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Danny Carey

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 Carey added to Taylor Hawkins Tribute lineup

Danny Carey added to Taylor Hawkins Tribute lineup

This Tuesday night the 27th of September is the second Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert, and it was announced recently that Tool‘s Danny Carey has joined the list of guests for the evening. No word on who Danny will be performing with, but with members of Yes and Rush on the lineup, prog fans worldwide could be in for an interesting night! It’s not really confirmed yet if this show will… Read More »Danny Carey added to Taylor Hawkins Tribute lineup

Danny Arrested at Kansas Airport

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

cEvin Key tours the Loft with Peter Grenader

cEvin Key tours the Loft with Peter Grenader

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!

Danny Carey chats with cEvin Key

Danny Carey chats with cEvin Key

Interesting interview come out over the weekend, with Tool drummer Danny Carey having a lengthy chat with cEvin Key from Skinny Puppy. It’s a pretty chilled and laid back chat. Not a lot of new news of note, but covers a range of Tool related things, as well as covering a bunch of other Danny related projects. We worth your time I reckon.

Danny Carey & friends cover Rush’s “Anthem”

Danny Carey & friends cover Rush’s “Anthem”

Tool drummer Danny Carey has teamed up with musical luminaries such as Bill Kelliher from Mastodon, Les Claypool from Primus and Claudio Sanchez from Coheed & Cambria for a cover of prog rock legends Rush. The chosen track is Anthem and presented by the Two Minutes to Late Night Youtube channel. Here it is for your listening and viewing pleasure!

Danny & Justin streaming soon!

Danny & Justin streaming soon!

Just a couple of quick updates, firstly Tool bass player Justin Chancellor will be taking part in the Berklee College of Music’s bass player seminar this Thursday at 10 am US Pacific time. Instagram has all the details you need! Also happening this weekend is a stream from the Baked Potato, featuring Danny Carey sitting in with the Webb All Stars. If you’re like me, and always been keen to… Read More »Danny & Justin streaming soon!

Daniel Romano’s Outfit featuring Danny Carey

Daniel Romano’s Outfit featuring Danny Carey

In between being a new Dad, and writing a new Tool EP (lol) it seems that Tool drummer Danny Carey has found the time to appear on Daniel Romano’s latest creation: Forever Love’s Fool Danny’s playing tabla and percussion on this proggy album (FOREVER LOVE’S FOOL) by DANIEL ROMANO’S OUTFIT. That’s one way to keep your mind occupied during the quarantine. Thanks to Ben Sherazi for tracking files sent via… Read More »Daniel Romano’s Outfit featuring Danny Carey

Vic Firth presents Danny Carey playing Pneuma

Vic Firth presents Danny Carey playing Pneuma

Amazing footage this morning, with some multi-angle and excellent sounding footage of Danny Carey working the kit during a recent performance of the track Pneuma off Tool‘s latest album Fear Inoculum. It’s great stuff, and well worth the time investment for drummers and Tool fans alike!

Danny Carey speaks to the Trap Set

Cool interview released today, with Danny Carey speaking to Joe at the Trap Set in a pretty open and candid chat about Fear Inoculum and Tool in general. It’s oine of the best I’ve heard with Danny, so well worth the time to check out: Danny Carey is the rare artist with a wildly ambitious imagination, coupled with the virtuosic ability to manifest his singular ideas. Joe joined Danny at… Read More »Danny Carey speaks to the Trap Set

Happy Birthday Danny!

I don’t always wish band members Happy Birthday on here any more, but since I was sent a special photo by reader slaamri I have a nice photo of some signed merch to share. From slaamri to Danny: Happy birthday from France! And I know the sentiment is expressed worldwide! Hopefully all those at the Tool show this evening will give him a solid rendition of Happy Birthday to You.… Read More »Happy Birthday Danny!