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Backbeat Books has announced the release of a biography of Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan. It will be written by Sarah Jenson and will be released in fall 2016.

Keenan, 51, is also frontman for Puscifer and A Perfect Circle. The multi-talented musician is also a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, had his time in comedy and acting and happens to own two vineyards.

Keenan told Rolling Stone, “Most people want to hear the kiss-and-tell crap, the garbage on the bus. That’s boring to me. ‘We threw a piano out a window!’ That’s been done a million times before even Buddy Rich was around. Just a lot of things that you read in biographies, I feel like they’re just kiss-and-tell war stories.”

He added, “The ones I prefer are when they get more into the psychology and the decision-making process, not really who you know and ‘… then I met the president.’ Those are boring. I’m more concerned about or more interested in crossroads, where the person in their story comes to a crossroads, and they make a decision, and you see the effects, the cause-and-effect process of those decisions.”

Keenan refers to the book as a “semi-autobiography” adding, “I didn’t really want to write it as an autobiography, first-person — I’d rather have it be more in story form, like you’re kind of along for the journey, with sidebars by me throughout, in my voice, kind of expanding on particular instances or anecdotes. But for the most part, it’s just she and I on the phone a couple times a week, just going over timelines, going over stories.”

The release of the book may also coincide with the release of Tool’s long awaited album. In the mean time you can listen to Puscifer’s new album and catch them on tour this Fall starting November 1.