Only three versions of this kit were ever created. Danny Carey used the kit during the Lateralus 2002 tour and during some drum clinics through the years. The final product was a melted down Paiste's Signature bronze custom cast cymbals. Paiste and Jeff Ocheltree (noted drumtech for Billy Cobham, John Bonham, Lenny White, etc) teamed up in the late 90s to develop an entire drumset made out of recycle cymbals. Ĭarey also uses Sonor drums, Paiste cymbals, Evans Drumheads, Hammerax, and electronic devices such as Mandala, Korg and Roland. He previously had endorsed a signature model with Trueline Drumsticks (now Trueline's Tribal Assault model). Besides Tool, Carey also finds time for other projects new and old such as Legend of the Seagullmen, Pigmy Love Circus, Volto!, and Zaum.Ĭarey's drumming influences include Billy Cobham, Lenny White, Neil Peart, Tony Williams, John Bonham, and Tim Alexander.ĭanny Carey uses the wood tip version of his own signature model of drumstick made by Vic Firth. He would later find his way to Tool after coming to know singer Maynard James Keenan and guitarist Adam Jones and practicing with them in place of drummers the two had requested but had never shown up. He also played in Green Jellö as Danny Longlegs and recorded the album Cereal Killer. Carey also played jazz while attending college and got to experience the jazz scene in Kansas City.Īfter college, a friend and bandmate convinced Carey to leave Kansas for Portland, Oregon, where he played briefly in various bands before moving to Los Angeles, where he was able to perform as a studio drummer with Carole King and perform live sets with Pigmy Love Circus. As Carey progressed through high school and later college at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, he began expanding his studies in percussion with theory into the principles of geometry, science, and metaphysics as well as delving into the occult. Jazz would later play a huge role in his signature approach to the drum set in a rock setting. In his senior year of high school in Paola, Kansas, Carey joined the high school jazz band. Two years later, Carey began to practice on a drum set.