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Any info out there on TOOL.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,833 ✭✭✭Useful.Idiot


    I think Maynard probably has the least decisional parity in terms of the music Tool put out, going by the lead up to this album.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,307 ✭✭✭weiland79


    Anyone else going to see them in Prague?

    Im a 43 year old man and i cant remember the last time i was this excited about something. :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    weiland79 wrote: »
    Anyone else going to see them in Prague?

    Im a 43 year old man and i cant remember the last time i was this excited about something. :)

    Download for me although possibly Lisbon too, still deciding!


  • Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Band now have a page on both Spotify & Apple Music.

    https://loudwire.com/tool-spotify-profile/


  • Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭baamus


    Listened a few tracks from last years album and wasn't impressed tbh. Own a few albums of Tool and A Perfect Circle, really like their heavier stuff.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,307 ✭✭✭weiland79


    baamus wrote: »
    Listened a few tracks from last years album and wasn't impressed tbh. Own a few albums of Tool and A Perfect Circle, really like their heavier stuff.

    Last years album?


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    weiland79 wrote: »
    Last years album?

    I think they may mean APC unless I’ve gone full Rip van Winkle and slept through the the latest Tool album!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,307 ✭✭✭weiland79


    Lithium93_ wrote: »
    Band now have a page on both Spotify & Apple Music.

    https://loudwire.com/tool-spotify-profile/


    you'd imagine this means an album is in coming:pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭baamus


    weiland79 wrote: »
    Last years album?
    Epic mistake sure it was APC


  • Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭baamus


    frag420 wrote: »
    I think they may mean APC unless I’ve gone full Rip van Winkle and slept through the the latest Tool album!!
    You got me there


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  • Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    weiland79 wrote: »
    you'd imagine this means an album is in coming:pac:

    Logically you'd think that, but who really knows, it's all shrouded in secrecy.

    Only band I can think of to rival Tool in the secrecy stakes is Guns N' Roses.


  • Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_




  • Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭LillySV


    was lookign at tour schedule online...thats hardly the last tour dates for 2019? Id like to think they will call to Ireland?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,307 ✭✭✭weiland79


    LillySV wrote: »
    was lookign at tour schedule online...thats hardly the last tour dates for 2019? Id like to think they will call to Ireland?

    I think there are only 13 european dates. No Ireland im afraid


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,307 ✭✭✭weiland79


    One of our group has had to pull out of the gig in Prague so we have a spare ticket. If anyone is interested send me a PM.


  • Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    So just spotted this on Twitter...

    https://twitter.com/Tool/status/1125992825756233729


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,340 ✭✭✭S.M.B.


    Do I listen to live version of new songs or wait ~4 months?

    Decisions, decisions.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,307 ✭✭✭weiland79


    S.M.B. wrote: »
    Do I listen to live version of new songs or wait ~4 months?

    Decisions, decisions.

    This is something that is bugging me about the upcoming gig. I generally don't enjoy listening to new music for the first time at a gig.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭LillySV


    S.M.B. wrote: »
    Do I listen to live version of new songs or wait ~4 months?

    Decisions, decisions.

    Wait... the live versions I heard online don’t sound bad but at the same time... they didn’t sound like something that they would spend over a decade writing!


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,243 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Looks legit this time.

    Thirteen years. Not bad going.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 9,340 ✭✭✭S.M.B.


    weiland79 wrote: »
    This is something that is bugging me about the upcoming gig. I generally don't enjoy listening to new music for the first time at a gig.
    I'm not a big fan of seeing a band in the run up to a major release where the set is primarily made up of songs I've never heard before. However, I do love when I see a band perform a new song that makes a big impression and I end up associating that performance with the song forever more. It doesn't happen too often but when it does it's glorious.

    I won't be seeing Tool on this tour so unfortunately it's bootlegs or nothing for me. Think I'll abstain.


  • Registered Users Posts: 48,990 ✭✭✭✭Lithium93_


    Maynard confirmed the August 30th date for the Tool album via Twitter and a Thor meme of all things.

    https://twitter.com/mjkeenan/status/1126869696819748865


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,833 ✭✭✭Useful.Idiot


    LillySV wrote: »
    Wait... the live versions I heard online don’t sound bad but at the same time... they didn’t sound like something that they would spend over a decade writing!

    I felt the same but I also learned a long time ago not to judge a band's new material via a live vid from a camera in the audience. Gonna save the judgement until it's out.

    Also it's always important to note they haven't been writing for a decade. A lot of that time was spent mired in legal proceedings that stunted the band for a while. I believe there was also health issues in the band too over that time.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,307 ✭✭✭weiland79


    https://youtu.be/c0oPARs84Mo

    So close now!!! And they sound in top form. Can't wait.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    weiland79 wrote: »
    https://youtu.be/c0oPARs84Mo

    So close now!!! And they sound in top form. Can't wait.

    This night three weeks and il be seeing them live...can’t wait!


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,243 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Must say Maynard's voice sounds great in those videos.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,307 ✭✭✭weiland79


    https://youtu.be/mYKLvYGqaC0

    I learned the recorder in school :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,307 ✭✭✭weiland79


    Just back from Prague. Start to finish amazing. Started with Enema followed by The Pot. They played two new tracks. We got 46 & 2, Jambi, 4 degrees, Vicarious, Stinkfist a really good mix of songs.
    The O2 is a great venue. The sound i thought was great although i did hear some people complain that it was too loud.
    Tempted to go back next Tuesday to see Slipknot.


  • Registered Users Posts: 735 ✭✭✭Treviso


    My initial thoughts on the setlists for this tour are not that impressive, but guess I'm being overly picky. Missing a few of their best songs imo.

    https://www.setlist.fm/search?artist=2bd6d836&query=tool

    Cant wait to see them in Amsterdam in under 2 weeks


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  • Registered Users Posts: 14,243 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Treviso wrote: »
    My initial thoughts on the setlists for this tour are not that impressive, but guess I'm being overly picky. Missing a few of their best songs imo.

    https://www.setlist.fm/search?artist=2bd6d836&query=tool

    Cant wait to see them in Amsterdam in under 2 weeks

    If I could criticise them in any way it would be over their choice of set-lists. They tend to stick rigidly to the same set-list throughout a tour, not just now, but all the time. They very rarely vary it or change it up. I suppose they have a lot of things to sync up like visuals etc, etc - so everything has to run like clockwork, not leaving a lot of space for spontaneity. You'd love to see them start throwing a few deeper cuts here and there, but it's not their way of doing things.

    But there's always exceptions - I went to see play at Ozzfest back in '02, when Ozzy infamously pulled out and as a result their slot became a kinda unofficial headline slot. We actually got a few extra tunes compared to the other Ozzfest setlists from the same period. They threw in Flood and Opiate on top of their usual played. Ah, that was a great day.


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