Tool throw oranges at AZ crowd

Forget a signed poster, drumstick or head – are you lucky enough to score a Tool signed Orange?

Signed Oranges

Move over signed Lateralus and Salival, you now have a competitor…

There’s also an accompanying video (NOTE THE VIDEO DOESN’T HAVE SPOILERS BUT THE RELATED VIDEO TITLES DO!!), which I’m unable to watch at work. Thanks to polarbear_15 for the tip!

Tool Collection for sale

Toolboy is an avid Tool collector, and he emailed me the other day to tell me that it was time to part with his prized collection.  It features a range of items, most of which would interest a die hard Tool collector.  He’s preferably looking to sell the collection in one lot, and asked me to forward it to the Fourtheye community to see if there was any interest from you guys.

Contents of the 70 piece collection are detailed below, and we will be running this as a silent auction.  There is a reserve associated with the collection, and considering the size of it, and some of the rarities it contains, note that it is quite high.  Feel free to discuss the auction below, but if you are genuinely interested in bidding for this collection, let me know your offer via the contact form, and I shall coordinate between you and Toolboy to make this happen.  Note that Toolboy is located in Alberta Canada, but postage can be arranged for most parts of the world.

The collection includes the following:

Cassettes

  • Opiate – Canada (Black), USA & Germany first releases
  • Undertow – Germany VG+, Poland VG+, USA first press, US BMG Direct, US RP (Volcano)
  • Aenima – US first release, Indonesia VG- Cover has edge wear; folds of cover
  • Lateralus – Philippines Still sealed, Poland VG++, Indonesia VG++, US releases
  • 10,000 Days – Indonesia still sealed
  • 15 items

VHS Promos

  • Stinkfist US
  • 4 Video Comp. US
  • 2 items

CD’s including singles, promotional items, albums and EPs

  • Opiate (Volcano RP) drill hole,
  • Opiate Japan BMG obi-strip still sealed
  • Prison Sex – UK VG++, Germany VG++, US 2 track – releases
  • Sober – US ZP 17121-2 (small 1 1/2" crack in front of case)
  • Sober Dutch release VG+
  • Undertow – Barcode version complete w/ mail in form attached
  • In Store Play
  • Selections From Aenima – US & Australian release
  • Stinkfist – US release
  • Forty Six & 2
  • H.
  • Aenema – EU release
  • Album Primer – US release
  • Aenima – US Lenticular cover;stickered & still sealed, UK release VG++ (case shows just wear), Australian VG++
  • Schism – EU release VG++, US DVD single x 2; 1 VG+& other is still sealed
  • Parabola – US release, UK release VG+, US DVD single VG++
  • Lateralus – 1 Canada RP w/slip VG++ & 1 Canadian 1st press still sealed
  • Vicarious – US VG+
  • 10,000 Days – Canada VG++
  • Vicarious DVD – US release VG++
  • Psychogenic Amnesia – UK release (Bootleg)
  • 10000 Nights – #220/500 (Bootleg)
  • Opiate – Long Box CD still sealed, has drill hole in back of box, small 1/2" surface tear mark down to brown paper, just beside hole, has some creasing above CD, probably from poor boxing; was received this way. 72445-11027-2 3
  • Lateralus UK single
  • Album Primer EU release
  • Salival promo UK release
  • Opiate Jive release
  • Sober (Bootleg)
  • Coachella Empires (Bootleg)
  • 39 items

Vinyl

Note from Toolboy: All my vinyl has been stored in LP sleeves with cardboard stiffeners; sleeves removed from jacket.

  • Opiate – US first press still sealed, US RP in shrink never played
  • Undertow – US first repress; saw cut cover; printed sleeves, US Volcano RP still sealed
  • Sober E.P. – UK DJ single
  • Prison Sex – UK DJ single
  • Sober – Picture Disc
  • Sober – UK DJ single
  • Stinkfist – Picture Disc
  • Cessaro Summability – Picture Disc
  • Aenima – second US press saw cut cover 61422-31087-1 1; faint cat# on spine, top right corner has slight corner crease, light shelf wear. LP 2 has light surface scratches.
  • Lateralus – Picture Disc
  • Lateralus – Official 2 LP Picture Disc Album still sealed.
  • Opiate first Volcano RP Miss Press
  • 14 items

Toolboy was kind enough to supply me with some photos of the collection as well:

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March Tool Newsletter, Other Stuff!

I had a busy day yesterday ingesting more beer than my body can safely hand.  Fitting then that Blair releases the March 2011 Newsletter on Toolband that get the collection nuts of Fourtheye abuzz with excitement.  Here’s an excerpt:

In the spirit of this newsletter about Tool memorabilia, "Merch" is going to be putting some nice stuff in the store tomorrow (consider this a head’s up). These items will include vintage tee-shirts (those now out of circulation), tour posters (maybe even a couple of signed ones), and at least one real gem that will have some fans salivating. In the meantime, keep hunting for those Tool rarities. They would sure look good next to that souvenir tour poster that you purchased at the last show.

Well all love a bit of Tool merch, and I know many of you have been hitting up Toolarmy in readiness for this sale, however as I write this tomorrow has yet to arrive and there are no goodies on the site.  Perhaps tomorrow tomorrow… Looks like stuff is there – check the Collectibles section!

In other news, A Perfect Circle will be announcing on-sale details for their summer tour on the 4th of April.  Presumably this will be the times that tickets go on sale and at what outlets.  There doesn’t seem to be any sign of further dates, however there is plenty of speculation (and a gap in the schedule) suggesting that A Perfect Circle could be one of the acts on Lollapallooza this year.

Speaking of APC, drummer Josh Freese has released another range of unique purchase options for his latest EP My New Friends.  The $75k package which included a ride in Danny’s Lamborghini was offered, and as I write this appears to have finally sold to someone!  Presumably it was purchased for me as a gift for my birthday later this month – thanks in advance!

Tool merch is cool and all, but nothing would beat owning a genuine piece of Melvins history!  Point your credit cards at this Ebay auction and buy King Buzzo’s old Hiwatt Cabinet.  Current bidding puts it at US$405.  Bargain!

Tool Porn

Ever wanted to see human beings making love in front of a Net of Being Tool poster?  Well now you can thanks to (link removed to satisfy Google!) !  That link is NSFW in case you haven’t guessed!

 

Fittingly, it features anal sex.  Thanks to BiteMark  who directed me to that video…

A Perfect Circle related goodies on Ebay

A couple of A Perfect Circle related items have found their way onto Ebay, and to while away the time while we await the Big Day Out announcement I’ve decided to post them:

First up is the A Perfect Circle snowboard we heard about a few weeks back.  You can find it here, when I looked at it bidding was at US$790.  The auction ends in 2 days time so if you’re planning to make a bid then don’t wait too long!  All proceeds go to the Edward Willie Cancer Fund.

The second item is a platinum record wall mount of Mer De Noms, with 20% of the proceeds going to Habitat For Humanity.  It’s also on Ebay going for considerably less than the snowboard – US$152 when I last checked.

Tour Posters

Tour posters are flying at me thick and fast, both from readers and from NOMAD, the guys who print them.  Below is a selection of pics I’ve been sent so far!

 

Family Arena Missouri

Sprint Center Missouri 

Red Rocks!

Toyota Center Houston Texas

 Excel Center Minnesota

Click to embiggen!

Tool LA Dates confirmed

Toolband has confirmed the LA dates, listing only two of them: the 18th and 19th of July.  Tickets for these shows go on sale this Friday the 25th at 10am.  No word on what happens to tickets previously sold, my guess is that Ticketmaster will contact the fans who purchased them and let them know what will happen.  Also no mention of the date on the 21st.  Presumably this has either been cancelled or will be used as some kind of extra date to be announced after the other two sell out.  Who knows!

Also on Toolband was confirmation of the Limited Tool shirts, and it also looks as though there may be some Grey shits included as well as black ones.   Remember they don’t start selling them until the Cedar Park gig, and they won’t be on sale in normal stored (excluding ebay!).