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Just a couple of snippets of news from Toolband/Army. As well as wishing happy birthday to Minsun, and reminding us of a VOLTO! show on Friday the 19th of October, Blair tells us that Danny has had some followup surgery on his arm. From the tone of the post it doesn’t sound like anything too serious, but we all hope there are no further complications regardless. They also remind us… Read More »Danny’s Arm, Butcher
Butcher, featureing Adam‘s wife Camella, as well as Sasha are playing at the Knitting Factory in LA on the 16th of October. No word on who might be supporting the band, but apparently they will be debuting their new bass player. More details may be found on the Butcher website, though as I write this there are no further details than what I’ve already given you. Alterati have posted part… Read More »Butcher Show, Lustmord Interview
Ray Carney has recently interviewed Camella Grace (Adam’s wife) and she talks about many things, including Spiral Eyes, Butcher and working on the videos for the Tool live shows. Check it out at Alterati.
I arrived back home in sunny Yeppoon a few hours ago and though I’d drop you all a quick line letting you know that I’m back, and that Fourth Eye will resume it’s normal programming tomorrow. That’s not to say Charred Remains did a bad job, in fact it looks like he’s done a pretty damn good one…. The honeymoon was awesome! Jo and I saw plenty of amazing animals… Read More »Back in Black
klaxmexalix on Toolarmy posts that Tool will be hosting Rage (an Australian TV music video show) on Saturday the 6th of May. Make sure you tune in, and trust them to put it on a night when I can’t stay up and watch….. There’s yet another Vicarious leak going around. This one sounds reasonably trippy and slow, but as usual the vocals and general quality of the clip lead me… Read More »Rage, Leak, Butcher
In the recent CoSM Newsletter, it briefly talks about the 10,000 Days artwork. Nothing particularly new though: Many fans have inquired regarding the album art TOOL has released on Amazon for pre-sale of the album. The cover is an adaptation of Alex Grey’s painting, Net of Being. Blair on Toolband/Army posts today that Butcher played recently with some disturbing new artwork. He also mentions that Volto are playing in the… Read More »Alex Grey Comments, Butcher/Volto/Tool Live
A couple of quick snippets from around the web: It’s been mentioned in several places, in particular on Toolnavy that US radio will be playing the new single sometime between the 12th and the 17th of April. Not long to go now. Of course if memory serves me correctly, Schism was available from the Tool website a good week or so before Triple J played it for the first time… Read More »Singles, Butcher, Artwork, Tours
According the Billboard: Rock act Tool will break a five-year silence on May 2 with its next album, “10,000 Days.” No other details have yet been revealed about the Volcano Records project, which is the follow-up to 2001’s “Lateralus.” That set debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 2.3 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Tool will play its first U.S. show… Read More »Billboard, Amazon, Isis+Butcher
Accordin to Isis‘ Myspace site, they’re heading out on tour in the US from March through until May. Word is that Butcher will be supporting them when the play in LA. No sign of the touring with Tool just yet. Maybe later in the year……Or better yet, maybe they’ll come down to Australia with them.
Long time friend of Tool and Butcher bass guitaris Scott Reeder is having a listening party for his new solo CD Tunnelvision Brilliance. Check it out on AOL from the 23rd of January through to the 29th. Also, take a look at the Underworld:Evolution soundtrack which is also available there at the moment. In case you’ve forgotted Puscifer are on the CD. Firefox fans be wary, those tools at AOL… Read More »Scott Reeder Listening Party