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Confused yet? Good.

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Discography:


 * 1992 -- Opiate (EP)
 * 1993 -- Undertow
 * 1996 -- Ænima
 * 2000 -- Salival (box set with an 8-song CD and a DVD or VHS with the videos for "Sober", "Prison Sex", "Stinkfist", "Ænema", and on the DVD version, "Hush")
 * 2001 -- Lateralus
 * 2006 -- 10,000 Days

Grammy Awards


 * 1998 Best Metal Performance ("Ænema")
 * 2002 Best Metal Performance ("Schism")
 * 2007 Best Recording Package (10,000 Days)

Tool provides examples of the following tropes:
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 * Addressed...sort of...in "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)" / "Rosetta Stoned".
 * "Faaip de Oiad" also mentions it.
 * Sort of the point of "Forty Six & 2", which combines Jungian philosophy with an eccentric take on human evolution.
 * Lateralus as a whole is heavily influenced by transcendentalism.
 * "Die Eier von Satan" features vocals by Marko Fox delivered in an angry tirade of German. It features a heavy industrial production and a roaring crowd in the background, making it sound something like a Nazi rally. The lyrics are actually Fox's grandmother's recipe for brownies with Turkish hashish. She called them Die Eier Von Satan, which means The Eggs of Satan, with "eggs" being common German slang for testicals. The chorus is "und keine Eire," which means "and no eggs." The Eggs of Satan contain no eggs.
 * "Message for Harry Manback" features quite a lot of extravagant swearing in Italian, though you can assume as much based on the rest of the message, delivered in English.
 * "The Patient" suggests that being a kind and loving person is its own reward, even when it's difficult.
 * Most of the Lateralus album appears to be hinting that the alternative (choosing to be bitter) won't make things any better.
 * "Disgustipated" from Undertow
 * "Faaip de Oiad" from Lateralus
 * "Viginti Tres" from 10,000 Days

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 * The live version of "Third Eye" on Salival replaces the Bill Hicks material with clips of Timothy Leary.
 * "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)" is a nod to Albert Hofmann, the creator of LSD.
 * Like you wouldn't believe, if this is any indication.
 * Somebody figured out that if you take the songs "Viginti Tres" and "Wings for Marie, Pt. 2" and play them in that order WHILE playing "Wings for Marie, Pt. 1", they sync up into one super-song.

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