MJK got the virus:
https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/09/maynard-james-keenan-covid-puscifer/5929660002/
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 12 October 2020 12:36 (three years ago) link
Never been happy with his handwashing routine, at the best of times.....
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Monday, 12 October 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
Dio chancer charity is auctioning off, among other things, a sink signed by the member of Tool:
https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/pqecF9J66dd-S0SyAPcP_HUUJhQVewBuAxDmvSut29R7vXW49yl4GdnUbN4K09JdFc1HUHmvUaw0bcwVNPFkbDLG5N7kt7WMREet1a_DRgmIHKlW1GzH7pb-AQDBRCvgsmSu3LgIwxnM=s0-d-e1-ft#https://files.constantcontact.com/e541c545501/a6292036-4b83-4412-9664-fc0991454119.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:40 (three years ago) link
That Dio was a bit of a chancer at times, but I'm assuming you meant "cancer" charity.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 November 2020 20:56 (three years ago) link
Nope, you assume wrong, I totally meant chancer. Like Chancer the Rapper-er.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 November 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
Ah, my mistake. lol
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 November 2020 21:22 (three years ago) link
She's a dancer, a romancerI'm a Capricorn and she's a Chancer
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 19 November 2020 21:36 (three years ago) link
Can I get Maynard to come install the sink after COVID?
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 19 November 2020 21:36 (three years ago) link
You're a chancerBut you're chancing on airJust a matter of time till you fall
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 19 November 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRXukZRNW6Y
― StanM, Friday, 16 April 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
(justin & danny playing aenima at Berklee)
― StanM, Friday, 16 April 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
"pneuma" definitely the best tool song ever
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 2 October 2021 23:06 (two years ago) link
that big riff is SO FUCKING SWEET
― brimstead, Sunday, 3 October 2021 03:25 (two years ago) link
(the one that starts 3 minutes or so in)
― brimstead, Sunday, 3 October 2021 03:26 (two years ago) link
i think it's an underrated album.
― akm, Sunday, 3 October 2021 03:28 (two years ago) link
also, bit the bullet and got tickets to finally see them in january, but mainly because blonde redhead is opening(???)
― akm, Monday, 4 October 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
i impulse bought two tix for me and my best friend
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 02:21 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I think I'm going with a pal. Pricey, but you only live once, and besides, those gongs don't pay for themselves.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 03:17 (two years ago) link
I'm a bit too late for a ticket to Antwerp (venue sucks anyway) or Amsterdam. 330 euros for a ticket in Köln? haha, no thanks.
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 05:49 (two years ago) link
Tool is of course pretty awesome. I think we can all agree the best part of Tool is Danny; I could listen to an entire album that's just Danny. At least by default, I think we can also all agree that the worst part of Tool is Maynard; I could listen to a Tool album with no vocals at all. That said, a Tool album without Danny would I think be noticeably worse. But would a Tool album with someone other than Maynard be better?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
The last album barely has any Maynard on it
― licorice in the front, pizza in the rear (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
True. I think they got impatient? Ironically, the one track that sounds like it's mostly Danny kind of sucks.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
maynard sounds good i like his voice tho
― Spottie, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
At the same time, I wish he was singing in another language or something.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
his voice is just texture to me, i dont pay attention to their lyrics really at all
― Spottie, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
Someone else singing the same songs would still be singing the same words so I don't think the baseline argument here has been thought out at all
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
Huh? I meant someone else singing different words from the start. Like, if they had a different singer from the beginning.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link
Now I'm envisioning a reality show contest like "Rock Star: Tool," or them scouring the Philippines for a cover band ringer or something.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHUg7Kroepc
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
"I like Tool but they would be better if they sang completely different songs" is a take, sure
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
what if they sang songs about Tools. like allen wrenches
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 21:19 (two years ago) link
If every Tool song was about tools and not just sung *by* a Tool, Maynard would rise in my estimation to at least the third best part of the band.
xpost So is being intentionally obtuse. The drums, guitars and bass would be intact, so functionally the same songs, just with a different singer/words. Or, as I said, even no singer/words. How essential is Maynard to the equation, is the question. Like, there is no doubt REM without Michael Stipe is not REM. But Maynard (as illustrated by posts noting his relative absence on the last record, or one whose lyrics can easily just be ignored) doesn't always seem the most pivotal component of the band.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 21:23 (two years ago) link
I do really like the last song on Lateralus but not sure if that's more becuase no singing or because it sounds like metal Can.
― Noel Emits, Thursday, 11 November 2021 09:01 (two years ago) link
Ah I see, you don’t actually know what a song is
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Thursday, 11 November 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
I could listen to a Tool album with no vocals at all
this is me but with Radiohead. I'd probably love Radiohead if there were no vocals
Maynard's voice is cool. It's distinctive, at least. It never bothered me.
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 12 November 2021 01:05 (two years ago) link
I wanna know what a song isI want you to show me
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 November 2021 01:14 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dr6ZlcR6Fo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zfYO9sZjrE
― StanM, Saturday, 13 November 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
^ one of the comments: should have named the band "Toot"
― StanM, Saturday, 13 November 2021 17:17 (two years ago) link
Didn't I just see something about one of them peeing on the audience?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 13 November 2021 18:03 (two years ago) link
yeah i just read that too D:
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 13 November 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
oh - so THAT's why they're suddenly trending.
― StanM, Saturday, 13 November 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
The Ex Eye record from a couple of years ago might satisfy the desire for an instrumental Tool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Xq9enRx18
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 13 November 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
i was at this festival and am beside myself that I missed the peeing
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 November 2021 20:45 (two years ago) link
there's video footage and it's way more explicit than you'd expect
― StanM, Saturday, 13 November 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link
I didn't really know who this band was or what their deal was but now that I feel like I do it seems more shocking; like they're not some shock band, those look like a bunch of fairly serious professional musicians to me.
― akm, Sunday, 14 November 2021 03:53 (two years ago) link
Also I have always been under the impression that maynard was extremely critical to the band and that he wrote the music and lyrics. if he doesn't actually write the music then he could easily go. I guess he kind of does that anyway since Pucifer is 10X more prolific than Tool.
― akm, Sunday, 14 November 2021 03:54 (two years ago) link
I thought guitar riffs and bass lines are how Tool songs start out, then drums get written, with vocals being the last?
― StanM, Sunday, 14 November 2021 05:40 (two years ago) link
Pretty sure Maynard is indeed the last thing added and has nothing to do with the music. They accumulate guitar, bass, drum ideas, refine and cobble them together over many months, then he adds vox and lyrics and song titles. I've seen a few interviews with the band where they admit they have to walk him through some of the tricky stuff to help him come up with lyrics and melodies that fit, and interviews with him where he'll finally come up with something but by the time he brings it to the band they've changed or otherwise rearranged the music. Sounds like a tough slog.
From what I understand about Rush it was almost the opposite. Neil would accumulate lyrics, Geddy and Alex would accumulate riffs and songs, Neil would give Geddy some lyrics, Geddy and Alex would collect their riffs and stuff and arrange them into songs, with Alex programming drums, then Neil would come in toward the end, listen to the demos and come up with his own drum parts. Then I think the band and producer would tinker further with arrangements. More of a full, equal collaboration.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 14 November 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
Oh man Danny Carey pulled a cake boss pic.twitter.com/Fauu0rBQfu— the ghost of txtmas past (@metaltxt) December 14, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
Tool has a drummer?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link