Tool

dudeman said:

I'm sooo ready for new music from these guys. Was listening to 10,000 Days today and thought, "Every one of their albums is a masterpiece".

Not too many bands I would say that about. 

I definitely agree.  It's never been a question of "will I like this?"  They have easily earned the benefit of the doubt with me.  I'm thinking they can go Polka with the next album and I'll still have it on repeat.

We were on a bit of a concert binge of late. My buddy was a Tool fan- but wasn't so much of a fan that he knew the entire catalogue and had never seen them. We went to Tool in Vancouver this last go around. He was blown away.

I asked him to rank the concerts he had seen in order of personal favourites. This was his list:

Tool
Metallica (I bailed... too busy moving)
Tom Petty
U2
Red Hot Chili Peppers

(mine went: Tool, RHCP, U2, Tom Petty, GnR)

He threw in the disclaimer that all were pretty awesome and that fact spoke to how cool he thought the Tool show was. He drove up to the site where we embarked on our mountain bike ride last night playing Undertow. He's all in!

Merkin Baller said:

Tool, Pearl Jam & Faith No More are my all time favorites in no particular order. In the last 2.5 years I've been lucky enough to see them a combined ten times.

I'm a very grateful fan. 

Wow man!  You just nailed my top 3 also.  We must have been separated at birth.  Great taste Merkin!

Consider this!!  The Beatles entire recording and touring career was shorter than the time lapsed since 10,000 days was released.

mr bungle said:

Consider this!!  The Beatles entire recording and touring career was shorter than the time lapsed since 10,000 days was released.

I can't imagine living at a time when bands put out two albums a year.   When Pearl Jam put out albums in 91, 93, 94.  That seemed pretty frequent, and no one does then that frequently anymore (new bands make more on touring than recording and veteran bands slow down their output).   Its crazy that at one point in time bands were pumping out 2 albums a year.   I think the Doors were like that too.   Their who catalog was recorded in a very short time span.

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

tempo_n_groove said:

mr bungle said:

Consider this!!  The Beatles entire recording and touring career was shorter than the time lapsed since 10,000 days was released.

Yeah, I don't really care anymore...

Same.

I really enjoyed their last concert- it was awesome- but I'm tired of anticipating when the new album will ever come out. It's been painful.

I'll say it again... if you guys would stop supporting those sub par side projects... Maynard might be a little more motivated to work with Tool.

Ok ok I won't make the trip to Laval lol. 

SmallestOceans said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

tempo_n_groove said:

mr bungle said:

Consider this!!  The Beatles entire recording and touring career was shorter than the time lapsed since 10,000 days was released.

Yeah, I don't really care anymore...

Same.

I really enjoyed their last concert- it was awesome- but I'm tired of anticipating when the new album will ever come out. It's been painful.

I'll say it again... if you guys would stop supporting those sub par side projects... Maynard might be a little more motivated to work with Tool.

Well, according to Maynard it's not on him.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/consequenceofsound.net/2017/07/maynard-james-keenan-gets-candid-about-tools-new-album/amp/

I've known that it's not just him but the band wasn't writing collectively for 10 years, that's TEN YEARS, because of a lawsuit that "sucked the creativity out of them".

Maynard made wine and side projects.

Danny drummed at The Baked Potato.

Justin?  No Idea what he's done.

Adam?  No idea either...

Zod said:

mr bungle said:

Consider this!!  The Beatles entire recording and touring career was shorter than the time lapsed since 10,000 days was released.

I can't imagine living at a time when bands put out two albums a year.   When Pearl Jam put out albums in 91, 93, 94.  That seemed pretty frequent, and no one does then that frequently anymore (new bands make more on touring than recording and veteran bands slow down their output).   Its crazy that at one point in time bands were pumping out 2 albums a year.   I think the Doors were like that too.   Their who catalog was recorded in a very short time span.

Don't forget after Vitalogy, two year gaps were the norm. No Code-96, Yield-98, Binaural-2000, Riot Act-2002. They were still very prolific 7 albums in.   Now it's been 3 albums in 15 years.

mr bungle said:

Zod said:

mr bungle said:

Consider this!!  The Beatles entire recording and touring career was shorter than the time lapsed since 10,000 days was released.

I can't imagine living at a time when bands put out two albums a year.   When Pearl Jam put out albums in 91, 93, 94.  That seemed pretty frequent, and no one does then that frequently anymore (new bands make more on touring than recording and veteran bands slow down their output).   Its crazy that at one point in time bands were pumping out 2 albums a year.   I think the Doors were like that too.   Their who catalog was recorded in a very short time span.

Don't forget after Vitalogy, two year gaps were the norm. No Code-96, Yield-98, Binaural-2000, Riot Act-2002. They were still very prolific 7 albums in.   Now it's been 3 albums in 15 years.

My understanding these days is bands make more money touring than making albums? 
Also, bands like PJ, for example, don't really have the demand to keep releasing new material.