Just as grunge was reaching its boiling point and radio-friendly punk-pop loomed on the horizon, Tool released Undertow, which firmly reinforced metal's prominence as a musical style -- but, for once, it had something worthwhile to say. At the forefront of Tool's commercial explosion were striking, haunting visuals that complemented the album's nihilistic yet wistful mood. Drawing equal inspiration from Black Sabbath, alternative theories of science, and Eastern religions, Tool's abrasive sonic assault begins from the opening notes and continues through the final moments of the last composition, an open mockery of organized religion and its incapacity for original thought. With its technical brilliance, musical complexities, and aggressive overtones, Undertow not only paved the way for several bands to break through to the mainstream adolescent mall-rage demographic, it also proved that metal could be simultaneously intelligent, emotional, and brutal.
Well my two days of live Tool are over and I'm going through a bit of withdrawal at the moment. Two fantastic shows and a couple dreams come true by getting to hear Pushit in Richmond on Thursday and Flood in Baltimore on Friday. Your Maynardism for the week; "Virginia hang like sleeve of wizard". Maynard seemed to be a little more active and his voice was a little stronger at the Baltimore sho...
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In April it will be 14 years since Tool released Undertow. It is hard to compare one Tool album to another, but this one is an absolute favorite for me. I think other albums that Tool has released have been better musically, but this one is a perfect representation of their sound and feel........Dark and Murky.......Undertow!? "Sylvia Massy":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Massy was a LA...
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You crawled away from me.Slipped away from me.I tried to keep ahold,but there was nothing I could say.You slid and crept awayand there was nothing I could say.So what you're trying to sayis you don't wanna play.But what you want and what you needdoesn't mean fuck to me.Because I can see your back is turning.If I could I'd stick the knife in.This is love.This is my love for you.Get up.Now.Say y...
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Here is one of the better recordings / camera set-ups for live Tool. This is from the Reading Festival in '93. Really good camera work on Adam, Danny, and Paul. Usually to see these guys live, you have to deal with crappy, from-the-crowd video. This is professionally done. Maynard's sweet-ass one-piece set of jammies fills me with the holiday spirit. A song that gets played too much, but ...
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I have only one ritual on April Fools Day. I play no tricks, just simply check Tool's website to see what their newest Fools Day story might be. A couple years ago they came out with the claim that Maynard had found Jesus. Some news outlets even ran with the story. Last year the gang tried to convince us that they were canceling the remainder of their tour to search for an ancient Mayan glyph. ...
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After posting about how Tool hasn't been changing up the set lists, they went ahead and blew my mind by playing FLOOD in South Carolina last night. That is quite possibly my favorite tool song, it is so nuts. It defines them....murky, mysterious, and heavy. The full "set list":http://toolnavy.com/showthread.php?p=1981047. Wow, I am so in shock..... "Katrina":http://mog.com/kat3260 and I wer...
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A BIT OF THE LET YA KNOW ABOUT THE GREATEST MISUNDERSTOOD PHILOSOPHER(wiki)Aleister Crowley in popular cultureAleister Crowley exerted a significant influence in modern pop culture and therefore is referenced, reinterpreted, and even parodied numerous times in various pop culture mediums. Some appearances are "important," i.e., meaningful and widely promulgated. Others are simple homages or onl...
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You crawled away from me.Slipped away from me.I tried to keep ahold,but there was nothing I could say.You slid and crept awayand there was nothing I could say.So what you're trying to sayis you don't wanna play.But what you want and what you needdoesn't mean fuck to me.Because I can see your back is turning.If I could I'd stick the knife in.This is love.This is my love for you.Get up.Now.Say y...
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Well my two days of live Tool are over and I'm going through a bit of withdrawal at the moment. Two fantastic shows and a couple dreams come true by getting to hear Pushit in Richmond on Thursday and Flood in Baltimore on Friday. Your Maynardism for the week; "Virginia hang like sleeve of wizard". Maynard seemed to be a little more active and his voice was a little stronger at the Baltimore sho...
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In April it will be 14 years since Tool released Undertow. It is hard to compare one Tool album to another, but this one is an absolute favorite for me. I think other albums that Tool has released have been better musically, but this one is a perfect representation of their sound and feel........Dark and Murky.......Undertow!? "Sylvia Massy":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Massy was a LA...
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Here is one of the better recordings / camera set-ups for live Tool. This is from the Reading Festival in '93. Really good camera work on Adam, Danny, and Paul. Usually to see these guys live, you have to deal with crappy, from-the-crowd video. This is professionally done. Maynard's sweet-ass one-piece set of jammies fills me with the holiday spirit. A song that gets played too much, but ...
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In the beginning there was sober... One of the most originall videos ever.
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| 1 Intolerance |
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| 2 Prison Sex |
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| 3 Sober |
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| 4 Bottom |
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| 5 Crawl Away |
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| 6 Swamp Song |
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| 7 Undertow |
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| 8 4° |
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| 9 Flood |
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| 10 Disgustipated |
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