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Tool isn't actually that bad

  1. 2015-11-27 at 7:31 AM UTC
    #1
    Lanny Bird of Courage
    I found an old ipod I had when I was a teenager while visiting the family abode (20gb classic model, these things are are still pretty groovy though the battery life sucks ass despite having like a 300x300 display) and it had every tool album up to 10,000 days on it. I'm listening to it now and it's actually pretty fun. So like I know they have this reputation of being really far up their own asses but it's 99% an obnoxious fanbase. They've even said all that shit with fibonacci sequence was just thrown in there for a laugh, there's nothing particularly "deep" in it, just kids to who smoke a little to much and read too far into song lyrics and shit. Like really, they have a couple of songs actually making fun of this kind of fan (ala rosetta stoned).

    There's some pretty impressive production on these tracks (gets better with each album I'm noticing) and I mean the guitar churn/bass rumble thing is pretty fun to listen to. Anyway, obligatory video:

  2. 2015-11-27 at 6:30 PM UTC
    #2
    Sir slappy the sea turtle Tuskegee Airman
    its hard to believe ive been waiting 10 years for another tool album...
  3. 2015-11-27 at 10:50 PM UTC
    #3
    AngryOnion Big Wig [the nightly self-effacing broadsheet]
    Ya wtf ??
    Are they still together?
  4. 2015-11-28 at 12:17 PM UTC
    #4
    Nero Yung Blood
    you aren't half bad after all
  5. 2015-12-01 at 3:31 PM UTC
    #5
    Hewfil1 Houston
    They're pretty good. But the day I watch a Tool video and not get creeped out, that'll be the day.
  6. 2015-12-02 at 1:33 AM UTC
    #6
    The Self Taught Man Black Hole
    Even in 8th grade I thought Tool was the gayest band ever. It's even in their name, it makes you a "tool"
  7. 2015-12-02 at 6:26 AM UTC
    #7
    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    I like A Perfect Circle better, picked up thirteenth step again recently. certain songs remind me of bits and pieces from high school too
  8. 2015-12-07 at 6:45 AM UTC
    #8
    Malice Naturally Camouflaged
    Even in 8th grade I thought Tool was the gayest band ever. It's even in their name, it makes you a "tool"

    I was tempted to post "Takes one to know one.", but then I saw this post and decided not to.

    That doesn't really make sense, but there are multiple variations, although they don't sound as smooth.
    Of course you think that, you identify with them.
    ​Of course you think that, you're one too.
    Takes one to like one.

    I don't actually have anything against Tool or liking them, though.
  9. 2015-12-07 at 9:13 AM UTC
    #9
    FON Yung Blood
    welcome to 1996, lanny. now go see them live.
  10. 2015-12-07 at 6:26 PM UTC
    #10
    Lanny Bird of Courage
    Even in 8th grade I thought Tool was the gayest band ever. It's even in their name, it makes you a "tool"

    hahaha, that's so original. No one has ever made that joke before.

    welcome to 1996, lanny. now go see them live.

    Make it a year or two earlier and I'd be able to see my bloody valentine before their break up which would be cooler I think. Not sure I'd pay to see tool live. Like I said, it's fun music but certain segments of the fanbase really are intolerable.
  11. 2015-12-07 at 8:17 PM UTC
    #11
    The Self Taught Man Black Hole
    theyre just alright
  12. 2015-12-07 at 10:08 PM UTC
    #12
    FON Yung Blood
    fun music but certain segments of the fanbase really are intolerable.

    You mean the pretentious fans that overanalyse the shit out of every song? I hear/see a lot about them on the internet but most of the Tool fans I've met in real life are just normal people.
    I'd say it's worth checking out regardless. It's one of the more impressive performances I've seen, at least in terms of the visuals, particularly if you eat some acid beforehand.
  13. 2015-12-15 at 8:45 AM UTC
    #13
    Zanick motherfucker [my p.a. supernal goa]
    I like the singer's energy but mostly the bass is just flawlessly iconic prog rock rumble.
  14. 2015-12-15 at 11 AM UTC
    #14
    Lanny Bird of Courage
    I like the singer's energy but mostly the bass is just flawlessly iconic prog rock rumble.

    Yeah, I'm not sure the bass "makes it" but it definitely wouldn't work without it. Good instrumentals and memorable vocals, guess that's all you need to be popular. Not that I think there's anything exceedingly deep in the lyrics but the hooks are pretty goat
  15. 2015-12-16 at 8:38 AM UTC
    #15
    Zanick motherfucker [my p.a. supernal goa]
    Yeah, I'm not sure the bass "makes it" but it definitely wouldn't work without it. Good instrumentals and memorable vocals, guess that's all you need to be popular. Not that I think there's anything exceedingly deep in the lyrics but the hooks are pretty goat

    I've always been disappointed with them for these reasons. They can be a lot of fun to listen to when I'm drunk, but I don't find it stimulating otherwise. Good music for getting pumped.
  16. 2015-12-20 at 5:36 AM UTC
    #16
    The Self Taught Man Black Hole
    hahaha, that's so original. No one has ever made that joke before.

    I haven't researched enough into Tool to know all the Tool memes and Tool counterculture
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