It’s been quite the past few months for legendary Bay Area trio Primus. In between legs of the “Sessanta” tour, the never-ending celebration of Maynard James Keenan’s 60th birthday with A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, long-time drummer, Tim “Herb” Alexander, left the band for the third time last October, and no, he won’t be comin’ back for the holidays. After an open audition process that received over 6,200 submissions, Shreveport, Louisiana-based John Hoffman was announced as the newest drummer for Primus in February. The band released an outstanding 12 episode YouTube series, “The Primus Interstellar Drum Derby,” documenting in person jams with several of the finalists, which can be checked out here. Hoffman made his live debut at Tool’s Live in the Sand festival in the Dominican Republic on March 8th, sharing drum duties with another lesser-known drummer named Danny Carey. On March 25th, Primus announced their “Onward & Upward” tour that would run from July 5th through August 8th, coming hot on the heels of the final leg of “Sessanta V2.0” that would wrap up in June.
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Four years and six days to the date since last descending upon Nashville, genre transcending and now three time Best Metal Performance Grammy winning band Tool returned to Music City to fascinate their ever loyal fan base and captivate the uninitiated. Along for the ride and opening was Author & Punisher, who, as with most Tool tours, was an eccentric choice that most Tool fans wouldn’t necessarily encounter when shuffling ‘Tool Radio’ on their streaming service of choice.
