Tool !

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Any Tool fans here?

This band has been absolutely blowing my mind since I first heard them with the new Fear Inoculum album.  Yes I came to them late. But damn I have been making up for lost time.

Probably most of us agree here the effect that Zeppelin had on us when we first heard them and then how they became part of our life, like the air we breath.

They are and always will be in a class all their own but god damn if my discovery of Tool did not have some of the same feelings.

I can not say it any better than they blew my fucking mind!  Layers of layers of intensity and soul and the highest quality musicianship. These 4, like Zep, are masters of their instruments. 4 simple men who get together and create this much power is rare indeed.

Maynard is a freak! His screams and howls are bone chilling. He stalks the stage in the shadows like a mental patient.

And Justin almost dominating the mix with his bass playing.  Huge chords and riffs. Not obnoxious just heavy and in your face.

And Adam on the gorgeous Les Paul playing the distorted stuff so fucking tasteful and what the song calls for. A Sunday walk in the park it ain’t.

And Danny? Holy fuck Danny. A beast on the drums. So many odd time signatures, so many styles and so many sounds. The guy is , and I don’t throw this word around lightly, a master at his craft. A Mount Rushmore drummer. 

And like Zeppelin take the 4 individuals and put them together and magic happens. The 4 individuals become a fucking living entity. Of rage and distortion and howls and thumping genius.

Again, like Zeppelin I find myself going back to any of their albums and getting something new everytime.

Okay Zeppelin is and always will be in a class by themselves. Then there is Floyd of course. The Grateful Dead changed how I listen to (and play) music (Jerry and Phil, nuff said on that).

But Tool truly grabbed me by the shoulders and fucking shook me. They woke me up. 

 

One music fan’s humble opinion. For me Tool is art, spirituality and sheer human talent. 

 

PS. Had tickets to see Tool here in Montreal this past April. Row 4 on the floor right in front of Justin. Canceled. Yeah I was bummed.

[Stryder1978]

 

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3 minutes ago, Stryder1978 said:

 

Oh hell yeah!  ☝️ 

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Thread in progress that comes up on the first page when searching for Tool using the search function:

 

[JohnOsbourne]

I like them, good band, definitely.  I can't say I'm hard-core, however.  I have all of their albums through 10,000 Days, but I just can't commit myself to checking out Fear Inoculum.