Maynard James Keenan Says Tool "Made a Mistake" Not Taking Their Catalogue Digital

"But that's the gateway to get [younger generations] into the vinyl and the CDs," he continued. "And I feel like we made a mistake not being on those on those mediums for 20 years. Me every year, saying, 'We should do this.'" 

It's certainly a gateway for younger generations should they not find your exceptionally pricy, ultra-deluxe, limited vinyl sets and feature-laden CD releases unattainable.

Keenan also acknowledged that when Tool finally did make their catalogue widely available digitally, "There's an entire two generations that didn't [know about it]. That's why [there was] the big surprise when we ended up bumping Taylor Swift off the chart for her second week. They didn't know who [we are]. I mean 'Who is this?' 'I don't know who the fuck this is.' But, I mean, that's just, that's the reality, that people didn't know who we were because we weren't around. My son just finished law school, and his peers have no idea who we are. They weren't exposed to it. It's not on your phone."

It's clear that Tool's digital absence didn't affect everyone. How else could the younger generations rip off their merch designs?

Inevitably, Hagendorf also asked Keenan about new Tool music, referencing drummer Danny Carey's comments about having "tons of material" to follow Fear Inoculum with. Keenan shared of Carey, "He talks a lot. He's on tour now with the Beat tour, with Adrian Belew, Steve Vai, and, you know, it's an amazing, amazing lineup. It's really impressive. But he's out there. So, if he's out there, they're not in there, and I can't do what I need to do till they get in there and do the thing."

Keenan also spoke about training Mike Tyson, next year's Sessanta Version 2.0 tour, and more. Watch his complete appearance on the show below.