Parabolus – Parabolus – Complete Tool Experience

Spiral Out, Keep going

May 6th 2023 – La Boite, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC

Last Saturday we shared the stage. Out of the many shows we did, it happened only a few times, four times (4) to be exact.

Why so few? Simply because we felt that the common “TOOL” fans would be more inclined to attend knowing that we will play many songs and our three hours marathon-like usual performances gave us that reputation.

Yes, we might still have a little imposter syndrome and overcompensate a little. In short, our show is designed to please and give the appropriate FIX to any Tool fans in a wish to create a buzz to open to bigger venues, and we couldn’t fathom it any other way.

So here we were, scratching our head on How to deliver our known Parabolus experience with an hour less of music and no break. What song to leave aside? We committed to a set list and hope for the best.

It is only at the very moment to step on stage that we realized the value of an opening act. “Le Dernier Assaut” is an original French Garage-Pop band. Their energetic catchy songs are light years away from Prog-Metal-Alternative, yet in the end we share the same goals :”build camaraderie, learn to work together, overcome obstacles, find solutions, create opportunities to offer their music to as many people as possible, gain acceptance, and grow as musician and person.

We all hope this project to be more than a short-lived shooting star but instead a long-lasting “’Météore” spiraling throughout time.

Spiral Out🌀🖤🌀

Watch the weather change…

April 1st 2023 – Salle Jean-Pierre Houde, Chateauguay, QC

We all have our personal journey, our backstory. The series of events that led to the individuals we are today and the role we are playing. Parabolus function as a unit and we rarely put the spotlight toward any of us since we believe that the project is way more than the sums of its parts. Yet, here’s an exception for this entry in our journey journal.

Last Saturday was a milestone in the timeline for one of us. 14 years ago, Simon did his first ever performance on that very stage; a solid interpretation of Metallica’s “Seek and Destroy” armed with his Epiphone Les Paul Jr guitar which he still uses to play Parabol/a and that we affectionally call the “Burstwood”. Following the guitar solo, that fist bump with your teacher is truly symbolic of what was yet to come.

This experience solidified his will to pursue music lessons and he participated alongside his teacher exchanging solo’s on Pink Floyd the following year. During the next 13 years Simon did returned on that stage to show constant progression year after year.

Simon’s talent is equal to his dedication and determination according to his teacher who attended the concert Saturday, and we all agree with him. Many of Simon relatives and friends support our project since the early days, but we can easily imagine the feeling being a little different in this venue where old and new memories collided.

We mention it often, on and off stage, this project is a challenge for all of us to transcends our limitations and grow as musicians and humans. Simon will be an engineer soon, and we all have other professional aspirations, but once a week, we play music and spiral out together with great passion to improve our musicianship.

We are pleased to share the many hours of practice, the hours of travel and especially the hours on stage! Thanks for your tricky parts dissections and your inspired noodling. We are glad you can take care of our live recording and all those multitrack mixes (they do sound better everytime) those are gonna be great memento when we retire.

We are very proud of you Simon. You are the best Adam Jones we could’ve wished for.

Spiral Out🌀🖤🌀

Out with the old, in with the new

January 1st 2023

New year is not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it’s about doing, being and becoming. We hope 2023 is an incredible part of your story, every moment is a fresh beginning, just make sure to do it with love and passion.

Speaking of change, following our collaboration with visionary artist: Cameron Gray, we is very pleased and excited to announce the launch of our new image and our brand new website for 2023. With a fresh new look and user-friendly navigation. With the aim of providing visitors with a much easier way to access information, the Parabolus – Complete Tool Experience home page showcases options for English/French versions, and the essential information for news, events and EPK information. The site also contains the integrated social media buttons for Facebook, Youtube and Instagram to ensure easy browsing between the various platforms.

We hope that we would provide a really positive user experience for our customers. Please take a look around and start to discover more about Parabolus – Complete Tool Experience. We hope that you will enjoy our new site, and thank you 10 000 times in advance for your continued support! Spiral Out🌀🖤🌀

Collaboration Announcement: Cameron Gray

In its beginnings, this project was already intended to be more than a group playing the music of TOOL.

We wanted our passion for music to resonate with others and eventually surround ourselves with talented people who could bring their talents to the project.

We all agree that what makes TOOL unique is its ability to weave all aspects of art into a cohesive whole.

Music is the cornerstone from which all inspiration can blossom into images where complex concepts and mystical references can be expressed.

TOOL has collaborated with many artists over their career including Cam de Leon, Meats Meier, Chet Zar and Adi Granov to name a few, but most notably Alex Grey whose visionary art is a visual expression symbiotic relationship between the band’s music and lyrics since 2001.

In order to define the image of the tribute project, we were looking for a partnership with an inspired and creative artist who would be in harmony with the themes and visions of TOOL. During our research, we discovered the work of a brilliant artist who was also enthusiastic about participating in the Parabolus – Complete TOOL Experience project. Therefore, we are delighted to announce this new collaboration with renowned artist: CAMERON GRAY.

His work is impressive and joins us spontaneously. We invite you to visit his website to see his undeniable talent.

With the existing collaboration with our Graphic Designer, Designer and Concept Artist Karine Borduas-Roy, our future concert posters will now feature selected illustrations of Cameron Gray’s work.

We look forward to showing you the first poster which will be completed shortly.🌀

Website – Parable Visions: Art by Cameron Gray
https://parablevisions.com

Alive and breathing

Back in September, we broke the ice and played our first concert. To our delight, we were invited to come back right away. Shortly after, after discussion, we settled on a date in January. Couple of weeks ago, we were ready to reveal the poster and announce the event but everything went on hold as you all know. A social gathering in a bar ain’t a good idea at the moment. This date is still on our calendar, and we all cleared our personal schedule accordingly. We were planning to play a great set and we might just do that… but live from our Mothership HQ ! We invite you to join us for a livestream on January 29th 8PM ET!

Facebook Live Streaming Event Link

AENewYear

We take a moment to reminisce about the year that we are wrapping up.

In spring of 2020, we decided to form this project, maybe out of boredom and spare time, but also by curiosity. We set ourselves a list of goals, collectives and individuals, big and small, some achievable, others barely imaginable.

In 2021, we challenged ourselves to bring this project to light, our fear of failure slowly disappeared as we were driven by a sense of purpose. The message underlying TOOL’s music is a call to action and we had to be consequential.

We broke the ice in front of our friends and family this past sept 11th, experiencing the connection, the thrill and the adrenaline of a spectacle. We decided to repeat this monthly, so 3 more shows were booked.

These exposed us to some curious Tool fans of the region and we were pleased to see their reactions and hear their comments. More shows were planned for winter and spring, but it all had to be put on hold due to the current sanitary crisis.

This is an opportunity for us to go back to our bubble and work on the music… as a butterfly, our second coming could be different than our previous state.

If you are reading this , we thank you for supporting us. Every single interaction with you, physical or virtual, is fuel for our passion. We hope you also have something in your life that brings you comfort, happiness, serenity, challenge, passion, pleasure and purpose.

May this new year bring you closer to your aspiration.

Happy 2022 to you.

Spiral Out

Our Shadows, Shedding Skins…

Armed with blistered fingers and a broken string, an untrained voice, and blooded sticks, here we were now under the spotlights. A glimpse in the crowd revealed both familiar and unfamiliar faces. All we clearly remember is that we felt at home for a while. We heard you whistle, we heard you shout, we returned the favor with the best we had.
Songs like hours went by, we almost didn’t fully realize. The first step we had planned, the jump we were attempting over the river we were crossing… We thought we would be fine, four people in it together, no matter what happens.
But it wouldn’t have been quite possible without you all, one by one, lifting our feet off the ground.

Saturday came around while Saturn may have been visible in the St-Jerome’s sky but we didn’t notice then. Now we are back in the shadow for a while, keeping our ego in check.
We promised to do shows often so we’ll see you soon.
We might even follow phase just like the moon.

Thanks for the memories