Happy Birthday Mr Jones

Posted on January 15, 2012 by hellboy

On this day way back in 1965 the word bore witness to the birth of Adam Thomas Jones, who we all know went onto become the guitar play for Tool, as well as occasional poster creator and movie sculptor. Adam will be on tour tonight, and who knows if they have any special plans for him on the evening. Maybe the crowd should break out into happy birthday when the lads a taking a bow following the show.

Anyway, Here’s a nice version of Lateralus, which contains not one, but two of my favourite Jones solos:

Tool Revisited part 2: Tool Covers

Posted on January 8, 2012 by hellboy

The next edition of Tool Revisited is written by Fourtheye and Toolnavy regular Kanaduh. He found the time to find a few interesting covers from Youtube and write about the for our pleasure. Bear in mind that my views don’t necessarily reflect those of the writer! If you’d like to contribute to this series, then feel free to email me and let me know what you’d like to write about.

There are hundreds of Tool covers out there. They may have been uploaded on to the Internet months or years ago, yet the vast majority of them do not ever see the light of day. I spent a few days carefully going through an endless list of Tool covers on YouTube and have compiled a list of the top 10 covers.

1. "Lateralus" (Japanese Version)

This was posted on Toolband last year. Fucking epic! Nothing more needs to be said.

2. Adam Monroe – "Vicarious"

Did you know this guy did such a good job with posting YouTube covers that that Billy Howerdel invited him to tour with Ashes Divide in 2009?! Yep, that’s right. Props to this guy for getting recognized and making a name for himself. I personally love this version of Vicarious, he does an excellent job.

3. Transient Organs – "The Patient"

This one is rather controversial on YouTube. Their videos get a lot of negative feedback due to the female lead singers voice. Despite this, I think this video deserves some recognition. I’m not an expert, but the instrumentals sound pretty accurate and well done. Not to mention the great job they did with the visuals – FUCKING ACROBATICS! Bravo, guys (and gal).

4. Irongoddesstea – "Right in Two"

Right in Two? Check.

Piano? Check.

Cute Asian? Check.

Need I say more?

Random fact: Adam Jones personally posted this video on his MySpace page a few years ago, and then flew her out to the Toronto 2009 summer Tool show!

5. TOOLbassplayer – "Jambi"

There are a lot of guitar/bass Tool covers for virtually every song on YouTube. This guy stands out on top of the rest, however, with his superb quality bass covers. If you have not heard of him or checked out his channel yet then DO IT NOW! He has tons of covers on his channel.

6. Danny Fucking Carey – "Rosetta Stoned"

Can a person "cover" their own band? I’m not even sure if this counts. Oh well. This video is too fucking badass to not be included on the list. You gotta love that big screen up close view from behind!

7. 14 Year Old Vasi – "Right in Two"

"Hi, I’m 14 years old. I have been going to tool concerts since I was 11 years old. Tool has inspired me to be the musician I am today." Kudos to her parents.

8. Ginarae – "Eulogy"

Magnificent. Brilliant. Beautiful. Her voice is angelic.

9. "Hot Tool Drummer Girl"

She’s hot. She likes Tool. She drums. ’nuff said.

Check her out. I mean, her drumming.

10. "Fred Durst Fucking Sucks!"

175 Likes.

1548 Dislikes.

This is a real video. From a real concert. I shit you not.

"175 tonedeaf fuckwits missed the DISLIKE button"

If something ever happens to Maynard – I think we found his replacement!

11. do NOT take drugs

Or you end up like this guy trying to cover Tool.

LMAO.

I know I said 10 videos. But this guy was too brilliant to not be included.

Hope you all enjoyed the list. Feel free to share your favourite covers.

1994 Tool Setlist on Ebay

Posted on January 4, 2012 by hellboy

I don’t normally post stuff from Ebay on here, but every now and then an item comes up that is either very special, or very expensive! Here’s one of the latter: a 1994 Tool setlist:

Anyone have a spare $10,000 handy? Thanks to Jeff for the find!

Tool shows on sale January 7

Posted on January 4, 2012 by hellboy

Just a gentle reminder to my faithful Fourtheye readers that the next batch of shows for the Tool USA Tour 2012 should go on sale on Saturday the 7th of January. They include:

3rd Feb, Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
4th Feb, Bojangles Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
6th Feb, Bank Atlantic Center, Ft Lauderdale, FL
7th Feb, UCF Arena, Orlando, FL

Check with Ticketmaster for details. Note that the Ft Lauderdale show doesn’t appear on Ticketmaster yet, however the Bank Alantic Center website says they will go on sale via Livenation and Ticketmaster on the 7th.

Good luck ticket buying, and remember there is a Ticket Trading thread on the Fourtheye forums should you have difficulties getting tickets via official means!

Hampton, Virginia Tool show announced for February 3rd

Posted on December 23, 2011 by hellboy

Blair posted on Toolband today that it’s likely the TBA show for the 3rd of February should be in Hampton, Virginia:

I don’t have the exact date yet, but it looks like tickets for the FEBRUARY 3rd HAMPTON, VA show, and the FEBRUARY 4th CHARLOTTE, NC show both go on sale the first weekend in January. When I get more specifics, I will post.

I suspect the shows will go on sale on the 7th of January as with the Florida one, but stay tuned for more details. Check here for other details on the Tool 2012 Winter Tour.

Tool Winter Tour Update

Posted on December 22, 2011 by hellboy

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As the Tool 2012 Winter Tour slowly approaches there are a few more details I haven’t blogged about yet (though have included on the Tour Page).

Firstly it appears that the TBA date for the 21st of January will be a second show at the Verizon Arena in Dallas, TX. For those of you willing to brave the waiting room system once more, tickets go on sale on the 22nd of December at 10am. Thanks to everyone who bugged me with an email about this!

For the other remaining dates still to go on sale, the show in Orlando, FL goes on sale on Saturday the 7th of January at 10am via Ticketmaster. No word yet on the other shows still to go on sale (they don’t appear on Ticketmaster).

Support for this tour will be coming from Intronaut for the first half and Yob for the second. Yob confirmed via Twitter that they’d be playing the following dates:

TOOL – Jan 28 2012 – TD Garden – Boston, MA, USA
TOOL – Jan 29 2012 – Susquehanna Bank Center – Camden, NJ
TOOL – Jan 31 2012 – Mohegan Sun Arena – Uncasville, CT
TOOL – Feb 01 2012 – Izod Center – East Rutherford, NJ
TOOL – Feb 03 2012 – TBA
TOOL – Feb 04 2012 – Bojangles’ Coliseum – Charlotte, NC
TOOL – Feb 06 2012 – Bank Atlantic Center – Sunrise, FL
TOOL – Feb 07 2012 – UCF Arena – Orlando, FL
TOOL – Feb 08 2012 – Gwinnett Center Arena – Duluth, GA

Thanks to Jeremy for that tip

Danny on Children of Saturn

Posted on December 20, 2011 by hellboy

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I’ve been meaning to mention the last few days that Danny is this weeks guest on the Children of Saturn radio show hosted by Rynne. You can tune in via Radio 23. I can’t remember what time the show starts, but I’m pretty sure it’s sometime in the next hour!

Update: Bob has provided me with a link to a recording of the show: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5F41080Z Thanks Bob!

Tool tickets on sale and futher dates announced

Posted on December 17, 2011 by hellboy

Tickets for a bunch of Tool (and Puscifer) dates have gone on sale today, and according to your comments there have been a range of response from good to bad, with some people scoring good tickets, and other not getting much at all. Word is the ticketing system for the Dallas show was a mess (which wasn’t really unexpected) and that the Camden show seemed to sell out very fast. For those of you still in the hunt, I wish you all good luck!

In other news, Toolband has finally confirmed the tour, and added a few extra dates:

21st Jan, TBA
3rd Feb, TBA
4th Feb, Bojangles Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
6th Feb, Bank Atlantic Center, Ft Lauderdale, FL
7th Feb, UCF Arena, Orlando, FL

No word on on sale dates for these shows yet.

My guess is the 21st of January gig is likely to be Kansas and the 3rd of February could be NYC, Washington, or anything between New Jersey & Charlotte. No word on any California dates, and I expect at this stage it’s looking less and less likely to happen.

More dates announced for the 2012 Tool Tour

Posted on December 14, 2011 by hellboy

A few more dates have trickled out for the Tool 2012 Winter Tour and for many happy fans they appear to be largely on the Northern and Eastern sections of your mighty continent. Date “confirmed” so far (with the new ones in bold):

14th Jan, Reno Events Center, Reno, NV
15th Jan, Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, NV
17th Jan, Tuscon Arena, Tuscon AZ
18th Jan, Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque NM
20th Jan, Verizon Arena, Dallas, TX
24th Jan, Huntington Center, Toledo, OH
25th Jan, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
26th Jan, John Labatt Centre, London, Ontario
28th Jan, TD Garden, Boston, MA
29th Jan, Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
31st Jan, Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
8th Feb, Gwinnet Arena, Duluth, GA

Presumably there’s a bunch of other dates still to be announced, presumably down south, as well as possibly one or two more in the middle of the US. I’d still expect a California date to be announced sometime at the beginning or end of the tour. For more details head over to our Tour page.

Update: There’s also a Vegas date I forgot to mention!