With all of Maynard J. Keenan's projects on hiatus, members of two of the bands (Puscifer and APC), bassist Matt McJunkins and drummer Jeff Friedl have started a band of their own :The Beta Machine.
The band consists of McJunkins (who doubles on vocals), Friedl, and guitarists Tommy Dill (who provides keyboards as well) and Nick Perez...
Adam Jones makes a habit of recording new riffs right after he's come up with them, and in this new video, Jones shares a short piece of his creative mind.
I LOVE TOOL! I do. We may not get a lot from MJK & company, but what we do get is awesome! But over the past decade, we've had to keep ourselves entertained while patiently waiting on that long over due new album.
To help fill the Tool void, here is an AMAZING Cello cover of "Lateralus" by Break of Reality.
There are 50th birthday celebrations and then there's what Maynard James Keenan did this past weekend at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. The two-night residency at the famed outdoor theater will no doubt go down as a great tour de force of rock and metal music.
We've ALL been waiting patiently for the new TOOL album. It's been damn near a decade without so much as a taste of new stuff from MJK and company. And apparently, I'm not the only one losing faith and patience. Apparently, everyone's favorite DICK-tator, Hitler is a huge TOOL fan too.
Sixteen years after calling it quits, Failure have announced an 18 date U.S. tour.
That's right. The Greatest 90's band you've never heard of, is back...thanks in part to a big fan - Maynard J. Keenan of Tool. After incessant harassment from Maynard, Greg Edwards, Ken Andrews and Kelli Scott performed their first show since 1997 at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles on February 13, 2014. Th.