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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)

― Chris Bergen (Cee Bee), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:11 (twenty years ago)

I like both Mastodon and Tool quite a bit. Chris, accept the love.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:11 (twenty years ago)

let maynard into your heart

http://www.chartattack.com/pics/2005/12/19-maynard.jpg

― latebloomer's jazz oddysey brought to you by kellog's corn flakes (latebloomer), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:14 (twenty years ago)

Eww! No!

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

http://www.riddickbros.com/riddickbros/logos/Logo_Arsis.jpg

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

Lame. Not jagged enough.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:18 (twenty years ago)

chris:

true metal awaits

― latebloomer's jazz oddysey brought to you by kellog's corn flakes (latebloomer), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

WE COME ORIGINAL FROM NORWAY BUT WE MOVE TO ARCTIC CANADA, MORE NORTHERNER THAN ALL PLACES.

― Chris Bergen (Cee Bee), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

Vas from Byzantum has posted on ILM several times actually.

― latebloomer's jazz oddysey brought to you by kellog's corn flakes (latebloomer), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:22 (twenty years ago)

This sounds like someone running metal riffs through a time-stretch plugin

― Chris Bergen (Cee Bee), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:23 (twenty years ago)

(Time-streched metal riffs = Better than Tool)

― Chris Bergen (Cee Bee), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:32 (twenty years ago)

or STRETCHED, even

― Chris Bergen (Cee Bee), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:33 (twenty years ago)

People usually complain about Tool being too art-wanky, not being art-wanky enough.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:34 (twenty years ago)

really this is the one that takes the cake:

You should join this band! (best band ad ever!)

― latebloomer's jazz oddysey brought to you by kellog's corn flakes (latebloomer), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)

Okay so like, when you read that ad, and then listen to the MP3s...
it *HAS* to be a joke
the first MP3 is so absurd!

― Chris Bergen (Cee Bee), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:44 (twenty years ago)

I'm so glad you pointed to that thread, I might have remained forever ignorant of Epsilon Rising

― Chris Bergen (Cee Bee), Monday, 17 April 2006 16:50 (twenty years ago)

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

tool fans would love maynard+co. making farting noises on they're arms if they could get it!

i'd have more love for tool if they're fanbase wasn't so damned rabid and frothing @ the damned mouth! (see also-dave mathews' band)

― eedd, Monday, 17 April 2006 19:04 (twenty years ago)

oh thats true of any group of really rabid fans

― latebloomer's jazz oddysey brought to you by kellog's corn flakes (latebloomer), Monday, 17 April 2006 19:41 (twenty years ago)

the frothing comes so naturally once youre rabid

― fez, Monday, 17 April 2006 19:44 (twenty years ago)

cujo was a huge tool fan

― latebloomer's jazz oddysey brought to you by kellog's corn flakes (latebloomer), Monday, 17 April 2006 20:00 (twenty years ago)

http://www.starburstcards.com/KarlswebEnscapelopedia/PediaImages/SayWhat/Cujo.jpg

"46 & 2, motherfucker!"

― latebloomer's jazz oddysey brought to you by kellog's corn flakes (latebloomer), Monday, 17 April 2006 20:06 (twenty years ago)

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― josh in sf (stfu kthx), Monday, 17 April 2006 22:26 (twenty years ago)

Chris Bergen, I don't know you but I love you.

― Sean Braudis (Sean Braudis), Monday, 17 April 2006 22:35 (twenty years ago)

I saw Tool live once. They were incredibly boring. Their songs are only good when accompanied by the videos.

― pdf (Phil Freeman), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 00:21 (twenty years ago)

That new single is meh. Like that other guy said, sounds exactally like "lateralus", which was a pretty shallow version of "Aenima", which I personally feel was their peak.

I'm just not into this kind of sound like I was. I still like heavy stuff, but jesus, are these guys ever stuck ina sonic rut.

Wotevah

― Erock LAzron, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 00:42 (twenty years ago)

OTM.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 00:46 (twenty years ago)

Oh ye of little faith.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 00:47 (twenty years ago)

Well I mean, I liked Lateralus fine, I just don't need another album just like it. Still, being the die-hard I am I'll buy the CD when it comes out.

Aenima is still totally classic.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 00:49 (twenty years ago)

has anyone else said the la-da-da-dee-da-da part on vicarious is fucking fantastic?

― yours fondly, harshaw. (mrgn), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 01:06 (twenty years ago)

How can people not think "Prison Sex" is utterly classic??

Everything else, eh, could take it or leave it as Larry David says.

― richardk (Richard K), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 15:46 (twenty years ago)

"How can people not think "Prison Sex" is utterly classic??"

ever had a song played SO much that you begin to hate hearing it, despite it actually being ok?

yeah, that's how that happens.

― eedd, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 16:02 (twenty years ago)

heard 'vicarious' a few times now...
it's 'standard tool' sounding. nothin too fancy.
nor anything too thrilling either.

tool fans will love it.
i give it a 'meh' and look forward to hearing this ALL over the place in about a month. esp. on the local "X" station!!!
they will play it once an hour, if not twice. yay.

― eedd, Tuesday, 18 April 2006 16:12 (twenty years ago)

I saw Tool live once. They were incredibly boring. Their songs are only good when accompanied by the videos.

When I saw them they had video screens showing all sorts of crazy shit, so it was the best of both worlds.

Actually, I think they're better live than on record. Maynard can flat-out sing -- he's best heard live.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 18 April 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

Album leakage, apparently. ("F*cking Mindbending!" and "Bestest Thing They Ever Done" are some initial quotes, but so are "Meh" and "Typical Boring Hippie Shit." Planet still turning, at the moment.)

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 07:59 (twenty years ago)

The new single sounds pretty cool to me.

― Andrew (enneff), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 08:26 (twenty years ago)

it leaked, i got it, its pretty good. not too different from the last album. "Jambi" features a vocodered guitar, thats about it for innovation.

― fez, Wednesday, 19 April 2006 18:02 (twenty years ago)

is "jambi" an homage to the character in Pee-Wee's Playhouse? It would be, like, so typical of them.

― Munya, Wednesday, 19 April 2006 19:01 (twenty years ago)

did i mention that the last song sounds like an obscene phone call from Cthulhu? i think im gonna make a mix cd of all the creepy Tool interludes (and then toss it out the window and listen to Mohnomishe instead ;))

― fez, Wednesday, 19 April 2006 19:18 (twenty years ago)

this is actually a little weirder than the first single would lead you to think. i'm not sure if i like it or not....but i'll definitely give it several listens.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 21:51 (twenty years ago)

It's mellow. Needs a few listens certainly.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 21:57 (twenty years ago)

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