If you've ever wondered how Tool singer Maynard James Keenan passes the time during Danny Carey's lengthy drum solos, it turns out that the answer is: playing games. Sometimes it's Jenga, as a video the band posted in February revealed. Other times, as a new clip posted just today (March 12th) shows, it's that old electrified board-game favorite Operation — you know, the one where you're supposed to carefully remove tiny plastic items from inside your patient, a.k.a. Cavity Sam, using a pair of tweezers without touching them to the sides of the cavities and setting off the alarm. Not surprisingly, it's a task that's especially challenging when you're right behind the drum kit of one of the greatest percussionists in the world and he's banging the gong. Watch the surgical hijinks below.
TOOL: See Maynard James Keenan Play 'Operation' During Danny Carey Drum Solo
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