From a recent post on Blabbermouth, Danny says: TOOL drummer Danny Carey told Launch that while the new music was hard to describe, he thought fans would have no problem recognizing it. “All I can say is you should probably just look at the past TOOL records,” he said. “It’s just kind of the next stage of development. Some of the tunes are pretty heavy on this one. It’s still… Read More »Danny speaks
Some pictures from Justin’s Birthday party have been posted on Toolband/Army with TA members getting a few bonus pics, including one of Danny sporting his helmet. For those non-TA members who want to take a look at them, I’m sure if you try hard enough you’ll find someone on the net who’s posted ’em.
For peole who like arguing over top 100 lists, here’s a list of the Top 100 Greatest Rock Drum Performances by some guy I’ve never heard of. John Bonham’s performance in Moby Dick tops the list, but Danny has a respectable 6 appearances, with Ticks & Leeches take out position 3. Reflection(28) would appear to be Danny’s second best drumming work according to this list, which personally I’d disagree with.… Read More »100 Greatest Rock Drum Performances
The TA chat transcripts seem to be up. In case you don’t feel like wallowing through them, I’ve assembled a bit of a list of highlights. New Tool CD *Both Adam and Maynard say Joe Baressi has been great to work with, better than David Bottril. *There will be lots of Gamalon? samples on the CD *The longest song recorded so far is 17 minutes long. *Sccot Reeder saws the… Read More »Chat Transcripts
It’s up now. It doesn’t contain much new Tool information to the untrained eye (ie. mine). It does dispell a few myths regarding the recent TA Chat. For those of you who complain that Blair’s newsletters never contain any useful information, then you won’t be swayed by this latest one at all. Personally I like them, so Blair, just in case you’re reading, keep up the good work. And Danny,… Read More »Halloween Newsletter
Some non-Tool news for a change. There’s a relatively interesting, if a little short interview with Jello Biafra here, where he talks about his involvement with the Melvins. It boes on to mention that Adam Jones plays on half of the tracks on the new CD Sieg Howdy! Ipecac.com are reporting that the Melvins are releasing a ‘new’ version of Houdini in the near future. Also, Peeping Tom for mid-2006.… Read More »Jelvins, Melvins, Tomahawk and TMOC
Just a final couple of things on the Toolarmy Crowleymas chat. It will start at 9pm PST (2pm AEST 13th Oct.) and the chat rooms should be back up sometime before then, though as I write this I seemed to be able to login, but not able to do anything. Guests Include: Adam, Maynard and & Danny. No Justin because he’s away. Alex Grey Aaron from Isis kaRIN and Statik… Read More »Crowleymas
More Volto news on Toolband/Army. It looks like they’re playing on October 30th at the Baked Potato. In case you’ve forgotten Volto include Danny Carey, John Ziegler, Kirk Covington and Lance Morrison. It’s also been reported that Eddie Van Halen was as on of John Ziegler’s regular jam nights. No word on whether he actually played or not. Toolarmy members shouldn’t forget about the TA Chat on this Wednesday (Thursday… Read More »Volto and The Chat
Blair writes on Toolarmy/band that Vince De Franco will soon be releasing the electronic drums that Danny has been using extensively on the new CD. For more details on this check out his website at www.synesthesiacorp.com
Another post from Blair on Toolband, this time relating to Danny’s appearances in the coming weeks. On Wednesday July 27th he’ll be appearing with Scott Kinsey (of Tribal Tech) and Steve Tavaglione (sax and EWI) at the La Ve Lee jazz club in Studio City (12514 Ventura Blvd. 818-980-8158). Sounds interesting. He’ll also be playing with Pigmy Love Circus on the 6th of August, coming straight from the recording studio.… Read More »Danny’s schedule