Tool singer Maynard James Keenan and guitarist Adam Jones say the wheels are turning on creating new music!
Speaking on Loudwire Nights, the pair were asked what’s in store for next year. Keenan deadpanned, “Writing, I guess. You guys are busy, Adam?” Jones replied, “We want to get another record out and play, do what we do. The three of us have been jamming… I think we’re going to dive deep soon.”
Jones even admitted one riff reminded Keenan of Black Sabbath: “I’ll probably bug those guys again about trying to turn that into a future Tool song. I’ve got lots of riffs—we put them together, tear them apart, and try to make something that we’re all into.”
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The two also reflected on the death of Ozzy Osbourne. Jones said it was “very devastating,” remembering older kids blasting Sabbath while skateboarding and calling it “surreal” to later play OzzFest and become friends with the Osbourne family.
This summer, Tool honoured Sabbath at the Back To The Beginning show in Birmingham, covering “Hand Of Doom.” Keenan admitted: “I’ve been wanting to do it for a long time. It took Ozzy almost dying for me to get these guys to do it”.
Meanwhile, bassist Justin Chancellor recently told NME that while fans may be eager, Tool’s creative pace won’t change: “It definitely comes on our own terms. The only pressure comes when we announce that we’re working on something new… Art is a very strange animal and it has its own schedule.”
Bottom line: Tool is jamming, the riffs are coming, and new music seems close!
