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Founded in Los Angeles in 1990, [[Tool]] is a [[Progressive Rock]]/[[Progressive Metal|Metal]] group mostly known for their use of unconventional time signatures and rhythms, [[Epic Rocking|long songs]], [[Mind Screw]]-tastic imagery, and emphasis on personal interpretation of their music. Like many bands in the 90's music scene, Tool started out as an underground group, and was signed by a record company after only three months of playing as a group. On March 1992, their first EP ''Opiate'' was released. Since then, four studio albums have been released, all of which have gone platinum and have achieved widespread success worldwide.▼
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Influenced by:
* [[King Crimson]], [[The Melvins]], [[Metallica]], [[Faith No More]], [[Mike Patton]], [[
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▲Founded in Los Angeles in 1990, Tool is a [[Progressive Rock]]/[[Progressive Metal|Metal]] group mostly known for their use of unconventional time signatures and rhythms, [[Epic Rocking|long songs]], [[Mind Screw]]-tastic imagery, and emphasis on personal interpretation of their music. Like many bands in the 90's music scene, Tool started out as an underground group, and was signed by a record company after only three months of playing as a group. On March 1992, their first EP ''Opiate'' was released. Since then, four studio albums have been released, all of which have gone platinum and have achieved widespread success worldwide.
Tool incorporates many different styles and influences in their music, but the one theme they keep constant is the importance of personal interpretation of their songs, making it possibly the only band that runs ''solely'' on [[The Walrus Was Paul]]. To emphasize this even more, Tool does not release official lyrics with any of their albums, so that what the lyrics ''actually'' mean (or even ''are'') never gets in the way of what the listener ''thinks'' they mean.
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Three of the group's songs ("Schism", "Parabola", and "Vicarious") also appeared on ''[[Guitar Hero]]: World Tour'' as playable tracks.
* 1992 -- ''Opiate'' (EP)
* 1993 -- ''Undertow''
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* 2006 -- ''10,000 Days''
* 1998 Best Metal Performance ("Ænema")
* 2002 Best Metal Performance ("Schism")
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* [[A Good Name for
▲* [[A Good Name for A Rock Band]]: [[Don't Explain the Joke|"Tool" means "penis"]]. [[Word of God]] is that this is only one interpretation, but some of the licensed artwork definitely goes down that particular route.
* [[Alien Abduction]]:
** Addressed...sort of...in "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)" / "Rosetta Stoned".
** "Faaip de Oiad" also mentions it.
* [[Alternative Metal]] / [[Progressive Metal]]: Their sound is hard to categorize.
* [[Ascend to
** 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.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]:
** "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.
* [[California Collapse]]: What the song "Ænema" is about, with inspiration from [[Bill Hicks]].
* [[The Cameo]]:
** Singers: [[Henry Rollins]] in the breakdown of "Bottom", Marko Fox on "Die Eier von Satan", Statik on "Disgustipated" and "Triad" and Lustmord on "10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)".
** Musicians: On ''Salival'', additional musicians include: [[The Melvins|King Buzzo]] on "You Lied", Vince DeFranco playing synths on "Third Eye", Alotte Duka playing tabla on "Pushit", producer/keyboardist David Bottrill on "Message to Harry Manback II", and the DVD version contains a live version of "Hush" with additional vocals by [[
* [[The Chosen One]]: Subverted in "Rosetta Stoned" - the narrator describes being abducted by aliens, who have chosen him to deliver a message to the human race...but he forgot to bring his pen to write it down.
* [[Concept Album]]: Regardless of whether or not the band views any of their record as such, ''10,000 Days'' is cited as an example all the same.
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* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Several songs, especially "Hush", "Hooker with a Penis" and "Ænema". "Rosetta Stoned" alone should have earned ''10,000 Days'' a Parental Advisory label, but the heavy distortion and layering on the vocals may have fooled the ratings board.
* [[Epic Rocking]]: A large percentage of their discography consists of this; notable examples are "Pushit", "Third Eye", "Reflection", "Wings for Marie" (both parts), and "Rosetta Stoned".
* [[Go Mad
* [[Good Feels Good]]:
** "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.
* [[Gratuitous Italian]]: "Message to Harry Manback" (both versions).
* [[Humans Are
* [[Indecipherable Lyrics]]: A lot of "Rosetta Stoned"'s lyrics are heavily layered and electronically slurred, and are almost incomprehensible. The first lyrics of "Forty Six & 2" and sections in the middle of "Stinkfist" and "Eulogy" are buried underneath the music, also making them difficult to decipher.
* [[Music/Instrumentals|Instrumentals]]: The interludes on ''Ænima'', ''Lateralus'' and ''10,000 Days'' are this, plus "Triad" for a normal-length tune.
* [[Intercourse
* [[Last-Note Nightmare|Last Song Nightmare]]:
** "Disgustipated" from ''Undertow''
** "Faaip de Oiad" from ''Lateralus''
** "Viginti Tres" from ''10,000 Days''
* [[The Man Is Sticking It to
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* [[Madness Mantra]]: From "Disgustipated" - "[[Punctuated!
* [[Metal Scream]]: Maynard really likes this, particularly the 25-second scream in "The Grudge" and pretty much all of his singing in "Ticks & Leeches".
* [[Mind Screw]]
* [[Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness]]: Generally a 6 or 7, but they can also go as low as 4/5.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Can be induced by the middle tracks of ''Ænima'', from the introspective "Forty Six & 2" to the head-scratching "Message to Harry Manback" to the venomous snark of "Hooker With a Penis" to the bouncy, cheerful "Intermission", which is the main guitar riff of the next song, the rather somber "Jimmy", played on an organ.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: "Pushit", "Ticks and Leeches" (it's actually the only song on ''Lateralus'' that has any cursing), "The Pot".
* [[Protest Song]]: "Right in Two".
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: A few examples. For one, they have a song called "Maynard's Dick". Plus there's the band's name.
* [[Reincarnation]]: Arguably a theme to "H".
* [[Shout
** The most prominent is to [[Bill Hicks]] in ''Ænima'': inner artwork, clips of Hicks in the intro to "Third Eye", and the song "Ænema" being based on Hicks' "Arizona Bay" routine, with a [[Title Drop]] in the chorus.
** 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.
* [[Signature Style]]: Soft drumming, heavy guitars, and the [[Perishing Alt Rock Voice]] of Maynard James Keenan make up a lot of the bands songs, making them one of the most distinct bands in the metal community.
* [[Spoken Word in Music]]: "Faaip de Oiad", "Disgustipated", "Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)", "Bottom" and "Third Eye" all use this. "Bottom" even drags Henry Rollins in for a cameo.
* [[Take That]]: A good chunk of their earlier catalogue is built on this ("Hush", "Eulogy", "Hooker with a Penis", "Ænema", and others).
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Not the bandmembers themselves, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-wE5LtDKPU&feature=related a fan]. When you run onto a normal stage, security will take you down. When you run onto a stage where Tool plays, [[Beware the Nice Ones|Maynard James Keenan himself]] will take you down, ''and keep on singing while he holds you down''.
* [[Uncommon Time]]: Many of their songs, namely "Schism", which [[
* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]:
** Like you wouldn't believe, if [http://www.peteofthestreet.net/sayz/C1151806467/E1494764863/ 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", [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFjEp79zaNw they sync up into one super-song].
* [[The Walrus Was Paul]]
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