After all the excitement surrounding the Central and South American dates last month, the next big thing for Maynard James Keenan fans is the Sessanta v2.0 tour which kicks off later this month. For those out of the loop, this tour features one big set of songs mixed together from Puscifer, Primus and A Perfect Circle. This means all three bands are on the stage at once, so expect a… Read More »Sessanta v2.0 kicks off soon!
You have heard in the last few days that Tim “Herb” Alexander has opted to leave Primus. It seems like Primus will find a replacement for the Sessanta 2.0 shows, but at the dates with Tool in the Dominican Republic Danny Carey will be sitting in the chair once more. This has happened a few times over the years, with Danny filling in for a tour back in 2014, as… Read More »Danny to fill in for Primus
There’s a cool new interview with Tool/Puscifer/A Perfect Circle singer Maynard James Keenan with Primus bassist Les Claypool out today, and I’d like to bring to your attention. Interviewer Kyle Meredith does an excellent job of keeping up with both of them, and while we don’t get a heap of insight as to what’s coming up for both artists (aside from the next round of Sessanta shows) it is an… Read More »Maynard & Les chat with Kyle Meredith
For those who’ve been paying attention to the upcoming Sessanta tour (featuring A Perfect Circle, Puscifer and Primus) you’ll know that there is an EP coming with the tour. Good news is that it seems to be available digitally on Youtube for your listening pleasure. It features three tracks: They’re an interesting bunch of tracks. Notably the Primus track has Maynard providing most of the vocals – it’s probably the… Read More »Sessanta E.P.P.P.
The results are in for the Fourtheye Readers Top 10 Albums of 2017. The poll didn’t get a huge amount of entries this year (partially my fault, since I didn’t push it too hard) but also a reflection of lower traffic these days on Fourtheye (I think partly to to many now consuming Tool news via various Social Media channels rather than older style websites). Anyway, without further delay, here… Read More »Fourtheye Readers Top 10 Albums of 2017
Long time no news! Updating weekly appears to be a weak point of mine, but here’s the latest and greatest. Highlights include: Justin’s Goblin Master bit at Primus shows Daily Grail discuss the importance of Occult Rock A Perfect Circle release video for The Doomed Tool Newsletters: Still a thing! Albums of the last few weeks: Godflesh, Converge, Polaris, Merchant Oh and in case you missed it, Adam said Tool… Read More »Weekly Update 21-Nov-2017
The Legend of the Seagullmen, a band featuring Danny Carey, as well as Brent Hinds from Mastodon will play it’s debut show at the Primus NYE Party in San Francisco later this year. Going by social media posts recently it sounds like they’ve been recording as well, so expect some news on an album sometime eventually. Primus will return to the Fox Theater in Oakland for a Goblin New Years… Read More »Legend of the Seagullmen debut with Primus
Slightly late update this week, but I’ve been busy! In this weeks edition: Justin the Goblin Master Maynard – The Work of Art Part 3 Albums of the Week: Chelsea Wolfe, Propagandhi, Dalek & Primus Justin the Goblin Master Justin Chancellor features on the new Primus album The Desaturating Seven as the Goblin Master, which I believe you can hear on the first track The Valley. Maynard – The Art… Read More »Weekly Update 4-Oct-2017
Only the second edition of this weekly update thing, and already I feel like I have bugger all to write about. Strap yourselves in for a bunch of somewhat vaguely relevant “Tool” news! In this weeks edition: Aenima turns 21 Tool + Taylor Swift Mashup Signed “Chet Zar: I Like To Paint Monsters” DVD Documentary New music I’ve enjoyed this week! Aenima turns 21 Moreso than Undertow, I think Aenima… Read More »Weekly Update 18-Sept-2017
Most of us already knew that a San Bernadino show was coming, but Tool have made a big announcement this morning telling us that the support acts for this gig will include both The Melvins and Primus as well as Live DJ Sets from The Crystal Method + a yet to be announced guest. Sounds like a great event – this time around there doesn’t appear to be a VIP… Read More »Tool announce huge San Bernadino show