The most recent video from hard
rocker Maynard James Keenan finds him onstage in an Oak Ridge
Boys outfit and fairly alarming hairpiece, singing a twangy
number about...
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With Tool entrenched on the road in
support of its latest effort "10,000 Days," guitarist Adam
Jones says the alt-metal act is tossing around ideas for a band
movie.
"It...
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Tool, "10,000 Days" (Volcano)
The idea that you can challenge the listener may have been lost on a majority of the recording industry, but it's one the members of Tool...
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The mother of Tool and A Perfect Circle vocalist Maynard James Keenan died on Wednesday (June 18). Both bands' official websites, toolband.com and aperfectcircle.com, show a...
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Tool is busy preparing for its tour, which kicks off July 11 in Bakersfield, California. Maynard Keenan and crew are holed up in the San Fernando Valley working on...
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In a surprise win during the pre-telecast awards at Wednesday's 44th Annual Grammys, Coldplay's Parachutes took home the Grammy for best alternative music album, besting...
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Tool played to a sold-out Madison Square Garden on Monday (October 1), the first of the band's two shows at the venue. In light of the recent terrorist attacks in New York...
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Fans wishing to catch the bill of Tool and King Crimson have only two opportunities left to buy tickets: August 8 in Portland, Oregon, and August 15 in San Diego. Shows in...
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Tool has set its August dates with King Crimson starting August 3 at the Red Rocks Amphitheater just outside of Denver. The nine-date tour with the prog-rock legends will...
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Tool is in the final stages of planning an August tour with prog rock veterans King Crimson. The bands will play seven or eight West Coast dates together.
Tool is stoked...
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Tool's chart-topping Lateralus materialized after vocalist Maynard James Keenan returned to the band, following a reinvigorating experience in his other group, A Perfect...
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Tool is making a special appearance at the U.K. installment of OzzFest, featuring Black Sabbath as the headliners. Other bands on the bill for Saturday's (May 26) date at...
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On the heels of the release of the chart-topping Lateralus, Tool kicks off its European tour tonight (May 24) in Tilburg, Netherlands, and the band will be overseas through...
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Five albums debut in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 this week, with Tool's Lateralus arriving at Number One on sales of more than half a million copies in its first week of...
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Tool will debut in the top spot of the Billboard 200 album chart with Lateralus. The album sold more than 550,000 copies in its first week, according to the band's label. It...
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Tool took the stage at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City and played two 50-minute sets on Sunday (May 20), just 17 hours after the venue cleaned up the scattered...
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Tool will hit the road with veteran prog-rockers King Crimson in August, according to Tool's website and a spokesperson for the group. Tool is reportedly planning to play...
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The notoriously press-shy Tool took time to answer fans' questions about its May 15 release Lateralus in a webcast on Tuesday (April 17).
One of the 38 questions posed to...
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Tool has added a May 15 show taking place at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, the same day as the release of the forthcoming album Lateralus. The band will then follow that date...
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Tool's new album Lateralus, slated for a May 15 release, just may be the band's most adventurous and progressive to date. The first single from the album will be "Schism,"...
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Beck, Tool, Bob Dylan, and the revamped Guns N' Roses are among the acts scheduled for the Roskilde Festival, taking place in the Danish town of the same name from June...
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Tool's forthcoming album, Lateralus, has been delayed until May 15. The album was previously scheduled for an April 17 release.
A Tool summer U.S. tour is in the planning...
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The members of Tool have denied the allegations of a multi-million-dollar breach of contract lawsuit filed against them on November 22 by former manager Ted Gardner, saying...
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Tool singer-songwriter Maynard James Keenan told LAUNCH about the band's progress on its next album. "We're still writing. I just came from rehearsal. We rehearse, write...
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Grammy-winning hard rock band Tool has settled its legal dispute with Volcano Entertainment, clearing the way for the band to begin recording a follow-up to its 1996...
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Metalheads and their brother skate dudes will unite July 18th at Minneapolis's Somerest Park, as the Ozzfest and the Vans Warped Tour converge for a one-off event.
Tickets...
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The results of the myLAUNCH Guess The Grammys contest are in! The envelope, please....
And the lucky winner of $2000 worth of free CDs from myLAUNCH is the member known as...
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Other nominations announced yesterday for the 40th annual Grammy Awards:
BEST FEMALE POP VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
"Butterfly" - Mariah Carey, "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" -...
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Volcano Entertainment, formerly Zoo Records, filed a lawsuit against prog-rockers Tool last Friday in New York State Court--a direct response to a lawsuit filed by Tool...
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