an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1990, the group's line-up has included drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan. Since 1995, Justin Chancellor has been the band's bassist, replacing their original bassist Paul D'Amour. Tool has won three Grammy Awards, performed worldwide tours, and produced albums topping the charts in several countries."
The (seemingly) legendary progressive/art rockers have been chipping away recently at their 2012 tour, covering tunes from their entire career. Unfortunately the band has not seen a record since 2006's "10,000 Days", but have apparently been in and out of the studio, writing and working on their next album. The band has already received seven Grammy nominations and won three of the seven (Best Metal Performance: "Aenema", Best Metal Performance: "Schism", Best Recording Package: "10,000 Days").
Tool has been collaborating with their support band (Intronaut) for a few stops along the tour as well. Below, you can check out Intronaut's Danny Walker joining Tool on stage for their performance of "Lateralus":
Dates for the tour are as follows:
14th Jan, Reno Events Center, Reno, NV
15th Jan, Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, NV
17th Jan, Tuscon Arena, Tucson AZ
18th Jan, Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque NM
20th Jan, Verizon Arena, Dallas, TX
21st Jan, Verizon Arena, Dallas, TX
24th Jan, Huntington Center, Toledo, OH
25th Jan, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
26th Jan, John Labatt Centre, London, Ontario
28th Jan, TD Garden, Boston, MA
29th Jan, Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
31st Jan, Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
1st Feb, Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
3rd Feb, Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
4th Feb, Bojangles Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
6th Feb, Bank Atlantic Center, Ft Lauderdale, FL
7th Feb, UCF Arena, Orlando, FL
8th Feb, Gwinnet Arena, Duluth, GA
You can check out one of Tool's notable and signature music videos, "Parabola":
You can check out one of Tool's notable and signature music videos, "Parabola":
The tour will be fully supported by progressive metal writers Intronaut. The band described themselves as such:
"Their style, while rooted in metal, is extremely forward-thinking and psychedelic, complete with complex polyrhythms, intense, haunting melodies, and vocal harmonies, combined with progressive and jazzy instrumental breaks. Their sound incorporates traits from prog rock, psychedelic/stoner rock, Indian, African, and Afro-Latin rhythms, as well as a heavy jazz influence."
"Their style, while rooted in metal, is extremely forward-thinking and psychedelic, complete with complex polyrhythms, intense, haunting melodies, and vocal harmonies, combined with progressive and jazzy instrumental breaks. Their sound incorporates traits from prog rock, psychedelic/stoner rock, Indian, African, and Afro-Latin rhythms, as well as a heavy jazz influence."
The Los Angeles four piece group has been touring in support of their last LP "Valley of Smoke", which was released on October 12th, 2010 via Century Media Records.
Currently, Intronaut has released three LPs (2010's "Valley of Smoke", 2008's "Prehistoricisms" and 2006's "Void"), two EP's (2007's "The Challenger", 2006's "Null") and the band consists of:
Sacha Dunable – guitar, vocals
Dave Timnick – guitar, vocals
Danny Walker – drums
Joe Lester – bass
You can check them out below in a music video for the track "Elegy", which is taken from "Valley of Smoke":
Also bonus footage of Intronaut's performance in Dallas, TX on Saturday, January 21st of the track "Valley of Smoke", which also featured a cameo by Tool's Justin Chancellor:
Intronaut sounds great!
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