Tool is in trouble from its record label because of what the company calls "a course of action that contradicts the legal and binding terms of their contract."Freeworld Entertainment, formerly Volcano Records, declared on Monday that it filed a formal complaint against Tool on Friday in New York State Supreme Court. The complaint states that Tool made a "wrongful attempt to abandon its exclusive recording contract" with Volcano.
A spokesperson for Freeworld said that the contract was broken when the label found out that Tool's management was taking offers from other record labels while still under contract with Volcano/Freeworld. Freeworld founder Kevin Czinger says, "(Tool) have left us with no other choice but to protect our company and artists by filing this suit."
A label spokesperson says that the band then filed a complaint of its own in Los Angeles saying that Volcano/Freeworld never renewed Tool's contract, so now the group is free to find another label. In his announcement, Czinger says, "Tool has taken what was a creatively and financially successful relationship and has recklessly abandoned it... We will do what is necessary to preserve this relationship."
Tool - September 15, 1997
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