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!
This morning I was provided with a three pictures taken from the upcoming update to dannycarey.org. The pics appear to be pretty heavily CGI’d which suggests the site will probably be quite Flash intensive. Regardless, they look quite interesting and I can’t wait to see the end result! No word yet on when the update will become available. For your viewing pleasure…
According to a recent post on Blabbermouth, Meshuggah will be releasing a live DVD later on this year, and will also be recording an album for release in 2010. Danny’s other band, Pigmy Love Circus are playing a gig tonight with bands Sturgeon, Sextapes and Hectors Revenge at the Key Club in Hollywood. Sounds like fun if you can make it!
Bellami from Toolarmy found some cool pictures from a recent Paiste Golf Day featuring our favorite Drummer! Danny looks pretty suave in his golfing duds! Heaps more pictures here.
Marc writes in to let me know about this video on Drumtube, which shows off the whole range of Sonor drums, including the DC one. According to the video, the cost of the drum will be “less expensive than originally thought” at €555, about US$727 and AU$1,085. I’m not sure what expensive means in the world of drums, but that sounds like a fair bit for a single drum to… Read More »Sonor Drum Video from NAMM
Gregrohmer from Toolarmy took the following pictures of Danny at the NAMM 2009 convention. Includes and extreme close-up of the new signature snare. Thanks to Kat for the tip!
Pigmy Love Circus play a rare live show in February with bands Sextapes (featuring Chris Pitman) and Sturgeon (featuring Kent Brisley), all of who apparently played in a band in Kansas called Ibizabar. The gig will be held at the Keyclub Hollywood on February 4th. First 50 through the door get a free Sturgeon CD!
No official announcement has been made as far as I’ve seen, but ben_o from Toolarmy managed to find this photo:
According to a post I read on Wired, Danny will be judging at a Drum-Off at Guitar Center (in LA?) on the 10th of January 2009: including Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins, Tool’s Danny Carey, No Doubt’s Adrian Young, Avenged Sevenfold’s The Rev and session vet Kenny Aronoff. Those distinguished musicians will be joined by celebration host and Jane’s Addiction slammer Stephen Perkins, The Mars Volta’s Thomas Pidgeon, Shadows Fall’s Jason… Read More »Danny judges at Guitar Center Drum-off
Blair posted a one paragraph November Newsletter on Toolband/Army today, letting us know that Camella and Rynne have been on a Great White Shark Adventure and included a picture. He also mentioned to be thankful that Adam and Danny weren’t there. Perhaps they were busy doing something else…
Ever wondered what it would be like to cruise around Hollywood in Danny’s Lamborghini while trippin’ on mushrooms? Well now you can! All you need to do is purchase the US$75,000 packaged version of Josh Freese’s (former A Perfect Circle and NIN member) new solo album Since 1992. Package includes: Signed CD/DVD and digital download. T-shirt** Come out on tour with me for a few days. I write, record and… Read More »Want to ride in Danny’s Lamborghini?