Rainard Jalen

I honestly would have preferred if Tool had released an EP with Vicarious, The Pot and Jambi on it. And then, release them as singles with the rest of 10,000 Days as the B-sides.

Wayfarer

...what the hell would the point in that be? Hey, let's release a three-song EP, then release every song on the EP as a single with twenty minutes of b-sides on each one.

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bandFIND

I saw tool in Tulsa on Nov. 19th. I was told that this is their last tour? Anyone heard about that?

Wayfarer

Seems highly unlikely that it's their last tour.

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Rainard Jalen

I was thinking more from the standpoint of keeping well free from ending up with a largely dud record. But now that you mention it, I wouldn't be half surprised if they could've found a way to make more money doing it the way I said too.

"Seems highly unlikely that it's their last tour."

I dunno. I certainly can't imagine them doing another album.

O'Bannion

It's their last tour promoting 10,000 Days.

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O'Bannion

I believe they are contracted for one more.

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Urban Hatemonger

Doesn't mean a thing.
Just means the record company can stick out a live album or a best of without the bands permission.

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Wayfarer

Maybe they felt it wasn't a dud record and didn't care about making as much money as possible off of it! :O

Bet that one didn't occur to you.

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Rainard Jalen

Or maybe they were just content at the prospect of 5+ million dollars worth of sales in the first week. Which is just as well, anyway. I'd sure as hell be


On the topic of albums, does anybody reckon Tool will actually make another one? I'm uncertain myself, mostly for reasons already stated. I'm simply not sure where Tool can realistically go from this point. Regardless of what anybody might think of 10,000 Days, the fact is that a lot of actual Tool FANS were disappointed in it in at least some way. As for those who were not disappointed, they'll generally admit at least that it wasn't the record to rival the highs of Lateralus that they'd been hoping for.

Would Tool further risk losing what they've created, or would they rather call it a day and be remembered for the highly regarded albums rather than the 1+ failures to emulate them that came later?