For the 1987 EP by Lydia Lunch and Clint Ruin, see Stinkfist (EP).
"Stinkfist" is a song by the American metal band Tool. It is their first industry single and first music video release from their second major label album Ænima.
The song title, the lyrics and the perceived subject matter caused changes to be made to the originally released version by TV[3] and radio programmers, who also shortened the track. The track has also been remixed by Skinny Puppy.
Keenan said the use of the words "stink" and "fist" and the resulting perception of "fist fucking" is actually symbolic in dealing with a friend of drummer Danny Carey who "isn't afraid of getting his hands dirty" rather than a "write-off" of the sexual term.[4] Instead, fist fucking is a metaphor for the real cause of ailment.[5] Keenan would introduce the song during the Ænima tour as "about choosing compassion over fear".[citation needed]
Music video
The music video for "Stinkfist" was created with stop-motion animation techniques, and was directed by the band's guitarist Adam Jones (who had previous experience in art direction and animation). The video begins with a shot of an empty jar, electrical currents and a television screen covered in dust with the album cover "Smoke Box" appearing on it. It focuses on two members, one male and one female, of a race of sand people. They suck on tubes and swallow nails and wires that apparently hurt them and are ejected from their bodies, after which they are put into the jars and treasured. Another race of mutants has entrails that are plugged into a wall. At one point in the video one of the main characters is seen shaving and peeling off the sand skin revealing another layer of skin covered with tattoo-like designs covering the entire body. Towards the end of the video, the main male character is seen from the back which reveals a tumor-like life form growing from his left shoulder. At least one reviewer compared the visuals to the works of H. R. Giger.[6]
The video achieved heavy rotation on MTV, although it was shown only with the title "Track #1" instead of "Stinkfist". MTV reasoned that "Stinkfist" was too offensive for public consumption.[7]Matt Pinfield, the host of 120 Minutes, responded on air to the lot of email complaints received from fans by saying there was nothing he could do about it. While he said "if you don't know the name of the song, go out and buy the album," he was waving his fist in front of his face.[7] When introducing the video, video jockeyKennedy would also sniff her clenched fist dramatically before saying "Track #1". The video was ranked at number six in a feature on Scuzz of viewer's top 50 music videos of all time, and number one in its list of the "Top 10 Most F*cked Up Videos".[8]
^"Tool Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
^"Tool Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
External links
The unofficial Tool FAQ
Stinkfist interpretations
January 05, 2023
stinkfist, 1987, lydia, lunch, clint, ruin, song, american, metal, band, tool, their, first, industry, single, first, music, video, release, from, their, second, major, label, album, Ænima, single, toolfrom, album, Ænimareleasedoctober, 1996, genrealternative,. For the 1987 EP by Lydia Lunch and Clint Ruin see Stinkfist EP Stinkfist is a song by the American metal band Tool It is their first industry single and first music video release from their second major label album AEnima Stinkfist Single by Toolfrom the album AEnimaReleasedOctober 1 1996 1 GenreAlternative metal 2 Length5 09LabelVolcanoSongwriter s Danny Carey Paul D Amour Adam Jones Maynard James KeenanProducer s David BottrillTool singles chronology Prison Sex 1993 Stinkfist 1996 H 1997 Wikiquote has quotations related to Stinkfist Contents 1 Interpretation 2 Music video 3 Track listing 3 1 UK single 3 2 10 single 4 Chart performance 5 References 6 External linksInterpretation EditThe song title the lyrics and the perceived subject matter caused changes to be made to the originally released version by TV 3 and radio programmers who also shortened the track The track has also been remixed by Skinny Puppy Keenan said the use of the words stink and fist and the resulting perception of fist fucking is actually symbolic in dealing with a friend of drummer Danny Carey who isn t afraid of getting his hands dirty rather than a write off of the sexual term 4 Instead fist fucking is a metaphor for the real cause of ailment 5 Keenan would introduce the song during the AEnima tour as about choosing compassion over fear citation needed Music video EditThe music video for Stinkfist was created with stop motion animation techniques and was directed by the band s guitarist Adam Jones who had previous experience in art direction and animation The video begins with a shot of an empty jar electrical currents and a television screen covered in dust with the album cover Smoke Box appearing on it It focuses on two members one male and one female of a race of sand people They suck on tubes and swallow nails and wires that apparently hurt them and are ejected from their bodies after which they are put into the jars and treasured Another race of mutants has entrails that are plugged into a wall At one point in the video one of the main characters is seen shaving and peeling off the sand skin revealing another layer of skin covered with tattoo like designs covering the entire body Towards the end of the video the main male character is seen from the back which reveals a tumor like life form growing from his left shoulder At least one reviewer compared the visuals to the works of H R Giger 6 The video achieved heavy rotation on MTV although it was shown only with the title Track 1 instead of Stinkfist MTV reasoned that Stinkfist was too offensive for public consumption 7 Matt Pinfield the host of 120 Minutes responded on air to the lot of email complaints received from fans by saying there was nothing he could do about it While he said if you don t know the name of the song go out and buy the album he was waving his fist in front of his face 7 When introducing the video video jockey Kennedy would also sniff her clenched fist dramatically before saying Track 1 The video was ranked at number six in a feature on Scuzz of viewer s top 50 music videos of all time and number one in its list of the Top 10 Most F cked Up Videos 8 Track listing EditUK single Edit No TitleLength1 Stinkfist 5 112 Hooker with a Penis 4 33 10 single Edit Side ANo TitleLength1 Stinkfist 5 112 Opiate 5 20 Side BNo TitleLength1 Sober 5 062 Prison Sex 4 56Chart performance EditChart 1996 PeakpositionUS Alternative Airplay Billboard 9 19US Mainstream Rock Billboard 10 17References Edit Tool vinyl Buyers Guide toolvinyl com Retrieved March 9 2015 Stinkfist 10 Picture Disc Promo Released 01 Oct 1996 Ramirez AJ August 3 2011 The 10 Best Alternative Metal Singles of the 1990s PopMatters Retrieved November 30 2018 Joel McIver 2002 05 01 Nu Metal The Next Generation of Rock and Punk Omnibus Press p 137 ISBN 978 0 7119 9209 2 Makin Robert 1996 Tool Things Are Going to Work Out Aquarian NJ Retrieved 2007 06 09 Loraine Gennaro February March 1997 Angry Jung Men transcription Livewire 7 3 Retrieved 2008 01 30 The Right Tool for a Video Job from the New York Daily News January 19 1997 Accessed from 1 a b Kabir Akhtar The Track 1 Fiasco Archived from the original TXT on 2013 05 17 Retrieved 2006 03 06 Eagles Ben Seriously F cked Up Videos 1 Tool s Stinkfist gigwise com Retrieved June 29 2017 Tool Chart History Alternative Airplay Billboard Retrieved August 7 2017 Tool Chart History Mainstream Rock Billboard Retrieved August 7 2017 External links EditThe unofficial Tool FAQ Stinkfist interpretations Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stinkfist amp oldid 1125380985, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
