A couple of quick news items I’ve come across recently! First up Tool bassist Justin Chancellor has a chat with the Miami New Times about the tour which is currently underway. He talks briefly about the delays in Fear Inoculum’s creation, and also touches on a few of the challenges of playing certain songs live (note: this article may contain setlist spoilers). Secondly details of the next Dälek have been… Read More »Justin Speaks & Adam + Dälek
Tool have been announced as the headline act for Saturday night at Bonnaroo this June in Manchester, Tennessee. Puscifer will also feature on the bill playing on Sunday. Here’s a link to the website I feel like I must be getting old, as I can only recognise a small number if acts on the lineup, but if I were at the show I’d also be checking out Robert Plant &… Read More »Tool & Puscifer join 2022 Bonnaroo lineup
The day is finally upon us, and despite Covid hoping to ruin the party, it seems that the US Tool tour for 2022 will kick off shortly at the Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon. A few snippets from some Tool fans snooping in on the soundcheck have revealed a few interesting songs being practice (I’ll let you trawl Reddit for these to avoid spoilers) but I’d note that the… Read More »Tool 2022 US tour kicks off today!
2021 has finally drawn to a close, and it dawns upon me that I haven’t posted a poll to collect Fourtheye Readers favourite albums of the year. I’d be keen to hear your thoughts, so if you’ve got lists post them below! As usual, I spent a decent chunk of my time in 2021 listening to new tunes, and while I think it was a pretty solid year for releases,… Read More »Hellboy’s Best Albums of 2021
I’m sure you’ve all heard the news by now, but recent reports from TMZ tell us that Danny Carey was arrested last night at the Kansas Airport following an alleged altercation with a staff member. Reports are unflattering to say the least, and Danny probably has some explaining to do. On a more positive note, while in town Danny sat in with the Kansas University band during a recent basketball… Read More »Danny Arrested at Kansas Airport
It’s been a while between Tool announcements, but a few days ago the band announced they’d be adding a second Colorado show, this time at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs on the January 28th. Tickets go sale this Friday, but if you’re one of those ToolArmy soldiers, there’s a VIP sale which you’ve probably already been notified about TOOL, who will spend the first three months of 2022… Read More »Tool announced second Colorado Springs show
Not one to rest on his laurels, Tool bass player Justin Chancellor has been busy the last few months with a few cool new things coming to light in the last few weeks. First up: Justin was been working with the team at Dunlop to create a custom wah pedal – the JCT95 Justin Chancellor Cry Baby. It’s got some cool features and it includes some fuzz and filter features… Read More »Justin Chancellor update: Pedal + Dunable + EXU
It looks like the wait could soon be over for European and American Tool fans, with a range of dates appearing recently on Toolband. While there doesn’t seem to be an announcement as such (yet) the European dates currently appear on their website. Some other sleuths on Reddit managed to spot US tour dates as well. I’ve listed them below for your reading and planning pleasure Regarding pre-sales, there doesn’t… Read More »Tool announce European and (kinda) US dates for 2022
cEvin Key from Skinny Puppy recently had the opportunity to tour The Loft, and chat with Tool drummer Danny Carey, as well as synth guru Peter Grenader to checkout the collection of vintage synths within. I haven’t seen the footage, but apparently it’s available to subscribers on cEvin’s Patreon channel. Peter was kind enough to share a few photos on Facebook though! Here’s an Imgur link for you non-Facebookers!
Looks like Blair has been productive during these locked down times, and authored another book to add to his collection. This ones called The Paragon Junk, and you can read the blurb below: When cryptic messages begin to appear in the blog threads of a noted skeptic of fringe-ologists (especially the pseudoscientific ideas of ancient astronaut theorists), at first the cyber-attacks are dismissed as esoteric jabberwocky trumpeted by the latest… Read More »The Paragon Junk