[QUOTE=A pig in a cage on antibiotics]well you fat prick it's pretty pointless us arguing over crap like this so lets just let this one go, OK?

and by the way your a stinkin' n00b coz i got more posts than you ha ha ha ha ha!!!

oh god im gonna quit this charade now, and so im not spammin, did any of you guys see Adams thumb.....OOOOOWWWCCCHHH :upset:[/QUOTE]

What in the world is wrong with you? :confused:

[QUOTE=Shadius]
Any word on the OK show?[/QUOTE]
Theres been a demand to wait about a week. Then I'll upload. :thumb:

[QUOTE]What in the world is wrong with you?[/QUOTE] the fact he is 14 years old doesnt help.

faith... I jammed with my band today, and dam[I]n[/I] we dished out one hell of a death metal track. We even left a space for some mad drum fills. :D

Oh, Tool thread :(

C'mon guys, stop the spamming.

There's not much to talk about. Its basically a spam-o-rama thread, until we get some new info on the new album.

In other news, I actually listened to Unearth. Maybe i'm alone on this, but I found them suprisingly good.

[QUOTE=Darkness Of Greed]Yeah I'll wait.

And Blind they don't play Part Of Me on the OK show. His voice is a little weak on The Grudge, but that scream still gets me going.[/QUOTE]
I meant Cold and Ugly, my bad.

So, how much of an effect do the members of Tool have on your guys' playing? I'd say that either Adam Jones or Tom Morello have been my largest influence in my little over a year of playing.

Your turn

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I dunno, Adam Jones used to be a huge influence on my playing but I've strayed from that in the past year or so. Nowadays, my biggest influences are Mark Engles and Steven Wilson. I'd also say Radiohead, Mikeal Akerfeldt, and Post Rock bands have had a big influence on me as well.

[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo]So, how much of an effect do the members of Tool have on your guys' playing? I'd say that either Adam Jones or Tom Morello have been my largest influence in my little over a year of playing.

Your turn

[B][thread ressurection v. 95.02][/B][/QUOTE]

:lol: Maynard had been an influence on my lyrics, Adam on my guitar style along with Jeff Loomis, and Danny for his complex licks. And Justin just rules.

Justin Chancellor has Influenced a lot on my playing in almost every possible way.

I'd say at the moment, my biggest influences in my style are Chuck Schuldiner, Mikeal Akerfeldt, Dimebag Darrell, somewhat Mark Morton and Willie Adler of Lamb of God, Mustaine, and there are more.

[QUOTE=Kage]I dunno, Adam Jones used to be a huge influence on my playing but I've strayed from that in the past year or so. Nowadays, my biggest influences are Mark Engles and Steven Wilson. I'd also say Radiohead, Mikeal Akerfeldt, and Post Rock bands have had a big influence on me as well.[/QUOTE]

My acoustic playing is a combination of Steve Wilson and Mikael Akerfeldt. Granted, my playing is quite a bit toned down a bit as far as complex chord changes, but a lot of my acoustic riffs and such sound like a combination of those two guys. Wilson uses a lot of full powerchords, which I take from him, and Akerfeldt does a lot of interesting arpeggios, which I jack from him. But like I said, they're quite a bit simpler than the majority of Opeth stuff.

[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo]So, how much of an effect do the members of Tool have on your guys' playing? I'd say that either Adam Jones or Tom Morello have been my largest influence in my little over a year of playing.

Your turn

[thread ressurection v. 95.02][/QUOTE]
Actually, if this makes any sense, Adam kinda deinfluenced me. When I was heavily into Tool a while back, I remember kinda being turned off of the guitar and I started taking an interest in drums and bass. There was like a 2 month period where I hardly played guitar (still everyday, but not as much, just a quick noodle and I was done) and all I listened to was pretty much Tool. I knew this wasn't good, so I started searching for new music and found bands like Nevermore and Opeth. :D It was still good though, because now I appreciate other instruments...

Weird eh?

You guys will see my uber (sorry Kage) skills on the guitar when I put up my death metal song for the competition... :thumb:

My more rockish songs are kind of influenced by Adam in that playing Eulogy for the first song gave me some cool ideas for the Dorian scale.

[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo]My acoustic playing is a combination of Steve Wilson and Mikael Akerfeldt. Granted, my playing is quite a bit toned down a bit as far as complex chord changes, but a lot of my acoustic riffs and such sound like a combination of those two guys. Wilson uses a lot of full powerchords, which I take from him, and Akerfeldt does a lot of interesting arpeggios, which I jack from him. But like I said, they're quite a bit simpler than the majority of Opeth stuff.[/QUOTE]
Mikeal uses a lot of cool chords, and his clean arpeggios are similar to the way I play. Or, maybe the other way around. As for Wilson, I just get a general inspiration from his playing and the song Deadwing really made impression on me guitar-wise. Mark Engles is still my biggest influence, though. I'd say my style is kind of like the darkness of Akerfeldt, the soaringness of Wilson, and the melodic/rhymthmic style of Engles. Heh. It's growing more original with every song I write, though.

[QUOTE=Darkness Of Greed]You guys will see my uber (sorry Kage) skills on the guitar when I put up my death metal song for the competition... :thumb:[/QUOTE]
They better really be uber or windows will be broken. :angry:

Acutally, the hurricane might do that for me.

[QUOTE=Kage]They better really be uber or windows will be broken. :angry:

Acutally, the hurricane might do that for me.[/QUOTE]
I don't think I'll disappoint. :D

But only because my other guitar player is really good, and I can just say hes me. :p

Yeah, Kage what is the status on that hurricane? Are you going to have to evacuate?

I tried to evacuate. Yesterday my family and I spent the whole day fighting traffic to get out of town. After 18 hours, we turned back and headed home, arriving in a little under 2 hours. It was chaos...the most amazing and terrifying thing I've ever seen. Anarchy. Sirens flaring constantly...cars wrecked and abandoned on the side of the road. People driving in the wrong lane...it was just unreal.

But the hurricane made a major jog to the east, and all we're going to get, it seems, are just some very very strong rains and winds.

You could write a song about it.

Good luck with all of that Kage.

In other news, I found my friend's band's Myspace. Keep in mind that they're just a joke band. He is actually an amazing guitarist.

Here:
[url]http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=23568709&Mytoken=B120D04A-33B4-456F-8831747AF13579E7968911796[/url]

u R frind sux @ gutiar

:p

Can't listen right now, but I will later on.

[QUOTE=Dude3]Good luck with all of that Kage.

In other news, I found my friend's band's Myspace. Keep in mind that they're just a joke band. He is actually an amazing guitarist.

Here:
[url]http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=23568709&Mytoken=B120D04A-33B4-456F-8831747AF13579E7968911796[/url][/QUOTE]
That's pretty nice guitar work there. :thumb:

[QUOTE=Demonhunter]That's pretty nice guitar work there. :thumb:[/QUOTE]
Haha, yeah.

But he can seriously own a lot of people. Hopefully he'll get some 'real' songs up on there some time. I'm curious to see his full potential.

Mark Engles definetely had an impact on my playing.. With his fast strumming™ and his suspended weird chords

[QUOTE=ween2424]I'm geussing you're talking about Metallica's new stuff? Tool doesn't tremelo pick.[/QUOTE]

Yeah like Black Album onwards.

[QUOTE=ween2424]I'm geussing you're talking about Metallica's new stuff? Tool doesn't tremelo pick.[/QUOTE]

Yeah like Black Album onwards.

[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo]So, how much of an effect do the members of Tool have on your guys' playing? I'd say that either Adam Jones or Tom Morello have been my largest influence in my little over a year of playing.

Your turn

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in the last few weeks i played (i tried to play) some songs from tool, but i am not a fan of dropped-d, so i stopped.

my biggest influences in guitar playing is definetly Alexi Laiho (CoB, not Sinergy): i love his solos and melodic parts soo much. I try to write riffs like Slayer and old Metallica; Right now i'm into In Flames and i want to check out some Opeth songs in the near future.

yesterday i saw some guitar vids on my computer and realized how simple my guitar playing is... i only use the bar-chords (?) and move it on the neck... i barely use 'exotic' chords... thats what i wanna change... my own playing is getting boring and annoying to me... :angry:

[SIZE=1]/and i still su[I]c[/I]k on guitar :upset: ...[/SIZE]

[QUOTE=Darkness Of Greed]Actually, if this makes any sense, Adam kinda deinfluenced me. When I was heavily into Tool a while back, I remember kinda being turned off of the guitar and I started taking an interest in drums and bass. There was like a 2 month period where I hardly played guitar (still everyday, but not as much, just a quick noodle and I was done) and all I listened to was pretty much Tool. I knew this wasn't good, so I started searching for new music and found bands like Nevermore and Opeth. :D It was still good though, because now I appreciate other instruments...

Weird eh?

You guys will see my uber (sorry Kage) skills on the guitar when I put up my death metal song for the competition... :thumb:[/QUOTE]

I'm sort of with you. Tool didn't really make me become less interested in guitar, it's just that it's weird that Tool is one of my favorite bands, yet Adam's playing style hardly has an influence on me. Me and my friend have been writing songs and occasionally I'll come up with a part that reminds me of Tool, but in terms of my overall playing, it's hardly Tool-like. In fact, I'm not even sure who I sound like. It's just me and him (he's a drummer), we're an instrumental band. I think we're going to record songs with his computer some time next month. We'll probably myspace some of our songs, and I'll tell you guys if we do, because I'd like to hear what everyone thinks of our bass-less, singer-less songs. hah. Making music is good times.

[QUOTE=Kage]Mikeal uses a lot of cool chords, and his clean arpeggios are similar to the way I play. Or, maybe the other way around. As for Wilson, I just get a general inspiration from his playing and the song Deadwing really made impression on me guitar-wise. Mark Engles is still my biggest influence, though. I'd say my style is kind of like the darkness of Akerfeldt, the soaringness of Wilson, and the melodic/rhymthmic style of Engles. Heh. It's growing more original with every song I write, though.[/QUOTE]
I noticed that about Deadwing, Steven's playing really impressed me. I used to think he was just average on guitar, but he really shines on DW. Still, I think Gavin Harrison's playing on DW is absolutely amazing, to me, he and Steven really carry the album.

The biggest influences on me right now (I'm a bassist) is really Brian Marshall (Creed/Alter Bridge), Timmy C, and Dirk Lance. Their style, especially Brian's, I really emulate. I kinda started off learning Creed songs, so when I play, my fills are kinda like his. Justin does have an influence on me, but the problem is that I'm in a band with 6 members (2 guitarists, me, lead singer, drummer and a keyboard), so the need for me to take center stage and carry the band, much like Justin does isn't there. I'm there to be showboaty, I'm just there to hold the song together.

I guess if I was in a band like Tool, I would be more out there and powerful and my bass lines would be really prominent (even though we have a few songs where I am strong). When I form my own band, which will probably sound like PT and Tool, I will probably play more prominent

Hey, guys.....I had a good week (starting in a varsity football game as a sophmore, and owning a kid on the other team). Any news on *Meshuggah?


*Tool

Does anyone else besides me think that the song Lateralus is the weakest point in the album?

[QUOTE=Metal_Head_617]Does anyone else besides me think that the song Lateralus is the weakest point in the album?[/QUOTE]

Nope. I think it's a great song, atonally stimulating and awesome. Why do you think it's weak?

Also, are you a Dolphins fan? What's the deal with Ricky Williams?

[QUOTE=Maynard James Keenan]Nope. I think it's a great song, atonally stimulating and awesome. Why do you think it's weak?

Also, are you a Dolphins fan? What's the deal with Ricky Williams?[/QUOTE]
Well it's not that I think it's a terrible song, I just think that all the other songs on Lateralus are miles above it. Songs like The Grudge, Parabola, Ticks and Leeches, and Triad just kill Lateralus.

And yes, I am a Dolphins fan. All I know about Ricky Williams is that he is suspended until Week 6 at Tampa Bay.

[QUOTE=Metal_Head_617]Does anyone else besides me think that the song Lateralus is the weakest point in the album?[/QUOTE]

Disposition through Triad is the weakest, IMO. Way too bloated.

[QUOTE=Metal_Head_617]Does anyone else besides me think that the song Lateralus is the weakest point in the album?[/QUOTE]
Holy crap, I can't believe you just said that. Thats probably my favorite song of all time, and it blows songs like Triad, Schism and Ticks & Leeches away.

That was the song that convinced me to buy the record also. :thumb:

Everyone here the new Tool single? Its in the pit.

[QUOTE=Metal_Head_617]Does anyone else besides me think that the song Lateralus is the weakest point in the album?[/QUOTE]

Actually, I think Ticks and Leeches is the weakest point in the album. I think the song is awesome, just not as good as the others. And I will always love D/R/T (I think it's amazing and not repetitive, just really atmospheric), so screw you In Chains 36, or whatever your name is now :p

I love D/R/T to, I think its better then the Ænima album. :p

[QUOTE=satchforever]Actually, I think Ticks and Leeches is the weakest point in the album. I think the song is awesome, just not as good as the others. And I will always love D/R/T (I think it's amazing and not repetitive, just really atmospheric), so screw you In Chains 36, or whatever your name is now :p[/QUOTE]
Ticks and Leeches rocked. I thought that it really showed off Maynard's skill. Plus I'm sure you know that it took him 3 weeks to recover from recording that song.