Subject: Tool (Band)

• Scare and Scare Alike

  March 26, 2009

• Adrian Belew

  February 28, 2008

• Fracture Point

  July 17, 2008

• AZ Stronghold/Merkin/Caduceus Bottle Signing feat. Maynard James Keenan

  December 4, 2008

• Can Maynard James Keenan Put Arizona Wine on the Map?

  November 20, 2008

• Puscifer

  November 8, 2007

• A Cut Above

  October 28, 2004

• Just Announced: Tool, Blink 182, Tori Amos

  It always catches us off gaurd, but Arizona-based winemaker and film producer Maynard James Keen occasionally still dabbles in his side project, making spooky prog metal with his band Tool. The band's show at U.S. Airways is this week's biggest show announcement, headlining a list of thin summer offerings that also includes (gulp) Sugar Ray. Read on for full listings or watch Tool's "Stinkfist" video above.

  May 22, 2009

• Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and All Points West — Pick Your Festival

  May 28, 2009

• Local Wine Wins at Whole Foods

  Lauren GilgerVoters tasting the local wines on Saturday at the Arizona Wine Consumer Choice Awards at Whole Foods Market in Chandler.Move over, Napa. Arizona's young wine industry is currently undergoing a growth-spurt akin to a 12 year-old basketball player. For proof, see Michele Laudig's cover story from last year, all about former Tool frontman and owner of Stronghold Vineyards in the Verde Valley. More evidence was available this past Saturday at Whole Foods Market in Chandler, where the s

  June 29, 2009

• Maynard James Keenan Opens Wine Tasting Room in Jerome

  It's 110 degrees here today. It's 83 up in Jerome. Sounds like a good time for a road trip, no? Oh, if only there weren't that four-letter word called WORK to deal with. Well, if you can play hooky -- or hold out 'til the weekend -- I already have something to add to your itinerary. It's the Caduceus Cellars and Merkin Vineyards Tasting Room, owned by winemaker Maynard James Keenan. It just opened for business last week. World famous as the frontman of the rock band Tool, Keenan has c

  July 6, 2009

• Tool

  July 16, 2009

• Tool

  July 16, 2009

• Tonight: Tool at U.S. Airways

  Tonight is a home-coming show of sorts for Tool, whose frontman Maynard James Keenan graced our cover a few months back because of his ambitious wine-making operation near Sedona. We'll have a review for you tomorrow morning.Some other things to read before the show:Our somewhat controversial advance from last Thursday's issue.This review from our Denver sister paper (scroll down to 8:45, look for the hand-drawn picture which the photographer did after the band oddly banned Westword, but allowed

  July 21, 2009

• Tool in 140 Characters or Less

  Most Tool fans at U.S. Airways Center last night were more focused on the stage than their phones, trying their best to take in the laser show -- or get a glimpse of enigmatic frontman Maynard James Keenan as he lurked in the shadows -- instead of texting their friends. There were some Twitterers at last night's concert though, producing an assortment of tweets we culled these from. By the way, you can check out our official review here. @Sheussliche: Tool just played stinkfist and 46&2

  July 22, 2009

• July 22 In Blogs: George Gascon, Yo La Tengo, Lisa G's, and Tool

  In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Neo-Nazi Oi Fest II Scheduled for October 24 in Tonopah, Arizona George Gascon Was Threatened with Termination by Dim Mesa Pols Up on the Sun: Yo La Tengo to Play Marquee in October Beyond The Now: You Asked For It Chow Bella: Lisa G Rallying Restaurant Community for Lionel Geuskens Digesti

  July 22, 2009

• Radiohead Taking A Break, British Rapper Threatens Prince, New Chromeo Mp3

  Electric Mustache: mp3: Chromeo "I Can't Tell You Why" (Eagle Cover) Idolator: ProTools: Proving What Anyone With Ears In 1989 Already Knew NME: Dizzee Rascal: 'I threatened to punch Prince Harry' NME: The Shins working with Danger Mouse on new album Pitchfork: No Age's Randy Randall Dislocates Shoulder in Dance Contest Pitchfork: Thom Yorke: Radiohead Not Planning to Release Any Albums for Awhile Spin: Tool's Gifted Sidemen Steal Show at Lolla The Dish: Movie review: 'Julie & Julia'

  August 10, 2009

• Green Day Brings Classic Rock Feel To U.S. Airways Show

  Luke HolwerdaGreen Day's Billy Joe Armstrong on stage at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix.​Depending on who you ask, there's something either: a) vaguelyorb) obviously and irredeemably pathetic about a 37-year-old man in skinny black jeans. So, yes, Green Day singer Billy Joe Armstrong immediatly looked a little silly strutting on stage at U.S. Airways Center as the piano-driven opening of "21st Century Breakdown," the title track to his band's latest record, played over the PA. It's forgivabl

  August 23, 2009

• Puscifer Sets Tour Dates, Plays Phoenix December 3 and 4

  ​Arizona-dwelling Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan's side project, Puscifier, has announced fall tour dates, including two shows at Phoenix's stunning Orpheum Theatre. The show, which actually allows you to see Maynard, unlike Tool's concerts, where he stands on the back of the stage, has been explained as, "a performance art spectacle equal parts comedy cabaret show, guerrilla theater, lysergic animation sequences, Krautrock-inspired metallic jams and leering lunacy of various stripes."Soun

  September 1, 2009

• Lynyrd Skynyrd: Point/Counterpoint

  By Martin Cizmar and Brian BardwellUnfortunately we were unexpectedly barred from taking photos at last night's Lynyrd Skynyrd show at Celebrity Theatre.​Sometimes one perspective on a show isn't enough. So, like we did with Beck and Tool, Up on the Sun is bringing you a point/counterpoint style write-up on last night's Lynyrd Skynyrd show. Brian Bardwell, who wrote last week's music feature advancing last night's show at Celebrity Theatre is a huge fan of the Jacksonville-bred band. Music edi

  September 10, 2009

• Jason Mraz, Fall Out Boy, and Other Must-See Sets at Fall Frenzy

  September 17, 2009

• Puscifer Tix On Sale Friday

  ​Tool frontman and vino aficionado Maynard James Keenan's on-the-sly musical endeavor, Puscifer, is set to headline two nights at downtown Phoenix's Orpheum Theatre this December. Lucky for you, tickets are available this Friday, October 9, at 10 a.m. via Live Nation.Apparently, Keenan leaves behind that dark, brooding, plz-don't-look-at-me persona he turns on during Tool performances. Puscifer is "definitely not thinking man's music, but groove-oriented music that makes you feel good," per a

  October 7, 2009