Fresh from Adam’s Instagram (well, a few days old anyway, since I was out in the field for a week) is a preview of some new Tool package. There’s not a lot of detail on what it is! Some speculate that this could finally be some kind of vinyl – possibly a Fear Inoculum release, Lateralus anniversary edition, or possibly even a box set? It’s hard to say much more… Read More »Adam Jones teases Tool package prototype?
Tool bassplayer Justin Chancellor is currently auctioning one of his Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray basses for charity. Run by French metal band Gojira, this fundraiser is for Brazil’s Indigenous People Articulation (APIB). Proceeds of this, and other auctions will raise much needed funds. According to Toolband: Justin has autographed and painted his 2019 short scale Ernie Ball StingRay bass and donated it for a live auction raising funds for indigenous… Read More »Justin Chancellor Bass up for Auction
Maynard and his band of jolly performers, otherwise known as Puscifer will be hosting another live streamed concert, this time focused on the music of Money $hot. The trailer below sets the theme with Billy D being the main attraction, and presumably the live stream somewhat resembling the wrestling heavy comedy of the album tour: Earlybird tickets are US$20 each, with the price rising to $25 at some point in… Read More »Billy D and the Hall of the Feathered Serpents
Blair suggests today that some exciting Tool news will be surfacing soon. I can’t imagine a tour is on the cards anytime in 2021, so either it’s tour news that some time off, or something else? New record, live streams, vinyl, blankets – the points of speculation are endless. Those of us who work for the band wish we could share more news updates that fans would find truly exciting…… Read More »Some “Wicked” Tool news coming soon?
Happy Invasion Day everyone! A few weeks ago I gave you Fourtheye’s Top 10, and now it’s my turn. There were plenty of cool albums this year, and this time around my Top 10 aligns somewhat with yours, with a number of shared albums. This year, I reckon it was a pretty decent one for releases. While a few I found a little underwhelming (in particular Puscifer & Mr Bungle)… Read More »Hellboy’s Top 10 albums of 2020
It’s been a little while since we’ve had a Tool Newsletter with a great deal of updates from band members, but Blair has posted one recently which updates us on what Danny & Justin are up to at the moment: Would you good folks settle for a half of a Tool newsletter? Okay, great! Here we go. A while back I mentioned that DANNY was tracking with Peter Murphy (of… Read More »Tool Newsletter January 2021
It’s 2021, so now is the time to take a look into what are your favourite albums of the year. We were somewhat down on votes this year compared to normal, possibly due to COVID detachment, or perhaps due to the slowly decreasing relevance of traditional blogs on the internet. Either way the results were a mix of the predictable, as a well as a few interesting choices There was… Read More »Fourtheye Readers Best Albums of 2020
2020 has been a very interesting year, to say the least, but one that’s been full of many fine albums! As usual, I’m running a poll to see what your favorite albums are. I’ll compile this over the next month, with the poll closing on Xmas eve. Shortly after that I’ll post the results, and also my top 10. You can register your votes now by using this link You… Read More »Fourtheye Readers Best Albums of 2020 Poll
A video come out back in October from Synth jockey Peter Grenader, who’s worked with Danny Carey numerous times, in particular his Toolbox synth from recent Tool tours and the track Chocolate Chip Trip. Below is a Youtube clip of him twiddling some knobs on Danny’s synth. Importantly this video has a comment: Yup! Was just over there last week, going to be back this week. Working on a a… Read More »Peter Grenader working with Danny on something Tool related
For the Tool fan that has it all, now you can have a kitchen sink! This sink is now up for auction, and is autographed by all members of the band! It’s part of a charity auction to support the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund Happy bidding! The auction closes on December 2nd