Tool
 

Yes, my favorite band. And a dedicated thread.

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Preach it Reverend Maynard

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Yes, they are really good. Love their unique sound.
Opiate is still one of my favorites.

LMAO? Donger buddy? Tool? Really? That's an impressive surprise. I'm a big fan as well. Have seen them in person more than any other band.

I think their new album is a bit of a disappointment though. Not terrible. But it feels like a bunch of recycled riffs of their previous albums all mashed up together.

Have you ever seen them in concert?

I was a drummer in high school. Danny Carey in the mid 90s just completely blew my mind. Not to mention, he was from Lawrence, KS. Not sure if you've seen this or not, but it's insanely impressive. His drumming skills are just off the charts...

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When talking about Tool this always has too be shown.


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If you're curious, here's an explanation of Danny Carey's polymetric drumming style, and why it's so crazy impressive...

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Some of the best trippy music videos too...

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****ing classic....

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Best viewed in 4K. On drugs....

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The combo of Carey and Maynard makes the band. My #1 band of all time.

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No, I don't go to concerts.

Ok kids, today's surprise of the day is: Donger is a Tool fan!

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And since we're posting all their greatest hits...

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And duh....

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Pretty funny:

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Greatest hits, cont.

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Kurt Cobain throwing shade at Tool back in the 90's:

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Does anyone know of a safe and legal way to buy and download this version?

I believe the only legal way you can purchase this currently is by finding it used.

I had no idea it was out of print. I have a copy somewhere and will have to look for it.

Also has a great live cover of No Quarter.

The Salival version of No Quarter is a studio recording, not live, but it is incredible and maybe my favorite cover of all time.

Donger, do you like A Perfect Circle?

Not as much as Tool.

This is the best thread that has or will ever be created on this board.

Donger a Tool fan? Crazy.

Greatest band of all time, and Danny Carey is the greatest drummer of all time.

Fear Inoculum is a ****ing masterpiece and their second best album, I don't care what anyone says.

Also, I know this is a Tool thread but since Dane brought up APC I'm bringing up Puscifer...grossly underrated and their new album Existential Reckoning is a hidden gem that hasn't got nearly the attention it deserves.

No wonder he ate a shotgun lunch, I would too if I was that stupid.

Why are people surprised that I'm a Tool fan? Hell, I was a skate punk in the mid 1980s...

LMAO

Merkin Vineyards is ok.

Why are you surprised that we're surprised?









:D

I saw a video the other night of 'drum critic reacts to danny carey pnuema'

first thing the dude says is something like 'this is a new band I have never heard'

WHAT THE ****IN **** ???? DRUM CRITIC HAS NEVER HEARD OF THE GREATEST DRUMMER IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC????

your ****in fired, dumb ass drum critic.

He's not the greatest drummer in the history of music. Tool fans are the worst.

Hey, I loved you in Star Trek IV!

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Really subjective topic of course, and he's probably not, but he's in the conversation for sure.

This is a pretty stupid comment. While your overall thesis might be true, it has nothing to do with fans thinking DC is the best. Every fandom, not just music fandoms, think their guy is the best. Hardly uncommon. It’s no different than Metallica fans who think Lars is a decent drummer or RHCP fans who think that Flea is anything other than annoying. Most of it is self aware hyperbole, and that’s okay.

There really is no denying that DC is one of the best technical hard rock/metal drummers out there and unquestionably the godfather of incorporating complex polyrhythmic technique in popular hard rock/metal, but man that is a mouthful compared to just saying the best.

FTR, it’s the “you just don’t get it” crowd that makes Tool fans the worst.

Flea is an amazing bassist and i ****ing hate RHCP

Amazing is very strong. He’s a very good popular rock bassist, and he certainly helps define RHCP’s sound. If we move out of the popular rock genre and compare him against people that are actually schooled in music rather than failed guitarists, he’s really nothing special. All that being said, he could be the greatest bassist ever and he’d still be incredibly annoying.

My hate for the RHCP burns brighter than 10,000 suns.

I hate RHCP too.

But the slap/pop style is just far too awesome, and he's really ****ing good at it. He's not my favorite, but from a technique standpoint it's far more difficult to get right than just fingering it, or playing with a pick.

I fiddle around with my bass (i have 3) when i get bored. I'm far from a musician by any means, im just a bored guy with a couple of electric basses and some practice amps. I sit in front of YouTube watching Bass Covers w/tabs as i play along to my favorite songs.

And while playing Tool's 46 & 2 sounds great to my ears, it's nowhere near as complicated as trying to (and failing horribly) at replicating some of those Flea tabs.

And while i like Fieldy's sound better, the amount of notes and technique required to replicate a Korn bass cover just isn't as complicated as a Flea RHCP cover.

If i had to pick one bassist i wish i could emulate, it'd be Ryan Martinie.

I know Les Claypool is the default answer for Slap/Pop bass, and im certainly in awe when i watch/listen to him, im just not big into Primus or his sound.

I can't stand Tool and it's really not them or their music.

I had a friend that went through a "tool" phase where that's literally all he listened to for months. I got so sick of it that I can't listen to them even now, 20 years later.

I mean, I don’t think slap bass is really much more difficult than fingerpicking, it’s just different. I don’t think just because one plays a slap style that they are better than someone who doesn’t by default. Great players incorporate all kinds of styles. Look at a guy like John Myung who certainly wouldn’t be known as a slap player and tell me with a straight face that he isn’t a significantly more technically advanced player than Flea.

Further, I don’t think Flea brings anything new or interesting to slap bass playing anyway. It’s just that most people who listen to RHCP don’t listen to a much real funk where slap bass is more popular. Take Victor Wooten, another guy who I wouldn’t pigeonhole as a slap player, but his slap play is leagues ahead of Flea.

I think the problem is that people who are genuinely virtuoso level players on their instruments, aren’t going to be players in popular bands. The kind of music that interests a virtuoso isn’t the kind of music that interest average Joe. Take The Aristocrats for example. Incredible playing that 99% of people will never hear.

It's the Crazy Train principle - amazing riff, amazing song, all time classic.......and makes my skin crawl every time I hear it due to it being played. to. ****ing. death.

In the grand history of all-time great drummers, he doesn't crack the top 5,000 (unless you're a reerun). And I should know, I'm Buddy ****ing Rich.

Damn, I was hoping we'd have LESS in common, not more. ROFL

LMAO

My son grew up riding my old deck. Sims Screamer. I looked it up on eBay. Some of those old boards go for $1,000 now.

This was my favorite board back in the day.

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Nice!

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Not mine. Mine's beat to Hell and back. It's got a big chunk missing from the nose. My son asked how it happened we he was little. I told him that I came across a huge snapping turtle off of 103rd and Antioch one day. So I naturally poked the ****er with my board. SNAP!!

Damn i aint seen a skateboard like that in decades lol.

Considering I saved up and bought it in 1983, that's hardly a surprise.

LMAO

NSFW:

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That is a really awesome deck for sure.I had the Caballero with the dragon logo deck back in the day,key word had,grrr. It got thrown or given away i think.And it was in good shape too cause i sucked at skating.I was pretty decent at sports,but skating is just a whole different animal,i guess.

I worked with a guy that loved Chevelle but hated Tool. I didn't get that at all. Very similar with Tool being more long form experimental (in a way like the Floyd.) I really like theme albums, long experimental shit, and the whole art associated with the music.

I think of Tool as "precision anger." Or surgical anger. It's not raw guitar and vocals - it's focused and prolonged. Great for cutting the lawn or lifting weights.

Mine was older than that. Green Kryptonics wheels, Gull Wing trucks, German bearings. I want to say it was an Alva board but that probably couldn’t be right since he was still riding.

The first titty bar I ever went to had a dancer with a killer body and a face like a Waffle House waitress. She danced to Stinkfist.

This is still my favorite Tool song:

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I might be preaching to the proverbial choir here, but there are a few bands I love who do the theme album justice - The Books and Native Construct. They kick ass.

Carey hits more than drums in KC!

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Nice!

For 60 years old hes a pretty ****in stout dude.

Saw a Donger thread entitled "Tool" and couldn't resist the urge to say "yes, yes he is".

ROFL

In all seriousness, I can't stand Tool. :D

The title of this thread could be "The Greatest Band of all Time" and it would mean the exact same thing.

Love this:

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9 days until the KC show!

Really well done. The creativity on display with these guys is incredible.

Missed out on tickets, I have to settle on the St Louis show a week from this Fri instead.

Really hope they cut Culling Voices out and add 7empest back before then. Love CV but I can't die without seeing 7empest live.

7empest would be great, but they’ll have to cut a couple songs to make it fit. Guess if they cut CV and CC Trip, I’d be good with that. Drum solos are boring as hell. Even DC drum solos. Ideally they’d drop The Pot as well. The Pot and CV are probably their only 2 non-segue songs that I just don’t care for.

Some great seats available from sellers that can't go. I wasn't planning on going, but if I can get a great seat that'll change.

Friend of mine streamed a lot of this show on FB. Looks like it was great.

Radiohead is far superior though.

Yeah, I mean Tool is okay. But goddamn, talk about every single song sounding the same...

Ummmm.........that's not even close to being true. And I am saying that as a big fan of Radiohead. I love both bands.

I just saw Tool in Tampa in February. Their show was amazing. They are one of the rare bands who care more about giving you a light and visual experience along with the music than about having themselves in the spotlight.

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Ok, I’m an idiot I guess. I never post pics. Thought it was as simple as posting to Imgur and copying the link. Guess not.