That Pitchfork review is hilarious, and in my mind every bit as classic as Dave Q.'s Yes assessment.
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 21 April 2005 12:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:02 (nineteen years ago) link
Tool helped get me through high school. I'll always love them for that.
That Brent DiCrescenzo Pitchfork review of Lateralus linked above...jesus that's awful. That's wayyyyy more of a wankfest than any Tool record.
The Something Awful Dr. David Thorpe thing, however, is funny. Tool do have some hilariously overzealous fans, that's for sure! But the music's pretty good, if you like proggy metal stuff.
― latebloomer: But when the monkey die, people gonna cry. (latebloomer), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― steve hise, Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 21 April 2005 13:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:05 (nineteen years ago) link
The other day my coworker and I were getting something to eat on a quick break and we heard "Schism" floating from a car stereo. We approved.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 21 April 2005 14:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― b b, Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 21 April 2005 16:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Thursday, 21 April 2005 17:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Thursday, 21 April 2005 17:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― I speak no english, calmly, Thursday, 21 April 2005 17:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Morgman (Morg), Thursday, 21 April 2005 18:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 21 April 2005 19:12 (nineteen years ago) link
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 (nineteen years ago) link
― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 21 April 2005 19:24 (nineteen years ago) link
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 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 22 April 2005 04:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer: But when the monkey die, people gonna cry. (latebloomer), Friday, 22 April 2005 04:35 (nineteen years ago) link
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh, shhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittt!
(Dud.)
― Dave M, Friday, 22 April 2005 06:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Friday, 22 April 2005 13:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Friday, 3 March 2006 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 3 March 2006 14:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Yawn (Wintermute), Friday, 3 March 2006 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 3 March 2006 16:43 (eighteen years ago) link
"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 (eighteen years ago) link
― Yawn (Wintermute), Friday, 3 March 2006 17:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Yawn (Wintermute), Friday, 3 March 2006 17:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 3 March 2006 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Christopher Costello (CGC), Friday, 3 March 2006 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link
...
― Dan (O RLY?) Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 3 March 2006 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 3 March 2006 17:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mickey (modestmickey), Saturday, 4 March 2006 06:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― A. Lingbert (A. Lingbert), Saturday, 4 March 2006 07:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hat (Hat), Sunday, 5 March 2006 00:13 (eighteen years ago) 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 (eighteen years ago) link
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 (eighteen years ago) link
http://rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s527757.jpg
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 13 March 2006 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 12:56 (eighteen years ago) link
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 (eighteen years ago) link
http://toolshed.down.net/pix/10k_promo/02.jpg
― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 12:50 (eighteen years ago) link
tool fans= the uber-dud of all duds! make ICP fans seem like low-key intellectuals.
― eedd, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 20:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Yawn (Wintermute), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 March 2006 21:13 (eighteen years ago) link
yeah i just read that too D:
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 13 November 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
oh - so THAT's why they're suddenly trending.
― StanM, Saturday, 13 November 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
The Ex Eye record from a couple of years ago might satisfy the desire for an instrumental Tool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Xq9enRx18
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 13 November 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
i was at this festival and am beside myself that I missed the peeing
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 13 November 2021 20:45 (two years ago) link
there's video footage and it's way more explicit than you'd expect
― StanM, Saturday, 13 November 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link
I didn't really know who this band was or what their deal was but now that I feel like I do it seems more shocking; like they're not some shock band, those look like a bunch of fairly serious professional musicians to me.
― akm, Sunday, 14 November 2021 03:53 (two years ago) link
Also I have always been under the impression that maynard was extremely critical to the band and that he wrote the music and lyrics. if he doesn't actually write the music then he could easily go. I guess he kind of does that anyway since Pucifer is 10X more prolific than Tool.
― akm, Sunday, 14 November 2021 03:54 (two years ago) link
I thought guitar riffs and bass lines are how Tool songs start out, then drums get written, with vocals being the last?
― StanM, Sunday, 14 November 2021 05:40 (two years ago) link
Pretty sure Maynard is indeed the last thing added and has nothing to do with the music. They accumulate guitar, bass, drum ideas, refine and cobble them together over many months, then he adds vox and lyrics and song titles. I've seen a few interviews with the band where they admit they have to walk him through some of the tricky stuff to help him come up with lyrics and melodies that fit, and interviews with him where he'll finally come up with something but by the time he brings it to the band they've changed or otherwise rearranged the music. Sounds like a tough slog.
From what I understand about Rush it was almost the opposite. Neil would accumulate lyrics, Geddy and Alex would accumulate riffs and songs, Neil would give Geddy some lyrics, Geddy and Alex would collect their riffs and stuff and arrange them into songs, with Alex programming drums, then Neil would come in toward the end, listen to the demos and come up with his own drum parts. Then I think the band and producer would tinker further with arrangements. More of a full, equal collaboration.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 14 November 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
Oh man Danny Carey pulled a cake boss pic.twitter.com/Fauu0rBQfu— the ghost of txtmas past (@metaltxt) December 14, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
Tool has a drummer?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
"But I'm a tool!" "yeah buddy, arms behind your back"
― StanM, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 17:10 (two years ago) link
this tour's setlist feels so refreshing after years of Schism/Stinkfist/Aenima/46&2/Parabol etc : https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/tool/2022/smoothie-king-center-new-orleans-la-b88396e.html
― StanM, Sunday, 6 February 2022 13:08 (two years ago) link
(I love those songs, don't get me wrong)
― StanM, Sunday, 6 February 2022 13:12 (two years ago) link
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 (two years ago) link
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 (two years ago) link
^
― StanM, Sunday, 6 February 2022 14:36 (two years ago) link
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 (two years ago) link
then sharing The Pot with them afterwards
― he's very big in the region of my butthole (Neanderthal), Sunday, 6 February 2022 16:15 (two years ago) link
https://store.toolband.com/storeFine art Foetus In Skull coming Dec 16th
― StanM, Wednesday, 14 December 2022 20:21 (one year ago) link
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 (one year ago) link
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 (three weeks ago) link