A couple of quick ones today. Blair has advised us via Toolband/Army that Vicarious took the 100th spot in Rolling Stones recent Top 100 Guitar Songs list. Why Vicarious beat a whole shitload of other Tool songs is bound to be a source of debate. Also, Blabbermouth are reporting that Fuse will be broadcasting Mastodon‘s set from Bonnaroo live on the web on Sunday evening US time (Monday morning for… Read More »Rolling Stone Top 100, Mastodon Live
Scarletletterman from Toolarmy has put together a compilation ove live bootlegs with many of the guest musicians that have played with Tool over the years. It seems pretty comprehensive to me, so grab a copy from Megaupload. Big thumbs up! Here’s a list of the tracks: Holiday in Cambodia – with Jello Biafra ex-The Dead Kennedys- 12.11.07 Sober with Serj Tankian of System of A Down- 01.19.07 Lateralus with Tom… Read More »Tool – Special Guests Compilation
Last weeks poll was a litle controversial, in that several people couldn’t stomach the though of having anyone else other than Danny drumming to Tool. I’m somewhat in the same boat in that I believe he couldn’t be replaced, but these polls are about “what if” type situations, so I ask for your opinion on who could replace him, not whether or not he could be replaced. Personally, I’m a… Read More »Poll Results: Who could replace Danny?
I found this short interview with Justin today on Time-Off today. It’s not particularly long, but it does have a few interesting points: TO: Does the band choose which support acts it plays with? JC: “Yes, we completely decide that. It just comes down to what we’re into, and obviously everyone has different ideas about that – everyone’s got a different current thing that they love. So we just sort… Read More »Time Off interviews Justin
I know some people out there are interested in my opinion. If you’re not one of those, stop reading now. You won’t find (much) Tool information in this post. Since I don’t listen to every single album out there, rather than try and compile a top ten list out of the probably 11 albums I’ve listen to this year, I’m just going to post a few mini-reviews on albums that… Read More »Hellboy’s Best of 2006
Kel tells me that recent Tool tourmates Mastodon are coming down to Australia (and New Zealand). And to top things off, they’re playing with Slayer! What a gig! Here are the dates if you’re interested: Thursday 12th April Metro City Perth Saturday 14th April Thebarton Theatre Adelaide Sunday 15th April Vodafone Arena Melbourne Tuesday 17th April Horden Pavilion Sydney Thursday 19th April Riverstage Brisbane Saturday 21st April St. James Theatre… Read More »Mastodon Oz Tour
Triple J are running their annual Hottest 100 again this year, and for the first time in 5 years Tool are eligable. For those who don’t know what it is, Triple J is an annual online poll in which Triple J listeners vote for their favorite 10 tracks of the year. Then, normally around Australia Day, Triple J play a countdown of the top 100 tracks. Voting is open to… Read More »Triple J Hottest 100
Last weeks poll asked who who you would prefer see Tool tour with again. This options ai gave were made up of artists Tool have toured with in the last couple of tours. I was somewhat surprised to see King Crimson win the poll. I knew they were popular amongst Tool fans but didn’t expect them to win the poll. I voted for Tomahawk based pretty much on the fact… Read More »Tour Poll Results
Danny Carey and Brann Dailor from Mastodon took over the BBC Rock Show the other night, and it show is currently available for streaming on the website. Apparently this will only be available for the next week. Not really an interview as such, more the guys discussing drumming and playing a few tracks. Here’s what they picked: Mahavishnu Orchestra – ‘Meeting Of The Spirits’ (Sony) Isis – ‘ Holy Tears’… Read More »DC on the Rock Show, Tool Tickets
Blair posted the November Newsletter today. Seems to be the usual ramblings, this time about his trip to San Antonio. This is mainly in response to the cancelled show, and Blair mentions that the show will be rescheduled for the 2007 US tour. There have been plenty of photo’s posted for Toolarmy members, today there’s one of Adam, Camella and Brian May. Nice beard Adam, looks like those hairy guys… Read More »November Newsletter, Adam + Guitarist