Maynard has been interviewed recently on Chilean radio station Futuro 88.9FM in the leadup to coming Puscifer and A Perfect Circle shows, and despite being told not to, it appears they asked some questions about Tool. According to Google Translate*:
Maynard, do you have plans to come to Chile with Tool?
No. At this time, no.
I also read that there is a possibility of having a new Tool album soon.
No new disk. Not this year.
Is there plans?
I have not written any songs. So no, there is nothing.
There you go. I guess rumours of an impending South American Tool tour are bogus, nor does it reveal anything we don’t really already know on the new album.
The interview also suggests that the upcoming Puscifer shows in South American (and by extension I’m including Australia) will be more about the music than the theatrics, mainly due to the logistics of moving gear around.
Thanks to Domingo for the link!
*If anyone fancies writing a more accurate translation, then feel free!
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“Personally I think The Fragile is a laughable piece of teen angst-y shit.
“Industrial” music for Smashing Pumpkins fans.”
HAHA, i dont mind the fragile but i didnt buy Reznors doom and gloom on it so much. with the downward spiral i still feel he meant what he said. he wasnt being whiny or fake..but i agree and have said in the last few years nine inch nails is a kids band. their good when your a teenager. but once i got older i just cant listen to that stuff anymore. even the old stuff thats good, i just cant do it… so its good for young people but i think it doesnt hold up as well when you get older.
maynards got a pickle up his ass. i think people try to justify that. good point about keeping the magic their and being all esoteric. i have def thought of that and they like to keep tool secretive..but at the same time i think its a tad far reaching and not true when they keep the same attitude and be stupid about it year after year. the ‘magic’ wears off with that b.s….. more so maynard..danny seems happy to not be so stupid about it…. and adam doesnt talk and no one really interviews justin anyway..so were screwed!
(and u cant listen to blair..like i even had to say that but i did! haha)
Gah :
toolphishdhs
February 5, 2013 at 5:56 pm
I have a new “theory” and that is that Adam is out of ideas when it comes to music. Dude cant write 8-10 songs in 6 +years? i think he said everything he wanted to say and is struggling finding a way to end Tool with a record good enough to be called a Tool record.
Maybe that little tidbit in the latest newsletter outlining major news in f=the first weeks of February is that the album won’t be out this year. That would be Blair’s biggest dogact.
I could not care less if either one of you all likes The Fragile, but to call it “fake” is is wrong. The Fragile was written while going through addiction problems and the death of his Grandmother (who raised him).
I LOVE The Downward Spiral but it has WAY more “fake” in it than The Fragile.
“toolphishdhs
February 5, 2013 at 5:56 pm
I have a new “theory” and that is that Adam is out of ideas when it comes to music. Dude cant write 8-10 songs in 6 +years? i think he said everything he wanted to say and is struggling finding a way to end Tool with a record good enough to be called a Tool record.”
Agreed, he is running out of ideas and this may have started during the Lateralus tour. He turned a tour jam into a song(s) for the next album (Wings for Marie/1000Days). Yep, he is running out of ideas…too busy with *cough* Yoko Ono*cough, I meant Korin or whatever her name is.
Reasonably sure the February news will most likely be a tour announcement. Certainly no chance that it was Maynard’s “news”.
It would be hilarious if it was a tour of Chile.
Fucking so much this.
I know music journalism is fucking pissweak, guys, but do your research. Ugh.
The Fragile is arguably NIN’s greatest work.
The interviewer asked Maynard to say hi to all the fans in Chile who will be seeing him at Lollapalooza. He got butthurt and acted like there was a bad connection. Right after that he got questioned about Tool so of course he’s gonna give bullshit answers. But even if there isn’t a new album this year, it could be worse. They could pull a MBV and make us wait 22 years….
It wasn’t just that, he was trying to get him to do one of those radio promo things you always hear. And you KNOW he doesn’t want to do one of those. Haha. Fuck, I wouldn’t either.
@Crow: nice to see someone else who knows this stuff.
Anyway, Blair just added a one sentence post about New Zealand and Waitang Day, so I’m guessing they’re getting some shows, which means there’s a decent shot for Australia as well.
Yea New Zealand shows would be epic! Noooot going to make it though.
Has Mog posted on this thread yet? This is perfect for one of his rants. Where are ya buddy? lol
One more rant for you bro. Fuck Tool. Sorry that’s all the rage I have left.
I am passing the torch to you and snaz. My disgruntled brothers from another mother.
Just wanted to post the new Intronaut song. Maybe yap with Kittaan and Edin about the new Steven Wilson album when it comes out later this month. Sad part is, there just really isn’t many good music forums around any longer. This is about as good as it gets at the moment. Don’t believe me? Go check out the Toolband Reddit. *cringes*
Hasn’t there been some injury within the band that halts production for any album they’ve put out?
It was a minor injury that should’ve been healed by now according to the last newsletter. Any guesses who it might’ve been?
My guess is Danny.
It was definitely Danny. Mikeywheels “confirmed” it when he posted about it on Facebook.
Yeah, I didn’t really figure it was Adam or Justin. It sounded like something Danny would’ve done and the way Blair phrased it pretty much cinched it for me.
I’m excited for yall down under who might get to see Tool. But fuckin a, i hope a tour is used to clock in some major writing/composing time. 2014 feels like a very long time from now. I get the the whole secrecy things because it really does works and keeps us interested in Tool. But this is taking a little too long with not much given on the progress of the album. Hopefully more interviews with Danny will pop up soon.
I know a lot of you guys/gals have been getting increasingly frustrated about this sort of thing but I don’t see a point to it. What are you going to do about it? Write a nasty comment and assume that it’s going to shame them in to making a new album for you? Not happening. I was extremely grateful for when 10,000 Days came out mainly because I feared they were going to retire or break up. I first found them after they were done touring for Lateralus when I was 15 or 16 and thought I might never see them live because they were an older band. Thankfully, I got to see them one time on the 10,000 Days tour and it still to this day is my favorite concert. Would I prefer them to come out with a new album this year? Hell yes, but I’m not the decision maker there. They will do what they want and none of you will be able to do anything about it. Might was well just go with it or stop being a fan if it pisses you off. I hope we get to have one more album of original material before they call it quits though because I am in a much better place financially to be able to go see more shows this time around. Thankfully, I’ve seen APC twice and Puscifer three times now.
***Puts flame suit on***
^ Translation: Open wallet. Bend Over.
Shit like the above post would have incited a Category 5 level rant back in the day. Now, I just laugh and eat cookies while you Tool fans get pounded in the rectum.
Anyhoo, remember kiddos, new Intronaut in March and new Steven Wilson in three weeks.
Jesus loves Meshuggah
Enjoy
ah, i didnt say i didnt like the fragile. its the last really good nin album imo. and i know im not the only one that thinks that way. but as far as ‘do your research’ about it what does that have anything to do with it? nothing. its how i feel on it with the lyrics and his ‘too fucked up to care anymore’ just seems a bit whiny and fake to me. i know what he went thru and all that….i just dont buy it. not on that album! but who gives a fuck anyway… lol i mean seriously.
I love Tool! Fuck yeah TOOL!!!! RAGE IT!!
Seriously though. Some call me disgruntled, I say I’m just seriously mis-understood. Like a whore who goes to church every Sunday. Not saying I’m a man-whore or that I go to church. Sometimes a good man-whoring does a body right though, as long as you’re careful.
Some also say I go off on random tangents all the time. Not sure what gives them that thought.
not hating on the fragile. Just using that a reference point. TR himself said the record was all over the place and hurt by the super long time he spent working on it. I personally love the fragile.
Ravenpig February 5, 2013 at 6:12 pm
I’m guessing Smithers said that about The Fragile because of its weak sales compared to The Downward Spiral.
not referring to sales. think anticipation….. and expectations. which over time grow, so that nothing can ever meet said expectations. again. shit takes forever with them. but its always been this way.
Think there’s a bit of merit in the AJ comment
“They are all working, not just maynard. It’s taking a while, that’s fine. “- Snazzlefrass
Work?!? They should count themselves blessed they don’t have a 9-6 job everyday..now that is WORK. To them work constitutes of overseas holidays, proposing at WWF events, getting hurt doing teenage activities like riding on scooters, etc etc. In no way is that work – more like a HOLIDAY. No wonder they haven’t got shit done in almost a decade. Lethargic and neglectful. Maynard got more output in the last few years than TOOL’s whole catalog.