jwb

I (reluctantly) admit to going to see Hootie there back in the day, but like the guy above posted, I don't think they got their start there. Hootie did play there from time to time, but it was more of a "metal" venue (I swear).

liecheatnsteal

Junior,

Did you do the Filter tour when they opened for White Zombie? What a show it 'twas! I saw the one at Salt Air; I was a junior in high school and I was a HUGE Filter fan when short bus came out. "Watch your back, I've got mine....!!!" I think that was right before I saw tool fo the first time ever at Salt Air, with MJK painted blue.

aevasquez

I went to Target (3 different stores), Barnes and Noble, Borders all around So Cal and I didnt find the magazine!!!

WTF???!!!

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K1DA

I'm loving your posts more and more junior. Keep it rolling! It's just too bad your not going on Yes tour, I was praying.

junior

I seem to remember White Zombie/Filter doing 2 nights at Salt Air. I remember it was really hot in there and Seana (from Zombie) got hit in the head with a boot. She nearly got knocked out, and kept playing in a daze for the rest of the show, occasionally going behind her bass rig to get her pupils checked by the doctor on call. Rob Zombie didn't see her get hit by the boot and thought she was just being lame. He announced to the crowd that they were witnessing White Zombie's final show and they were breaking up. They didn't that night, but did by the end of the year.
Those shows were in February or March of 1996, I think, and the Tool show was in November of 1996.

junior

Yeah, I guess Yes and Duran Duran are quite a bit different.
The sound guy for Duran Duran does use a Yes CD to check the PA with every day, though.

junior

I still haven't read the Revolver issue, but I can't wait to see what the "secrets of the lightshow" are!

K1DA

I was infinitely impressed with that magazine. Do you know if the band got the final editing say?

musicmansf

As I. Haven't been that captivated with reading material in quite some time. You know...the can't put it down mode...good thing I'm not in college or anything...hehe...

jwb

Anyone else read the April 2008 newsletter?

First time in awhile it's actually worth the read. Blair hints that tool is seriously considering doing something that he, (and the fans) would never suspect they would do.

After a couple reads, my best guess is "promoting a product." Of course, it should be noted that I also predicted "The Pot" dvd would be released alongside the Revolver issue...

LateraL9eight7

The Revolver thing is cool. Definetly read some stuff I've never heard before. Also, upon a re-read of all the original articles from Spin, Revolver, and whatever else with the coinciding records, I noticed how much fucking misinformation they print. The one article starts off by mentioning 10k Days will be "their first official release since 'Lateralus' in 2002*". Simple mistake, okay fine. Not when you're talking about Tool though.

What really drove me nuts though is the attempt to sound so descriptively clever when refering to the music. The one article gives a whole bunch of jibber jabber about how the mix on 10K Days is so dense and huge, it's hard to decifer drums from bass from guitars. Actually a pretty fair assesment. Than cites Lipan Conjuring and Intension as examples of this. Hello, did ya listen to the fuckin record? The other funny one was something about Danny's clever use of electronic samples in the song Lateralus. I think Lateralus is one of only 2 songs on Lateralus that features NO SAMPLING (if you dont count the wooshing loop at the beginning of the song).

The Alex Grey piece was cool. He seems like such a gracious dude. I really like that the band didnt allow him to see the summer '02 stage set until the Radio City show.

*Edit- And before someone says it, I doubt they were counting the singles. They meant Lateralus, for sure.

Timshel

I was extremely fascinated by reading what the guys said about the creative process. I've always listened to what they said about compromise, but never realized exactly how much strife and friction is going on when developing their music. It makes me appreciate their work so much more knowing what it takes to get it out.

Good read for sure.

LateraL9eight7

It's nice to be reminded every so often that they are just a rock band. After an album cycle where they've built themselves up to be a behemoth package with an epic album and live show that grows in spectacle with each ensuing leg, they need to start from scratch in a small room with a guitar, bass, and drums.

liecheatnsteal

Junior,

1996, those were some good times. It is amazing how many times we've crossed paths. RATM in Spanish fork, Filter, Tool (at least 5 times) and probably more. Why didn't Filter work out after short bus? That was an album that I could put on and love every song. Forgive me if my question sounds stupid, because many bands never make a good sophmore album but Filter just had so much energy at their show and a great release I thought they would go on.

soreal

revolver issue is a great read. a couple cool pics i have never seen and lots of good info from all band members.

oceanminded050

I've been to Barnes and Noble, 3 different grocery stores, 2 news shops, and Borders Books and I still haven't found the magazine yet either. WTF?!? Where are you guys finding the new Revolver mag?

Illuminus

If they dont have Revolver at Barnes, then they must be sold out at your location. I picked up my copy at Hastings, which isnt a very big chain at all. So if Barnes AND Borders both dont have it, you should ask if they have any more copies in back or something. Just doesnt make much sense that they wouldnt carry Revolver.

LateraL9eight7

Got mine at the good ol' mom and pop record shop.

junior

I'm not sure. I know that when I've done stuff for "industry" magazines I've almost always been allowed to proof-read before they publish, but I hear that's normally not the case with "rock" magazines. Being that Tool like to be in control of most situations, I would find it hard to believe that they would agree to do this magazine without some kind of "final cut" clause, but maybe not.

junior

The "Short Bus" tour went for about a year and a half. Richie and Brian started to suffer from the old "creative differences" that always seem to be the cause of band troubles, and there were also some chemical dependancies starting to form. When they started to work on the next record, it all blew up and that just left Richie. It took him awhile to get it back together, and since Brian had always been the one with the "studio sense" he needed someone to take over that role, which ended up being Geno (who had previously been the touring guitar player and dealt with a lot of the MIDI stuff live).
All in all it took almost 3 years to get the 2nd record done.
By the time the 3rd record came out, the drugs were gaining control and Richie finally did something about it. I'm curious to see how the new one turned out. I've run into Richie at a few shows around LA and he seems to be much clearer, humbler, and optomistic than I'd ever seen him.

deturm

I found my copy of Revolver magazine at Borders on the 5th, there was only one other copy left after I purchased mine so either they didn't get many copies compared to other magazines or they're going fast.

MFF0RD6

borders santa monica promenade had a few copies there. guy who sold me the magazine was wearing a tool shirt. sheesh. just how big are these guys now?

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K1DA

the biggest. According to revolver anyway ;)

sinfall

bought 2 copies last night at borders. Lots of Good stuff! I've read about half the mag and some of the older interviews i had forgotten, so they seem somewhat new.


Junior,

They should had definitely had a longer interview with you, but we already know most of the answers from hanging around here ;P.

Tmackc

I got mine at Barnes & Nobles. There weren't to many left. Hope its cause there selling. Not that they didn't print enough.

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I got mine at Borders and it literally was the last one. I found it hiding behind other mags so look hard.

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banned

Cool Tool edition of Revolver.

Junior, pg 53:
That seems to be the philosophy with their songs too.

MJK pg 45-46
Ugh, bummer. I'm glad I got to see them perform it a couple times.

Chancellor pg 46:

MFF0RD6

i just saw Rush 2 nights at Nokia in LA.
both very good but 2nd night was better

anyway, they're using a similar lighting rig to what tool had last year, especially the UFO style lights that descend from the trusses and focus on the members (specifically alex lifeson). they even had the same small rings illuminated that you may remember from tool's intermission when they would scan the crowd. anyway, have a good weekend

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musicmansf

Damn. I wanted to see Rush but I was simply not going to give ticketmaster an almost equal amount of money in surcharges as the ticket was. NO WAY IN HELL. Can we just take these guys out to the gulags or something? They're ruining music...A NPR short from 2006 is really the only thing I've seen/hear challenging them besides Pearl Jam, and that was, what, 15 years ago?

bluenote

The search for the magazine was well worth it. Nice presentation guys.

junior

I noticed a few similarities, too.
It probably has something to do with me ripping off (er, being inspired by?) stuff I've seen Rush do over the years. ;)
The 3 rings on this last Tool tour were inspired by a photo I saw from an early eighties Rush tour (Signals, maybe?). Those didn't move, but they kinda looked the same.
Rush's lighting designer (Howard) is a partner in the laser company that Tool uses.
He's been with Rush since about 1972.
I told him I was "borrowing" his ring idea.
Tool did use the lights with the LEDs on the front before Rush did, though (they're called SHOWGUNs).

K4E2V0

got my copy of REVOLVER couple of days ago at small local news stand,they only recieved 2 copies,dont think magazine printed alot of copies since its a specialty issue.nice to get a TOOL fix,been 6 months since i last saw them in victoria,bc.good read as i thought it would be,picked up some new info i wasnt aware of.still waiting to hear if the band is gonna do the makeup show for the one that got cancelled early december.i know its kinda cheesey but think im gonna donate my 10 bucks to get my name on the TOOL shrine.

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erkeam

So, I went to the local FYE (only place in this town to get a rock mag) yesterday in an attempt to locale the new Rvolver magazine. Couldn't find it, so I asked the guy working there with the thin, long goatee and spiked hair if they have any more issues. he says, "I guess not". "It's a Tool exclusive issue, so I am not surprised" was my response. "Oh, I'm not really into Tool any more, since I found out Maynard hates his fans" was the nonsense that I heard next. "You know that song 'Hooker with a Penis' is about his fans, and that's not cool" All I could say was that the song is about a particular fan and that he just does not "get" Maynard. While driving home (mentioned before, there are no other options to buy it in this town) I thought to myself, he really is the fan that Maynard was talking about in 'Hooker...' and I'm glad he has that view point. One less bottom-feeder staying away from the next live show...whenever that will be. Maybe if I can get my hands on this Revolver, it will hint at future plans.

Disfunctional

Let's hope they do some gigs in Belgium but i doubt it.

LateraL9eight7

I'm gonna give Junior a break from interrogation and pose this question to anyone who can answer it..

So I was perusing Youtube for video from the first night at Madison Square Garden in October '01, and believe it or fucking not, Youtube offers NOTHING on this gig. Which is semi-suprising.. but.. In my travels I discovered a 3 part series of video called "Tool, In Studio with Sylvia Massey". It was basically 25 minutes of the band fucking around in the studio while making Undertow. Maynard goofing off. Adam designing the sculptures. The shooting of the pianos with shotguns. Basically shit you'd NEVER have access to.

Has anyone else seen this, and I'm just incredibly late to the party.. ?

sinfall

saw it last year. Pretty cool videos and inside look.

LateraL9eight7

It sure clears up any miniscule doubts that they are not just another goofy band in the recording studio making records and going through some other-worldy process. Darn. haha.

liecheatnsteal

You are late...there is a whole thread about this somewhere else on t.d.n

LateraL9eight7

I figured as much. This thread is one of the last hopes for any sort of intelligent discussion regarding this band on these boards.