[QUOTE=Rothmans]I prefer Justin over all to Paul. I dont know why there was something about the way he looked he didnt like.

Justin looks like a cool mo fo.

Danny looks like your uncle that wrestles with ye and breaks your back.

Maynard the gender questioning 2nd cousin.

Adam the Drugg addict cousin YAY.[/QUOTE]

That interpretation made me chuckle in the belly region.

why does it just say tool now?

[QUOTE=Mr Herb]why does it just say tool now?[/QUOTE]


The official thing was changed for some reason.

thats really gay, so is Blair

As far as Aenima goes, it seems like 46&2 was Justin's big showcase, and I'd imagine they wrote Third Eye with him as well. To me, it sounds like Stinkfist, Pu****, Jimmy, and Hooker With a Pe[font=]nis[/font] were pre-Justin tracks. Then, after Justin came in, they were exploring more sonically challenging material, which brought about several of the more gratifying moments on Aenima, and later Lateralus.

The reason I was thinking about this, is because I came across this website about Justin. The following seems like a big load of bull to me, but it just got me to thinking how much Justin influenced the metaphysical and "out-there" aspects of Tool's sound.

"Carrying with him a strange sense of alternate realities, Justin found himself able to access them through music and altered states of consciousness . When Tool needed a bass player in 1995 the journey to America seemed simple compared to the paths he had explored within his own mind. Currently Justin has been practicing entering hypnagogic states facilitated by sonic landscapes generated by his wife Ari and a highly specialized form of tensor yoga. These function as the arc and threads that buoy and retrieve him from the watery matrices and emotional labyrinths he explores. He then utilizes these experiences as a reference point in his riffs and style to induce a holographic depth to Tool's music."

Odd.

Back to the discussion:

Maynard is the shy one who hides in the back at the family reunion.

Justin is the one having a drink with old buddies at the pub.

Danny is the beastly dude who would crush you if you look at him wrong, but would still jam with you.

Adam is the one who would rather sketch a landscape while his friends were playing volleyball.

[QUOTE=Kage]As far as Aenima goes, it seems like 46&2 was Justin's big showcase, and I'd imagine they wrote Third Eye with him as well.[/QUOTE]
His basslines in Aenema, especially in the first verse, are also among his best on that album.

[QUOTE=Kage]
The reason I was thinking about this, is because I came across this website about Justin. The following seems like a big load of bull to me, but it just got me to thinking how much Justin influenced the metaphysical and "out-there" aspects of Tool's sound.

"Carrying with him a strange sense of alternate realities, Justin found himself able to access them through music and altered states of consciousness . When Tool needed a bass player in 1995 the journey to America seemed simple compared to the paths he had explored within his own mind. Currently Justin has been practicing entering hypnagogic states facilitated by sonic landscapes generated by his wife Ari and a highly specialized form of tensor yoga. These function as the arc and threads that buoy and retrieve him from the watery matrices and emotional labyrinths he explores. He then utilizes these experiences as a reference point in his riffs and style to induce a holographic depth to Tool's music."

Odd.[/QUOTE]
That's his bio on toolband.com. They're all like that.

[QUOTE=BlindWriting]His basslines in Aenema, especially in the first verse, are also among his best on that album.[/QUOTE]
Yeah. The whole power chords and pull-offs are superb.

[QUOTE=Rothmans]The official thing was changed for some reason.[/QUOTE]
Why..

[QUOTE=Unstable Mind]Why..[/QUOTE]

I dunno......ask Ken, they did it with all of the official threads.

Ive read things like that about the whole band, and I must say, even if hypnagogic-astral projecto-lucid-yoga-taichi-arc and buoy stuff is bull, it still messes with your head, thereby having an effect on the music. Any input into the brain will influence the music, whether it be seeing a tree or a car, or making eye contact with someone, absolutely everything that is detected and interpreted by the brain will have an effect on the mind. Input/output.
On another note...
Have any of you ever been to Toolpantheon.com? Its a great Tool site, with neat graphics, forums, etc, but I was just there and it was lifeless! Noone had posted since June, and before that there was a three year gap. This made me sad. *sob* But yeah, it needs a good revival.

[QUOTE=emo=elmow/otheL]Ive read things like that about the whole band, and I must say, even if hypnagogic-astral projecto-lucid-yoga-taichi-arc and buoy stuff is bull, it still messes with your head, thereby having an effect on the music. Any input into the brain will influence the music, whether it be seeing a tree or a car, or making eye contact with someone, absolutely everything that is detected and interpreted by the brain will have an effect on the mind. Input/output.
On another note...
Have any of you ever been to Toolpantheon.com? Its a great Tool site, with neat graphics, forums, etc, but I was just there and it was lifeless! Noone had posted since June, and before that there was a three year gap. This made me sad. *sob* But yeah, it needs a good revival.[/QUOTE]

That may be your best post.

Just don't advertise.

[QUOTE=Maynard James Keenan]That may be your best post.

Just don't advertise.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't call that advertising.

[QUOTE=BlindWriting]His basslines in Aenema, especially in the first verse, are also among his best on that album.


That's his bio on toolband.com. They're all like that.[/QUOTE]
Oh, I've never really read that. It seemed to me to be pretty much bull, because it's not really that well-written.


[QUOTE=emo=elmow/otheL]
Ive read things like that about the whole band, and I must say, even if hypnagogic-astral projecto-lucid-yoga-taichi-arc and buoy stuff is bull, it still messes with your head, thereby having an effect on the music. Any input into the brain will influence the music, whether it be seeing a tree or a car, or making eye contact with someone, absolutely everything that is detected and interpreted by the brain will have an effect on the mind. Input/output.[/QUOTE]

That's kind of what I was thinking about it.

[QUOTE=emo=elmow/otheL]Have any of you ever been to Toolpantheon.com? Its a great Tool site, with neat graphics, forums, etc, but I was just there and it was lifeless! Noone had posted since June, and before that there was a three year gap. This made me sad. *sob* But yeah, it needs a good revival.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, i've been there. There is full of things like quotes from the band and a hypotesis about how Lateralus has to do with the qabala.

[QUOTE=Unstable Mind]Why..[/QUOTE]

Probably legal issues. These forums arent really endorsed by the bands so theyre not technically "official" per se...

[QUOTE=emo=elmow/otheL]Probably legal issues. These forums arent really endorsed by the bands so theyre not technically "official" per se...[/QUOTE]
Hahahha, not even close. One reason is because the mods are getting sick of people trying to make #$%#$&$%&OFFICIALLL#$%#$%#%#$%# threads for their favorite band.

[QUOTE=emo=elmow/otheL]Probably legal issues. These forums arent really endorsed by the bands so theyre not technically "official" per se...[/QUOTE]


I wouldnt say that, that is going a bit too far.

Yeah, I take back the legal issues thing after reading a couple pages before this...

This thread name lacks creativity :/

It seems in certain cases, lack of creativity is for the better.

Lack of creativity?

[QUOTE=Kage]It seems in certain cases, lack of creativity is for the better.[/QUOTE]

Like for naming forums, or elsewhere? Ive always found creativity to be very important. Please elaborate. :confused:

It was a tongue-in-cheek comment. Lighten up, people :p.

*Lights up*



boredom

new t00l now, plzkthx

[QUOTE=Kage]It was a tongue-in-cheek comment. Lighten up, people :p.[/QUOTE]

No seriously. You had me interested there. Ive never heard that before. Were you just commenting on the stupid names people were coming up with or what?

[QUOTE=emo=elmow/otheL]No seriously. You had me interested there. Ive never heard that before. Were you just commenting on the stupid names people were coming up with or what?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I was pretty much refering to the stupid names for the thread. Of course, in most areas of life, I'd definately say creativity is for the better.

I like the new Title a lot. :D

Well, regardless of the title, what goes on in the forum will stay the same. That seems to be all that matters.

Am I mistaken, or is there slide guitar in the background during the quiet interlude/bridge part of Ticks and Leeches? Ive looked on several tabs, and havent seen it mentioned.