Tool
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Tool performing live in 2006. Visible from left to right are: Adam Jones, Maynard James Keenan and Justin Chancellor.
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Origin
| Los Angeles
,
California
,
United States
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Genres
| Alternative metal
,
alternative rock
,
art rock
,
progressive metal
,
progressive rock
,
post-metal
,
hard rock
,
heavy metal
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Years active
| 1990?present
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Labels
| Zoo Entertainment
Volcano II
Tool Dissectional
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Members
| Danny Carey
Justin Chancellor
Maynard James Keenan
Adam Jones
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Past member(s)
| Paul D'Amour
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Website
| Toolband.com
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Tool
is an
American
rock
band. It was formed in 1990 in
Los Angeles, California
. The band has won
Grammy Awards
for Best
Metal
Performance in 1997 for the song "Ænema" and in 2001 for the song "Schism". Tool has four members: singer Maynard James Keenan,
guitarist
Adam Jones
, drummer
Danny Carey
, and
bassist
Justin Chancellor
.
Tool has put out five
studio albums
. Their first release was
Opiate
, an
extended play
. It had only seven songs on it. Tool's first album,
Undertow
, was
heavy metal
. In 1996, they made
Ænima
. Rolling Stone
said it was one of the 100 best metal albums of all time.
[1]
The band took a break before and after releasing their third album,
Lateralus
. This was because singer
Maynard James Keenan
was working with his other band,
A Perfect Circle
. The band released their fourth album,
10,000 Days
, on May 2, 2006, and their fifth album (
Fear Inoculum
)
on August 30, 2019.
In 1989, James Maynard Keenan and guitarist Adam Jones met each other in Los Angeles.
[2]
Keenan let Jones listen to music he had made with another band. Jones thought the music was good, and told Keenan they should make their own band. They started playing music together, while looking for other people to play the bass guitar and drums.
[2]
Tom Morello
introduced them to drummer Danny Carey, who lived in the building where they practiced.
[3]
Carey joined the band because other drummers the band wanted to play with did not show up.
[4]
Bassist
Paul D'Amour was the last to join the band.
[5]
After D'Amour and Carey joined, they named the band Tool.
[6]
Tool made its first
extended play
in 1992. It was called
Opiate
. To help sell copies of the EP, they went on tour. They went around the U.S. playing in concerts with two other bands named
Fishbone
and
Rage Against the Machine
.
[7]
They also played in concerts with
White Zombie
and
Corrosion of Conformity
.
[8]
[9]
In 1993, the band was playing at the
Church of Scientology
's
Celebrity Centre
in Los Angeles. Keenan (who would later write the lyrics "Fuck
L. Ron Hubbard
and fuck all his clones"), baa-ed like a sheep for most of the show.
[10]
The EP did not sell many copies at first. After Tool got more popular, more people bought
Opiate
. It took 13 years for the album to be
certified platinum
by the
RIAA
(an award for selling one million copies).
Tool's first
studio
album came out in 1993. It was called
Undertow
. In 1994, the band released a single from the album named "
Prison Sex
". With it was a music video that was created and directed by Jones. The video was deemed "too graphic and offensive",
[11]
and was only played on
MTV
a few times because the video dealt with child abuse.
The album reached #50 on the
Billboard
200
and #1 on the
Top Heatseekers
. It was certified gold by the RIAA after only eight months, and platinum less than a year later.
[12]
In October 1996, the band released their second studio album, called
Ænima
. Tool began a long legal fight with their label
Volcano Records
(formerly Zoo Records) over problems with their contract. They ended up with a new contract that said they would make three more albums.
[13]
The members of Tool decided to take some time away after that.
The album was certified gold in 10 weeks and achieved double platinum, which means it sold two million copies, in 10 months.
[12]
In 1998, "
Ænema
" won the
Grammy Award
for Best Metal Performance.
[14]
Fear Inoculum
On January 26, 2020, Tool won Best Metal Performance at the 62nd
Grammy Awards
for "7empest". Band members Justin Chancellor and Danny Carey went to the awards show to accept the award.
Singer
Maynard James Keenan
has a unique, melodic style of singing.
[15]
This style is thought to have influenced many other bands.
[16]
[17]
While guitarist Adam Jones's style of playing is very simple, he is known for his use of different techniques of playing together,
[18]
[19]
and trying new things with his instrument.
[20]
Danny Carey has a very technical, advanced style of
drumming
. He is known for using odd
time signatures
, among other things. Justin Chancellor has an aggressive style of picking and fingering, using many guitar techniques which include using a pick, chords, harmonics, effects, and hammer ons and pull offs.
- Studio albums
- Other releases
- Opiate
(1992, EP)
- Salival
(2000, live, also includes a VHS/DVD)
- Schism/Parabola
(2006, music videos on DVDs)
- ↑
"The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time"
.
Rolling Stone
. June 21, 2017
. Retrieved
October 23,
2022
.
- ↑
2.0
2.1
Kitts, Jeff; Tolinski, Brad (2002).
Guitar World Presents Nu-metal
. Hal Leonard Corporation.
ISBN
978-0-634-03287-5
.
- ↑
Newquist, Harvey P.; Maloof, Rich (2004).
The New Metal Masters
. Hal Leonard Corporation.
ISBN
978-0-87930-804-9
.
- ↑
"The Tool FAQ"
.
toolshed.down.net
. Retrieved
October 27,
2022
.
- ↑
"The Tool Page: Articles"
.
toolshed.down.net
. Retrieved
October 27,
2022
.
- ↑
"The Tool Page: Articles"
.
toolshed.down.net
. Retrieved
October 27,
2022
.
- ↑
"Tool - Stepping Out From the Shadows ? Timeline ? exclaim.ca"
. June 6, 2012. Archived from the original on June 6, 2012
. Retrieved
October 27,
2022
.
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- ↑
"White Zombie Tour Dates"
.
metallipromo.com
. Retrieved
October 27,
2022
.
- ↑
"Corrosion of Conformity Tour Dates"
.
metallipromo.com
. Retrieved
October 27,
2022
.
- ↑
Dolan, Jon (August 2006).
"33 Things You Should Know About Tool"
.
Blender
. Archived from
the original
on May 9, 2008
. Retrieved
September 18,
2006
.
- ↑
(October 8, 2006). "
Tool
Archived
2008-06-14 at the
Wayback Machine
".
SundayObserver.ik
. Retrieved on January 17, 2008.
- ↑
12.0
12.1
(June 7, 2002). "
Gold/platinum certifications
".
toolshed.down.net
. Retrieved on January 16, 2008.
- ↑
Akhtar, Kabir (July 16, 2001).
"The Tool FAQ"
. toolshed.down.net. pp. C15.
- ↑
"Grammy Award Winners - Tool"
.
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
. Archived from
the original
on June 21, 2008
. Retrieved
March 31,
2008
.
- ↑
Powers, Ann (2002).
"Self-Confidence, and a Tattoo"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
November 11,
2008
.
- ↑
Assar, Vijith (September 30, 2003).
"Lucky 'Thirteen': Keenan bolsters potence"
.
The Cavalier Daily
. Archived from
the original
on October 13, 2007.
- ↑
Rich, Robert (May 9, 2007).
"Chevelle to play in Austin, remains unique despite criticism"
.
The Daily Texan
. Archived from
the original
on October 11, 2007.
- ↑
Jon Wiederhorn (June 2001).
"Mysterious Ways"
.
Guitar Player
. p. 71
. Retrieved
November 11,
2008
.
Jones isn't a shredder, a pop guitarist, a jazz man, an avant-garde iconoclast, or a blues player, but his performances often include elements from all those genres.
- ↑
Steve Huey.
"Sober Song Review"
.
AllMusic.com
. Retrieved
November 11,
2008
.
- ↑
Forlenza, Jeff (July 1, 2006).
"The Making of Tool's "10,000 Days"
"
. Mix. Archived from
the original
on August 25, 2006
. Retrieved
November 11,
2008
.