You know it’s the Tool off-season when I resort to posting about lullaby albums! The latest of which comes from Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star who later this month will be releasing an album of Tool lullabies. Tracks included are: Sober Right In Two Vicarious Parabola Eulogy Aenema 10,000 Days Stinkfist Forty Six & 2 The Grudge Schism Here’s a clip via Youtube: That version of Sober sounds interesting, though… Read More »Twinkle Twinkle Little Tool
I discovered today that the Volto! website now seems to be up and running, and featured on it is a piece written by Blair where he discusses Danny, Volto! and Synthesizers, in particular the Minimoog he sold Danny. The piece also contains a few answers to the recent quiz posted in the June Tool Newsletter: Over the many years since Danny purchased the Minimoog, its distinctive control panel has, for… Read More »Volto! and Minimoogs
Blair posted the Tool 2013 newsletter, and it contains only a small amount of new Tool news. It does however contain a quiz of sorts. Feel free to post your answers in the comments below! Beginning tomorrow, members of the band will be taking a weeklong break from their writing sessions so that Justin has a chance to recover from a minor arthroscopic procedure involving his knee. (TRUE OR FALSE?)… Read More »Tool June 2013 newsletter released
Tabla master Aloke Dutta is visiting Hawaii in July, and will be playing a house show on Kauai on the 19th. According to Facebook: You are invited to a rare musical occasion, to see and hear the tabla maestro, Aloke Dutta, in an intimate house concert on Kauai. Aloke Dutta has taught tabla to some of the most influential drummers of our time, most notably: Danny Carey of Tool Pat… Read More »Aloke Dutta playing in Hawaii
Word from Tony at KATT FM in Oklahoma is that Maynard has donated platinum copies of Tool’s Undertow and A Perfect Circle’s Mer De Noms to support Oklahoma’s Animal Resource Center which was affected by the recent Tornados. Both albums are signed and there’s even a couple of photo’s to certify that they are legit. According to the webpage: Our first 2 items for auction are the personal RIAA sales… Read More »Maynard donates platinum Tool and APC albums to Animal Resource Centre
It’s been a slow month for Tool fans, so here I am posting somewhat insignificant news about Tool related projects just to keep you guys coming and clicking ads. This weeks update is from John Z from Volto! who posted on Facebook details of limited vinyl release for their album Incitare: VOLTO!’s debut album “Incitare”….the 180gram audiophile vinyl double LP limited edition cover (1st run, only 1000 in embossed/veneered PURPLE,… Read More »Volto! post details of limited vinyl release
Adam posted a pic to Instagram earlier today that I didn’t think much of, but it turns out it is some kind of baby scan. Looks like Adam & Korin are expecting a baby on the 25th of December. Jesus Christ! Congratulations to both Adam & Korin.
Matt emailed me a little while ago to advise me that Amazon have 30 second samples up for each track off the coming Pusicfer remix album All Re-mixed Up. Some of them sound pretty interesting…
Danny’s band Volto! will be playing the recently announced YEStival in Camden, New Jersey on August 3rd: Grammy-winning rock band YES is excited to announce an addition to their first-ever festival – YEStival, a day-into-night musical adventure in full quadraphonic sound – set for Saturday, August 3rd at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ. VOLTO!, a new band featuring TOOL drummer Danny Carey, has just been confirmed as a… Read More »Volto! to play YEStival in New Jersey
In one of the more bizarre things I’ve seen recently, it appears Danny will be lending his voice to the coming animated comedy Free Birds: (Beverly Hills, Calif.) June 5, 2013 – Relativity and Reel FX announced today that they have cast Hispanic radio personality Eddie ‘Piolin’ Sotelo (Ice Age: Continental Drift), drummer for the world-renowned rock band Tool Danny Carey and Australian actor Josh Lawson (The Campaign) as the… Read More »Danny to take up acting?