While I try and fight off the effects of a nasty cold I’m fighting at the moment, it seems that those from the Tool website have been busy preparing a number of announcements for us.  For most of us the important news is that we have confirmation of some Tool shows happening in October (I’ll summarise and comment on the changes to ToolArmy in a separate post). Three dates have been… Read More »Tool announce 2016 USA tour dates
In a short but interesting article on The Creators Project, it is revealed that digital artist Can Büyükberber created a bunch of visuals for Tool’s most recent tour, including the new track Descending.  According to the article: Late last year, Büyükberber put together ten individual video loops for band’s live sets. In his description, Büyükberber claims the cosmic animated artworks developed through his work in architectural projection mapping performances. Through this work,… Read More »Can Büyükberber shares his visuals from the recent Tool tour
The organisers of the Aftershock Festival, held in Sacramento, California on the 22nd and 23rd of October have posted an image of a bottle of Caduceus Anubis 2011 as well as a suggestion that the lineup will drop next Tuesday. Â Perhaps they really love Maynard’s wine, or possibly it’s a hint that one of his bands will be included on the bill. Many of you would be familiar with… Read More »MJK related announcement for Aftershock Festival?
Blair has posted the May 2016 Tool Newsletter, and it appears there’s no real news of note at the moment.  Instead the newsletter contains an interview with a random Tool fan.  Those with low tolerance for Blair–isms should probably give it a miss. Here’s the final question with a few asterisks for you guys to ponder: ANSWER: “How about Problem 8. Just kidding. Having heard Faaip de Oiad, I’m good… But,… Read More »May 2016 Tool Newsletter out now!
Puscifer have announced a couple of shows in Florida in November, as well as the promise of more: Floridian friends, we’re stopping by for a visit in November. We’ll see you: November 1 Orlando, FL Bob Carr Theater November 3 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall Tickets for Orlando available this Friday, May 6 at 10 am; tickets for Clearwater available this Saturday, May 7. More dates will be announced soon.… Read More »Puscifer announced November shows in Florida
Ten years has passed since the release of Tool’s last album 10,000 Days, and a couple of websites have celebrated the anniversary with some retrospectives. First up is Team Rock who feature an interview with Engineer Joe Barresi. Â His discusses his first impressions of Tool, as well as some of the techniques used to record 10,000 Days. The second comes from Loudwire, who have compiled a series of quotes from… Read More »10 years of 10,000 Days
In our absence, Blair has posted the April 2016 Tool newsletter, which includes a censored section for you to decipher (if you are so inclined): During a recent phone conversation with a certain band member, he told me the following: “Goddamn, I just ******* the *** **** ***** and it was pretty damn amazing! Of course, ** still has to **** **** of * *** ****** before ** **** ********,… Read More »Tool April 2016 Newsletter
I’m sure many of you have noticed that Fourtheye has been down the last few days, and also down far too often in the last few months. Â Well, enough was enough, and the decision was made to shift the server to a more reliable location, and here we are! Fingers crossed we won’t see any more downtime in the near future, from either Fourtheye or Tool! While I’m talking about… Read More »Fourtheye server move
Don’t forget it’s Record Store Day this weekend on the 16th of April, and among the releases for this years event is a Picture Disc edition of Puscifer‘s  V is for Viagra The Remixes.  Probably not the album I would have preferred a picture disc of, but I went on down to a local record store in town and noticed they have several copies, so snapped one up. Here’s a… Read More »Record Store Day 2016!
It looks like Maynard hasn’t given up hope of a new Tool album, at least according to a recent interview with WMMR (a radio station in Philadelphia I believe).  You can listen to the whole interview below, Maynard comes online at about the 1:46 mark.  It’s an ok interview, nothing you haven’t really heard before though (though I did discover Al Bundy has a black belt): When asked about Tool news… Read More »Maynard “still hopeful” of a Tool album