.

Will Tool Keep On Rocking With Freeworld?

August 28, 1997 12:00 AM ET

Platinum-selling hard rock act Tool and its representatives are in negotiations with Freeworld Entertainment, formerly Volcano Recordings, to determine if "the label properly exercised its option" for the band's next album, a source confirms. If negotiations break down, look for Tool to shop for a new label and Freeworld to file a breach-of-contract lawsuit, the source adds. A Freeworld spokesman says Tool is still under contract with the label but declined to comment further.

To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here

prev
Vids From Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Due in September
Music Main Next
KLF Musicians Return

Picks From Around the Web


blog comments powered by Disqus
Daily Newsletter

Get the latest RS news in your inbox.

Sign up to receive the Rolling Stone newsletter and special offers from RS and its
marketing partners.

X

We may use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter and offers that may interest you, on behalf of Rolling Stone and its partners. For more information please read our Privacy Policy.

Most Popular

Photos & Videos

Go To Content

Random Notes: Hottest Rock Pictures

Go To Content Play Video

Video: Dave Grohl Sits in With the Rolling Stones

Go To Content

Gallery: 'Born Sinner' Series by J. Cole

Best Ever Lists
100 Greatest Beatles Songs

Other Lists

Song Stories

“1999”

Prince | 1982

“I don’t consider myself a great poet,” Prince told Rolling Stone. “I just know I’m here to say what’s on my mind.” In the case of the apocalyptic party anthem “1999,” he was worried about then-president Ronald Reagan’s foreign policies. The song’s melody is based on a riff borrowed from the Mamas and Papas’ “Monday, Monday,” and Prince originally envisioned the first verse with three-part harmony but later split the vocals between himself and members of the Revolution. Because Warner Bros., with whom Prince was locked in a contractual battle, owned the original’s masters, Prince rerecorded the song and appropriately released that version in 1999.

More Song Stories entries »