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Fair point about RR. To BloodNThunder's point, Tool chooses venues based on location and sound quality. I saw them in an arena that held 8,800 during the 10,000 days tour. I know a lot has changed in 13 years, especially in the music industry, but I imagine their fan-base is a pretty similar size to what it was in 2006.
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I imagine their fan-base is a pretty similar size to what it was in 2006.
Their fan base is probably almost exactly the same people as in 2006…
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Scored tickets to their Pepsi Center gig.
They became the first band to dominate Billboard's top 10 digital downloads before the new album came out, so I'm not sure y'all are right about the static fanbase. 12 years is a long time for new generations of fans to discover a band, especially in this connected world, and especially as fans' children come of age, and the fans from 10k Days aren't likely to have lost their taste for them. Could be way off of course ¯_(ツ)_/¯ not my problem, I have tickets!
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Ok, so some new people discovered Tool in that time. How many old farts died waiting for the new album to come out? It's the Law of Conservation of Tool Fans: The number of Tool fans can neither be increased or decreased, and will always remain the same.
Also, it's pretty easy to create a buzz when you drop an album after a THIRTEEN YEAR wait. Of course it's going to be successful.
I mean, Danny Carey is almost as old as Bob Weir
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Have to thank this thread and all of y'all. I was prepping for my holiday in July and was trying to create some play lists of my favorite 90s and early 2000s music and was hoping tool finally had digital downloads, but they didnt..
My music collection is all messed up after several new computers and hard drives and mixed Napster downloads and CD rips etc. All cds have been trashed by now, etc. So being able to repurchase and download is where I live now…
Anyway, I live under a rock and love reading this forum and to learn Tool was now accessible via download was epic! Haven't stopped listening to them since last Friday. Saw them in NY in early 2000s. I think it was the garden, but cant remember... I am not a music head or big concert guy, but tool, rage against the machine, wood stock 99 (yeah hahahahaha), all awesome. Tool was just amazing. So glad to have all of their albums on my phone now. Love it.
Thanks everyone!
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If they choose venues based on acoustics, someone has a tin ear: Pepsi Center (known as "The Can") is lacking in that regard. I think they probably have enough firepower to fill any room but given how they kind of threw this tour together in short order, Red Rocks would not be an option anyway, gotta book that one well in advance. But for good sound you could do Mission Ballroom (a revolutionary venue that has to be among the world's best indoor music venues, purpose-built this year just for music), but at 4k capacity I go back to the fact that they can't fit in that venue without leaving a lot of fans in the cold and money on the table. Maybe the tour's a cash grab. I don't really care as long as they bring it.
I'd guess most bands that wait 13 years to release another album never have anyone hear the second album
The reason Tool fans get excited that many years later is because we still listen to the amazing work they produced the last time, and the time before that, and the time before that, and the time before that, and the two times before that.I think the buzz was as much about their content finally being on streaming services as it was a new album, and doing both of those things at the same time and then following them with a tour was definitely a good way to drum up some enthusiasm. I read an interview with Maynard expressing frustration at how long the album was in the making a couple of years ago, so unless he was bullshitting I don't think that the hiatus was by design.
They added a second date to Denver in the latest batch of new gigs. It seems like they started with a smaller tour and perhaps are adjusting based on the demand they're seeing. Not sure how many more albums and tours we get, but if Bobby's still going (sort of) at 71 with the life he's lived (not to mention the Stones, who, older still, continue to rock and haven't adopted the moribund energy and pace that Weir has), I bet Tool could return again with new songs and tours if they want to. I hope they do, as long as their hearts are in it!
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You're right, I don't think the hiatus was by design. I think they were all busy with their individual projects. Other bands, winemaking, etc
Bobby has started working out a lot and seems to be trying to stay alive in his golden years. When the Beach Boys get together and play after all these years, I don't bat an eye because the music is gentle and classic. The thought of elderly Tool throwing down and rocking makes me chuckle, and I'm here for it.
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Have to thank this thread and all of y'all. I was prepping for my holiday in July and was trying to create some play lists of my favorite 90s and early 2000s music and was hoping tool finally had digital downloads, but they didnt..
My music collection is all messed up after several new computers and hard drives and mixed Napster downloads and CD rips etc. All cds have been trashed by now, etc. So being able to repurchase and download is where I live now…
Anyway, I live under a rock and love reading this forum and to learn Tool was now accessible via download was epic! Haven't stopped listening to them since last Friday. Saw them in NY in early 2000s. I think it was the garden, but cant remember... I am not a music head or big concert guy, but tool, rage against the machine, wood stock 99 (yeah hahahahaha), all awesome. Tool was just amazing. So glad to have all of their albums on my phone now.
All of this is epic [emoji3595]
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^ just one of the 869 reasons I have for never having downloaded music. I only own physical copies.
Anyway…this announced recently... New Swans studio album and 2020 tour
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2019 was heralded as a great year for music. One of the best years in recent memory…
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Wendy I Williams fronting The Damned, in Australia, in 2019…great energy
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Still one of my favorite bands. Billy Duffy is such a great guitar player too
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I love the earlier stuff all the way up to Sonic Temple….maybe even the one after that. Haven’t heard anything beyond that so I’m trying to play catch-up with the newer albums
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The Cult - Phoenix
David Holmes - $165 million + interestI remember hearing this David Holmes track on the Ocean's 12 soundtrack and thinking it sounded familiar. I like David Holmes but this sounds like a straight rip of Phoenix
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Love and Electric are definitely my faves. Oddly enough, i've never listened to Dreamtime so i'll have to queue that up on Youtube and give it a listen. The reason why I love Sonic Temple so much is that it's the album I listened to the most when I moved from Japan to the US in '89. Went through a rough patch when my parents divorced so it's one of the albums that got me through it all
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Ha! I jammed "Fire Woman" and "Sweet Soul Sister" this weekend
