According to The Pulse: Adrian Belew wraps up his conceptual trilogy in Side Three on the Sanctuary Records imprint, getting muddy and funky with guests Les Claypool of Primus, Danny Carey of Tool, and King Crimson bandmate, Robert Fripp. In never really heard much of Side One and Two, though I’ve been told they’re pretty good, and Danny drumming as usual is amazing. Aphex0 on Toolarmy says it will be… Read More »Belew, Carey & Claypool
There’s been some requests for time conversions around the world in relation to Triple J is playing of the new Tool single Vicarious. Well, rather than listening to people bitch about how hard it is to convert, or how lazy they are, here are some common time conversions. If you live somewhere else in the world, go here and work it out for yourself: Nairobi, Kenya – Monday, April 18,… Read More »Vicarious Playing Times
Blair on Toolband/Army has confirmed that Tool will be playing in Japan on the 12th of August in Osaka and the 13th of August in Tokyo. I think the Osaka date is part of the Summersonic Festival, but I’m not sure if the Tokyo show is also part of this, or a standalone Tool show. Hopefully Australian dates are coming soon….. Blair also confirmed that the German show in Berlin… Read More »Tour Dates Confirmed and Changed
Schism has been plugging a New York City Tool cover band who are celebrating the release of 10,000 Days: Are you a TOOL fan? SCHISM – NYC’ s only TOOL tribute band (nationally touring for 5 years strong) would like to invite you to this unprecedented event on May 5th at the world famous BB Kings in the heart of Times Square. Buy tickets for this mega celebration for the… Read More »NYC Tool Cover Band
Bennet tells me that Utopia in Sydney will also be holding a midnight sale for 10,000 Days on at 12:01 on April 29. If you’re in Sydney, and need a 10,000 Days fix that bad, be there! If anyone has any tips on other Australian (or anywhere) locations that are also having midnight sales, let me know and I’ll start a list.
Madkilkor on Toolnavy brings us some highlights of a Tool interview in French magazine Rock Hard. They didn’t gave titles during the listening session, because the weren’t sure about them at the time. Yet Adam mentions “lost keys” and “rosetta”. “Lost keys” is “the introduction to “rosetta””. Maynard was there at the beginning of the writing process, than left before coming back. Adam says that it’s better than for Lateralus… Read More »Rock Hard interview
This one courtesy of kyyuulle of Toolnavy. This one seems to be cropped a bit on the right. If/When I get a better image I’ll post it. There’s some speculation as to what it is, it’s been alleged it’s either the Ark of the Covenant or a 57′ Chevy. Feel free to speculate below.
It’s been confirmed that Triple J will be playing Tool’s new song Vicarious at 9:00am EST on Tuesday the 18th of April. Dedicated Tool fans will have probably heard the song by then, but it’s good to see Australian radio (one station at least) picking up the song. Triple J streams over the internet, so overseas listeneds can tune in via their website. According to Mort (sorry!), Triple J have… Read More »Triple J to play Vicarious
Several people sent me some links to these images, supposedly from the 10,000 Days liner notes: Looks good to me, and considering that would appear to be Maynard in one of the, presumably legitimate. It’s also stereoscopic if you’re eyes can cope with that. Thanks to Grimface on Toolnavy for the info. Thanks also to Darkmoogle for some tips regarding the ordering of the photos. Check he comments below for… Read More »Leaked Artwork?
Elgyn on Toolnavy directed me to this website which says: Thursday 20 April 2006 THE DRIVE-THRU 17:00-19:00 with Andrew Yule Thursday 20 April Andrew Yule has a laid back chat with Danny Carey and Justin Chancellor of TOOL on the Drive Thru (5pm – 7pm). The boys talk about their new album (due out in May) and reflect on the band’s new found standing as the elder statesmen of rock/metal.… Read More »Upcoming Tool Radio Interview on PBS 106.7FM