{"id":2178654,"date":"2025-11-27T09:53:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2178654"},"modified":"2025-11-27T09:53:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:53:56","slug":"tools-justin-chancellor-says-band-has-worked-on-new-music-on-and-off-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tools-justin-chancellor-says-band-has-worked-on-new-music-on-and-off-for-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Tool\u2019s Justin Chancellor Says Band Has Worked On New Music \u201cOn And Off\u201d For Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Speaking with <em><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/?utm_medium=video&amp;utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_campaign=nca&amp;utm_content=homebio\">The Australian<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u2019s <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Geem4Rntrbs\">Andrew McMillen<\/a><\/strong>, Chancellor said he understands why fans ask, but the timeline won\u2019t be rushed. \u201cA little bit. A little bit. But it\u2019s fine,\u201d he said when asked whether he dreads the new music question. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, the fact is I\u2019ll tell you we\u2019re working on new music. I don\u2019t know when we\u2019re gonna finish it. We\u2019ve been working on stuff, on and off, for a couple of years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blabbermouth.net\/news\/tools-justin-chancellor-weve-been-working-on-new-music-on-and-off-for-a-couple-of-years\">described<\/a><\/strong> recent sessions with drummer Danny Carey, saying, \u201cI was in the studio with Danny last week, banging out some ideas.\u201d But he reminded fans, once again, that Tool\u2019s process has never fit neatly into a calendar. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cArt doesn\u2019t really have a schedule. You can\u2019t force it\u2026 it\u2019s a different kind of alchemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones and Chancellor all balancing side projects, Justin said that spacing themselves out actually helps the band evolve. \u201cIt kind of gives us a little headroom that speaks to the new stuff that we do when we come back together.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TOOL - Fear Inoculum (Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q7DfQMPmJRI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Chancellor pushed back at jokes about Tool taking too long between releases, reflecting instead on the value of the work. He said of the 13 year gap between <em>10,000 Days<\/em> and <em>Fear Inoculum<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt seems like a week to me\u2026 If you do anything that\u2019s decent, even if it\u2019s one thing, it\u2019s worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also agreed that fans\u2019 impatience is flattering. \u201cIt is a compliment that people are excited for new music,\u201d he said, while stressing the band\u2019s need to protect the quality and integrity of what they release. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want it just to be good\u2026 we wanna be proud of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-good-things\">Good Things<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tool headline <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bluntmag.com.au\/music\/good-things-festival-2025-lineup-announced-tool-weezer-and-more\/\">Good Things festival<\/a><\/strong> in Melbourne on December 5th, Sydney on December 6th and Brisbane on December 7th, with additional shows in Perth and Adelaide marking their first Australian festival appearance since Big Day Out 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more and get your tickets <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goodthingsfestival.com.au\/\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source bluntmag.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking with The Australian\u2019s Andrew McMillen, Chancellor said he understands why fans ask, but the timeline won\u2019t be rushed. \u201cA little bit. A little bit. But it\u2019s fine,\u201d he said when asked whether he dreads the new music question. \u201cI mean, the fact is I\u2019ll tell you we\u2019re working on new music. 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