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The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Ep417: Justin Chancellor - Tool, MTVoid

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7579 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Justin Chancellor of Tool & MTVoid talks recordings, vinyl, record shops, collectibles, setlists, show posters & more.

  • Interview start
  • MTVoid "Matters Knot Pt 1" – is there a part 2?
  • Forming songs for MTVoid
  • Collaborating with electronic musicians
  • Justin once owned a record store – Lobal Orning
  • Visiting record shops on tour
  • Record shop neighborhoods & artistic people
  • When will we see Tool catalogue on vinyl?
  • Trading communities for Tool collectibles
  • The band's involvement in show posters and merch
  • Band seeks out young fans for giveaways
  • Danny no longer throws drum sticks into the crowd
  • The band plans for changes in their setlist
  • Peach "Giving Birth To a Stone" vinyl is collectible
  • The process for joining Tool
  • The song creation process of Tool
  • Justin hears many of the lyrics when they are mostly completed
  • Protecting Tool audio from leaks
  • The 3 songs that fold together in 10,000 Days
  • Salival is not available on streaming
  • Ideas for "Fear Inoculum" followup
  • Any unreleased recordings / outtakes?
  • Interview wrapup

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Groove Washer, the best record cleaners and protective sleeves

0:04.3

for your vinyl collection. Ask for the groove washer from your local shop or go to groove washer.com.

0:09.7

Discount code, vinyl guide 10. And now, on with the show.

0:16.4

Well, hello, everyone. It's Nate. Welcome to episode 417 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. And this week, we are so excited to welcome to the show, Mr. Justin Chancellor, who you likely know from his time with Tool, and he's got a new album with his project, M.T. Void. Matters Not, Part 1. It's out November 10th, but there's a super crazy limited vinyl pressing.

0:41.4

Not sure if they're still available, but if they are, grab one at lobelorning.com.

0:47.2

I'll put the link in this episode page to make it easy.

0:49.6

It's a pretty eclectic album, very captivating, and I reckon fans of Tool and Justin's work

0:54.0

will enjoy.

0:55.0

You can even hear a couple tracks on streaming services right now.

0:59.0

Just search up MT Void and enjoy.

1:02.5

Oh yeah, and just a quick note, there's a special vinyl run, very limited at Revolver and Brooklyn Vegan,

1:07.5

but of course you can go straight to the source at lobalorning.com.

1:12.0

Today we talked to Justin all about the M.T. Void project and the Matters Not Part

1:16.5

one album, as well as we cover some tool music, stories, and factoids, the songwriting process,

1:22.2

how Justin joined tool, the Easter egg in 10,000 days, and of course, where is that tool vinyl?

1:28.9

Plus, there's an extended version of this interview with Justin only for show patrons at

1:33.7

patreon.com slash vinyl guide.

1:36.8

For the supporters of our show, they always know we put extra stuff up on Patreon just for them.

1:42.0

We put commercial-free episodes.

1:43.8

All interviews are shared up there

1:45.3

in very high-resolution files, pleasing to the ears of the audio files, and sometimes we even

1:51.1

do giveaways, special deals, and whatnot. Now, today, there's an extra 10 minutes or so of our

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