Written by [user id=4335] on 16.06.2006 at 12:02

Tool...???.. I've heard of them
I think they are pretty good:P. but they are never gonna be my favourite band ^^
After a while you get bored to their music..

Try listen more, this kind of music is better when you listen more times. you will see that is not boring. I was used to think the same "this is too soft, boring" but with time you will love it

yeah.. yeah.. allright.. I try gonna listen to music like these, maybe its a fun experience or something XD..

Tool - North American Tour Dates Announced :

Tool have lined up the following North American dates:

August 4-5 - San Diego, CA @ Street Scene '06
August 6 - Fresno, CA @ Selland Arena
August 18 - Honolulu, HI @ Blaisdell Concert Hall
August 19 - Honolulu, HI @ Blaisdell Concert Hall
August 22 - Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place
August 24 - Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
August 25 - Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
August 27 - George, WA @ The Gorge
August 29 - Salt Lake City, UT @ E Center

(Source : http://www.toolband.com)

Tool is among my top favourite band. I have all their albums except for Salival which is a bitch to get hold of. last Summer I listened to nothing but tool and I bet this summer will be just the same. their newest album? a masterpiece!
the artwork and music videos has me fascinated to no end. I can't wait to see this band live in a couple of weeks ^^

Honestly, I find it difficult to see why so many people love this band, alot of the time.

By no means am I the elitist sort, though I do prefer the more extreme metal generally speaking. However, I simply find Tool extremely bland. The vocals are ok, but nothing special - and while the music suits them well, it is also nothing spectacular to me.

I admit to liking 2-3 (or is it 1-2?) songs quite a bit, but no more than that.

10000 days is the first alternative metal album i have liked since evanesence - fallen in 2003.

lol that says something

I haven't heard it yeat, but that's because someone told me that the lyrics weren't any good, someday I will hear it and make my own opinion about it.

Well, I have the albums, except for Salival and 10.000 Days. They're one of teh best bands I've ever heard, they're one of my favourites. What i like the most of them is that, spite having the talent to be a prog band, they aren't. they they're loyal to their style, quite complex, long songs. And their videos slam!!! So deep and weird, I can't get tired of them. My fav. album, spite what everyone say is Lateralus. It's great to travel. There's nothing like going in a bus watching the landscape while listening Tool's blasting music.

The drums are crushing, guitar is filled with effects, bass whoa no words, andmauynards voice is unique. Probably teh most powerfull voice I've ever heard. I'm going to order 10.000 days pretty soon, when I have the money to buy it.

I got 10,000 days just recently and I dont think I have heard such a good album in a long time by Tool. 10,000 days is ver similar to Lateralus might I add.

amazing band

takes you to places with their music.... I cant name a song that doesnt have it all... strong lyrics and music

TOOL RULES

Tool is an great band! But i would like to say that they are Progressive Metal and not Alternative.

Written by Throne of Rats on 10.07.2006 at 13:07

I got 10,000 days just recently and I dont think I have heard such a good album in a long time by Tool. 10,000 days is ver similar to Lateralus might I add.

The it's awesome, because Lateralus is an album you got to love.

Written by [user id=10972] on 13.07.2006 at 16:23

Tool is an great band! But i would like to say that they are Progressive Metal and not Alternative.

Tool is not progresive. They have the elements to be a progresive band, but they prefer to be alternative. I think they are Avantgarde, in fact.
Just compare: Dream Theater is progresive. Does Tool sound like Dream Theater? No. It's as simple as this: Tool has no solos. Except maybe in Lateralus (The song, in the end). Tool is NOT prog.

when i think tool i think of there video's not really there songs and i think that there video's are cool but in all honesty what do they have to do with real life you could hardly compare them with any aspect of your life and i think maybe they get away with looking artistic when maybe there not that artistic

Written by [user id=9095] on 19.07.2006 at 09:24

when i think tool i think of there video's not really there songs and i think that there video's are cool but in all honesty what do they have to do with real life you could hardly compare them with any aspect of your life and i think maybe they get away with looking artistic when maybe there not that artistic

well,seeing how i'm an artist myself,i'll say art is a form of expression/symbolism on how you see the world (real Life)..and i see alot of symbolism in Tool videos,how they use those puppets/images as metaphors to express The Sad/Pathetic State The World is in,this applies to their lyrics as well. seeing how their music videos is bringing their lyrics to life,How is That not Artistic?...and alot of people can relate to tool..it's intelligent and Deep Music...so stfu because you know nothing about Art...anyways...the new albums is pretty decent...i prefer Aenima and Lateralus though..but who knows...maybe it will grow on me

Written by [user id=14754] on 20.07.2006 at 06:01

Written by [user id=9095] on 19.07.2006 at 09:24

when i think tool i think of there video's not really there songs and i think that there video's are cool but in all honesty what do they have to do with real life you could hardly compare them with any aspect of your life and i think maybe they get away with looking artistic when maybe there not that artistic

well,seeing how i'm an artist myself,i'll say art is a form of expression/symbolism on how you see the world (real Life)..and i see alot of symbolism in Tool videos,how they use those puppets/images as metaphors to express The Sad/Pathetic State The World is in,this applies to their lyrics as well. seeing how their music videos is bringing their lyrics to life,How is That not Artistic?...and alot of people can relate to tool..it's intelligent and Deep Music...so stfu because you know nothing about Art...anyways...the new albums is pretty decent...i prefer Aenima and Lateralus though..but who knows...maybe it will grow on me

im not over confident or arrogant so i can appreciate your opinion dude but insults are a little childish, i think that tool are artistic and i am also into what are society brands as art, art cant be put in any catorgorie or be ruled by standards, but my opinion is that people like tool play on the fact that some people think the world is sad and pathetic and they get away with alot , take a look around being sad is not cool and it does not bring anything good into your life so why ponder on thoughts that give nothing back , i think you'll find the answer in the thoughts you probably have from time to time where you wonder why life treats you so bad, face it its music that looks artistic and thats why i even watch there stuff but its not its fake art , art for a simple mind that cant fit in with the simple minded

dont take offence mate im sure your a cool dude but tool are so making money off of people who do the advertising for them like you

Then any doom metal band has sad lyrics too, because why write down lyrics about a world which is sad and pathetic? There are a lot more bands that try to give a message like that to their fans. Not just Tool. And I don't think Tool only has that one thing to say with their lyrics. The first two albums might have been quite angry towards the world and society, but their later albums sure have some other meanings. Besides, the lyrics are really not -that- important to me, I like the creative way they build up their songs. It's not 'fake', I prefer to call it experimental.

Really awesome album, got it a few days ago, liked it alot, i think it was one of the best albums Tool's done.

Written by [user id=9095] on 21.07.2006 at 02:40

Written by [user id=14754] on 20.07.2006 at 06:01

Written by [user id=9095] on 19.07.2006 at 09:24

when i think tool i think of there video's not really there songs and i think that there video's are cool but in all honesty what do they have to do with real life you could hardly compare them with any aspect of your life and i think maybe they get away with looking artistic when maybe there not that artistic

well,seeing how i'm an artist myself,i'll say art is a form of expression/symbolism on how you see the world (real Life)..and i see alot of symbolism in Tool videos,how they use those puppets/images as metaphors to express The Sad/Pathetic State The World is in,this applies to their lyrics as well. seeing how their music videos is bringing their lyrics to life,How is That not Artistic?...and alot of people can relate to tool..it's intelligent and Deep Music...so stfu because you know nothing about Art...anyways...the new albums is pretty decent...i prefer Aenima and Lateralus though..but who knows...maybe it will grow on me

im not over confident or arrogant so i can appreciate your opinion dude but insults are a little childish, i think that tool are artistic and i am also into what are society brands as art, art cant be put in any catorgorie or be ruled by standards, but my opinion is that people like tool play on the fact that some people think the world is sad and pathetic and they get away with alot , take a look around being sad is not cool and it does not bring anything good into your life so why ponder on thoughts that give nothing back , i think you'll find the answer in the thoughts you probably have from time to time where you wonder why life treats you so bad, face it its music that looks artistic and thats why i even watch there stuff but its not its fake art , art for a simple mind that cant fit in with the simple minded

dont take offence mate im sure your a cool dude but tool are so making money off of people who do the advertising for them like you

i'm not offended...i understand what you're trying to say..but i still disagree...

I'm not sure what to say. Some really dark music. Everyone in the band is really talented. I only own 'Lateralus' but I like that album quite a bit. I have listened to their other material and it is all pretty good. I am going to see them with a friend in September sometime I suppose. He ordered his tickets today. We'll see how it goes. I do however find their themes really interesting.

Art has always used symbolism to convay an extraordinary idea in an image that may or may not make sense to the viewer. But does it mean that it is "Fake art" because it holds more ideas, messages and thoughts inside of it rather then display a blunt Idea out in the open? And who said Tool was only about how shitty they think the world is? sure they have that mixed in their music sometimes, but they also mix in many other ideas about things like the Tree of life, and mathmatical references to Astrology and Saturn.(not the planet) "Being Sad is not cool?" Im not sure what you exactly mean about that, I mean, when people are actually sad, its not to look cool, its because they are. Sure no one wants to be sad, and sane people don't go around looking for sorrow, but its a fact of life, and to run away from that fact would just be fooling yourself.

That's an amazing band. They are so amazing that their amazingness can't be described by anyone. My favourite album from Tool is "Lateralus". The last album was also a really good release but for the first time i felt like i have heard it before but still it was a good album.

saw them a couple of weeks ago at metal town, gothenburg sweden. faaaaaan-frickintastic. i've been a fan since the lateralus, and basically love everything by them. my favorite album would be lateralus. the favorite songs be something like the grudge, schism, jambi, forty six & 2, aenima, sober, stinkfist (extended). lots of good stuff.

I recently got 10,000 Days. I only have one word about it: PERFECT. I personally love Lateralus since is the first Tool album I ever heard, and I find 10,000 Days as a sequel for Lateralus, it's very similar. And it's fuckin' perfect. I've heard it aty least five times between yesterday and today.
But I still don't have Salival...

Tool has some amazing lyrics! My favorite album is "Undertow".
10,000 Days is interesting. I need to listen to it couple of times more.

^^ I agree with that but with every Tool album I have to listen to them quite alot to like them.

I've just started listening to Tool. I like the proggy sound they have to their music. Schism is an awesome song.

I like their older stuff from Undertow and Opiate. Aenima kicks major ass, as does Lateralus. 10,000 Days, of course, is no exception.

I do have one question tho: 10,000 Days and Wings for Marie were about Maynard's mother. Does anyone know if Judith by a Perfect Circle was about Maynard's mother; or was there another reference?

Written by [user id=16275] on 10.09.2006 at 07:22

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I do have one question tho: 10,000 Days and Wings for Marie were about Maynard's mother. Does anyone know if Judith by a Perfect Circle was about Maynard's mother; or was there another reference?

No, you're right. The song goes indeed about Maynard's mother, Judith Marie. As you might know, Judith suffered a stroke that left her partially paralyzed and wheelchair-bound for about 10.000 days till her death...

Thought so. Thanks.
He's angry that she had so much faith in God and all, and he left her paralyzed.
Makes perfect sense now.