Tool are a band from Los Angeles California. This section of Fourtheye contains all the latest Tool news and rumours.
PowerTrip is a new metal themed festival from Goldenvoice – the same group that run Coachella. There were a few rumours floating around as to who might be headlining this (including Metallica, Guns n’ Roses, AC/DC, Iron Maiden) and it seems Tool may well have outed themselves via Instagram reel. Presumably this festival will take place later in 2023 in sunny California. Stay tuned for more details!
For the Tool fan with more money than sense, we now have a second skull option available for sale – a life size variant, which comes with a pretty cool Third Eye triggered LED. This skull will set you back US$800, or $1299 if you want an autographed box to come with it. It’s a small price to pay to flex your wealth and status as a Tool fan! As… Read More »$800 Tool Skull available for pre-order
A small Skull Maquette not enough for you? Your lucky day has arrived, with Tool announcing a bigger, girthier version coming soon to a Toolband outlet near you! And it’s limited as well, presumably by how many they think they can sell! You’ll be able to send your fat-ass dirty dollars their way on March 24th!
News this morning from the Tool camp is that they are confirmed as headliners for Day 3 of the Aftershock Festival in California during October. Drummer Danny Carey suggested not too long ago that dates were coming in the latter half of 2023, and I suspect this is the first of a larger announcement. Here’s the poster: It’s a pretty decent lineup, a few highlights for me include Turnstile, L7,… Read More »Tool announce Aftershock appearance
Buzz and Mackie Osborne have featured on a recent episode of Making Ways: The Art of Music, during which Mackie confirms quite a few Tool re-issues are on the way. To paraphrase: I’m working on some really limited edition things for Tool, who are re-releasing all of their back catalog in a series of limited edition package. And they are also going to re-release their back catalog in kinda the… Read More »Tool back catalog re-issues on the way?
A great new interview with Ænima and Lateralus producer David Bottrill has appeared on Youtube this week. He speaks with Warren Huart on the Produce Like A Pro channel, discussing a range of production related topics. Included in this is his work with King Crimson, Robert Fripp, Muse, Remy Zero and of course – Tool. Here’s the video: Some interesting information in the recording of No Quarter at around the… Read More »David Bottrill on producing Tool, King Crimson and more!
Great news for Ohio Tool fans this morning, with news that they will be joining the Sonic Temple Festival in Columbus. The festival, which takes place May 2023 features Tool on the 25th and Puscifer on the 27th: There’s some pretty decent acts on the bill, including Malevolence, Queens of the Stone Age, Knocked Loose, Deftones, Ho99o9 and The Bronx. Pre-sales via the Sonic Temple website kick off soon
As the band promised earlier this week, the special edition Tool Fetus in Skull Maquette is now available to preorder. It is US$500 for the regular one, and US$1000 for a signed copy (though these have sold out it appears). More detail on this item from the Toolband store: Inspired by the 10,000 Days and Lateralus album artwork(s) by Alex Grey. Each collectible figure is cast in Polyresin, individually hand… Read More »Fetus in Skull Half-Scale Maquette now available
Tool have announced their first date for 2023 – the Welcome to Rockville Festival in Florida during May. Also joining them on the lineup are Puscifer (though not on the same day): There are some good bands on the lineup, though Friday and Saturday are pretty light on. I’d be checking out Queens of the Stone Age, Converge, Malevolence, Knocked Loose, Deftones, The Mars Volta and Deafheaven. Festivals are not… Read More »Tool added to Rockville 2023
Adam Jones and various other bits of Tool social media were teasing at some kind of new release a week or so ago, and this morning it appears to have been revealed as some kind of limited edition Fetus and Skull ornament: According to the marketing I expect these to go on sale on the 16th of December, 2022. No indication as to how much this will cost, but I… Read More »Tool Fetus in Skull Maquette coming soon