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2024423"},"modified":"2025-09-15T20:33:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:33:43","slug":"maynard-james-keenan-talks-nz-ozzy-osbourne-rock-2000-and-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/maynard-james-keenan-talks-nz-ozzy-osbourne-rock-2000-and-new-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Maynard James Keenan talks NZ, Ozzy Osbourne, Rock 2000 and new music"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tool\u2019s Maynard James Keenan recently joined our very own Bryce Casey from The Rock\u2019s Morning Rumble for a yarn ahead of their recently-announced Auckland show this November.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out all the ticketing and event details for Tool’s one-off NZ show <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Maynard\u2019s favourite things about New Zealand<\/strong><\/h4>\n

When asked about his memories of performing here, Maynard admitted the shows themselves blur together. What really stands out for him? \u201cOf course, the wineries,\u201d he said. Classic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBlack sand beach and visiting Serj [Tankian], and, you know, seeing Sam Neill and going to wineries. New Zealand to me is the people I know there,\u201d he said, while giving a shout out to Hawke\u2019s Bay, Waiheke, and Two Paddocks reds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asked if he\u2019d be bringing anything with him this time after previously carrying Covid into New Zealand back in 2020, Maynard joked, \u201cYeah. This brand new, you probably haven\u2019t had it yet – chlamydia. Just a little bit, just the tip. That\u2019s all you need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Honoring Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Tool recently performed at Back to the Beginning<\/em>, the massive tribute show for Ozzy and Sabbath. With Ozzy\u2019s passing still raw, the moment carried extra weight in what Maynard called an \u201cIrish style living wake\u201d for the Prince of Darkness.<\/p>\n

Maynard\u2019s history with the Osbourne family goes back to Ozzfest \u201998, and while he didn\u2019t get to see Ozzy on the day of the tribute gig, he did see him in October last year at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in Ohio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to reconnect with him in Cleveland at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and then be able to go over to Birmingham and contribute our time for that was an honour.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tool and Israel Adesanya<\/strong><\/h4>\n

We had UFC legend Israel Adesanya in recently, where he told Bryce that he listens to Pneuma<\/em> in the locker room before he fights. Naturally, we recorded a message from Izzy to Maynard, relaying the sentiment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a 12-minute masterpiece that gets me ready for war,\u201d Izzy said in the video he recorded for Maynard, which Bryce played.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Maynard\u2019s reaction? A shocked \u201cFuck off! Really?\u201d, before demanding someone make sure he actually gets to meet Izzy at their Auckland show in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Rock 2000 Countdown<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Tool are always a heavyweight in The Rock 2000 countdown. Maynard\u2019s advice for voters? \u201cMake 19 of your votes Tool\u2026 and the 20th one should be the Pina Colada Song.\u201d<\/p>\n

Too bad voting closed last month, but cool to hear he thought the countdown sounded \u2018awesome.\u2019<\/p>\n

Is New Tool Music Coming?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Fans hoping for a definitive \u201cyes\u201d on new material will have to wait. Maynard kept it cryptic, saying \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d when Bryce posed the question.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re in the band, man\u201d Bryce laughed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, yeah, but, you know, those guys have to get together and chase their tails until they’re done chasing their tails, and then I can come in,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, I have to wait until I hear something. There is nothing, and there might be something, but I haven’t heard it, so.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, he\u2019s confirmed he\u2019s finished a new Puscifer record set to come out next year, and is eyeing up more work with A Perfect Circle.<\/p>\n

Maynard\u2019s favourite song to perform, and favourite possession<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Maynard\u2019s current favorite song to perform is Invincible<\/em>, and his prized possession is a framed, autographed original KISS poster from their very first record release.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s them in their original outfits with smoke around them. I think Peter Criss has a dagger in his hand. It’s the original, original, original first Kiss poster, and I have one. I’ve had it since high school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Epic.<\/p>\n

Tool remains one of the most loved rock bands in Aotearoa, with this country being one of the highest Tool-music-purchasers per capita in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Maynard clearly has a connection to New Zealand – even if he\u2019s just as excited about checking out the local reds and bringing over a new strain of something with him.<\/p>\n

Tool are all set to play a one-off Spark Arena show at Auckland\u2019s Spark Arena on November 22nd. Don\u2019t miss it – grab all of the event details and ticketing information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rova.nz \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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