Has anyone else been wandering why for some reason tool have not even mentioned April Fools at all this year?? They do some type of joke or prank every year dont they? The only thing relating to April Fools was the post on April 1st :


Unsigned, no usual purple BMB at the bottom, just "locking the door...", keeps making me think somethings up.

Though I'm usually one for conspiracy theories, I figured locking the door was just a reference to No Quarter.

"no one's coming home tonite"

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lots of drinking for b-liar.

Something could be up. Who knows.

they?

Tool, Blair and anyone else that has anything to do with tool and toolband, including Kabir ;). Interesting how we arent allowed to discuss links to leaked material cos the band dont like it, yet they are fine with us openly discussing songs, a section of the forum dedicated to each track.

April isn't over...

Whether this material was meant to be released on the web as part of a red herring plot or is the real deal, I still get the feeling that we're still in for some sort of suprise from the band. They didn't spend close to 6 years recording and then go through such extensive measures to protect it these past few months to let it be released to the public through an internet leak. The band and their inner cadre seems pretty sharp to how things get spread around over the internet, I cant see them just allowing this go down without maintaining some semblance of control or incorporating a joke/suprise.

read the last line of the frist and second quote...

ya but what does it mean

The best part is Blair said symbology.

Clustering illusion is the psychological tendency to detect patterns where there are none.

this is more relevant than any other decoy/fake/conspiracy theory on this forum.

No April Fools this year?!

This is the best one Blair has ever done! No one has even figured it out yet! I bet even he didn't realise how much confusion it would cause by simply stating a fact on the first of April. "the leak a hoax" "its a decoy" "its B-sides" "Its part one of a double album" I bet he laughed for a while about this (until the truth of situation finally set in)

No April Fools Joke = 10,000 Days hoax.

Wow, Thanks for the insight.... :P

I think that post by Blair was purposefully posted (No shit..lol) on April 1st to spark something up. To spark a mystery.

"Is he telling the truth? Is this really from the new album? How can we trust a tool post on April 1st?"

Blair new exactly what he was doing, fucking with us. What the April fools joke turns out to be is anyones guess. B-side album? Un-finished album? Maynard is a woman?

I wouldn't say it's interesting how we're not allowed discuss links to leaks at all. Since the album isn't suppose to be released yet. I doubt they could stop people talking about it when it happened though and a section for each song was bound to happen soon anyway. I wouldn't read too much into that.

youre right, they didn't take close to 6 years recording AT ALL.
This album didn't take that long to make, just over one year infact.

the image that we posted on the Tool websites is how this piece of artwork will actually look "with the packaging" -----> ?

03/22/06 :
It seems that a few of you (those who have commented on the artwork) are also anticipating ‘the bigger picture’

– that which you’ve become "accustomed to over the years" when it comes to Tool’s art direction

to me that sounds like an april fool's joke ;)

"locking the door"

"and that the key is right there before your very eyes."

he said the key is right before your very eyes in reference to the cover art of the album.

anybody else notice that its one face made out of two faces?

one album made out of two albums?

10,000 days made out of two parts?

am i alone in this?

probably not. But considering the amount of people wishing for a second album would of made that obvious.
obviously not.

Are you suggesting that the leak is a MIXTURE of the two actual CD's?

That would be sweet.

im saying that blair said the key is right before their eyes, referring to the people that were analyzing the symbolism of the album cover, and also promises that they will not be disappointed.

he then said locking the door on april 1st after announcing vicarious' release on april 17th..and the only way to open a locked door is with a key. (hah..to state the obvious..)

look at the album cover. its one face made out of two. its pretty blatant, and by no means accidental. it could be a mixture, it could be two discs, double sided, whatever.

but these dudes are ridiculously intelligent, artistic, and dont accidentally "mess up" and accidentally let an entire album leak.

theyre not nickleback or jay-z for gods sake. ya know?

leaks can happen to anyone.

touche

but i still think something this anticipated would have been better handled.

just my 2 cents.

Not to mention that they have learned their lesson from the Lateralus leak, and are technologically literate enough to keep that from happening again, by any means necissary...

thats my perception of it, too

granted how quick things can spread over the internet, i just feel like they would attempt to use that (which would usually work against them) in their FAVOR instead

maybe im just too set on refusing to believe theyre not all-knowing gods of everything :-P

hah

Th...th...they're not?

Another possibility is that this like was done purposefully and with great forthought to show that Tool can get their music out there without the need of a record label. If they put a middle man in their they could still get their money.

What about the album art i hear you not asking? Well every die hard tool fan says "It's only about the music" So surely they wouldn't mind loosing that. And in this era of home CD creation is even such a big deal that you don't get a physical CD, just wack a blank in the PC and you have your CD.

Tool could pioneer online distribuation.

I think apple computers beat them to the punch.

They did have thier joke it's in news section on this site . Check it out funny shit!!!
TOOL LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From what i've heard Itunes is pants, that is from gathering opinions and not my own experience so it could be complete tripe.

Did anyone see what Green Day did with their last release? They had like an add on their site that read something like this:

"Downloaded the album? Now burn it to CD."

They were selling Green Day CD-R's with specific art on and such, hell thats not a bad way to make up the money lost (ahahahhaha) from downloading albums.

what are you talking about?

the tool hits on yahoo?

seriously question. im interested.

OMG HOAX

HOAX

HOAX
HOAX
HOAX

The word hoax looks so sexy all capitalised. Anyone else with me on that?

HOAX
HOAX
HOAX

...mmm...

Fox & Hounds Hotel


very crazy i know..but i figured a quick google search can't hurt

all the technology in the world cannot protect a cd from being stolen, and leaked on the net. especially if someone GRABS ONE off the line/out of a crate.

one thing i dont get. why would a group of musicians, who have other hobbies and projects to occupy themselves with, spend a year of their lives...to make a "fake album that sounds real, but is simply a decoy" when they could spend that same year making a real album they intend to sell? it just doesnt make sense to me. thats millions of dollars to the artists, producers, company etc. add ticket sales, t shirts... not to mention, going all over europe and playing the cd for the media. they most likely didnt LOSE any money on a leaked cd, my guess is 98% of the people who downloaded it will line up in stores to buy it anyways.

Hehe. If that was the only place you found from your google search thats pretty amazing. However I can probably say with the utmost confidence that there is more than one Inn called The Horse and Hounds.

Horse and hounds? LOL yes, but i thought it was funny especially since I was confused as to what he meant

Horse and hounds? haha. I must of been thinking about horses...

God knows why...

When he said:
"It seems that a few of you (those who have commented on the artwork) are also anticipating �the bigger picture�"
I know what he means because I emailed him around that time saying the artwork was obviously fake :P

Hmm... Well the album cover is a mixture of two Alex Grey designs.... Two albums...