That's a good point, there are rarely any interviews from the others. But you know, I think that is an image and a routine that Maynard himself has perpetuated and wanted for quite some time. He's this mastermind that's oiling the very rusty parts of the machine that is Tool. But he usually knows how to play the fans that clamor for the album like heroine addicts pretty well. Like I said earlier, I completely agree about the fans and while not that all Tool fans are like this, there's a sect for every band, it just so happens that the Tool fan's sect is very large. Even for Maynard, those comments are pretty shitty. I mean...dude
has to know what a lot of his fans are like.
Surely. He has backed such things for a very fucking long time. This
cannot come off as a surprise to him.
So on one hand I couldn't agree more. On the other, this is nothing new...'retards' and Tool have gone hand in hand for a really long time. I'm pretty sure there are some fans out there that, upon Maynard exclaiming, "Guys, the real reason for the Tool album delay is that
I am actually New Horizons and have been taking pictures of planets, so bear with me", would jump up and say "TOLD YOU SO!"