TOOL's Maynard James Keenan challenges Florida drag laws at Welcome to Rockville

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Maynard James Keenan used TOOL's first show of the year to make what appears to be a brave political statement. During last night's (May 21st) headlining performance at Florida's Welcome to Rockville fest, TOOL's singer took the stage in drag, donning prosthetic breasts, a blonde wig and over-the-top lipstick in a pointed defiance of the state's recent anti-drag legislation, which threatens the viability of drag performances and aims to criminalize expressions of trans and LGBTQ pride throughout Florida.

In one recently signed bill by Governor Ron DeSantis, minors are prohibited from all drag events in the state, and since Welcome to Rockville is an all-ages event, Keenan's getup technically challenged the state's new law in a not-so-subtle act of protest.

Of course, this isn't the first time Keenan has donned such a getup. The frontman has been wearing bizarre stage outfits throughout TOOL's entire history, and even wore fake boobs onstage during the band's Ænima era in the late Nineties.

In fact, in a recent interview on Steve-O's Wild Ride podcast, Keenan teased that he had some prosthetic breasts in his Amazon cart that he was ordering ahead of TOOL's upcoming live shows.
https://www.revolvermag.com/music/see-tools-maynard-james-keenan-challenge-florida-drag-laws-welcome-rockville

Ha ha, fuck you Desantis!

[Wingus Dingus]

1. Good ol' Maynard, keeping it weird--

one of my favorite musicians.

[ExciteBike66]

2. Right

Last time I saw tool Maynard stood in back facing away from the crowd the whole time.

[Wingus Dingus]

4. LOL--My husband is a huge Tool fan, he recalled some concert weirdness

but I don't remember what.

[MagickMuffin]

3. ALL BANDS SHOULD BE DOING THIS

It doesn’t matter what genre!


Make these authoritarians know that you can’t keep people from doing what they want to do.