Time for another not so weekly update! In this issue:
- Mike Patton talks Tool
- Legend of the Seagullmen gig
- Tom Morello comments on Tool album again (in Italian)
- Off the Grid!
- Albums worth listening too!
Mike Patton talks Tool
Faith No More singer Mike Patton is a well respected member of the music industry, and seems to be somewhat of a Tool fan according to a recent chat with Revolver:
WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE TOURING WITH TOOL?
Honestly, it has been great! Tool always pays us fairly and treats us very well. I admire that they do whatever they want. They don’t take orders from record labels or “industry types.” My hat is off to them.HOW HAVE TOOL’S FANS RESPONDED TO YOUR BANDS?
Weeeeeeell. During the Fantômas run, I collected a lot of spare change from the stage after each show. I can’t complain though — if I paid $60 to see my favorite band and a bunch of noisy weirdos took the stage, I’d be violent, too!WHAT INFLUENCE, IF ANY, HAVE TOOL HAD ON YOU AND YOUR OWN WORK?
They give me hope that not all huge bands are pompous, clueless, drug-addled morons. That, and I steal lots of fashion ideas from Maynard’s stage wear.
Legend of the Seagullmen gig
There’s a gig happening for Legend of the Seagullmen this weekend at the Roxy Theater in LA. Brett Hinds seems to be on board this time, so if you’re in town it’ll be a good chance to check out this bands first headline set, as well as with Brett on board. Tickets here!
Tom Morello comments on Tool album again (in Italian)
Rolling Stone Italy have an interview with Tom Morello, who talks about the new Tool music that he heard a while back. My Italian is pretty rough, but I believe he says something along the lines of hearing all long and distinctly Tool. Here’s a sample:
Un’ultima domanda: so che hai ascoltato il disco dei Tool. Ci fai uno spoiler? Non lo diciamo a nessuno.Â
Ho sentito la versione strumentale del disco, non facciamo confusione. Maynard non aveva ancora registrato nulla. Suona alla grande, posso dire che vale la pena aspettare così tanto. I Tool sono una band che presta grandissima attenzione alla composizione, curano tutto nei minimi dettagli. Ho ascoltato 7 o 8 canzoni: sono lunghe, eleganti, brutali… sono i Tool.
Off the Grid
This one is more of a housekeeping item – I’ll be off to the Nullarbor Plains here in Australia over the next two weeks, and will be mostly off the grid. Kittaan will be holding down the fort over that time, posting any interesting Tool news that might come up, as well as the best of recent A Perfect Circle promo work as Eat The Elephant gets released while I’m away.
Albums worth listening too!
Plenty of great new albums at the moment – here’s a few suggestions:
- Cosmic Psycho’s – Loudmouth Soup Classic Aussie Punk rock band release one of their best albums in some time. Some of you Aussie Tool fans may remember that these guys supported Tool back on the first Lateralus tour in 2001.
- Front End Loader – Neutral Evil Another one of my favorite Aussie rock bands, not content with aging gracefully have elected to put out another album, with a release schedule that somewhat resembles Tool. They don’t sound like Tool though.
- Dr Octagon - Moosebumps: an exploration into modern day horripilation Kool Keith is back with Dan the Automator and Kid Koala with what I think is a pretty cool hip hop album.
- Earthless – Black Heaven I always thought this band was an instrumental one, but turns out they sing sometimes too, like on this album. It’s pretty good!
- Conjurer – Mire These guys are a great hardcore doomy style metal band from the UK. Check it out on Bandcamp.