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Shows are really strange. Sometimes you really don't know what to expect

Maynard James Keenan

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Maynard James Keenan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: April 17
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Ravenna
Ohio
James Herbert Keenan
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Strange
Shows
Sometimes
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We are eternal. All this pain is an illusion.
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Knuckle deep inside the borderline. This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to. Relax. Slip away.
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