Tool: 10,000 Days

[EFI69Cam]

Yuck! I hate when people put words in my mouth. Disgusting. Next time try a little hot sauce or maybe some wasabi to kill the taste. That was gross.

That is what I read.

[Boyd]

Tony did not say - in any way, shape, or form - that if you do not like Tool, you are dumb. He simply agreed with a comment I made. If you don't like it, you don't like it. I made the comment about Tool being a "thinking man's rock band" because I am a HUGE music fan and listen to ALL types of music. Stereo equipment takes second place only to car parts at my house. Anyway, Tool is one of the very few bands that combine thought-provoking song writing with instrument play that is on a completely different plane from anyone else. Ask any musician, and they will tell you that the members of Tool are other-wordly in their play. But they aren't so technical that you can't listen to the music. If I had to compare them to other bands, I would have to say Dream Theater meets Megadeth. There is Hard Rock, and there is Hard Rock with Thought. And Tool delivers it in spades.

[Boyd]

They are a just another "sell albums by saying things that might piss off the 17 y/o's parents" type of band. Just like Kiss 30 years ago.

And they are not in it to sell albums. In almost 15 years of being together, they have released 4 albums. Kiss released over 20 albums in the same amount of time. Tool is playing in Dallas this weekend to promote their new album. They could easily sell out a 20,000 seat arena if they wanted to. Instead they are playing in an auditorium that seats about 300 people. Kiss? Oh yeah, they played in 30,000+ seat stadiums. Whose more interested in selling albums again?

[trapin]

Actually this tour for the month of May is a "warm up" tour. The 10,000 Days Tour starts in Europe in June then they come back to the states for Fall and Winter to do the big arenas. I'm pissed that I'm missing the warm up date here in Detroit (Fox Theater). I checked on eBay for tickets and they want north of $200.

I can wait.

[ProTeal55]

"If you don't like them you must be dumb". Nice.

They are a just another "sell albums by saying things that might piss off the 17 y/o's parents" type of band. Just like Kiss 30 years ago.

You are so far from the truth about TOOL. You might be correct on Marylin Manson or some other "shock" bands, but TOOL actually has talent. Not many bands can put out 5 CD's their entire career and have the fanbase that they do.

The generation gaps are showing on this topic...

[WS6]

IM 26 and have been listening and loving Tool since i was like 20. id never heard them before then but loved them the second I did hear them. Stinkfist was the first song i heard by them and i still love that song.

sorry EFI69 your so very wrong about them. read the lyrics or some background and you'll understand there is a lot of knowledge and thought in their music. Megadeth is the same way with their lyrics. however to the untrained or simply uninterested it could easily be said they are just the type band your refering to. Linkin Park would be a great example of that type of band. worthless lyrics and just trying to pissoff 17y/os and their parents.

so heres a debate for the fans. whose a better drummer Neal Pert or Danny Carey. me i think they are just too different to say oens better. however, they are both two of the best out there. fear Factory's drummer and Dream Theater's are two others that are phenominal i think.

[Yenkostyle]

If you are into Tool you must also like A Perfect Circle... Or at least that is the way things work in my very small, closed and sheltered world.

[importkiller69ss]

perfect circle is the best all out instrumental band... the reason the call them a perfect circle b/c they are all set up in a circle and their instuments are so in tune with eache other and area on beat just like a metranome thats where the name a perfect circle comes from being 19 i love them ..if you like a perfect circle you have to liek tool...i didnt think some of yall older folks no offense like this type of music great choice.....awesome in concert to....perfect circle mer des nomes is the best cd ever

[WS6]

actually i dont like APC. sorry Tool is better and has the sound i prefer. they are not the same band, so you can like one and not like the other. im not the only one that feels this way.

interesting info importkiller. i figured APC got its name because a perfect circle is impossible to make supposedly. im not some math genius and that's what it would take to make sense of why a perfect circle is impossible.

[importkiller69ss]

maybe so i always heard it was b/c of the metranome who knows....i cant remeber who but one band memeber went from APC to tool...thats why their instrmentals wound the same...i want to say it is the lead singer

[importkiller69ss]

i love the music sound of tool but the new cd doenst have much singing but they rock out a lot ...i guess thats why i like a perfect circle a little more

[EFI69Cam]

IM 26 and have been listening and loving Tool since i was like 20. id never heard them before then but loved them the second I did hear them. Stinkfist was the first song i heard by them and i still love that song.

sorry EFI69 your so very wrong about them. read the lyrics or some background and you'll understand there is a lot of knowledge and thought in their music. Megadeth is the same way with their lyrics. however to the untrained or simply uninterested it could easily be said they are just the type band your refering to. Linkin Park would be a great example of that type of band. worthless lyrics and just trying to pissoff 17y/os and their parents.

so heres a debate for the fans. whose a better drummer Neal Pert or Danny Carey. me i think they are just too different to say oens better. however, they are both two of the best out there. fear Factory's drummer and Dream Theater's are two others that are phenominal i think.

Tool is one of the bands like Rush that everyone thinks is great but just does not do anything for me.

Megadeth is one of the best thrash bands, along with Metallica and Pantera, who make up 3 of my 5 top faves.

Tool is not a thrash band.

[WS6]

hey its cool. ive got other friends who are huge metal fans but dont like tool. its not for everyone and thats great actually. i dont like one type of music and i think it would be pretty boring for there only to be one type, even if anyone sounded like Tool.

importkiller, Tool has been around since you were a we kid if your only 19 now. APC started in like 99 or 00. Maynard is the lead singer for both bands. APC is a side project away from Tool. interviewers are not allowed to discuss APC when Maynard is doing Tool stuff and vise versa when he is doing APC stuff. and i have no idea about the name. my thoughts were just that. thoughts or somewhat educated guesses.

[Yenkostyle]

According to an interview I read not to long ago I thought Maynard said APC is really no more... Maynard has also done another "pet" project with Danny Lohner from Nime Inch Nails fame under the name Puscifer for the movie Underworld. So if you are a Tool or APC fan then you might want to check it out.

I am really kinda a music geek and really enjoy Maynards style and philosophy on music.

Anyway that was my "Cliff" moment for the day! So I guess I will just

[LowBuckX]

TOOL is one of my all time favs. In line with CLUTCH and PRO-PAIN

Odly Ive found an odd band I like Coheed and Cambria. which is kinda way out of my relm of likes.. And yes they are ODD
I only mension them because someone metioned RUSH and Coheed follows a RUSHY sound.

[Happyfunballs]

My wifey picked up 10000 days last night for me. What's with the glasses? Do they work or should I have had a few more?

[vanzuuk1]

I like the band tool. (I cant bring myself to type "I like tool")

I also like Social D, johnny cash, rancid, mark knopfler, motorhead, the distillers,ozzy/rhodes, thin lizzy,queen,vfh,ufo,lucinda williams, etc.

But you know why arguing about music and arguing on the internet are like being in the special olympics, even if you win...

[landyacht67]

BOOOOO The local stores have been sold out of Tool for 3 days now!!! I'm going to have to make a detour to a different neighbourhood on my way home. BTW Kiss has always admitted they are all about selling records. And they puroposefully make all there songs about Booze, Rock or Wimmin. Theres nothing wrong with that; If you think about it it's an admirable, and honest philosophy. Tool puts a lot of time into making sure their lyrics have something to say. Two different bands, for 2 dirrerent atmospheres.

Julian

[WS6]

Coheed and Cambria are awsome. ive just come across them in the last couple of months and love every single song by them. they are very progressive. very odd too. its not easy to follow the songs because they arent your normal pop songs or the like. all their songs and their three albums tell a single story but they are not releasing the albums in "order" so the story isnt in order. if you like Rush you'll most likely enjoy C&C. the lead singer has a very high pitched voice at times like Geddy.

if anyone wants to sample one of their songs try the crowing, in keeping secrets of silent earth:3, welcome home, or time consumer.

[importkiller69ss]

another awesome band that isnt very well know as far as radio and mtv goes is chevelle seem them in concert a few tims also and they rock out...wonder what next and this type of thinking are there 2 best cd's