What if you completely support and appreciate the musicality of the band, but also adore the bands theatrical personality?

I love everything about them. I like the two-toned, internally-conflicted Keenan phase. It has been an amazing ride, and I am not ashamed to admit that they turn me on, what ever that means actually.

I'm 15 and stay up til the early morn reading articles, so I guess I'm a fanboy in that way.

does anyone find tool songs very difficult to cover? i know i do

These guys that wanna start a band with me want to cover Schism. I can play the drum part fine, but I don't think these guys realize how many parts of Tool song there are. He probably just got the intro guitar riff down and thought he could do it. Oh well, we'll see. Maybe I'm not giving the guy enough slack, but he just doesn't seem like the type.

I finished Ticks and Leeches today at my drum lessons. took me about three 30 minute sessions. Maybe I can convince those guys to play that instead. It's a lot easier than Schism (SO MANY PARTS!).

It might be easier instrumentally, but i would love to hear the vocalist :)

The drums are easily the hardest part of a tool song. Most of adams effects can be blagged with using a much lighter rig. He never shreds or anything so it's pretty easy, i presume JUstin doesn't do too much tough stuff.. Even the vocals aren't too tough, you're not gonna sound like Maynard, but it's a cover 'n you don't have to! I play most tool songs within a couple of looks at the tabs (guitar)...

How Does Danney Carrey Do It??

practice :thumb:

tool is easy on guitar. i can fully play too many songs to list. my favorite is eulogy and forty six and two. those are a blast to play. i'm in the process of getting a bass to learn those two on bass to record that. hopefully a drummer will come a long to play the last section.

I've often thought about getting a cheap bass + kit and making songs. Problem is i don't know how good i would be at kit, i can play piano 'fairly' well and i'd say i'm a competent guitarist (not blowing ones horn or anything) If i see a kit that sounds reasonable for under £100 i will buy straight away though, something to keep me occupied.

I just had a jam at a few tool songs, i can play them with the tab...Played no quarter, you lied, disposition and sober :cool:

I've learned just about every song they've done but I still have trouble remembering everthying without a tab in front of me. Maybe I'm just lazy but when I try to play Schism for example, I really lose track of how many times to repeat things, etc. It might be easier with a band but...I dont have one right now.

Is You Lied a cover or what?

You Lied is a cover of Justin's old band, Peach.

Oh thanks a lot, I thought it was a cover just didn't know who of.

[QUOTE=clearvision]The drums are easily the hardest part of a tool song. Most of adams effects can be blagged with using a much lighter rig. He never shreds or anything so it's pretty easy, i presume JUstin doesn't do too much tough stuff.. Even the vocals aren't too tough, you're not gonna sound like Maynard, but it's a cover 'n you don't have to! I play most tool songs within a couple of looks at the tabs (guitar)...[/QUOTE]

Try playing "Aenema" correctly on bass.

Or

"Third Eye"
"Schism"
"Parabola"
"Disposition"
"Reflection"

It ain't virtuosic bass, but it ain't exactly bang it out in 20 minutes easy.

Disposition is probably my favorite song to play on bass all togehter, with Guitar it changes, now its Killin In the Name Of by RAtM, then again, Eon Blue Apocolypse/The Patient is a heartfelt favorite of mine too

then again, im just starting to get into Explosions in the Sky, wonderful and strange guitar work with alot of effects

lol am i like the only person in the world who didnt like lateralus or just tool in general?
i cant really get into tool songs but maybe theres somethin im just bein ignorant of so
can some one explain what makes tool's music so loved?
that stuff about them havin too many parts too, do u never just get bored an forget ur listenin to a song of theirs half way through?
il probably get loads of **** from people for askin about this but im curios :thumb:

No you're not the only person that doesn't like it heh.. It seems you either love them or you hate them.. You don't find many people that 'sort of' like tool.. I guess it just clicks with some people.. I suggest you listen attentively a few times through.. It's not easy to digest but it has become my favorate album over th eyears..

i have to say schism, aneama and parabola have grown on my but thats coz i hear them everywhere

i am tryin to give lateralus a fair chance but im forcing myself to listen to it

the videos ive seen tho, i wish i could figure out what theyre about they look really cool, i just dont have a clue about them

i like Tool videos, very wierd and hard to understand at first but you start to get them if you watch them a few times.

I like tool

time for another essay about the quality of Tool....

Tool are good for the follwoing reasons
depth - most of Tool's music (all of Ænima and Lateralus, and a bit of Undertow) are very deep. They have multiple meanings, hidden messages (like the drum pattern in Lateralus) or are interconnected. This means that listening to tool can be a real intellectual exercise, trying to find links to other songs or work out a meaning of one particular line.
talent - apart from some of Danny's amazing drumming, the band members of tool don't display any overt mind-blowing talent. Their guitarist is not a shredder, full of solo wankery, and their bassist does not play really obvious bass riffs. Together, their music is brilliant - each part can be totally different from the others, but they still intertwine and harmonise beautifully. Listening to some songs (Reflection, Third Eye, Disposition) the many different parts layer superbly, creating a very full sound.
sound - related to the above - but tool have a very unique sound. The musicality of their songs makes them hard to compare to anyone else nowdays. Each instrument has a life of its own, and their music is getting progressive to the point where each instrument can be doing a lot of work, but still not dominate over the others. The balance makes them great to listen to, as you aren't forced to listen to solos taking over the rest of the band, or Maynard trying to song over the top of the others. They all work together..
diversity - Tool play songs which are all vastly different - compre the simple beauty of Disposition to the anger of Ticks and Leeches, to the cynical Ænema, to the hard-rocking Jerk-Off, to the hard but beautiful Lateralus. Their songs are all so diverse, even within songs, the variety of parts make it easy to listen to without getting bored.

I think those are enough reasons for now

whoohoo 3000th post!!!

Next week when I hit up my drum teacher for a lesson, I'm doing to start work on the Grudge. My teacher knows his Tool parts, so going to him before trying the song so I have the right idea is a good plan. It's worked before, and hopefully history repeats itself.

someone please sell me here. i tried to get into tool but i didnt really like it

i like the obvious songs "sober", "stinkfist", "schism" etc...but didnt find anything more than wat i was looking for....

roll with it...

[QUOTE=The JoZ]Try playing "Aenema" correctly on bass.

Or

"Third Eye"
"Schism"
"Parabola"
"Disposition"
"Reflection"

It ain't virtuosic bass, but it ain't exactly bang it out in 20 minutes easy.[/QUOTE]

I dnno, i'm quite ignorant with bassists, i can never find the bass in a song. An sons that have cool basslines etc are normally really easy to play on my guitar with my octivator thingy. I don't know how technical bass gets, i mean i can't shred on guitar and there is so much stuff i can learn, it just seems bass is alot less technical. Could you give me examples of realtiveley difficult bass?
Dispositions bass is alot like the guitar part i think, and that stuff I can sight read. It would take me time to perfect, but to jam along it doesnt take me more than the length of the song really.

I think the bass in Aenema sounds awesome, but then again Justic and Paul are really great bassists.

Did any of you hear that the new Tool cd and Lateralus DVD are coming out in spring...Ive got my money ready for this.

I bought Undertow yesterday and am really enjoying, To those who have it have you seen the picture of teh cow eating itself out, its behind the cd holder you have to pop it off. I also like how it says it has ten songs but when it gets to ten every second it goes up a song until it gets to 69.

Anyone ever found the Tool Screensaver? I cant find it on google. Or any of their "projection" videos at their gigs.

there is a theme you can get for your comp, i looked at it, but it seem sh!tty...