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Tool (band)

Tool is an American rock band from Los Angeles. Formed in 1990, the group's line-up includes vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones and drummer Danny Carey. Justin Chancellor has been the band's bassist since 1995, replacing their original bassist Paul D'Amour. Tool has won four Grammy Awards, performed worldwide tours, and produced albums topping the charts in several countries.

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Tool performing in 2022
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
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Years active1990–present
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Members
Past members
Websitetoolband.com

To date, the band has released five studio albums, one EP and one box set. They emerged with a heavy metal sound on their first studio album, Undertow (1993), and became a dominant act in the alternative metal movement with the release of their follow-up album Ænima in 1996. Their efforts to unify musical experimentation, visual arts, and a message of personal evolution continued with Lateralus (2001) and 10,000 Days (2006), gaining critical acclaim and international commercial success. Their fifth studio album, Fear Inoculum, was released on August 30, 2019, to widespread critical acclaim. Prior to its release, the band had sold more than 13 million albums in the US alone.[1]

Due to Tool's incorporation of visual arts and very long and complex releases, the band is generally described as a style-transcending act and part of progressive rock, psychedelic rock, and art rock. The relationship between the band and today's music industry is ambivalent, at times marked by censorship, and the band's insistence on privacy.

History

Formation and Opiate (1989–1992)

 
Tool logo 2006

During the 1980s, each of the future members of Tool moved to Los Angeles. Both Paul D'Amour and Adam Jones wanted to enter the film industry, while Maynard James Keenan, who had studied visual arts in Michigan, worked as a pet store remodeler.[2] Danny Carey and Keenan performed for Green Jellÿ,[2] and Carey played with Carole King and Pigmy Love Circus.[3]

Keenan and Jones met through a mutual friend in 1989.[4] After Keenan played a tape recording for Jones of his previous band project, Jones was so impressed by his voice that he eventually talked his friend into forming a new band.[4] They started jamming together while searching for a drummer and a bass player. Carey happened to live above Keenan and was introduced to Jones by Tom Morello, an old high school friend of Jones and former member of Electric Sheep.[5] Carey began playing in their sessions because he "felt kinda sorry for them," as other invited musicians were not showing up.[6] Tool's lineup was completed when a friend of Jones introduced them to bassist D'Amour.[7] Early on, the band fabricated the story that they formed because of the pseudophilosophy "lachrymology".[8] Although "lachrymology" was also cited as an inspiration for the band's name, Keenan later explained their intentions differently: "Tool is exactly what it sounds like: It's a big dick. It's a wrench. ... we are ... your tool; use us as a catalyst in your process of finding out whatever it is you need to find out, or whatever it is you're trying to achieve."[9]

After almost two years of practicing and performing locally in the Los Angeles area, the band was approached by record companies,[4] and eventually signed a record deal with Zoo Entertainment.[7] In March 1992, Zoo released the band's first effort, Opiate. Described by the band as "slam and bang" heavy music[10] and the "hardest sounding" six songs they had written to that point,[11] the EP included the singles "Hush" and "Opiate". The band's first music video, "Hush", promoted their dissenting views about the then-prominent Parents Music Resource Center and its advocacy of the censorship of music. The video featured the band members naked with their genitalia covered by Parental Advisory stickers and their mouths covered by duct tape.[12] The band began touring with Rollins Band, Fishbone, Rage Against the Machine, White Zombie, and Corrosion of Conformity,[13][14][15] to positive responses, which Janiss Garza of RIP Magazine summarized in September 1992 as a "buzz" and "a strong start".[16]

Undertow (1993–1994)

The following year, at a time when alternative rock and grunge were at their height, Tool released their first full-length album, Undertow (1993). It expressed more diverse dynamics than Opiate and included songs the band had chosen not to publish on their previous release, when they had opted for a heavier sound.[11] The band began touring again as planned, with an exception in May 1993. Tool was scheduled to play at the Garden Pavilion in Hollywood but learned at the last minute that the venue belonged to the Church of Scientology, which was perceived as a clash with "the band's ethics about how a person should not follow a belief system that constricts their development as a human being."[13] Keenan "spent most of the show baa-ing like a sheep at the audience."[18]

 
A band logo created by longtime collaborator Cam de Leon,[19] this wrench is an example of "phallic hardware" in Tool's imagery.[20]

Tool later played several concerts during the Lollapalooza festival tour, and were moved from the second stage to the main stage by their manager and the festival co-founder Ted Gardner.[21] At the last concert of Lollapalooza in Tool's hometown Los Angeles, comedian Bill Hicks introduced the band. Hicks had become a friend of the band members and an influence on them after being mentioned in Undertow's liner notes.[22] He jokingly asked the audience of 10,000 people to stand still and help him look for a lost contact lens.[23] The boost in popularity gained from these concerts helped Undertow to be certified gold by the RIAA in September 1993 and to achieve platinum status in 1995,[24] despite being sold with censored album artwork by distributors such as Wal-Mart.[25][26] The single "Sober" became a hit single by March 1994 and won the band Billboard's "Best Video by a New Artist" award for the accompanying stop motion music video.[11]

With the release of Tool's follow-up single "Prison Sex", the band again became the target of censorship. The song's lyrics and video dealt with child abuse, which sparked controversial reactions; Keenan's lyrics begin with: "It took so long to remember just what happened. I was so young and vestal then, you know it hurt me, but I'm breathing so I guess I'm still alive ... I've got my hands bound and my head down and my eyes closed and my throat wide open." The video was created primarily by guitarist Adam Jones, who saw it as his "surrealistic interpretation" of the subject matter.[27] While some contemporary journalists praised the video and described the lyrics as "metaphoric",[12][17] the American branch of MuchMusic (which asked Keenan to represent the band in a hearing) deemed the music video too graphic and obscene,[13] and MTV stopped airing it after a few showings.[17]

Ænima and Salival (1995–2000)

In September 1995, the band started writing and recording their second studio album. At that time Tool experienced its only lineup change to date, with bassist D'Amour leaving the band amicably to pursue other projects. According to Carey, D'Amour left the band because he wanted to play guitar rather than bass.[28] Justin Chancellor, a member of former tourmates Peach, eventually replaced D'Amour during the recording of the album, having been chosen over competitors such as Kyuss's Scott Reeder, Filter's Frank Cavanaugh, Pigmy Love Circus's E. Shepherd Stevenson, Jane's Addiction's Eric Avery and ZAUM's Marco Fox.[29]

On September 17, 1996, Tool released their second full-length album, Ænima ("ON-ima").[30] The band enlisted the help of producer David Bottrill, who had produced some of King Crimson's albums, while Jones collaborated with Cam de Leon to create Ænimas Grammy-nominated artwork.[31][32] The album was dedicated to stand-up comedian Bill Hicks, who died two and a half years earlier.[13] The band intended to raise awareness about Hicks's material and ideas, because they felt that Tool and Hicks "were resonating similar concepts".[33] In particular, Ænima's final track "Third Eye" is preceded by a clip of Hicks' performances, and the lenticular casing of the Ænima album packaging as well as the chorus of the title track "Ænema" make reference to a sketch from Hicks's Arizona Bay, in which he contemplates the idea of Los Angeles falling into the Pacific Ocean.[33][34]

The first single, "Stinkfist", garnered limited airplay. It was shortened by radio programmers, MTV (U.S.) renamed the music video of "Stinkfist" to "Track No. 1" due to offensive connotations,[35] and the lyrics of the song were altered.[36] Responding to fan complaints about censorship, Matt Pinfield of MTV's 120 Minutes expressed regret on air by waving his fist in front of his face while introducing the video and explaining the name change.[35]

A tour began in October 1996, two weeks after Ænima's release. Following numerous appearances in the United States and Europe, Tool headed for Australia and New Zealand in late March 1997. Eventually returning to the United States, Tool appeared at Lollapalooza '97 in July, this time as a headliner, where they gained critical praise from The New York Times.[37] Ænima eventually matched Tool's successful debut album in sales,[38] and the progressive-influenced album landed the band at the head of the alternative metal genre. It featured the Grammy Award-winning "Ænema"[39] and appeared on several "Best Albums of 1996" lists,[40] with notable examples being those of Kerrang![41] and Terrorizer.[42] It was eventually certified triple platinum by the RIAA on March 4, 2003.[43] In 1998, Tool joined the Ozzfest tour in the United States as the co-headliner act before Ozzy Osbourne.[44] The band accepted on the condition that Melvins had to join it as well because, as stated by its frontman Buzz Osborne, they "wanted at least one band on the tour that they liked", despite the dissuasions from the tour organizers.[45]

Two legal battles then began that interfered with the band's working on another release. Volcano Entertainment—the successor of Tool's by-then defunct label Zoo Entertainment—alleged contract violations by Tool and filed a lawsuit. According to Volcano, Tool had violated their contract when the band looked at offers from other record labels. After Tool filed a counter-suit stating that Volcano had failed to use a renewal option in their contract, the parties settled out of court. In December 1998 Tool agreed to a new contract, a three-record joint venture deal.[46][47] Then in 2000, the band dismissed their long-time manager Ted Gardner, who then sued the band over his commission.[48] During this time, Keenan joined the band A Perfect Circle, which was founded by long-time Tool guitar tech Billy Howerdel, while Jones joined The Melvins' Buzz Osborne and Carey drummed with Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra on side projects.[49] Although there were rumors that Tool was breaking up,[50][51] Chancellor, Jones, and Carey were working on new material while waiting for Keenan to return.[52] In 2000, the Salival box set (CD/VHS or CD/DVD) was released, effectively putting an end to the rumors.[53] The CD contained one new original track, a cover of Led Zeppelin's "No Quarter", a live version of Peach's "You Lied", and revised versions of old songs. The VHS and the DVD each contained four music videos, plus a bonus music video for "Hush" on the DVD. Although Salival did not yield any singles, the hidden track "Maynard's Dick" (which dates back to the Opiate era) briefly found its way to FM radio when several DJs chose to play it on air under the title "Maynard's Dead".[54]

Lateralus (2001–2005)

In January 2001, Tool announced a new album, Systema Encéphale, along with a 12-song track list containing titles such as "Riverchrist", "Numbereft", "Encephatalis", "Musick", and "Coeliacus".[55] File-sharing networks such as Napster were flooded with bogus files bearing the titles' names.[55] A month later, the band revealed that the new album was actually titled Lateralus; the name Systema Encéphale and the track list had been a ruse.[56] Lateralus and the corresponding tours would take Tool a step further toward art rock[57][58][59] and progressive rock[60][61][62] territory. Rolling Stone wrote in an attempt to summarize the album that "Drums, bass and guitars move in jarring cycles of hyperhowl and near-silent death march ... The prolonged running times of most of Lateralus' thirteen tracks are misleading; the entire album rolls and stomps with suitelike purpose."[61] Joshua Klein of The A.V. Club expressed his opinion that Lateralus, with its 79 minutes and relatively complex and long songs—topped by the ten-and-a-half-minute music video for "Parabola"—posed a challenge to fans and music programming alike.[63]

The album became a worldwide success, reaching No.1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart in its debut week.[64] Tool received their second Grammy Award for the best metal performance of 2001 for the song "Schism".[65] During the band's acceptance speech, Carey stated that he would like to thank his parents (for putting up with him) and Satan, and bassist Chancellor concluded: "I want to thank my dad for doing my mom."[66]

Extensive touring throughout 2001 and 2002 supported Lateralus and included a personal highlight for the band: a 10-show joint mini-tour with King Crimson in August 2001. Comparisons between the two were made, MTV describing the bands as "the once and future kings of progressive rock". Keenan stated of the minitour: "For me, being on stage with King Crimson is like Lenny Kravitz playing with Led Zeppelin, or Britney Spears onstage with Debbie Gibson."[58] Although the end of the tour in November 2002 seemed to signal the start of another hiatus for the band, they did not become completely inactive. While Keenan recorded and toured with A Perfect Circle, the other band members released an interview and a recording of new material, both exclusive to the fan club. The "double vinyl four-picture disc" edition of Lateralus was first released as a limited autographed edition exclusively available to fan club members and publicly released on August 23, 2005. On December 20 the two DVDs were released, one containing the single "Schism" and the other "Parabola", a remix by Lustmord, and a music video with commentary by David Yow and Jello Biafra.

10,000 Days (2006–2009)

 
Tool live, in 2006

Fifteen years into the band's career, Tool had acquired what Dan Epstein of Revolver described as a devoted "cult" following,[67] and as details about the band's next album emerged, such as the influence of Lateralus tourmates Fantômas and Meshuggah,[68] controversy surrounding the new Tool album surfaced with speculation over song titles and pre-release rumors of leaked songs.[69] Speculation over possible album titles was dismissed with a news item on the official Tool website, announcing that the new album's name was 10,000 Days. Nevertheless, speculation continued, with allegations that 10,000 Days was merely a "decoy" album to fool audiences.[69] The rumor was proven false when a leaked copy of the album was distributed via filesharing networks a week prior to its official release.[70]

The album opener, "Vicarious", premiered on U.S. radio stations on April 17, 2006. The album premiered on May 2 in the U.S. and debuted at the top spots of various international charts. 10,000 Days sold 564,000 copies in its opening week in the U.S. and was number one on the Billboard 200 charts, doubling the sales of Pearl Jam's self-titled album, its closest competitor.[71] However, 10,000 Days was received less favorably by critics than its predecessor Lateralus had been.[72][73]

Prior to the release of 10,000 Days, a tour kicked off at Coachella on April 30. The touring schedule was similar to the Lateralus tour of 2001; supporting acts were Isis and Mastodon. During a short break early the next year, after touring Australia and New Zealand, drummer Carey suffered a biceps tear during a skirmish with his girlfriend's dog, casting uncertainty on the band's upcoming concerts in North America.[74] Carey underwent surgery on February 21 and several performances had to be postponed. Back on tour by April, Tool appeared on June 15 as a headliner at the Bonnaroo Music Festival with a guest appearance from Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello on "Lateralus".[75] Meanwhile, "Vicarious" was a nominee for Best Hard Rock Performance and 10,000 Days won Best Recording Package at the 49th Grammy Awards.[76] The music video for "Vicarious" was released on DVD on December 18. The band's 2009 summer tour began on July 18 in Commerce City, Colorado, at the Mile High Music Festival. They headlined Lollapalooza 2009 and a show on August 22 for the Epicenter Festival in Pomona, California.[77][78][79]

Fear Inoculum (2012–present)

Their Tool Winter Tour played dates across the U.S. and Canada in January and February 2012.[80][81] The band played at Ozzfest Japan on May 12, 2013.[82] On July 15, 2014, Carey and Jones informed Rolling Stone that family commitments and an ongoing lawsuit are the key reasons for the delayed fifth album.[83] Carey said to the music publication that one untitled track is "pretty much done".[83] In March 2015, Jones revealed that the lawsuit had been settled in the band's favor, and as such, the band was turning their focus towards recording the album.[84] He said that he hoped the album would be finished before the end of 2015 but emphasized that the band would not rush their work to meet an arbitrary deadline.[84] In January 2016, Tool undertook a tour of the United States.[85] While it was reported in February 2017 that Keenan had entered the studio to work on vocals for the fifth Tool album,[86] it was later reported that the album was not scheduled for release in 2017.[87][88] Still, the band announced a North American tour starting in May.[89] A month later, Chancellor revealed that the new Tool album was "about 90-percent there",[90] while Carey claimed in separate interviews that it would "definitely" be released in 2018.[91][92] In February 2018, Jones revealed that Keenan was working on lyrics for the album, and that the band would begin recording in March.[93] In June 2018, during his acceptance speech for the Icon Award at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards, Keenan stated "I'll go on record now saying you're gonna see some new music next year."[94]

On September 11, 2018, Keenan announced via Twitter that production on the record was progressing and that vocals had been written, before suggesting a 2019 release.[95] In January 2019, Keenan announced that he had completed recording his vocals for the album "months ago."[96] While Carey mentioned aiming for a mid-April release date, Keenan later explained that between May and July was a more realistic time frame to wrap up production and release the album.[97] On May 5, 2019, the band debuted two new songs live at the Welcome to Rockville Festival in Jacksonville, Florida called "Descending" and "Invincible".[98] Three days later, it was confirmed that the band's new album is scheduled to be released on August 30, 2019.[99][100] On July 29, 2019, Keenan confirmed the album would be titled Fear Inoculum.[101] The album's title track was released as a single on August 7, the band's first release in 13 years.[102]

On August 2, the entirety of Tool's discography (with the exception of Salival) became available on digital streaming platforms.[103] Tool was one of the last major holdouts to release their music digitally,[104] as their record deal was signed before the rise in streaming and not revisited until before Fear Inoculum.[105] The release of the discography online resulted in every release re-charting on several international charts and the band breaking several Billboard chart records.[106] Fear Inoculum was officially launched on August 30[107] and became their third U.S. number one.[108]

On January 26, 2020 the band won the Best Metal Performance for their song "7empest" at the 62nd Grammy Awards[109] Their other nomination, the song "Fear Inoculum" lost the Best Rock Song category to Gary Clark Jr.[110]

In June 2020, the band announced that it will cancel its upcoming 2020 North American tour entirely, after initially postponing a handful of dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[111] The following August, Carey noted that the band had entered a hiatus, but that he still hoped they would reconvene in the future to record an EP, which the band would have more freedom in releasing due to no longer being signed to a record label.[112] On October 27, 2020, an instrumental song titled "The Witness" was released featuring Jones, Chancellor, and Carey, and featuring production from Barresi, though the song was credited to Jones, not the band itself.[113]

"Opiate" was re-recorded and released as "Opiate²" or "Opiate Squared" on March 1, 2022. It is almost twice as long as the original and includes the same lyrics as the live version, plus the extended instrumental midsection. A music video directed by Dominic Hailstone was released on March 18, 2022, to commemorate the EP's 30th anniversary.[114] Carey mentioned in the same month that the band has been working on new material for their sixth studio album: "I'm sure it won't take us this long for the next one. We even had some stuff left over from the last one that we'll develop. We have head starts on three or four new songs."[115]

Musical style and influences

Musical style

Tool's musical style has been described as alternative metal,[116][117] art rock,[57][58][59] post-metal,[118][119][120] progressive rock,[60][61][62] progressive metal,[121] and heavy metal.[53] Tool was described by Patrick Donovan of The Age as "the thinking person's metal band. Cerebral and visceral, soft and heavy, melodic and abrasive, tender and brutal, familiar and strange, western and eastern, beautiful and ugly, taut yet sprawling and epic, they are a tangle of contradictions."[69] Tool has gained critical praise from the International Herald Tribune's C.B. Liddell for their complex and ever-evolving sound.[122] Describing their general sound, AllMusic refers to them as "grinding, post-Jane's Addiction heavy metal",[53] and The New York Times sees similarities to "Led Zeppelin's heaving, battering guitar riffs and Middle Eastern modes".[123] Their 2001 work Lateralus was compared by Allmusic to Pink Floyd's Meddle (1971), but thirty years later and altered by "Tool's impulse to cram every inch of infinity with hard guitar meat and absolute dread".[60] Tool had been labelled as post-metal in 1993[118] and 1996,[119] as well as in 2006,[120] after the term came into popularity. A component of Tool's song repertoire relies on the use of unusual time signatures. For instance, Chancellor describes the time signature employed on the first single from Lateralus, "Schism", as "six" and "six-and-a-half" and that it later "goes into all kinds of other times".[124] Further examples include the album's title track, which also displays shifting rhythms,[124] as do 10,000 Days: "Wings for Marie (Pt 1)" and "10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)".[125]

Beyond this aspect of the band's sound, each band member experiments within his wide musical scope. Bass Player magazine described Chancellor's bass playing as having a "thick midrange tone, guitar-style techniques, and elastic versatility".[124] As an example of this, the magazine mentioned the use of a wah effect by hammering "the notes with the left hand and using the bass's tone controls to get a tone sweep", such as on the song "The Patient", from Lateralus.[124]

Completing the band's rhythm section, drummer Carey uses polyrhythms, tabla-style techniques, and the incorporation of custom electronic drum pads to trigger samples, such as prerecorded tabla and octoban sounds.[125]

Keenan's ability as a vocalist has been characterized more subjectively by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: After his performance during an Alice in Chains reunion concert in 2005, freelancer Travis Hay saw him as "a natural fit at replacing Layne Staley".[126] Regarding his role in A Perfect Circle and Tool, The New York Times wrote that "both groups rely on Mr. Keenan's ability to dignify emotions like lust, anger and disgust, the honey in his voice adding a touch of profundity".[127]

According to Guitar Player magazine, Jones does not rely on any one particular guitar-playing technique but rather combines many techniques.[128] For example, Allmusic wrote that he "alternately utiliz[es] power chords, scratchy noise, chiming arpeggios, and a quiet minimalism" in "Sober".[129] Additionally, the band uses forms of instrumental experimentation, like the use of a "pipe bomb microphone" (a guitar pickup mounted inside a brass cylinder) and a talk box guitar solo on "Jambi".[130]

The band puts an emphasis on the sound of their songs and attempts to reduce the effect lyrics can have on the perception of songs by not releasing song lyrics with their albums,[2] although they eventually released the lyrics for Fear Inoculum for that album's CD. Lyrical arrangements are often given special attention, such as in "Lateralus". The number of syllables per line in the lyrics to "Lateralus" correspond to an arrangement of the Fibonacci numbers[131] and the song "Jambi" uses and makes a reference to the common metrical foot iamb.[132] The lyrics on Ænima and Lateralus focus on philosophy and spirituality—specific subjects range from organized religion in "Opiate", to evolution and Jungian psychology in "Forty-Six & 2" and transcendence in "Lateralus".[133] On 10,000 Days, Keenan wanted to explore issues more personal to him:[133] the album name and title track refer to the twenty-seven years during which his mother suffered from complications of a stroke until her death in 2003.[134]

Influences

 
 
King Crimson (left) and Melvins (right) were major influences on Tool.

In 1997, Tool named King Crimson, Melvins, and Peter Gabriel's Passion as common influences on its development.[21][note 1] In describing their wide range of styles, critics have noted that they are "influenced as much by Pink Floyd as by the Sex Pistols."[136] In a 1993 interview, Adam Jones mentioned Joni Mitchell, King Crimson, Depeche Mode, and country music as being among their inspirations.[28] In 1997, Maynard James Keenan named Hejira by Joni Mitchell, Holy Money/Greed by Swans, Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin, Red by King Crimson, and Passion by Peter Gabriel as his five favorite records.[137] Danny Carey cited Bill Bruford and Alan White of Yes as his two biggest rock influences,[138] in addition to Bruford's adventurousness in electronic drums.[139] In the same way, Jones stated that Robert Fripp's performances with King Crimson caused him to "wake up" to music as a teen. Furthermore, he acknowledged the other King Crimson guitarists, Adrian Belew and Trey Gunn, along with Buzz Osborne from the Melvins, as his biggest influences.[140]

Tool have constantly expressed the massive impact that progressive rock pioneers King Crimson have had on their music; on a 2001 tour with them, Keenan joked: "Now you know who we ripped off. Just don't tell anyone, especially the members of King Crimson."[141] Carey said that listening to the Discipline album upon its 1981 release "revolutionized" his musical perspective in terms of polyrhythms and the balance between the instruments.[142] In 1997, Keenan explained how the composition process of Tool reflected that of King Crimson: "They're very much into listening to each other; even though they might have a basic structure that they're following, it's about fitting themselves in with each other."[137] Contrary to these statements, longtime King Crimson member Robert Fripp has downplayed any influence his band had on Tool. In an interview, Fripp touched on how the two bands relate to each other, stating "Do you hear the influence? There's just one figure where I hear an influence, just one. It was a piece we were developing that we dropped. And it's almost exactly the same figure: three note arpeggio with a particular accent from the guitar. So I do not think you could have heard it. That's the only thing."[143] He also said,

I happen to be a Tool fan. The members of Tool have been generous enough to suggest that Crimson has been an influence on them. Adam Jones asked me if I could detect it in their music, and I said I couldn't. I can detect more Tool influence in King Crimson than I can hear King Crimson in Tool.[144][note 2]

The band's long build-ups of intensity were largely inspired by the Melvins.[146] The latter's influence on Tool is most explicit in Undertow, and some authors have described Tool's music as a progressive take on Melvins.[147][148] On the other hand, Keenan's exotic modulations were influenced by world music; in his twenties, the singer was immersed in that type of music, thus when Peter Gabriel reunited several musicians whom Keenan already knew of for The Last Temptation of Christ soundtrack, which mixed their traditional styles with modern ambient music, it became a major revelation for him.[149]

Other reported influences of Tool include Fantômas,[68] Devo,[150][151] Bill Hicks,[22] Rush,[152] Helmet,[153] Faith No More,[53] Bauhaus,[154] Meshuggah,[68] David Bowie,[137] Mike Patton,[68] Dave Lombardo,[68] and Jane's Addiction.[53][155]

Influence on other artists

Writers HP Newquist and Rich Maloof attribute to Tool an influence on modern metal in their book The New Metal Masters.[5] Sean Richardson of The Boston Phoenix sees System of a Down, Deftones, and Korn as examples of Tool's "towering influence" on the genre.[156] Keenan's unique style of singing has been seen as heavily influencing artists such as Pete Loeffler of Chevelle,[157] Benjamin Burnley of Breaking Benjamin,[158][159] Will Martin of Earshot,[160] and Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit.[161]

Visual arts

Part of Tool's work as a band is to incorporate influences of other works of art in their music videos, live shows, and album packaging. Adam Jones doubles as the band's art director and director of their music videos.[162] Another expression of this is an official website "dedicated to the arts and influences" on the band.

Music videos

 
Screenshot from the "Sober" music video, directed by Adam Jones and Fred Stuhr

The band has released eight music videos but made personal appearances in only the first two, which the band states is to prevent people from "latching onto the personalities involved rather than listening to the music."[12] With the exception of "Hush" and "Vicarious" all of Tool's music videos feature stop motion animation to some extent. The videos are created primarily by Adam Jones, often in collaboration with artists such as Chet Zar,[163] Alex Grey,[163] and Osseus Labyrint.[164]

The "Sober" music video in particular attracted much attention. Jones explained that it does not contain a storyline, but that his intentions were to summon personal emotions with its imagery.[11] Rolling Stone described this imagery as "evil little men dwell in a dark dungeon with meat coursing through pipes in the wall" and called it a "groundbreaking", "epic" clip.[165] Billboard voted it "Best Video by a New Artist".[11]

The video for "Vicarious" was released on DVD on December 18, 2007.[166] The video is the first by Tool to be produced entirely through the use of CGI.

Album artwork

Jones is responsible for most of the band's artwork concepts. Their album Undertow features a ribcage sculpture by Jones on its cover and photos contributed by the band members.[27] Later albums included artwork by collaborating artists: Ænima[167] and Salival featured works by Cam de Leon; Lateralus[168] and 10,000 Days[162] were created with the help of Alex Grey. The releases garnered positive critical reception, with a music journalist of the Associated Press attributing to the band a reputation for innovative album packaging.[162]

Both Ænima[32] and 10,000 Days[76] were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package, but while the former failed to win in 1997, the latter did win in 2007. Jones created packaging for 10,000 Days that features a pair of stereoscopic lenses for viewing 3-D artwork and photos. Jones, a lifelong fan of stereoscopic photography, wanted the packaging to be unique and to reflect the 1970s artwork he appreciates.[169] The CD packaging for Fear Inoculum included a rechargeable 4 inch HD video screen and a speaker which played a hidden track along with a video when opened and also included a 36-page booklet.[170]

Live shows

 
Tool's live performances in 2006 included an elaborate light show using 10,000 Days artwork by painter Alex Grey as a backdrop.

Following their first tours in the early 1990s, Tool has performed as a headline act in world tours and major festivals such as Lollapalooza (1997 and 2009), Coachella (1999 and 2006), Voodoo Fest (2001 and 2016), Download Festival (2006 and 2019), Roskilde (2001 and 2006), Big Day Out (2007 and 2011), Bonnaroo (2007 and 2022), All Points West Music & Arts Festival (2009), and Epicenter (2009). They have been joined on stage by numerous artists such as Buzz Osborne and Scott Reeder on several occasions; Tom Morello and Zack de la Rocha during their 1991 tour; Layne Staley in Hawaii, 1993; Tricky, Robert Fripp, Mike Patton, Dave Lombardo, Brann Dailor of Mastodon, and experimental arts duo Osseus Labyrint[171] during their 2001–02 Lateralus tour; and Kirk Hammett, Phil Campbell, Serj Tankian, and Tom Morello during their 2006–07 tour. They have covered songs by Led Zeppelin, Ted Nugent, Peach, Kyuss, the Dead Kennedys, and the Ramones.[172][173]

Live shows on Tool's headline tour incorporate an unorthodox stage setting and video display.[174] Keenan and Carey line up in the back on elevated platforms, while Jones and Chancellor stand in the front, toward the sides of the stage.[175] Keenan often faces the backdrop or the sides of the stage rather than the audience.[176][177][178][179] No followspots or live cameras are used;[180] instead, the band employs extensive backlighting to direct the focus away from the band members and toward large screens in the back and the crowd.[174] Breckinridge Haggerty, the band's live video designer, says that the resulting dark spaces on stage "are mostly for Maynard". He explains, "[a] lot of the songs are a personal journey for him and he has a hard time with the glare of the lights when he's trying to reproduce these emotions for the audience. He needs a bit of personal space, and he feels more comfortable in the shadows."[180] The big screens are used to play back "looped clips that aren't tracked to a song like a music video. The band has never used any sort of timecode. They’ve always made sure the video can change on-the-fly, in a way that can be improvised. ... The show is never the same twice."[180] During the 10,000 Days tour, the video material consisted of over six hours of material, created by Jones, his wife Camella Grace, Chet Zar, Meats Meier, and Haggerty.[180] Some of the material created by Zar has been released on his DVD Disturb the Normal.[181]

Band members

Former members

Awards and nominations

Award Year Nominee(s) Category Result Ref.
AMFT Awards 2019 "7empest" Best Metal Performance Won [182]
Billboard Music Awards 2020 Fear Inoculum Top Rock Album Won [183]
Tool Top Rock Artist Nominated [184]
Grammy Awards 1997 Ænima Best Recording Package Nominated [185]
1998 "Ænema" Best Metal Performance Won [186]
"Stinkfist" Best Music Video Nominated [187]
2002 "Schism" Best Metal Performance Won [186]
2007 10,000 Days Best Recording Package Won [188]
"Vicarious" Best Hard Rock Performance Nominated [189]
2008 "The Pot" Nominated [188]
2020 "7empest" Best Metal Performance Won [190]
"Fear Inoculum" Best Rock Song Nominated [110]
Hungarian Music Awards 2007 10,000 Days Best Foreign Rock Album Nominated [191]
iHeartRadio Music Awards 2020 Fear Inoculum Top Rock Album Won [192]
Pollstar Concert Industry Awards 2002 Tour Most Creative Stage Production Nominated [193]

Discography

Notes

  1. ^ Tool tried out several well known producers for Ænima, before they settled on David Bottrill based on his wide-ranging work with King Crimson and Peter Gabriel.[135] Bottrill reprised his role on Lateralus, followed by Joe Barresi on the next two records because of Tool's admiration for his production on Stag and Honky by the Melvins.[130]
  2. ^ Fripp's self-effacing attitude toward his legacy is not rare; English musician Steven Wilson stated that after "ripping off" an entire section of "Lizard" by King Crimson in his song "Raider II", everyone picked up on it, except Fripp.[145]

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tool, band, tool, american, rock, band, from, angeles, formed, 1990, group, line, includes, vocalist, maynard, james, keenan, guitarist, adam, jones, drummer, danny, carey, justin, chancellor, been, band, bassist, since, 1995, replacing, their, original, bassi. Tool is an American rock band from Los Angeles Formed in 1990 the group s line up includes vocalist Maynard James Keenan guitarist Adam Jones and drummer Danny Carey Justin Chancellor has been the band s bassist since 1995 replacing their original bassist Paul D Amour Tool has won four Grammy Awards performed worldwide tours and produced albums topping the charts in several countries ToolTool performing in 2022Background informationOriginLos Angeles California U S GenresAlternative metalart rockpost metalprogressive metalprogressive rockYears active1990 presentLabelsTool DissectionalVolcanoZooRCAMembersMaynard James Keenan Adam Jones Danny Carey Justin ChancellorPast membersPaul D AmourWebsitetoolband wbr comTo date the band has released five studio albums one EP and one box set They emerged with a heavy metal sound on their first studio album Undertow 1993 and became a dominant act in the alternative metal movement with the release of their follow up album AEnima in 1996 Their efforts to unify musical experimentation visual arts and a message of personal evolution continued with Lateralus 2001 and 10 000 Days 2006 gaining critical acclaim and international commercial success Their fifth studio album Fear Inoculum was released on August 30 2019 to widespread critical acclaim Prior to its release the band had sold more than 13 million albums in the US alone 1 Due to Tool s incorporation of visual arts and very long and complex releases the band is generally described as a style transcending act and part of progressive rock psychedelic rock and art rock The relationship between the band and today s music industry is ambivalent at times marked by censorship and the band s insistence on privacy Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation and Opiate 1989 1992 1 2 Undertow 1993 1994 1 3 AEnima and Salival 1995 2000 1 4 Lateralus 2001 2005 1 5 10 000 Days 2006 2009 1 6 Fear Inoculum 2012 present 2 Musical style and influences 2 1 Musical style 2 2 Influences 2 3 Influence on other artists 3 Visual arts 3 1 Music videos 3 2 Album artwork 3 3 Live shows 4 Band members 5 Awards and nominations 6 Discography 7 Notes 8 References 8 1 Citations 8 2 Sources 9 External linksHistoryFormation and Opiate 1989 1992 Main article Opiate EP Tool logo 2006 During the 1980s each of the future members of Tool moved to Los Angeles Both Paul D Amour and Adam Jones wanted to enter the film industry while Maynard James Keenan who had studied visual arts in Michigan worked as a pet store remodeler 2 Danny Carey and Keenan performed for Green Jelly 2 and Carey played with Carole King and Pigmy Love Circus 3 Keenan and Jones met through a mutual friend in 1989 4 After Keenan played a tape recording for Jones of his previous band project Jones was so impressed by his voice that he eventually talked his friend into forming a new band 4 They started jamming together while searching for a drummer and a bass player Carey happened to live above Keenan and was introduced to Jones by Tom Morello an old high school friend of Jones and former member of Electric Sheep 5 Carey began playing in their sessions because he felt kinda sorry for them as other invited musicians were not showing up 6 Tool s lineup was completed when a friend of Jones introduced them to bassist D Amour 7 Early on the band fabricated the story that they formed because of the pseudophilosophy lachrymology 8 Although lachrymology was also cited as an inspiration for the band s name Keenan later explained their intentions differently Tool is exactly what it sounds like It s a big dick It s a wrench we are your tool use us as a catalyst in your process of finding out whatever it is you need to find out or whatever it is you re trying to achieve 9 After almost two years of practicing and performing locally in the Los Angeles area the band was approached by record companies 4 and eventually signed a record deal with Zoo Entertainment 7 In March 1992 Zoo released the band s first effort Opiate Described by the band as slam and bang heavy music 10 and the hardest sounding six songs they had written to that point 11 the EP included the singles Hush and Opiate The band s first music video Hush promoted their dissenting views about the then prominent Parents Music Resource Center and its advocacy of the censorship of music The video featured the band members naked with their genitalia covered by Parental Advisory stickers and their mouths covered by duct tape 12 The band began touring with Rollins Band Fishbone Rage Against the Machine White Zombie and Corrosion of Conformity 13 14 15 to positive responses which Janiss Garza of RIP Magazine summarized in September 1992 as a buzz and a strong start 16 Undertow 1993 1994 Main article Undertow Tool album The following year at a time when alternative rock and grunge were at their height Tool released their first full length album Undertow 1993 It expressed more diverse dynamics than Opiate and included songs the band had chosen not to publish on their previous release when they had opted for a heavier sound 11 The band began touring again as planned with an exception in May 1993 Tool was scheduled to play at the Garden Pavilion in Hollywood but learned at the last minute that the venue belonged to the Church of Scientology which was perceived as a clash with the band s ethics about how a person should not follow a belief system that constricts their development as a human being 13 Keenan spent most of the show baa ing like a sheep at the audience 18 A band logo created by longtime collaborator Cam de Leon 19 this wrench is an example of phallic hardware in Tool s imagery 20 Tool later played several concerts during the Lollapalooza festival tour and were moved from the second stage to the main stage by their manager and the festival co founder Ted Gardner 21 At the last concert of Lollapalooza in Tool s hometown Los Angeles comedian Bill Hicks introduced the band Hicks had become a friend of the band members and an influence on them after being mentioned in Undertow s liner notes 22 He jokingly asked the audience of 10 000 people to stand still and help him look for a lost contact lens 23 The boost in popularity gained from these concerts helped Undertow to be certified gold by the RIAA in September 1993 and to achieve platinum status in 1995 24 despite being sold with censored album artwork by distributors such as Wal Mart 25 26 The single Sober became a hit single by March 1994 and won the band Billboard s Best Video by a New Artist award for the accompanying stop motion music video 11 With the release of Tool s follow up single Prison Sex the band again became the target of censorship The song s lyrics and video dealt with child abuse which sparked controversial reactions Keenan s lyrics begin with It took so long to remember just what happened I was so young and vestal then you know it hurt me but I m breathing so I guess I m still alive I ve got my hands bound and my head down and my eyes closed and my throat wide open The video was created primarily by guitarist Adam Jones who saw it as his surrealistic interpretation of the subject matter 27 While some contemporary journalists praised the video and described the lyrics as metaphoric 12 17 the American branch of MuchMusic which asked Keenan to represent the band in a hearing deemed the music video too graphic and obscene 13 and MTV stopped airing it after a few showings 17 AEnima and Salival 1995 2000 Main articles AEnima and Salival In September 1995 the band started writing and recording their second studio album At that time Tool experienced its only lineup change to date with bassist D Amour leaving the band amicably to pursue other projects According to Carey D Amour left the band because he wanted to play guitar rather than bass 28 Justin Chancellor a member of former tourmates Peach eventually replaced D Amour during the recording of the album having been chosen over competitors such as Kyuss s Scott Reeder Filter s Frank Cavanaugh Pigmy Love Circus s E Shepherd Stevenson Jane s Addiction s Eric Avery and ZAUM s Marco Fox 29 On September 17 1996 Tool released their second full length album AEnima ON ima 30 The band enlisted the help of producer David Bottrill who had produced some of King Crimson s albums while Jones collaborated with Cam de Leon to create AEnimas Grammy nominated artwork 31 32 The album was dedicated to stand up comedian Bill Hicks who died two and a half years earlier 13 The band intended to raise awareness about Hicks s material and ideas because they felt that Tool and Hicks were resonating similar concepts 33 In particular AEnima s final track Third Eye is preceded by a clip of Hicks performances and the lenticular casing of the AEnima album packaging as well as the chorus of the title track AEnema make reference to a sketch from Hicks s Arizona Bay in which he contemplates the idea of Los Angeles falling into the Pacific Ocean 33 34 The first single Stinkfist garnered limited airplay It was shortened by radio programmers MTV U S renamed the music video of Stinkfist to Track No 1 due to offensive connotations 35 and the lyrics of the song were altered 36 Responding to fan complaints about censorship Matt Pinfield of MTV s 120 Minutes expressed regret on air by waving his fist in front of his face while introducing the video and explaining the name change 35 AEnema source source This Bill Hicks inspired song won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance Problems playing this file See media help A tour began in October 1996 two weeks after AEnima s release Following numerous appearances in the United States and Europe Tool headed for Australia and New Zealand in late March 1997 Eventually returning to the United States Tool appeared at Lollapalooza 97 in July this time as a headliner where they gained critical praise from The New York Times 37 AEnima eventually matched Tool s successful debut album in sales 38 and the progressive influenced album landed the band at the head of the alternative metal genre It featured the Grammy Award winning AEnema 39 and appeared on several Best Albums of 1996 lists 40 with notable examples being those of Kerrang 41 and Terrorizer 42 It was eventually certified triple platinum by the RIAA on March 4 2003 43 In 1998 Tool joined the Ozzfest tour in the United States as the co headliner act before Ozzy Osbourne 44 The band accepted on the condition that Melvins had to join it as well because as stated by its frontman Buzz Osborne they wanted at least one band on the tour that they liked despite the dissuasions from the tour organizers 45 Two legal battles then began that interfered with the band s working on another release Volcano Entertainment the successor of Tool s by then defunct label Zoo Entertainment alleged contract violations by Tool and filed a lawsuit According to Volcano Tool had violated their contract when the band looked at offers from other record labels After Tool filed a counter suit stating that Volcano had failed to use a renewal option in their contract the parties settled out of court In December 1998 Tool agreed to a new contract a three record joint venture deal 46 47 Then in 2000 the band dismissed their long time manager Ted Gardner who then sued the band over his commission 48 During this time Keenan joined the band A Perfect Circle which was founded by long time Tool guitar tech Billy Howerdel while Jones joined The Melvins Buzz Osborne and Carey drummed with Dead Kennedys Jello Biafra on side projects 49 Although there were rumors that Tool was breaking up 50 51 Chancellor Jones and Carey were working on new material while waiting for Keenan to return 52 In 2000 the Salival box set CD VHS or CD DVD was released effectively putting an end to the rumors 53 The CD contained one new original track a cover of Led Zeppelin s No Quarter a live version of Peach s You Lied and revised versions of old songs The VHS and the DVD each contained four music videos plus a bonus music video for Hush on the DVD Although Salival did not yield any singles the hidden track Maynard s Dick which dates back to the Opiate era briefly found its way to FM radio when several DJs chose to play it on air under the title Maynard s Dead 54 Lateralus 2001 2005 Main article Lateralus In January 2001 Tool announced a new album Systema Encephale along with a 12 song track list containing titles such as Riverchrist Numbereft Encephatalis Musick and Coeliacus 55 File sharing networks such as Napster were flooded with bogus files bearing the titles names 55 A month later the band revealed that the new album was actually titled Lateralus the name Systema Encephale and the track list had been a ruse 56 Lateralus and the corresponding tours would take Tool a step further toward art rock 57 58 59 and progressive rock 60 61 62 territory Rolling Stone wrote in an attempt to summarize the album that Drums bass and guitars move in jarring cycles of hyperhowl and near silent death march The prolonged running times of most of Lateralus thirteen tracks are misleading the entire album rolls and stomps with suitelike purpose 61 Joshua Klein of The A V Club expressed his opinion that Lateralus with its 79 minutes and relatively complex and long songs topped by the ten and a half minute music video for Parabola posed a challenge to fans and music programming alike 63 Schism source source track Schism is the first single off Lateralus With its abstract lyrics and multi sectioned odd metered structure it has since become a signature song of the band Problems playing this file See media help The album became a worldwide success reaching No 1 on the U S Billboard 200 albums chart in its debut week 64 Tool received their second Grammy Award for the best metal performance of 2001 for the song Schism 65 During the band s acceptance speech Carey stated that he would like to thank his parents for putting up with him and Satan and bassist Chancellor concluded I want to thank my dad for doing my mom 66 Extensive touring throughout 2001 and 2002 supported Lateralus and included a personal highlight for the band a 10 show joint mini tour with King Crimson in August 2001 Comparisons between the two were made MTV describing the bands as the once and future kings of progressive rock Keenan stated of the minitour For me being on stage with King Crimson is like Lenny Kravitz playing with Led Zeppelin or Britney Spears onstage with Debbie Gibson 58 Although the end of the tour in November 2002 seemed to signal the start of another hiatus for the band they did not become completely inactive While Keenan recorded and toured with A Perfect Circle the other band members released an interview and a recording of new material both exclusive to the fan club The double vinyl four picture disc edition of Lateralus was first released as a limited autographed edition exclusively available to fan club members and publicly released on August 23 2005 On December 20 the two DVDs were released one containing the single Schism and the other Parabola a remix by Lustmord and a music video with commentary by David Yow and Jello Biafra 10 000 Days 2006 2009 Main article 10 000 Days Tool album Tool live in 2006 Fifteen years into the band s career Tool had acquired what Dan Epstein of Revolver described as a devoted cult following 67 and as details about the band s next album emerged such as the influence of Lateralus tourmates Fantomas and Meshuggah 68 controversy surrounding the new Tool album surfaced with speculation over song titles and pre release rumors of leaked songs 69 Speculation over possible album titles was dismissed with a news item on the official Tool website announcing that the new album s name was 10 000 Days Nevertheless speculation continued with allegations that 10 000 Days was merely a decoy album to fool audiences 69 The rumor was proven false when a leaked copy of the album was distributed via filesharing networks a week prior to its official release 70 The album opener Vicarious premiered on U S radio stations on April 17 2006 The album premiered on May 2 in the U S and debuted at the top spots of various international charts 10 000 Days sold 564 000 copies in its opening week in the U S and was number one on the Billboard 200 charts doubling the sales of Pearl Jam s self titled album its closest competitor 71 However 10 000 Days was received less favorably by critics than its predecessor Lateralus had been 72 73 Prior to the release of 10 000 Days a tour kicked off at Coachella on April 30 The touring schedule was similar to the Lateralus tour of 2001 supporting acts were Isis and Mastodon During a short break early the next year after touring Australia and New Zealand drummer Carey suffered a biceps tear during a skirmish with his girlfriend s dog casting uncertainty on the band s upcoming concerts in North America 74 Carey underwent surgery on February 21 and several performances had to be postponed Back on tour by April Tool appeared on June 15 as a headliner at the Bonnaroo Music Festival with a guest appearance from Rage Against the Machine s Tom Morello on Lateralus 75 Meanwhile Vicarious was a nominee for Best Hard Rock Performance and 10 000 Days won Best Recording Package at the 49th Grammy Awards 76 The music video for Vicarious was released on DVD on December 18 The band s 2009 summer tour began on July 18 in Commerce City Colorado at the Mile High Music Festival They headlined Lollapalooza 2009 and a show on August 22 for the Epicenter Festival in Pomona California 77 78 79 Fear Inoculum 2012 present Main article Fear Inoculum Their Tool Winter Tour played dates across the U S and Canada in January and February 2012 80 81 The band played at Ozzfest Japan on May 12 2013 82 On July 15 2014 Carey and Jones informed Rolling Stone that family commitments and an ongoing lawsuit are the key reasons for the delayed fifth album 83 Carey said to the music publication that one untitled track is pretty much done 83 In March 2015 Jones revealed that the lawsuit had been settled in the band s favor and as such the band was turning their focus towards recording the album 84 He said that he hoped the album would be finished before the end of 2015 but emphasized that the band would not rush their work to meet an arbitrary deadline 84 In January 2016 Tool undertook a tour of the United States 85 While it was reported in February 2017 that Keenan had entered the studio to work on vocals for the fifth Tool album 86 it was later reported that the album was not scheduled for release in 2017 87 88 Still the band announced a North American tour starting in May 89 A month later Chancellor revealed that the new Tool album was about 90 percent there 90 while Carey claimed in separate interviews that it would definitely be released in 2018 91 92 In February 2018 Jones revealed that Keenan was working on lyrics for the album and that the band would begin recording in March 93 In June 2018 during his acceptance speech for the Icon Award at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards Keenan stated I ll go on record now saying you re gonna see some new music next year 94 On September 11 2018 Keenan announced via Twitter that production on the record was progressing and that vocals had been written before suggesting a 2019 release 95 In January 2019 Keenan announced that he had completed recording his vocals for the album months ago 96 While Carey mentioned aiming for a mid April release date Keenan later explained that between May and July was a more realistic time frame to wrap up production and release the album 97 On May 5 2019 the band debuted two new songs live at the Welcome to Rockville Festival in Jacksonville Florida called Descending and Invincible 98 Three days later it was confirmed that the band s new album is scheduled to be released on August 30 2019 99 100 On July 29 2019 Keenan confirmed the album would be titled Fear Inoculum 101 The album s title track was released as a single on August 7 the band s first release in 13 years 102 On August 2 the entirety of Tool s discography with the exception of Salival became available on digital streaming platforms 103 Tool was one of the last major holdouts to release their music digitally 104 as their record deal was signed before the rise in streaming and not revisited until before Fear Inoculum 105 The release of the discography online resulted in every release re charting on several international charts and the band breaking several Billboard chart records 106 Fear Inoculum was officially launched on August 30 107 and became their third U S number one 108 On January 26 2020 the band won the Best Metal Performance for their song 7empest at the 62nd Grammy Awards 109 Their other nomination the song Fear Inoculum lost the Best Rock Song category to Gary Clark Jr 110 In June 2020 the band announced that it will cancel its upcoming 2020 North American tour entirely after initially postponing a handful of dates due to the COVID 19 pandemic 111 The following August Carey noted that the band had entered a hiatus but that he still hoped they would reconvene in the future to record an EP which the band would have more freedom in releasing due to no longer being signed to a record label 112 On October 27 2020 an instrumental song titled The Witness was released featuring Jones Chancellor and Carey and featuring production from Barresi though the song was credited to Jones not the band itself 113 Opiate was re recorded and released as Opiate or Opiate Squared on March 1 2022 It is almost twice as long as the original and includes the same lyrics as the live version plus the extended instrumental midsection A music video directed by Dominic Hailstone was released on March 18 2022 to commemorate the EP s 30th anniversary 114 Carey mentioned in the same month that the band has been working on new material for their sixth studio album I m sure it won t take us this long for the next one We even had some stuff left over from the last one that we ll develop We have head starts on three or four new songs 115 Musical style and influencesMusical style Tool s musical style has been described as alternative metal 116 117 art rock 57 58 59 post metal 118 119 120 progressive rock 60 61 62 progressive metal 121 and heavy metal 53 Tool was described by Patrick Donovan of The Age as the thinking person s metal band Cerebral and visceral soft and heavy melodic and abrasive tender and brutal familiar and strange western and eastern beautiful and ugly taut yet sprawling and epic they are a tangle of contradictions 69 Tool has gained critical praise from the International Herald Tribune s C B Liddell for their complex and ever evolving sound 122 Describing their general sound AllMusic refers to them as grinding post Jane s Addiction heavy metal 53 and The New York Times sees similarities to Led Zeppelin s heaving battering guitar riffs and Middle Eastern modes 123 Their 2001 work Lateralus was compared by Allmusic to Pink Floyd s Meddle 1971 but thirty years later and altered by Tool s impulse to cram every inch of infinity with hard guitar meat and absolute dread 60 Tool had been labelled as post metal in 1993 118 and 1996 119 as well as in 2006 120 after the term came into popularity A component of Tool s song repertoire relies on the use of unusual time signatures For instance Chancellor describes the time signature employed on the first single from Lateralus Schism as six and six and a half and that it later goes into all kinds of other times 124 Further examples include the album s title track which also displays shifting rhythms 124 as do 10 000 Days Wings for Marie Pt 1 and 10 000 Days Wings Pt 2 125 Beyond this aspect of the band s sound each band member experiments within his wide musical scope Bass Player magazine described Chancellor s bass playing as having a thick midrange tone guitar style techniques and elastic versatility 124 As an example of this the magazine mentioned the use of a wah effect by hammering the notes with the left hand and using the bass s tone controls to get a tone sweep such as on the song The Patient from Lateralus 124 Completing the band s rhythm section drummer Carey uses polyrhythms tabla style techniques and the incorporation of custom electronic drum pads to trigger samples such as prerecorded tabla and octoban sounds 125 Keenan s ability as a vocalist has been characterized more subjectively by the Seattle Post Intelligencer After his performance during an Alice in Chains reunion concert in 2005 freelancer Travis Hay saw him as a natural fit at replacing Layne Staley 126 Regarding his role in A Perfect Circle and Tool The New York Times wrote that both groups rely on Mr Keenan s ability to dignify emotions like lust anger and disgust the honey in his voice adding a touch of profundity 127 Lateralus source source track The number of syllables per line in the lyrics to Lateralus correspond to an arrangement of the Fibonacci numbers Problems playing this file See media help According to Guitar Player magazine Jones does not rely on any one particular guitar playing technique but rather combines many techniques 128 For example Allmusic wrote that he alternately utiliz es power chords scratchy noise chiming arpeggios and a quiet minimalism in Sober 129 Additionally the band uses forms of instrumental experimentation like the use of a pipe bomb microphone a guitar pickup mounted inside a brass cylinder and a talk box guitar solo on Jambi 130 The band puts an emphasis on the sound of their songs and attempts to reduce the effect lyrics can have on the perception of songs by not releasing song lyrics with their albums 2 although they eventually released the lyrics for Fear Inoculum for that album s CD Lyrical arrangements are often given special attention such as in Lateralus The number of syllables per line in the lyrics to Lateralus correspond to an arrangement of the Fibonacci numbers 131 and the song Jambi uses and makes a reference to the common metrical foot iamb 132 The lyrics on AEnima and Lateralus focus on philosophy and spirituality specific subjects range from organized religion in Opiate to evolution and Jungian psychology in Forty Six amp 2 and transcendence in Lateralus 133 On 10 000 Days Keenan wanted to explore issues more personal to him 133 the album name and title track refer to the twenty seven years during which his mother suffered from complications of a stroke until her death in 2003 134 Influences King Crimson left and Melvins right were major influences on Tool In 1997 Tool named King Crimson Melvins and Peter Gabriel s Passion as common influences on its development 21 note 1 In describing their wide range of styles critics have noted that they are influenced as much by Pink Floyd as by the Sex Pistols 136 In a 1993 interview Adam Jones mentioned Joni Mitchell King Crimson Depeche Mode and country music as being among their inspirations 28 In 1997 Maynard James Keenan named Hejira by Joni Mitchell Holy Money Greed by Swans Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin Red by King Crimson and Passion by Peter Gabriel as his five favorite records 137 Danny Carey cited Bill Bruford and Alan White of Yes as his two biggest rock influences 138 in addition to Bruford s adventurousness in electronic drums 139 In the same way Jones stated that Robert Fripp s performances with King Crimson caused him to wake up to music as a teen Furthermore he acknowledged the other King Crimson guitarists Adrian Belew and Trey Gunn along with Buzz Osborne from the Melvins as his biggest influences 140 Tool have constantly expressed the massive impact that progressive rock pioneers King Crimson have had on their music on a 2001 tour with them Keenan joked Now you know who we ripped off Just don t tell anyone especially the members of King Crimson 141 Carey said that listening to the Discipline album upon its 1981 release revolutionized his musical perspective in terms of polyrhythms and the balance between the instruments 142 In 1997 Keenan explained how the composition process of Tool reflected that of King Crimson They re very much into listening to each other even though they might have a basic structure that they re following it s about fitting themselves in with each other 137 Contrary to these statements longtime King Crimson member Robert Fripp has downplayed any influence his band had on Tool In an interview Fripp touched on how the two bands relate to each other stating Do you hear the influence There s just one figure where I hear an influence just one It was a piece we were developing that we dropped And it s almost exactly the same figure three note arpeggio with a particular accent from the guitar So I do not think you could have heard it That s the only thing 143 He also said I happen to be a Tool fan The members of Tool have been generous enough to suggest that Crimson has been an influence on them Adam Jones asked me if I could detect it in their music and I said I couldn t I can detect more Tool influence in King Crimson than I can hear King Crimson in Tool 144 note 2 The band s long build ups of intensity were largely inspired by the Melvins 146 The latter s influence on Tool is most explicit in Undertow and some authors have described Tool s music as a progressive take on Melvins 147 148 On the other hand Keenan s exotic modulations were influenced by world music in his twenties the singer was immersed in that type of music thus when Peter Gabriel reunited several musicians whom Keenan already knew of for The Last Temptation of Christ soundtrack which mixed their traditional styles with modern ambient music it became a major revelation for him 149 Other reported influences of Tool include Fantomas 68 Devo 150 151 Bill Hicks 22 Rush 152 Helmet 153 Faith No More 53 Bauhaus 154 Meshuggah 68 David Bowie 137 Mike Patton 68 Dave Lombardo 68 and Jane s Addiction 53 155 Influence on other artists Writers HP Newquist and Rich Maloof attribute to Tool an influence on modern metal in their book The New Metal Masters 5 Sean Richardson of The Boston Phoenix sees System of a Down Deftones and Korn as examples of Tool s towering influence on the genre 156 Keenan s unique style of singing has been seen as heavily influencing artists such as Pete Loeffler of Chevelle 157 Benjamin Burnley of Breaking Benjamin 158 159 Will Martin of Earshot 160 and Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit 161 Visual artsPart of Tool s work as a band is to incorporate influences of other works of art in their music videos live shows and album packaging Adam Jones doubles as the band s art director and director of their music videos 162 Another expression of this is an official website dedicated to the arts and influences on the band Music videos See also Tool discography Screenshot from the Sober music video directed by Adam Jones and Fred Stuhr The band has released eight music videos but made personal appearances in only the first two which the band states is to prevent people from latching onto the personalities involved rather than listening to the music 12 With the exception of Hush and Vicarious all of Tool s music videos feature stop motion animation to some extent The videos are created primarily by Adam Jones often in collaboration with artists such as Chet Zar 163 Alex Grey 163 and Osseus Labyrint 164 The Sober music video in particular attracted much attention Jones explained that it does not contain a storyline but that his intentions were to summon personal emotions with its imagery 11 Rolling Stone described this imagery as evil little men dwell in a dark dungeon with meat coursing through pipes in the wall and called it a groundbreaking epic clip 165 Billboard voted it Best Video by a New Artist 11 The video for Vicarious was released on DVD on December 18 2007 166 The video is the first by Tool to be produced entirely through the use of CGI Album artwork Jones is responsible for most of the band s artwork concepts Their album Undertow features a ribcage sculpture by Jones on its cover and photos contributed by the band members 27 Later albums included artwork by collaborating artists AEnima 167 and Salival featured works by Cam de Leon Lateralus 168 and 10 000 Days 162 were created with the help of Alex Grey The releases garnered positive critical reception with a music journalist of the Associated Press attributing to the band a reputation for innovative album packaging 162 Both AEnima 32 and 10 000 Days 76 were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package but while the former failed to win in 1997 the latter did win in 2007 Jones created packaging for 10 000 Days that features a pair of stereoscopic lenses for viewing 3 D artwork and photos Jones a lifelong fan of stereoscopic photography wanted the packaging to be unique and to reflect the 1970s artwork he appreciates 169 The CD packaging for Fear Inoculum included a rechargeable 4 inch HD video screen and a speaker which played a hidden track along with a video when opened and also included a 36 page booklet 170 Live shows See also List of Tool concert tours Tool s live performances in 2006 included an elaborate light show using 10 000 Days artwork by painter Alex Grey as a backdrop Following their first tours in the early 1990s Tool has performed as a headline act in world tours and major festivals such as Lollapalooza 1997 and 2009 Coachella 1999 and 2006 Voodoo Fest 2001 and 2016 Download Festival 2006 and 2019 Roskilde 2001 and 2006 Big Day Out 2007 and 2011 Bonnaroo 2007 and 2022 All Points West Music amp Arts Festival 2009 and Epicenter 2009 They have been joined on stage by numerous artists such as Buzz Osborne and Scott Reeder on several occasions Tom Morello and Zack de la Rocha during their 1991 tour Layne Staley in Hawaii 1993 Tricky Robert Fripp Mike Patton Dave Lombardo Brann Dailor of Mastodon and experimental arts duo Osseus Labyrint 171 during their 2001 02 Lateralus tour and Kirk Hammett Phil Campbell Serj Tankian and Tom Morello during their 2006 07 tour They have covered songs by Led Zeppelin Ted Nugent Peach Kyuss the Dead Kennedys and the Ramones 172 173 Live shows on Tool s headline tour incorporate an unorthodox stage setting and video display 174 Keenan and Carey line up in the back on elevated platforms while Jones and Chancellor stand in the front toward the sides of the stage 175 Keenan often faces the backdrop or the sides of the stage rather than the audience 176 177 178 179 No followspots or live cameras are used 180 instead the band employs extensive backlighting to direct the focus away from the band members and toward large screens in the back and the crowd 174 Breckinridge Haggerty the band s live video designer says that the resulting dark spaces on stage are mostly for Maynard He explains a lot of the songs are a personal journey for him and he has a hard time with the glare of the lights when he s trying to reproduce these emotions for the audience He needs a bit of personal space and he feels more comfortable in the shadows 180 The big screens are used to play back looped clips that aren t tracked to a song like a music video The band has never used any sort of timecode They ve always made sure the video can change on the fly in a way that can be improvised The show is never the same twice 180 During the 10 000 Days tour the video material consisted of over six hours of material created by Jones his wife Camella Grace Chet Zar Meats Meier and Haggerty 180 Some of the material created by Zar has been released on his DVD Disturb the Normal 181 Band membersMaynard James Keenan vocals 1990 present Adam Jones guitars 1990 present Danny Carey drums percussion 1990 present samples 1995 present Justin Chancellor bass 1995 present Former members Paul D Amour bass 1990 1995 Awards and nominationsAward Year Nominee s Category Result Ref AMFT Awards 2019 7empest Best Metal Performance Won 182 Billboard Music Awards 2020 Fear Inoculum Top Rock Album Won 183 Tool Top Rock Artist Nominated 184 Grammy Awards 1997 AEnima Best Recording Package Nominated 185 1998 AEnema Best Metal Performance Won 186 Stinkfist Best Music Video Nominated 187 2002 Schism Best Metal Performance Won 186 2007 10 000 Days Best Recording Package Won 188 Vicarious Best Hard Rock Performance Nominated 189 2008 The Pot Nominated 188 2020 7empest Best Metal Performance Won 190 Fear Inoculum Best Rock Song Nominated 110 Hungarian Music Awards 2007 10 000 Days Best Foreign Rock Album Nominated 191 iHeartRadio Music Awards 2020 Fear Inoculum Top Rock Album Won 192 Pollstar Concert Industry Awards 2002 Tour Most Creative Stage Production Nominated 193 DiscographyMain article Tool discography Undertow 1993 AEnima 1996 Lateralus 2001 10 000 Days 2006 Fear Inoculum 2019 Notes Tool tried out several well known producers for AEnima before they settled on David Bottrill based on his wide ranging 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