What do you think of TOOL?

AdMMM

K, Tool are my fave band, what do you think of em?

Pugsley

Very over rated if you ask me, dont like them at all but most people seem to.

phreak

not my favourite band but i do really like some of their songs.

Drunk pirate

Terrible. Thier songs last ages and their just ****e.

Repli

They are one of my favourite bands too..
lateralus wasn't as good as aenima imo, their first album opiate wasn't bad either..
their live album.. coachella festival kicks ass too

cournioni

They are very good and very talented. But they just aren't a live band.

eth0_

I agree with pornapster, they're really not a band one can appreciate live, perhaps maybe in a very small venue, but when they headlined Ozzfest last year they didn't hold the attention of the crowd at all.

That said, they're musically extremely good, lyrically abstract (which isn't always a good thing!) and Maynard has a gorgeous voice. But I find you have to be in particular mood to listen to them, I haven't listened to them in quite a while..

xx

Tool, not just a clever name there. Pants!!!!

Don1

Me thinks they're a bunch of tools!! Hehe geddit? Tools? They're name is Tool? Hmm, hmm? Ah I crack me up.

s8n

They are very good and very talented. But they just aren't a live band.

beg to differ....it's about the visuals live as much as the music. I saw them in the sfx last year and they were incredible, really intense. I refused to go see them at ozzfest cos it just could never work.

cournioni

That is true, but they just don't get the crowd moving. The crowd are always static at their concerts.

The Reaper

I REALLY DIDN LIKE THEM AT THE OZZFEST! I WAS QUITE DISSAPOINTED REALLY! BAD V BAD AT LIVE MUSIC BUT THERE OKAY OTHERWISE

s8n

That is true, but they just don't get the crowd moving. The crowd are always static at their concerts

true, but they're not part of the jump around, moshpit, lets kill every motherf*cker culture.

their shows are meant to be about art

eth0_

Originally posted by s8n

their shows are meant to be about art

And Ozzfest sure aint about art, that's for sure.

nesthead

theyre only on the ozzfest tours because Jack Osbourne loves them so much, the little plonker.

anyways i love Tool, they dont really get the crowd goin

i didnt like them that much when ozzfest was here, but if they played again now some of the songs would just make me go mental, which happened to some people in the crowd and there was a bit of movement.

therecklessone

I've seen Tool twice, at the SFX and Ozzfest.

The SFX show was probably the best show I have ever attended, they simply blew me away. Ozzfest was good, but was never gonna please the SOAD fans in the crowd, who wanted to wreak havoc for another hour.

I'd love to see them play the Rising Tent at Witnness, the visuals would work so well in the tent.

sickle

i have to agree the sfx gig was the best gig ive ever been to.
at ozzfest the whole pit basically disappeared and you couldnt get in without an armband,i was so pissed off it was so empty.
they are my fav band anyway.
whats wrong with 10min songs?

Karl Hungus

VERY over-rated, but still a great band in their own right.

AdMMM

Good to see so many people like em as well.

It's kinda hard being the only rebellious teen in my class, If i asked that question there, they'd all think I was taking the p|ss!

My fave songs are:

Hooker With A Penis
Schism
Lateralus
Parabola
The Grudge
Aenema
and Third Eye

I find that with TooL, you can listen to their eintire albums and not have an ultimate favourite which you play again again and again, until you get bored of it and go to the next one! All their songs are good (cept for the Skits; Intermission, Dier Van Saten etc)

Ph3n0m

Well I have seen them live - the visuals they use aer impressive but as a band - ugh

I have also tried to listen to their albums again - ugh

Tool are just one band I could never get into

AdMMM

Sure, they may be a bit static on stage, but "ugh" , certainly thats not what you meant to say!

Ph3n0m

ugh is exactly what I mean to say. It boils down to, I dont like Tool plain and simple

therecklessone

Just a thought...

It took me over five years to fully appreciate Tool's best album Aenima. Through all of that I discovered different nuances, and found that songs which suited one particular mood at a given time, often matched a different mood at another time. I think its because the music is more complex than your average metal band (thats not meant as an insult). This may sound crazy, but its as if Tools music is organic, that it manages to grow and develop beyond what the band themselves intend.

p.s. I am not on drugs (well, i am on prescribed pain killers:D )

Molly

Overated tripe, although i do like a perfect circle.

Mewzel

personally i think they are a very good band, but they probably are just a little overrated.
that said i thought they were brilliant live

eth0_

Actually, Stinkfist is one of my top 10 favourite songs ever. Just had to add that! :DD

Darkillion

dont like them myself, though aint heard much, their songs are pretty boring imo

Cheez

ah ya haveto just cop on to them
find ur own place and relate to the lyrics
then ur grand
savage band
best in the world right now
so fuk yee suk me mikey

LURCH

I used to listen to Tool a few years ago when i was still in my metal youth
i thought they where a good band then, and still a good band now, i have never seen them live but i have heard some live recordings. had a live of "Third Eye" 13 minutes of pure genius, although, as has been mentioned so many times before on this thread, you have to be in a certain mood to listen to some of the songs.
Overall I like the band

AdMMM

Seeing as the topic is starting to die down a bit. I think it's safe to say that overall there's been a positive response. So now I know that I'm not the only TooL fan in the whole of Ireland

Orlie

I have a few of there albums.... I like Tool alot.

Very deep lyrics.