Bruised_Kiwi in Toolnavy posts this interesting interview with Maynard. Here’s one of the highlights: JR: A lot of the longer songs on your records take place near the end of the album but you chose to put a 17 minute monster (“Wings for Marie” and its counterpart “10,000 Days”) near the beginning of the record and surprisingly it doesn’t wreck the flow of the album at all. MJK: Originally it… Read More »Maynard Interview
Not really any news today, so I though I’d quickly comment on the recent record sales. We all know that Tool sold 564,000 copies of 10,000 Days in the US, which is an impressive figure for any band, and outstrips the sales on Lateralus as well. As it turns out, that’s the highest selling CD in one week so far in 2006. Since the Red Hot Chilli Peppers new CD… Read More »Record Sales
The Coachella newsletter is now up, and features many good photo’s of the band. Haven’t actually read it yet, but knowing Blair I’m sure it’s and interesting read (or crap, depending on your personal feelings towards Blair). It appears there’s a Toolarmy exclusive part, but from what I can see it’s just a single photo of Justin, take from somewhere near Adam‘s feet. And no I won’t be posting it… Read More »Coachella Newsletter
MTV spoke with Billy Howerdel recently regarding the status of A Perfect Circle, and he also confirms that APC will not be back in the near future. Though he and Maynard are both unwilling to say it’s over: “[Maynard and I have] talked about it lightly. A few months ago, it was like, ‘If we did A Perfect Circle again, I’d want to do this or that.’ It was a… Read More »APC in Stasis
According to Blair on Toolband/Army, good friends of Tool the Melvins are releasing Houdini Live 2005: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust. Details can be found on the Ipecac site, and it appears that it should be out now. Houdini’s one of the Melvins’ best albums, so check it out!
I found this article on Yahoo Music today, which talks about 10,000 Days, with a few quotes from Adam, and also from their record company Zomba: Fans love it, says Bryan Everitt, director of music operations for the 153-store Hastings Entertainment chain. “It’s great to see music lovers reading the liner notes and really enjoying holding the product in their hands again.” (Adam) Jones, who came up with the concept,… Read More »“The best album art since the 70’s”
I got a tip off from Ponix on Toolarmy that there was a Tool interview in this months edition of Ralph magazine. For those of you, Ralph is one of those mens magazine to afraid to show any nipple! It even censors swear words in the article, which I’ve restored for your reading pleasure. Mental note: Stick to Playboy Magazine in the future, at least they go oall the way.… Read More »Sharpest Tools in the Shed
Looks like Vince De Franco’s Mandala drums are ready for ordering. For you electronic drum fans out there, check out some of the demos on this site. They’re pretty impressive. In case you’ve been hiding in a cave the last few years, these drums have been designed by Frank in conjunction with Danny, and are extensively used on 10,000 Days. Attilla from Toolband Hungary has told me he’s hosting a… Read More »Mandalas, Article Collection
According to the latest Chapel of Sacred Mirrors email, there will be an Entheocentric Salon after the Himalayan voices show on May the 20th. What the hell is an Entheocentric Salon you ask? I have no idea, but according to the program Alex Grey will be doing a Tool talk at 1AM. Entry costs $20 and includes both Audio and Video presentations and music.
Jonathon submitted this link to me this morning, which contains a very interesting interview with both Alex Grey and Adam Jones in relation to the Tool’s 10,000 Days artwork. The article also contains a few audio and visual samples for you all to enjoy. One important thing mentioned is that the Vicarious video, which features Grey’s artwork should be out early July.