TOOL

[maggie x]

Sharpestoner, you won't be dissapointed, it was the best gig I saw last year.

Anyone herd the song Maynard did with Deftones called The Passenger?

the deftones are my favorite band!
funny, but i didn't realize that maynard was singing with chino for about a year. at the time their voices sounded veryy similar to me, and then i became obsessed with tool and recognized maynards voice haha
but, yeah, tool and deftones rock<33!
(had to bump this :])

[station]

its worth the bump INDEED. Deftones are my #1 band and Tool is shortly behind them.. :thumbsup:

[Third_Eye]

Tool has always been my fav band. They really take a unique and spiritual look at music. And alot of their shit goes pretty deep. You know theres different ways of listening to lateralus? Following the Fibonacci sequence (which im not even gonna try to type all out) Which is sort of a mathematical spiral pattern, the track list that lateralus runs on now is different than the band picked. But if you follow the Fibonacci sequence, oooooo jus look it up, it flows nice. Also, time signatures of the main riff in "Lateralus" (9-8-7) also represented a step in the Fibonacci sequence (the sixteenth step, as it turns out, hmmm doesnt A Perfect Circle have a cd named that....). Also Danny Carey, who is an amazing drummer, is an alchemist, so references to that come up alot. Some song lyrics on Lateralus can be interpreted as references to alchemy, especially because the Philosopher's stone often serves as a spiritual metaphor to evolve from a lower state of imperfection and vice (symbolized by the base metals) to a higher state of enlightenment and perfection. References to this spiritual transmutation are:

"Give away the stone. Let the oceans take and transmutate this cold and fated anchor.
Give away the stone. Let the waters kiss and transmutate these leaden grudges into gold." ("The Grudge")

"Black then white are all I see in my infancy, red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me....Lets me see". ("Lateralus")

If seen in this perspective, the part from "Lateralus" can either refer to the four colors of the Philosopher's stone during different phases of creation, or to the colors of the ingredients themselves (i.e. black = mercury, white = salt, yellow = sulphur, red = stone).

And yes, maynard is friends with several comedians. The band greatly admired the late great Bill Hicks, who was a really really great comedian among other things. The whole Ã?nima album has many references to bill hicks through it, not to mention a painting of him on the inside cover. The song Third Eye has a sample of one of his bits in it.

But i feel ive said to much. Breathe.... Breathe..... Look deeper, and open your third eye. Did i mention i like Tool?:thumbsup:

[Samwhore]

The thread that never dies!

[maggie x]

its worth the bump INDEED. Deftones are my #1 band and Tool is shortly behind them.. :thumbsup:

yay
i saw your pic,
bad news: audioslave broke up :[
good news: cornell has a new solo album out, and rage is back together!
:beatdeadhorse:

[station]

fuck the what??? Audioslave broke up? that has to be bullshit...there like 1 of my fav bands GOD DAMMMMMIT

and isnt rage only together for like a couple concerts??

[Beano]

The first big concert i went to was when Tool came to Vancouver

[TheFatKid]

I don't like TOOL for two reasons. One, they focus too much on the lyrical and making it for "bright" people to understand aspect instead of creating good riffs and actual music, so it gets pretty boring. Two, most TOOL fans I've met are pretentious assholes who think that Maynard is God and that if you don't enjoy TOOL or insult them in any way, you are an ignorant scumbag. But, I must say "Sober" and "I Know the Pieces Fit" are both great songs.

[Third_Eye]

I don't like TOOL for two reasons. One, they focus too much on the lyrical and making it for "bright" people to understand aspect instead of creating good riffs and actual music, so it gets pretty boring. Two, most TOOL fans I've met are pretentious assholes who think that Maynard is God and that if you don't enjoy TOOL or insult them in any way, you are an ignorant scumbag. But, I must say "Sober" and "I Know the Pieces Fit" are both great songs.

It sounds like you hate tool fans more than tool themselves. Is that the problem? Like i know alot of tool fans that arnt like that at all. And naturally when you trash a band someone likes alot, they might be a dick to you, but who knows maby its just the people you know. I wont get into it but if you dont like em cool, if ya do cool as well. It doesnt really matter everyone has their own tastes. And i dont think maynard is GOD, i dont even believe in what you would call a GOD. And its not really for "bright" people whatever you would consider that to be, its just music for people to enjoy, you dont have to get really indepth into the lyrics and all that stuff to enjoy it.:jointsmile:

[TheFatKid]

I don't like both at all really. The TOOL fans I've met in person aren't that bad, but on internet forums they are complete jackasses(I've lost count at the amount of them). Not really that much on this website, but I've seen the Tool worship go on here.