December 07, 2006 Halle Tony Garnier | Lyon, France Stinkfist Forty-Six & 2 Jambi Schism Swamp Song Pushit Wings For Marie 10,000 Days Lateralus Vicarious Ænema Thanks to DistortionOnline for the list. OR Stinkfist (extended) Forty Six & 2 Jambi Schism (extended) Lost Keys Rosetta Stoned Swamp Song (Lighter break) Wings For Marie 10,000 days Lateralus Vicarious Aenema From Toolnavy. I suspect the Toolnavy one is the right one….
Tool have collected a couple of nominations for this years Grammy Awards. This year they have been nominated for: Best Hard Rock Performance for Vicarious. Up against Nine Inch Nails, Buckcherry, Wolfmother and System of a Down Best Record Packaging for 10,000 Days. They seem to have done alright in the past with Grammy Awards, so hopefully they’ll pick something up again this time around. Winners will be announced on… Read More »This Beat Could Win Me A Grammy…
Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell joined Tool on stage in Leipzig, Germany on Monday night. According to Blabbermouth, he playing Sober with the guys, and also allegedly also played with them in Cardiff, though this is the first I’ve heard of it. Here’s hoping Billy Thorpe doesn’t join Tool on stage Down Under… Edit: According to the tour journal at Distortion Online, Phil played during Swamp Song in Cardiff, and on… Read More »Tool + Motörhead
Just received and email from Merch at Toolarmy, and it looks like the Platinum Lateralus has shipped. Who knows, it may even arrive in time for Xmas. M.J.K. tells me he has a Gold Coast Big Day Out ticket, and he’s willing to swap it for a ticket to a show in Japan. He’s not interested in selling it for money at this point though. Let me know if you’re… Read More »Lateralus Platinum Shipped! Ticket Swaps
Danny Carey and Brann Dailor from Mastodon took over the BBC Rock Show the other night, and it show is currently available for streaming on the website. Apparently this will only be available for the next week. Not really an interview as such, more the guys discussing drumming and playing a few tracks. Here’s what they picked: Mahavishnu Orchestra – ‘Meeting Of The Spirits’ (Sony) Isis – ‘ Holy Tears’… Read More »DC on the Rock Show, Tool Tickets
Blair posted the November Newsletter today. Seems to be the usual ramblings, this time about his trip to San Antonio. This is mainly in response to the cancelled show, and Blair mentions that the show will be rescheduled for the 2007 US tour. There have been plenty of photo’s posted for Toolarmy members, today there’s one of Adam, Camella and Brian May. Nice beard Adam, looks like those hairy guys… Read More »November Newsletter, Adam + Guitarist
XtotheY of Toolnavy posted last night that Tool are featured in the latest edition of the German magazine Visions. No transcript of the interview was made available, but it was a pretty stock standard interview except for the following points: The Vicarious video will be entirely computer generated, which is why there have been delays. Adam is yet to see the video for himself Maynard justified the current Tool ticket… Read More »Tool in Visions
Josephine emailed me today to let me know that Tool has featured twice in the Triple J My Favorite Album poll, coming in at position 21 for Ænima and then again at 40 for Lateralus. It’s a somewhat predictable poll, with a couple of interesting results. Anthony Callea at number 32?
Kiyou on Toolnavy posted a link to another article covering the technical aspects of the Tool live show. This time the article covers there recent US Show which featured the big white stage and introduced the lasers. Interesting reading. “The show looks very different based on where you are sitting in an arena,†says Grace. “Toward the end of the show, the screens in back of the band and the… Read More »Stage Production Article
Casi emailed me today, telling me that he received and email for Blair a few days ago, confirming that Tool will be touring the Gulf Coast region on their next US tour. Hopefully those of you who missed out last time will be able to catch them next year. Toolshed mentioned that Danny and Brann Dailor of Mastodon will appear on this Tuesday’s episode of The Radio Rockshow. Speaking of… Read More »Tour News, Coming Interviews, Mastodon Videos, Salival Request