While things may appear to be quiet on the Tool front, perhaps it’s not as quiet as it may seem. Word is that production on the next Tool video, for the 10,000 Days track The Pot is rumoured to be starting very soon. Possibly as soon as this week.
For those that need a little reminding about this video, in September 2009 Adam mentioned the following in a Guitar World interview:
Adam Jones: We’re working on ‘The Pot’ but Ive been really lazy lately[Laughs]. The setup for it is a-lot more epic, so its actually good that we’ve been able to have more time. Its going to be all stop motion and in 3D. We’re doing it so that we can hopefully have it shown in the theater. A-lot more theaters are going digital and those projectors can do 3D. We have a *consultant who worked with us on the 3D packaging for 10,000 Days, and he was telling me that in 10 to 20 years you wont need goggles for 3D, you’ll go to the movie theater and everything will look 3D. Its almost holographic. Its really exciting. Sorry, gimme a chance to nerd out and I will [Laughs]
So about 18 months later, it looks at though this may come to fruition, and perhaps become a Xmas present for Tool fans?
Do we get a source on this other than “word is”?
I guess a video 5 years after album release is better than nothing…
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Do we get a source on this other than “word is”?
I guess a video 5 years after album release is better than nothing…
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Let’s just leave it as “someone who went to a gig last night” and I expect is very reliable.Â
IS there gonna be any pre-sales for said vid?
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new album
so, where this rumour is comin’ from?
The usual suspects:
a) hellboy supposedly knows someone that’s very close to the TOOL camp, but he can’t tell us who they are to maintain operational security or something.
b) Someone who heard something from someone else at this band’s gig that one time back in the spring of 2010.
Hell fuckin yes. Merry early Christmas to us.
As I’ve said before, I never really confirm sources because if I do, there’s a chance the mentioned source may dry up, which would be bad news for everyone.
I call bullshit on this.
[quote comment=””]I call bullshit on this.[/quote]
Not on Hellboy, the “reliable source”.
Either way, it’ll be xmas 2012 if they’re only starting on it late September 2011. Stop motion animation takes MONTHS to do, then edit, grade etc… But about time AJ if it’s true…
Hmmm, a The Pot video just in time for the holiday season. Very nice, although I prefer they keep the usual T-shirt and include some icky sticky with the purchase instead.
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I call truth. If I remember correctly the dvd releases for their prior film clips was dropped just in time for Santa.
Aside from making some extra coin, releasing a new film clip would get Tools brand name in stores etc & in peoples minds, creating more intrigue & anticipation for the new album. Makes perfect sense to me anyway.
[quote comment=””]Either way, it’ll be xmas 2012 if they’re only starting on it late September 2011. Stop motion animation takes MONTHS to do, then edit, grade etc… But about time AJ if it’s true… [/quote]
You’re probably right Pablo. Â Maybe a little optomistic expecting something this year, but you never know I guess.Â
I think the source is reliable, otherwise I wouldn’t have posted it (as Lucidiot is noting).
Lazy fucker. Not like he is keeping busy like may nerd. Have to be epic after all this time
i remember there was legal problems with the pot video (artist wanting $$ or credit or something?) and thats why it got canned/halted. only reason i rembr is cuz my mom was talkn about it to y’all on TA and mentioned it to me.
[quote comment=””] i remember there was legal problems with the pot video (artist wanting $$ or credit or something?) and thats why it got canned/halted. only reason i rembr is cuz my mom was talkn about it to y’all on TA and mentioned it to me. [/quote] There were legal issues with Cam De Leon at the time, which is what I believe you are referring to Izz. However, while they may have contributed to to the video not getting done, I don’t believe it had anything to do specifically related to the Pot video.  Cam hasn’t done and work… Read more »
i could be wrong, of course. i remember what ur talkn about but still, i just recall something about some artist objected or something. sorry, wish i could remember. and yeah, that other reason probly had more influence.
don’t eat me alive but am i the only person who thinks it’s kinda dumb to put out a video 5+ yrs after the album? i mean, that’s special bus slow even for tool. lol
[quote comment=””]don’t eat me alive but am i the only person who thinks it’s kinda dumb to put out a video 5+ yrs after the album? i mean, that’s special bus slow even for tool. lol[/quote]
I don’t disagree with you, but better late than never…Â
i think i’d rather they work on a video to go with the NEW music coming out. now that would be bitchin!
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i think i’d rather they work on a video to go with the NEW music coming out. now that would be bitchin!
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Well, I think the point of doing the video now is more a result of the lack of progress on the new album. Â And by lack of progress I don’t mean to imply some kind of writers block or anything, more that until Maynard is finished with Puscifer, further Tool commitments will be pretty light.Â
Tool is so Tool
admin – 2 hours ago » i think i’d rather they work on a video to go with the NEW music coming out. now that would be bitchin! Well, I think the point of doing the video now is more a result of the lack of progress on the new album.  And by lack of progress I don’t mean to imply some kind of writers block or anything, more that until Maynard is finished with Puscifer, further Tool commitments will be pretty light. Reminds me of a discussion going on in new album thread. My opinion being that the delay… Read more »
Meh. I agree w/ Izzy.. Why not work on a music video for the new album? Maybe we’ll get 10K Days on vinyl in time for Xmas.
Nah I doubt the delay is due to Maynard. I just think A, D and J have been taking their time writing it…they will be sending stuff to Maynard as it progresses to keep him in the loop, and he will be doing his own ‘writing’ for it in his spare time whilst he’s in AZ doing his vinyard, or on the road with APC or whatever.
[quote comment=”47677″] Lucidiot – 59 minutes ago  » I call bullshit on this. I call truth. If I remember correctly the dvd releases for their prior film clips was dropped just in time for Santa. Aside from making some extra coin, releasing a new film clip would get Tools brand name in stores etc & in peoples minds, creating more intrigue & anticipation for the new album. Makes perfect sense to me anyway. [/quote]  Makes sense. Just seems strange to do a music video 5 years after the albums release. Who knows. I don’t necessarily call bullshit I guess.… Read more »
Just a thought that crossed my mind when reading through these comments. Maybe this hints something about a DVD?
Oh shit. Here we go again…
They’ve been talking about a Live DVD for years and years.
If the miraculous happens, and Tool actually releases their 5th album, it will be the last one i expect from them. Â
A video for The Pot would be cool. Its recently become my favourite 10,000 days song and would be pretty epic to see on the screens next tour.. Dont get me started about the dvd.
[quote comment=””]A video for The Pot would be cool. Its recently become my favourite 10,000 days song and would be pretty epic to see on the screens next tour.. Dont get me started about the dvd.[/quote]
I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the whole reason why they didn’t make a video sooner other than the initial production. It’s not a song Maynard seems crazy about singing
a dvd would be tits but probably wont happen for another 5 years or so. maybe while working on The Pot video they could strart hashing on ideas for videos for the new album’s ‘single’.
Really? Releasing a video six years after the album came out? Who gives a fuck. We didn’t wait six years for a 7 minute 3D video. We waited six years for new fucking music from these assholes. We continue to support the band because we want them to continue being a band; we don’t support them because we want them to become videographers and side project whores. Fuck this weak attempt at throwing a bone to their fan base.
Yup, I’m sure Adam just hates making all these videos but thinks “I guess it’ll keep them at bay for a while. All the more time to practice some national anthems! Where’s my silverburst! Paul!?”. In this scenario, D’amour is his butler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j9QeUoPOi4&feature=related
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You’d rather Adam, Justin and Danny did nothing the next few months?
Post of the year.
^ Lazerus? Is that you?
Adam Jones will most likely be working as a producer on this – ie he’ll be overseeing the project and lending a hand etc when a hand is needed. He won’t actually be doing the whole thing by himself. He’ll have assembled a team that will report their progress to him each step of the way. There’s no reason whatsoever why he wouldn’t be working on the new album at the same time as overseeing this project. I still expect them to hit the studio during Feb/March 2012. They said from the beginning that this album was going to take… Read more »
^Thank you Calfium, I am reassured by your authoritative air. I won’t concern myself with this guess work anymore.:D
Well i love to hear that they might be working on anything, and especially anything 3d. It would be bad ass. That said, it is a little late. But ill take it, and enjoy it, nice to get something in the mean time because im getting hungry.
It is hard for me to believe this. I just figured they abandoned this project because they felt they had spent so much time and money on Vicarious and wanted to save whatever work they had gotten done for the Pot video for the next album. It just seems unlikely 5.5 years after the 10,000 Days was released, the 2nd video is still in the works. Possible but unlikely. Seems like another 10,000 Days tour should happen then.
i think the post of the year was the fake suicide…
north end Guinea – 3 minutes ago » petemasterpete – 2 hours ago » ^ Lazerus? Is that you? i think the post of the year was the fake suicide… [Dig yourself] [Laz’rus dig yourself] [Laz’rus dig yourself] [Laz’rus dig yourself] (I want you to dig)[Back in that hole.] (I want you to dig) (I want you to dig) Well New York City man, San Francisco, LA, I don’t know But Larry grew increasingly neurotic and obscene I mean he, he never asked to be raised up from the tomb I mean no one ever actually asked him to forsake… Read more »
^^^who’s that?
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Dig Lazarus Dig
Good one Blender – love that album.
Its a ripper album… Nick off smack makes hilariously good albums, have you read the Death of Bunny Munro?
Never before had I read so much about Kylies gold hotpants or Avril Lavignes vagina, clearly Nick has celebrity crushes.
LOL sorry HB, i wasn’t trying to steal your threads thunder.
Finally a relevant Tool related topic.
Im very excited for this!Â