me=non-musician,and my favorite song is probably Pu**** live.

[QUOTE=Druumer89]ok thanks what other videos do they have out?[/QUOTE]

From Lateralus they're is just Schism and Parabol/a, and the Salival DVD has the rest: Stinkfist, Prison Sex, Sober, and Aenima.

[QUOTE=ticks_&_leeches]myself, as well as thousands of tool fans are asking these questions. Whats going on in the world of tool? when will the new album hit stores?? When will there be another tour??? I've heard rumor after rumor so I'm still a bit blah about the whole thing. If anyone has any true info let us know!!! The world sucks w/o Tool.[/QUOTE]
Just go to [url="http://www.toolband.com"]Tool's website[/url]. Specifically, the article on the main page that says "what the hell was in those jellybeans"? Forgetting rumours and everything else, that's the only real news that's come out lately.

And the bottom line of that article, is that Tool are still working on their album, and it would still appear that they are planning to release it sometime in 2005. Danny said in another article about 6 months back that they'd release it shortly after Christmas, so it wouldn't get lost in the Christmas rush, but since they're still working on songs, I'm guessing it'll be a while yet. Hopefully no later than March though.

[QUOTE=TheShaneOMac]Man, my favorite Tool songs would have to be stinkfist, forty six & 2, hooker with a *****, lateralus, and parabol/parabola.[/QUOTE]

not to be a negative nancy, and i have nothing against you, because i have no i dea who you are, and i understand you are reltivly new to the forums, and i dont hold that against you, but youre the best recent example i cound find, but...

does anyone care what your (not just you 'TheShaneOMac') favorite songs are? im sure someones going to agree somewhere, and dissagree somewhere else, and then you'll get into some kind of 'technincal' BS conversation about the 'technical aspects' of a song, when in the first place, it wasnt the other persons place to judge an unnecessary list

my, my, you people confuse me, i could set my watch, or rather calender, by you and your 'favorites'

[url]www.toolband.com[/url] At the bands website on the main page, when the brain loads up, put your mouse pointer in the center of the two halves, at the very top, and a picture of the Horus eye with a tear will show up. Click and it takes you to the whole Lachrymology practice of Tool in detail. I'm not sure if everybody knows this, but I just wanted to share it anyway.

I spent a good amount of time searching for all the hidden parts on Tool's web site once I found one of the first hidden links, and even now im still not convinced i've found them all

hey can anybody here get into toolshed?, for me its been down for a long while so maybe its my comp or its being updated due to the new album..

Med, you should check out Tool's video's, Parabol/a and Schism are the two from Lateralus. Very interesting stuff; Also if you don't have Ænima I highly recommend buying that album too, it's a little more rough around the edges than Lateralus in places, but it's still amazingly good.

Hell, get their older stuff too.

[QUOTE=Adam Jones is GOD]I spent a good amount of time searching for all the hidden parts on Tool's web site once I found one of the first hidden links, and even now im still not convinced i've found them all[/QUOTE]

Is there anywhere that we could find a list of all the Hidden stuff there? If someone could make a list or post a link that would be cool.

And I haven't been able to get to Toolshed lately either, but I figure it's just my computer because hotmail isn't working to :upset:

[QUOTE=Medopalis]It works for me...:)

Anyway, I got Lateralus for Christmas, and I just thought I'd let everyone know that I've been absolutely blown away by it. I'm sure that's not going to come as a surprise to all the huge Tool fans in here, but I thought it could be a bit overhyped, and the fact that it's so long meant that it might drag a little, but, of course, it isn't. My favourite song (s) of it is probably Parabol/Parabola, especially with the change in tone midway through, which is absolutely incredible. Listening to it late at night for the first time though, and especially listening to Faaip De Oiad, might not have been the best idea. Is that song actually genuine, or was it recorded for the album? Anyway...great album, great band, and thanks for getting me into them.[/QUOTE]

*Sniff* Jonny is one of us beautiful people now

Quick run through all what you asked about.

Faaip De Oiad has a wonderful story behind it. (I posted it before, but tis great telling it). A radio station in America recieveda call from an apparent former Area 51 employee, and that is who you hear on the track. He managed to sound very convincing even though he later phoned and stated that it was all a wind up.
However, the interesting part is the moment the trak ends is the same time the radio station, and dozens of others in that part of America went off the air with no explanation why....
As for the music over the top of the speech, this was Danny and co messing about with drum loops and their synth effects.

Video links, I did have a good link a while ago, let me see if i can find it... but MTV2 has recently started showing Tool's Aenima era videos quite a bit on Rated R, (as well as the Bikini Bandits with MJK as the devil...AVOID THAT MOVIE AT ALL COSTS)

Aenima is a very worthy purchase, you will love it from a drummers perspective and the songs in general are amazing. But it is more filler than Lateralus. undertow is let down by poor production, but is still awesome, and Opiate is raw and short, but a must have for fans.

Now hurry up and learn some Danny beats and get back to me soon :lol:

(I could actually do with the drum backing for the Patient at some part, any one know a good backing track site?)

when did you change ur avatar? the patient is prolly my favorite track to date if i had to pick (i dont like doing it)

does anyone know of a better place to get salival on dvd rather than ebay. I waited too long :-(

[QUOTE=kurrptsenate]when did you change ur avatar? the patient is prolly my favorite track to date if i had to pick (i dont like doing it)[/QUOTE]

Changed from what? the christmas mage, or one before that?

Its not fair to pick best songs, like i say, different songs for different mood.


(and dammit jonny, why couldnt you have one rep point extra to give out? 1336 is taking-the-piss close to a cool number :p )

And the only other place you could get Salival from other than ebay is Neverland. Trust me

yea that mage you had (FF i think) Yea i dont like to pick, love playin the licks on guitar thats for sure.

Got rid of him since its after christmas now. Ill replace it with my profile one if demand is high enough

dude i try to get my drummer to play danny, he makes excuses all the time

Woah AJIG has stars..congrats...

IMO aenima is better than Lateralus, so your gonna have fun there med! I got some new headphones for christmas, and there is loadsa weird stuff about on Aenima. Such as the breathing in the title track, It doesn't come through too well on my comp speakers. Gives the album a cool feel. I have a new favourite line...In push!t 'remember i will always love you, as i throw your fcking throat away' how maynard pushes that line out is amazing.

IT's quite funny i have listened to Aenima over 40 times and i'm still finding little bits i love. The 'Real fcuking high' bit in Third eye still makes me laugh :lol:

isn't it claw your fvcking throat away? It might just be the live thats like that >_>

It's only what i hear...maynard (on the aenima verison) actually says...

[I]'Just remember I will always love you,
Even as I tear your fcuking throat away.'[/I]

according to toolshed

EDIT:

just checked salival version...

[I]'Remember I will always love you,
As I claw your fcuking throat away.'[/I]

Just as a report by the way guys, I have now nailed the Aenima intro, thanks to your help, although in my true style, I have improv'd parts to my own style, so its not the true tool version on. (mainly the muted part after the intro).

I think ill wait for a week, then you can challenge me to learning another. Hopefully by then I will be able to record audio (anyone know some good software btw?) and you can crit all you want.

I never heard any Tool songs, just wondering if anyone can recommend a gd 2 or 3 songs for me to download that woudl get me into them?!?!?!?!?

Ahem *kazaa*

Or torrents...then scam a free copy off cool edit pro/adobe audition (same thing, different names), cubase or sonor 3...they are all i can think of right now.

I can kinda play aenima, only casually learning the coolest parts (slide solo...intro). If i'm bored i may grace you all with a recording...complete with my oh so crisp zoom tone (/there is sarcasm there, it might not have come out though!)

[QUOTE=Yppolitia]I never heard any Tool songs, just wondering if anyone can recommend a gd 2 or 3 songs for me to download that woudl get me into them?!?!?!?!?[/QUOTE]

Aenima, Parabola, Schism

you just learned the intro on guitar, i just nailed undertow (song not whole cd ) the way through. also finally got down the patient

[QUOTE=kurrptsenate]you just learned the intro on guitar, i just nailed undertow (song not whole cd ) the way through. also finally got down the patient[/QUOTE]

Its been a theme for the last few pages that I could not get that intro. But my current list of tool songs I can play

Schisim
The patient
Jerk Off
Part Of Me
4 Degrees (60% learned)
Stinkfist

Just tone sucks on most of them (marshall MG :angry: ) and I improv too much

schism is easy, what tab do you use for the patient, i found like 4 different ones, and i play parts from the ones i think is close, part of me is real easy i got that one too. I think pu**** is one of the harder ones. I want to learn 4 degrees as well, couldnt find good tab for it though. I have some of lateralus. I want to learn the grudge, but i cant reproduce my favorite part of the song. I have almost all of triad down, but i dont have a hollowed out epilady, so its impossible to "cover" thats madd word though rep+++

most of the tabs on tooltabs.net are correct. I often use guitar pro files or powertabs to help me with rhythm. I haven't learnt a whole tool song yet, because i loathe drop tunings, but i've started messing round witha few bits and will probably play some in future.

Most of the harder Tool songs are the ones where Justin is leading, and its hard to tell guitar from bass in places (The Grudge), and then of course, the mad effects ones (triad) require some serious creativenes or a £3000 budget for FX pedals.

There are no complete correct tabs for Tool songs, most you need to piece together preferences, but the ones on mx are a good start. Here are a few places I have used

[URL=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/search.php3?ss=tool&location=bands]Not bad tabs, good templates[/URL]

[URL=http://www.tooltabs.net/]The best one, but currently down[/URL]

[URL=http://www.mxtabs.net/tab_versions.php?path=Guitar,t,1443,Tool,The+Patient,103965]best tab for the patient I have found[/URL]

And to clearvison

Unless you have a floyd rose, its not much of a drop tuning, jus tthe top E to D, so it can be done quickly. it also trains your ear to learn what an E and a D sounds like. Plus a few can be done using E tuning (the cover of 'you lied' is a good example)

see i played that version of the patient for a while then i found one i thought was more accurate, let me find it (i actually learned both, i like that song that much)

check this out, tell me what you think

[url]http://www.tooltabs.net/tabs/tool/guitar/lateralus/the_patient.htm[/url]