| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| misterwoe |
Posted - 09/10/2005 : 17:06:08
Any Tool fans here? Man, I'm really getting into this band. Very cool, witty lyrics. It'll be interesting to see what they do with their next album. I really like the song Hooker with a Penis. Anybody who hasn't heard it should check it out. Read the lyrics too. Aenima is cool too. Learn to swim.
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole. |
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| Newo |
Posted - 03/15/2006 : 11:22:02
I saw them in Dublin in 2001, one of the best shows I´ve seen.
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Gravy boat! Stay in the now! |
| cassandra is |
Posted - 03/15/2006 : 09:35:33
lucky boy! did you ver saw them before? I will try to see them in Paris or Lyon if I can.
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| Newo |
Posted - 03/15/2006 : 09:25:59
got my ticket for the Barcelona show, this is going to be great.
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Gravy boat! Stay in the now! |
| cassandra is |
Posted - 03/12/2006 : 06:03:06
yes! thnx Newo!
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| Newo |
Posted - 03/12/2006 : 03:11:36
TOOL SHOWS
Here's a list of dates for TOOL SHOWS that we can announce at this time (i.e. they are finally official). Only problem is, with regards to the Hamburg, Germany show and the Interlaken Festival in Switzerland, I'm not sure which one I'd rather be at... (since there is no June 1st show).
5/26 - Lisbon, Portugal / Superrock Festival
5/27 - Madrid, Spain / Festimad
5/29 - Barcelona, Spain / Razzmatazz
5/30 - Lyon, France / Transbordeur
5/31 - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg / Rockhal
6/2 - Germany / Rock AM Ring
6/3 - Germany / Rock IM Park
6/4 - Landgraaf, Holland / Pink Pop Festival
6/6 - Hamburg, Germany / Sporthalle
6/7 - Berlin, Germany / Columbiahalle
6/8 - Dusseldorf, Germany / Philipshalle
6/16 - Switzerland / Interlaken Festival
6/17 - Vienna, Austria / Nova Rock Festival
6/19 - Milan, Italy / Filaforum
6/21 - Rome, Italy / Foro Italico
6/22 - Bologna, Italy / L R Arena
6/24 - Poland / Katowice Spodek
6/25 - Prague, Czech Republic / T Mobile Arena
6/28 - Paris, France / Le Zenith
6/29 - Belgium / Werchter Festival
7/1 - Denmark / Roskilde Festival
7/4 - Kristiansand, Norway / Quart Festival
7/7 - Gothenburg, Sweden / Metal Town Festival
7/9 - Finland / Turku Festival
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Gravy boat! Stay in the now! |
| Newo |
Posted - 03/12/2006 : 03:06:25
from alexgrey.com
"Britain's Kerrang! magazine was granted an exclusive listening session to the just-completed, as yet-untitled fourth TOOL album, which is due out May, and has revealed that anyone expecting the Californian quartet to have gone soft with age willl be sorely disappointed. True to form, TOOL's upcoming opus is a 77-minute, 11-song prog-metal odyssey, packed with plenty of eight minute-plus twisted riff-a-thons, odd-tempo polyrhythms and the bands trademark, eerie interludes. It's also arguably their heaviest, most punishing material since their 1993 breakthrough album "Undertow", according to Kerrang!
"We've all been listening to a lot of MESHUGGAH," admitted guitarist Adam Jones. "I see a lot of them in us and us in them, and they really have a very experimental prog side to them. I don't think it was like, 'Okay, right here were going to play like MESHUGGAH,' but more, 'Oh my God, that's come out a MESHUGGAH moment.'"
"We have the most retarded President we've ever had, and we're frustrated and that's the reason it's a little heavier this time," drummer Danny Carey told Kerrang! "That level of frustration back like when we first got the band together: we were products of that fucking Reagan thing, we were pissed off and bummed out, we had that angst, and now it's coming forth again: like it or not, we're products of our environment. We're pissed off again."
No stranger to weaving social and political frustrations into his tortuously articulate lyrics, singer Maynard James Keenan who released the politically-motivated covers album, "eMOTIVe" with A PERFECT CIRCLE in 2004, has chosen another approach this time around.
"I think for me, and this is just personally, the last few years have really been crushing," Keenan told Kerrang! "For me, as an artist, I needed to see on some level if speaking my mind would actually inspire people — you see the sky falling and you feel like you've got to say something. I think of prior TOOL albums 'AEnema' and 'Lateralus', lyrically, I had this idea of trying to share things and push some kind of higher purpose — enlightenment, this global consciousness thing — and everything that's going on nowadays has kind of left me a little disappointed, a little bummed.
"So I think on this album I've talked more about my personal stuff, things that I needed to get off my chest," he added. "It's a little cynical and it's almost like coming from a sad place. There's some hope in it, but it's more back to rock and roll basics, just expressing some very big sadness that's from the gut."
"This is our blues record, were singing the blues!" joked Carey.
"The difference is before, we had that young spunk and we thought we could actually say something and help people realise these things" continued Keenan. "But now, the anger is more of a frustrated anger, and me sitting back and going, 'Okay, I'm going to shut up now, I'm going to stop ranting and trying to be chicken little telling you that the sky is falling, I'm going to just let you guys get hit in the head."
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Gravy boat! Stay in the now! |
| Newo |
Posted - 03/12/2006 : 03:04:33
10 Mar 06
TRACK LISTINGS FOR 10,000 DAYS
Here's the track listing for the new TOOL ALBUM entitled 10,000 DAYS set to be released on MAY 2nd, 2006.
Vicarious
Jambi
Wings For Marie (Pt 1)
10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)
The Pot
Lipan Conjuring
Lost Keys (Blame Hofmann)
Rosetta Stoned
Intension
Right In Two
Viginti Tres
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Gravy boat! Stay in the now! |
| Newo |
Posted - 03/03/2006 : 10:19:08
With lyrics like this?
I met a boy wearing vans, 501s, and a
Dope beastie t, nipple rings, and
New tattoos that claimed that he
Was ogt,
From ’92,
The first EP.
And in between
Sips of coke
He told me that
He thought
We were sellin’ out,
Layin’ down,
Suckin’ up
To the man.
Well now I’ve got some
Advice for you, little buddy.
Before you point the finger
You should know that
I’m the man,
And if I’m the man,
Then you’re the man, and
He’s the man as well so you can
Point that fuckin’ finger up your ass.
All you know about me is what I’ve sold you,
Dumb fuck.
I sold out long before you ever heard my name.
I sold my soul to make a record,
Dip shit,
And you bought one.
So I’ve got some
Advice for you, little buddy.
Before you point your finger
You should know that
I’m the man,
If I’m the fuckin’ man
Then you’re the fuckin’ man as well
So you can
Point that fuckin’ finger up your ass.
All you know about me is what I’ve sold you,
Dumb fuck.
I sold out long before you ever heard my name.
I sold my soul to make a record,
Dip shit,
And you bought one.
All you read and
Wear or see and
Hear on tv
Is a product
Begging for your
Fatass dirty
Dollar
So...shut up and
Buy my new record
Send more money
Fuck you, buddy.
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Buy your best friend flowers. Buy your lover a beer. Covet thy father. Covet thy neighbour's father. Honour thy lover's beer. Covet thy neighbour's father's wife's sister. Take her to bingo night. |
| vilainde |
Posted - 03/03/2006 : 05:07:33
I hate Tool.
Denis
I love Guitar Wolf from the Erath! |
| cassandra is |
Posted - 03/03/2006 : 05:00:33
I'm a Tool fan, but I don't like Isis at all...
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| benji |
Posted - 03/03/2006 : 04:48:46
i am not a fan of tool at all.
but i do like ISIS alot, who are apparently quite similar - much heavier, but similar song structures i believe.
so any tool fans, check isis out.
 Join the Cult of Fat! |
| IceCream |
Posted - 03/02/2006 : 17:14:50
My brother hates them, but I think Tool are a great band. Their extremely complex song structures and time signatures are inscrutable. Danny Carey is one of the most mind-blowing drummers I have ever heard. "Eulogy" is an amazing song. My favorite. It's what got me into the band.
One thing: Anyone here have Aenima on vinyl? They go up to $400 on eBay. |
| Rat_In_A_Cage |
Posted - 03/02/2006 : 12:13:28
I can't wait once they start touring again.. |
| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 10/26/2005 : 08:02:52
They are okay, a bit operatic for my taste. I seen them live once and they really had their shit together, a good show. |
| Newo |
Posted - 10/26/2005 : 07:32:08
I love Tool, especially Lateralus, they get better with every record. They´re recording one at the moment and as usual it´s a pretty secret affair.
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Buy your best friend flowers. Buy your lover a beer. Covet thy father. Covet thy neighbour's father. Honour thy lover's beer. Covet thy neighbour's father's wife's sister. Take her to bingo night. |
| cassandra is |
Posted - 10/26/2005 : 03:49:30
"I sold my soul to make a record,
Dip shit,
And then you bought one"
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| misterwoe |
Posted - 09/16/2005 : 08:43:47
Have you been informing your conscience? Have you listened to Hooker with a Penis yet?
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole. |
| martian-honey |
Posted - 09/12/2005 : 10:39:57
quote:
These are in no particular order:
1. Tool is often compared to Pink Floyd, one of the best bands of all time.
2. Tool is often unfairly shrugged off as a metal band.
3. They put a lot of time into their songs. A lot!
4. In a rare interview, Maynard said that people should turn off their TVs and do something.
5. Tool are not media whores; they really give interviews
6. Tool has managed to craft songs that deviate from the standard verse-chorus-verse formula
7. They sing about interesting things that need to be sung about. (check out the lyrics for the song Aenima)
8. Tool is very much against censorship
9. I think the song Eulogy might be about Kurt Cobain, but I'm not for sure.
10. If you listen very carefully to the song Aenima you'll be an instant Tool fan. Also, listen to Hooker with a Penis and read the lyrics at the same time.
There are 10 reasons. Let me know what you think of Tool at the end of the week. And give your boyfriend my regards.
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole.
well thankyou for those, indeed, i will listen to them as promised.
i shall inform you of my opinions soon, and i will tell my boyfriend you said hi.
leaves of three, let them be. |
| PixieSteve |
Posted - 09/12/2005 : 08:55:58
i don't like them. seem a bit pretentious. a lyric band. ooh meaningful lyrics. meh. songs are too long.
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| Carolynanna |
Posted - 09/12/2005 : 08:44:48
I love Maynard's swearing.
Makes me want to cussalong, FUCK!
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Don't believe the hype. |
| zub_the_goat |
Posted - 09/12/2005 : 04:38:46
definetly worth it....they are growing on me all the time...i got into them through their slightly poppier offshoot a perfect circle, so you might want to give them a try |
| Carl |
Posted - 09/12/2005 : 04:36:08
That's a great plea for a band, misterwoe. I'm tempted to get all they're albums, now! |
| misterwoe |
Posted - 09/11/2005 : 23:27:49
quote:
Originally posted by martian-honey
teehee, my boyfriend has been trying to get me into tool for a very, very long time!!! and i still havn't had the common decency to really listen to them... ah well... if anyone can think of ten good reasons why i should then i will... thats my philosophy on most things.
leaves of three, let them be.
These are in no particular order:
1. Tool is often compared to Pink Floyd, one of the best bands of all time.
2. Tool is often unfairly shrugged off as a metal band.
3. They put a lot of time into their songs. A lot!
4. In a rare interview, Maynard said that people should turn off their TVs and do something.
5. Tool are not media whores; they really give interviews
6. Tool has managed to craft songs that deviate from the standard verse-chorus-verse formula
7. They sing about interesting things that need to be sung about. (check out the lyrics for the song Aenima)
8. Tool is very much against censorship
9. I think the song Eulogy might be about Kurt Cobain, but I'm not for sure.
10. If you listen very carefully to the song Aenima you'll be an instant Tool fan. Also, listen to Hooker with a Penis and read the lyrics at the same time.
There are 10 reasons. Let me know what you think of Tool at the end of the week. And give your boyfriend my regards.
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole. |
| Carl |
Posted - 09/11/2005 : 18:47:01
Hav'nt heard any new stuff by them. I just know a couple of the earlier songs with the cool videos. |
| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 09/11/2005 : 09:47:50
If you like long-winded prog rock then pick up Laterlus. |
| martian-honey |
Posted - 09/11/2005 : 04:17:39
teehee, my boyfriend has been trying to get me into tool for a very, very long time!!! and i still havn't had the common decency to really listen to them... ah well... if anyone can think of ten good reasons why i should then i will... thats my philosophy on most things.
leaves of three, let them be. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/11/2005 : 03:13:28
Who's gonna be the first to post a terrible hammer/spanner/screwdriver etc joke? Not me, that's for sure.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| fumanbru |
Posted - 09/10/2005 : 19:26:41
i love TOOL! though haven't listened to them for a while. that's a band that i've always wanted to see live. i've seen the lead singer live doing his solo (or other project) but didn't play any tool songs.
ya, there lyrics are great.
 "I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!" |
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