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Sounds like your friend should have been wearing the shirt if that was the extent of his or her wit.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm beginning to think that I like a lot of music I'd deam "clinically dull."

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 21 April 2005 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)

i like that german cake recipe song. "ohne eier". eier in german means eggs and balls at the same time. sinon they are one of the more interesting heavy metal bands. which is almost a contradictio in adiecto.

― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Thursday, 21 April 2005 17:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I like that Brent D is a totally hilarious guy!!! LOL HE IS SOOO RANDOM!! I HAVE EXTENSIVE BRAIN DAMAGE

― I speak no english, calmly, Thursday, 21 April 2005 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

TOOL are amazing! One thing i have to thank my ex girlfriend for is getting me into TOOL. They are one of the most psychedelic bands i have ever heard and the lyrics are ultra-intelligent too. Maynard's vocab is superb. The more prog the better. Aenema is one of my favourite albums and it has some serious psychedelic moments, especially on 'Pushit'. I fell in love with Lateralus when i first bought it. Theres that amazing quiet psychedelic chord sequence in 'Ticks and leeches'. And 'Lateralus' has an amazing riff, its all top quality drop D (Mostly) guitar work. I too have the Aenema hologram cd. Undertow is definitely the album u could call metal but the others i don't like to label them metal. I'd call them prog hard rock. So yeh, CLASSIC!

― Morgman (Morg), Thursday, 21 April 2005 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Dud, they're just trying too hard to be taken seriously. Dull and dreary, wallowing in self-pity, writing "deep", "abstract" lyrics - they're the kind of band adolescents graduate to after 3 years of Limp Bizkit fandom and start really getting into the philosophy behind "The Matrix". And why they're considered metal in any way is still a mystery to me - not every rock band with loud guitars plays metal.

― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 21 April 2005 19:12 (twenty-one years ago)

they're the kind of band adolescents graduate to after 3 years of Limp Bizkit fandom and start really getting into the philosophy behind "The Matrix"

But what if you got into them when you were 22 in 1993?

As for being metal or not, my ex said they reminded her of late eighties Metallica most of all.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 19:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I just get incredibly depressed by Tool, and not in a good Esoteric/Swans/Joy Division/Darkthrone way. It's all so predicable, self-absorbed, calculated, easy, mindnumbing - lacking life in all possible ways.

― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 21 April 2005 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)

'and why they're considered metal in any way is still a mystery to me - not every rock band with loud guitars plays metal.'

chuck eddy alert! lol.

anyway, yeah, technically they're more post-"grunge"/Jane's Addiction/Soundgarden/Helmet/alt-rawk or whatever. But seriously if they had first dropped in the 80's they WOULD be called metal, probably lumped in with proggy thrash like Voivod or something.

i've never found Tool 'lifeless' as Siegbran does. i think the main thing with the band is that even though they are a heavy rock band, they are very precise and controlled. there is very little chaos and anarchy in their sound. maybe that is why they can sound 'clinical', and that's probably too stick-up-the-ass for some people. but i think thats underestimating them as they can be surprisingly melodic and cathartic when you least expect them to be (at least for me).

but i enjoy tool probably now a lot more than i did when i was heavily into them as a teenager, because with listening to them now it's not so tied up with them as 'my band' and how that reinforces my identity.

annnnnyhoo, just giving my two cents worth.

― latebloomer: But when the monkey die, people gonna cry. (latebloomer), Friday, 22 April 2005 04:17 (twenty-one years ago)

THEIR ALMNOST AS CLEVAR AS RAMMSTEIN!

― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 22 April 2005 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)

hahahahahaha

― latebloomer: But when the monkey die, people gonna cry. (latebloomer), Friday, 22 April 2005 04:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Sounds like your friend should have been wearing the shirt if that was the extent of his or her wit.
-- Ned Raggett (ne...), April 21st, 2005.

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh, shhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittt!

(Dud.)

― Dave M, Friday, 22 April 2005 06:42 (twenty-one years ago)

also in re: to metal, the first I ever heard of them was on Headbanger's Ball

― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Friday, 22 April 2005 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

ten months pass...

Finally, something official about the new album: the name.

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 3 March 2006 13:43 (twenty years ago)

Hmm, straightforward enough!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 3 March 2006 14:05 (twenty years ago)

10000 = 10⁴= reference to Nachman, Luzzato, Vilna Gaon, Israel ben Eliezer and the ten sephirah. embarrassingly obvious! im afraid Maynard has lost his touch

― Yawn (Wintermute), Friday, 3 March 2006 16:40 (twenty years ago)

Yes, because all those names are on the tips of everyone's tongue all the time.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 3 March 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

"It's called The Leaving of the Twain."

"Well DUH, who wouldn't know the reference by the 19th century Serbo-Croatian author Djilas Vrensic."

"Uh..."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 3 March 2006 16:45 (twenty years ago)

its only natural for a Tool fan to know a thing or two about the qabbala. im not sure yet what "days" could mean. maybe 10⁴ = (5x2)⁴ = reference to the fourth sun nahui-atl that ended in a flood (!) which lasted 52 days... but i never thought of Maynard as an aztec eschatology kind of guy

― Yawn (Wintermute), Friday, 3 March 2006 17:05 (twenty years ago)

oh and wrt to the thread question: classic

― Yawn (Wintermute), Friday, 3 March 2006 17:07 (twenty years ago)

utterly classic

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 3 March 2006 17:08 (twenty years ago)

i forgot the last time i listened to one of their albums. maybe i'll pull "lateralus" out later to see how it's held up.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Friday, 3 March 2006 17:15 (twenty years ago)

its only natural for a Tool fan to know a thing or two about the qabbala.

...

― Dan (O RLY?) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 3 March 2006 17:15 (twenty years ago)

Dan says it so I don't have to.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 3 March 2006 17:16 (twenty years ago)

haha

― Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 4 March 2006 06:14 (twenty years ago)

The post about the name is no longer on toolband.com. What does this dream mean?

― A. Lingbert (A. Lingbert), Saturday, 4 March 2006 07:14 (twenty years ago)

Classic, but, Lateralus in particular is really hurt by the awful lyrics. Maynard crossed the line with that album. It doesn't help that the guy's also a total fucking arsehole.

― Hat (Hat), Sunday, 5 March 2006 00:13 (twenty years ago)

The post about the name is no longer on toolband.com. What does this dream mean?
-- A. Lingbert (alingber...), March 4th, 2006 8:14 AM. (A. Lingbert) (link)

It was indeed gone, but now it's back!

03 Mar 06

JUST IN CASE YOU'RE INTERESTED...
The artwork for the upcoming Tool album is going to the separators/printers today, therefore it will eventually be leaked out that the name of the album is (drum roll.......) ' 10,000 days '

... so there it is.

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 6 March 2006 12:28 (twenty years ago)

Tracklist:

Vicarious
Jambi
Wings For Marie (Pt 1)
10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)
The Pot
Lipan Conjuring
Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)
Rosetta Stoned
Intension
Right In Two
Viginti Tres

(Gentlemen, start your speculengines!)

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 13 March 2006 12:05 (twenty years ago)

is this the front cover?

http://rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s527757.jpg

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 13 March 2006 12:22 (twenty years ago)

apparently not

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 12:56 (twenty years ago)

http://www.toolband.com/news/images/xmdays_logo.jpg

http://www.toolband.com/news/images/xmdays_mini_art.jpg

Plus 10 new promo shots of the band here. (!)

― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 12:48 (twenty years ago)

This is promo shot 02:

http://toolshed.down.net/pix/10k_promo/02.jpg

― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 12:50 (twenty years ago)

somewhat/almost in a nostalgic way but not quite-classic...not really but, hey...they've got FEW songs i can enjoy.

tool fans= the uber-dud of all duds! make ICP fans seem like low-key intellectuals.

― eedd, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 20:58 (twenty years ago)

that cover looks pretty ionic.

― Yawn (Wintermute), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:05 (twenty years ago)

I'm zo happy! < / Clowes, Pussey! )

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:13 (twenty years ago)

http://toolshed.down.net/pix/10k_promo/03.jpg

― latebloomer is a belly with a guy pierce in it (latebloomer), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 02:19 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

Vicarious, the first single, is out there somewhere. 7 minutes of classic hypnotic Tool riffage, drummage and screamage (it's them, no doubt about it, no enormous style departures). Can't wait for the rest.

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 17 April 2006 08:24 (twenty years ago)

yeah...it's ok. it sounds just like the last album.

― latebloomer's jazz oddysey brought to you by kellog's corn flakes (latebloomer), Monday, 17 April 2006 08:30 (twenty years ago)

yeah not exactly catchy, is it

― fez, Monday, 17 April 2006 08:36 (twenty years ago)

or: Tool fans will love it, Tool haterz will hate it. ^_^

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 17 April 2006 08:56 (twenty years ago)

A friend once went to a Tool concert and reported afterwards that all Tool fans are somewhat overweight. When pressed to explain his theory, he said that all of the kids at the concert were packing some serious heft. The theory was not that overweight people are attracted to to Tool, but that Tool makes people overweight. After all, what else are you going to do while listening to an 80 minute long album besides make yourself a couple of banana and peanut butter sandwiches and some strawberry Quik?

― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Monday, 17 April 2006 11:05 (twenty years ago)

it sounds pretty great to me. i'd be very happy if the new album sounded a lot like the last one, anyway, as that's by far my favourite tool album.

― toby (tsg20), Monday, 17 April 2006 11:20 (twenty years ago)

They have inspiring lyrics and a whole array of emotions.

I enjoy Tool a lot, but I disagree with this statement.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Monday, 17 April 2006 12:14 (twenty years ago)

They're ok, but they lean towards a dud for me. There's something about them that just bothers me.

― Harpal (harpal), Monday, 17 April 2006 15:49 (twenty years ago)

Total and complete dud

Every Tool fan I've ever met has somehow convinced themselves that Tool are these untouchable musical geniuses.
Also, every Tool fan I've ever met listens to really shitty music.

xpost: (1 YEAR AGO!)
I listened to part of that Mastodon record today

To me, Mastodon and Tool have very little in common,
and Mastodon PWNS

― Chris Bergen (Cee Bee), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:02 (twenty years ago)

i bet you like Early Man

― latebloomer's jazz oddysey brought to you by kellog's corn flakes (latebloomer), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:06 (twenty years ago)

No, but I do like ARSIS

― Chris Bergen (Cee Bee), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:08 (twenty years ago)

i bet you like celine dion

― latebloomer's jazz oddysey brought to you by kellog's corn flakes (latebloomer), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:09 (twenty years ago)

i bet you like...ok i'll stop

― latebloomer's jazz oddysey brought to you by kellog's corn flakes (latebloomer), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:10 (twenty years ago)

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Part of the last rehearsal before the tour was streamed on instagram on "crap gear" & without Maynard: The Pot & The Patient

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6iJlmb-EcY

― StanM, Sunday, 6 February 2022 13:17 (four years ago)

They should do a club tour of just the three of them rehearsing on crap gear.

― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 6 February 2022 14:02 (four years ago)

― StanM, Sunday, 6 February 2022 14:36 (four years ago)

The video of Danny Carey playing The Pot with those young music students is very endearing.

― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Sunday, 6 February 2022 16:15 (four years ago)

then sharing The Pot with them afterwards

― he's very big in the region of my butthole (Neanderthal), Sunday, 6 February 2022 16:15 (four years ago)

ten months pass...

https://store.toolband.com/store

Fine art Foetus In Skull coming Dec 16th

― StanM, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 20:21 (three years ago)

https://www.fourtheye.net/2022/12/tool-fetus-in-skull-maquette-coming-soon/

I'm betting on "hella expensive"

― StanM, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 20:37 (three years ago)

one year passes...

The Beato interview with Danny Carey is great. It's remarkable that, according to Carey, he's never done any Tool drum tracking to a click, but I guess it makes sense, because how would that even work? He also offers the flipside to old people complaining about computer-perfect tempos in contemporary recordings, that some young people raised on quantized grid perfection might find the varying tempos of old stuff (from classical to classic rock) equally frustrating. I wonder.

― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 31 March 2024 13:05 (two years ago)

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