He’s the genitalia-
obsessed frontman
for one of rock’s most
successful bands.
But with his new side
project (and winery!),
Tool’s Maynard James
Keenan wants to be
nothing less than a
one-man brand.
“Welcome to Arizona.” Maynard James

Keenan groans it more than speaks it, a strangulated thanksforcomingdude

made even less robust by body

language: He has his back turned

and is rushing ten feet ahead of me

through the fertile arbor of the Page

Springs Vineyard & Cellars. It’s noon

and a brainpan-frying 95 degrees here

in northern Arizona’s Verde Valley—in

Keenan’s mind a natural time to have

just biked the 15 miles from his home

to this verdant wine-making paradise.

As he presses on, he clutches a bottle of

water in one hand and an iced chai in

the other. Both drinks are for him. But

what the notoriously reclusive rock

star seems incapable of exuding in

warmth, he repays in splendor,

by leading me onto a deck that

suspends, spectacularly, over

the languid waters of Oak

Creek. A tributary of the Verde

PUSCIFER

BY JOHN MCALLEY \\\ PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOÃO CANZIANI

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