Danny Carey is the drummer for the band Tool, and also plays regularly in Los Angeles as part of Volto! and various other acts at the Baked Potato.
Danny is also considered one of the worlds leading drummers, and regularly appears at the pointy end of many Top Drummers lists. For all articles on Danny Carey, use this category!
Danny has announced the birth of his son Zola Carey, as well as posted a photo of him: For those wondering, he has a middle name – Jude. Welcome to the world Zola Jude Carey! Speaking from experience, Danny has a busy few months ahead of him, but hopefully he’ll be able to squeeze in a Tool jam session every now and then. Congratulations from everyone at Fourtheye!
Seems that Danny’s birthday isn’t in my calendar for some reason, so I missed wishing him a good one in Australian time. Still better late that never. To celebrate, here’s compilation or all Danny’s “drum-cam” stuff from his website. 21 minutes of Tool drumming goodness starting off with my favorite of the lot – Triad:
As usual a bunch of things happened while I was away for a few days, so this post is a catch up of sorts. Firstly, Adam posted a video of himself playing around with what is believed to be a Tremoloa in Joe Barresi‘s studio: ~Playing strange strings at Joe B.'s #EvilJoe #CaptainMidnight A video posted by Adam Jones (@adamjones_tv) on May 1, 2015 at 2:38am PDT As yet there’s… Read More »Adam’s strings, Maynard Puscifer update and more!
Liquidmuse sent me an email this evening with a link to a new video posted by Stuart Copeland, which features a jam called A Little More Noise. Playing with Copeland (who is on guitar) is Danny and Neil Peart of Rush. A bunch of other guys join the track as well. Here it is for your listening pleasure:
Looks like there may be a new side project in the works for Danny, with details emerging of a collaboration between him and Brent Hinds from Mastodon. It may also feature Dimitri Coats from punk band OFF! There isn’t much more detail, but there is an interesting website which contains a couple of tracks you can download. A photo of Danny appears on the site, but there’s also a bunch… Read More »Legend of the Seagullmen
After years of waiting, Danny now has a personalised towel available for purchase in his store for the low, low price of US$14.99 (plus postage). DRUM TOWEL FEATURES DANNY’S MODIFIED VERSION OF ELIZABETHAN MAGUS JOHN DEE’S MAGICAL DIAGRAM “SIGILLLUM DEI AEMAETH”. BLACK TOWEL INCLUDES DANNY’S NAME IN GOLD LETTERING. DIMENSIONS 16″ X 25″. Sadly it’s too late for Xmas, but it is not too late to get it for your… Read More »Danny Carey Towel finally available!
As hinted in the recent newletter, there appears to be a new addition coming to the Carey family? What what are they expecting? A deer? A wolf? A baby? A further delay in the Tool album? Congratulations (unless it’s the last one)! I guess we’ll find out soon enough! Seasons greetings from DANNY and RYNNE & TO BE NAMED LATER…
Primus have confirmed that Danny will join them once more at a special New Years show in Oakland, CA December 31: Danny Carey will will join Les, Larry and Tim on New Years Eve at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA. The Uber Drum Spectacular promises to be a one of kind performance to ring in the New Year. Tickets will sell fast, so get organised!
Danny Carey has some new merchandise on his website, this being a basketball-style jersey: Coming up with the design for DANNY’S latest shirt was somewhat of a no-brainer. What does the Tool drummer feel most comfortable wearing while performing shows? The answer, of course, being sports jerseys from his favorite teams (such as his beloved KU Jayhawks), with at other times tee shirts replete with esoteric symbolism. The 918kiss original… Read More »Carey Rhythm 93 Jersey on sale
Danny’s website was a mess of Flash animation and poorly thought out menus, and today has been updated to a much easier to navigate WordPress based website. After a false start this morning, the site is now available. Upon a quick inspection there didn’t seem to be a huge amount of different content from the old site, just much easier to get too. While visiting the site, you may be… Read More »Danny’s website updated