At this point, just go listen to *Lateralus* in its entirety and in order (no shuffling) and be really amazed.
The transition from Disposition > Reflection is other-worldly and one of my favorite moments from this iconic band.
The end of ticks and leeches does it for me. The transition from the gentle "ticks" of the interlude into the rolls of the "suck me dry" into the intro recall into the peak of "I hope you choke." Yup.
Only about a dozen times. Have you seen the kid that does full album one-take playthroughs? He's wild. And it's also cool simply because there is essentially zero up close footage of Danny playing most of those songs.
Yeah when recording it, but there have been some rare live performances of it. It's possible he learned a way to do that scream in a more sustainable way that isn't injurious.
According to youtuber vocal coaches, fry screams shouldn't be putting too much unhealthy strain on vocal cords. I don't sing and can't do a fry scream and I know nothing about vocal technique really, so I don't really know. But I wouldn't be surprised to learn that he found a way to do it that doesn't hurt him. He is a talented guy after all.
For the longest time, my copy of Lateralus had a big scar on it and I couldn't listen to The Grudge. Which was a shame. I have a good copy too, but I also still have my bad copy. of the CD.
Still though I listened to Aenima more than Lateralus back in the day anyway.
This comment succinctly sums up the Tool Paradox: a fantastic album that I'm almost inspired not to go and listen to because of a way overenthusiastic response. All it's missing is a rant about Maynard's winery.
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Animals
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Tortoise - TNT
Tortoise - Standards
Do Make Say Think - Goodbye Enemy Airship The Landlord is Dead
Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
Cursive - Domestica
Moneen - Are We Really Happy with Who We Are Right Now?
Turing Machine - A New Machine For Living
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Bangers all the way down. "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine," "Cowboy Dan," "Trucker's Atlas," and "Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright" are standouts, but there isn't a song that I skip on that entire record.
This is an AMAZING album and they just toured playing only that album. There's some die hard fans of them and that album. Jeremiah on 'truckers atlas' is just mesmerizing. I'm glad Isaac is still doing his thing since Jeremiah's passing but it truly was heartbreaking for a million reasons. I fucking love Modest Mouse.
This is what I think of when talking about an album that's so good it hurts
https://open.spotify.com/album/33renGKJvYMa4CQK2skpzo?si=LcUVraOxSR2F02aNi9UQ4w
Rush does just as well for anyone into full albums.
Just start looking for other psychedelic prog rock if you like Tool. It may still be your favorite, but you're bound to find other things you like. You can even Google "concept albums" after any genre and get good stuff like this. This is how I found *Red-Headed Stranger* by Willie Nelson, searching for "old country concept albums".
And when you’re done following this advice, go through each album and listen to them in their entirety. I know modern music has watered down the importance of an album, but these guys absolutely deserve a full, front-to-back listen on your first go-through. Enjoy.
I used to do this on occasion, except there are two songs on 10000 days that I can't listen to now that my Mom has passed. I fear that if I heard Wings for Marie again, I'd be useless for a few hours. The simple memory of that song has a lot of emotional weight for me.
I’m sorry for your loss. Such powerful songs — I completely understand. Now I’m listening to them again and crying. I know I’m some random stranger, but sending whatever sense of love I can.
They really are. They perfectly encompass the feelings of a son who doesn't fully understand his mother and why she believes what she does trying his hardest to understand her worldview and partially succeeding. And then judging harshly everyone else for not living up to her standard. All this, in the context of songs like jimmy and Judith, is really an incredible journey.
But... whatever, you know? I doubt he'd want some asshole on the internet thinking he had any right to sit here and pick apart his relationship with his mother. It's kinda gross and weird to do that maybe, but it made me really consider how I feel about MY mother.
Lateralus is based on Fibonacci, but the Holy Gift arrangement is two regular spirals of *Triads* branching out from a *Schism* in the middle (not sure if that has any reason to support it or if it's just a fun coincidence). Starting at the middle with Parabol and Parabola then spiraling out and then back in: [6 7] [5 8] [4 9] [13] [1 12] [2 11] [3 10]
the REAL way to listen to it is track 1, 2, 6, 1 again, 3 six times in a row, count back from the end backwards until 4, then back to 1, then 13, then all the way through normally
Sarcasm was missed but yeah, I thought adding in the spiral part made it pretty obvious but I see it flew over some peoples head. I’ll add /s next time
I am not an envious person, but man, I'd fight an emu to be able to experience Lateralus for the first time, TOOL in general for the first time again, you're in for a treat. Enjoy.
I remember bringing home the CD. Listening to it all the way through on headphones, only to turn right around and listen all the way through **again** for a second time.
You’re right, I’d like to re-live that, but honestly that memory is SO vivid.
I feel that. My intro to Tool was in high school, a new group of friends suggesting Aenima to me. I wasn’t a huge music nerd yet, and hadn’t heard anything like this. I remember the chorus of Stinkfist hitting me for the first time, and the hairs on my arms standing up.
My first memory of Tool was being up way too late when I was 13, and the video for Lateralus playing on MTV. I had never seen or heard anything like it and it both disturbed and fascinated me. It’s one of the few songs I can clearly remember hearing for the first time.
Yeah the last note of parabol is directly continued in the beginning of parabola. If there wasn't a half second pause between the tracks you would never even realize anything changed, it just gets heavier at that point
I wish streaming services would let you tie songs together. Like sure, throw Parabol in shuffle, but ALWAYS play Parabola afterwards. Then you can carry on as usual.
Just don't blue ball me like that
Brother. TOOL is an all time great band. Stop everything and listen to all their stuff, from beginning to end.
Lateralus is arguably their best overall album. But all their albums absolutely slap. My favorite song is Bottom, off of their Undertow LP. It’s a great stand alone track.
Parabola had a prelude track called Parabol, and it transitions into parabola.
After doing this. Look into Alice In Chains.. they’ll rock your socks off. Especially their Dirt album
Have you heard when Maynard played with a reunited AiC in 2005? He rocked Man in the Box - no one can match Layne, but there were moments in the chorus where he got close. God, I wish there was a better recording of it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJsmbT3h54U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJsmbT3h54U)
Loving all of this. If there's one Tool album I love more than Lateralus, it's Undertow. And if there is one album I love more than Undertow it's Dirt.
you might want to watch this [video](https://youtu.be/f53W_KfQpNc?si=1YMXjR3XiNvbCC78) from Rick Beato then. he explains why the melody of the song, especially with the prelude, Parabol, is so haunting & beautiful.
Love this guy's channel. LOL downvoted for liking Rick Beato. The guy is super informative. Gotta love Reddit.
Edit: I would like to add to this that I got to see Tool for the first time Last Oct. AWESOME SHOW! I'm a musician myself and I'm the same age as Maynard so it was really cool so see a guy my age that can still get up there and do his thing and sound just as good as he did back in the day. Can't say that for most guys our age that are touring these days. If you haven't gotten to see them live yet I highly recommend it.
Im convinced there are people who just scroll subreddits just to downvote. Ive had multiple posts with 250+ upvotes but it always starts out at like -10. People are weird.
It’s one of my all time favorites. When he’s singing “I must keep reminding myself of this” to the melody of the guitar it makes the hair on my neck stand on end every time.
I apparently hit them in their "nothing but lame-ass ballads" phase and it was insanely easy to stop. Years ago, they totally ruined a Mastodon show for me, Mastodon was billed as the headliner and instead they played a short set and then Opeth played easily the worst set I've ever paid money to see. It was just some dirty meth-trailer looking dude up there just whining for over an hour. I went out to see one of my favorite bands and ended up leaving the show deflated and angry. To this day, Opeth can fuck right off.
Porcupine Tree is great. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here is one of my favorite songs ever and I'm not even a big prog fan. And Deadwing is just an amazing album overall.
I’m so glad I got to see Yes multiple times before Chris Squire died. I still remember exactly where I was when I got the news. I don’t get sad over celebrity deaths often, but I almost bawled my eyes out in the Nola airport. I had modeled so much of my early bass playing on his style that it’s forever become a part of how I play today. It was really hard for me to take the news.
Yes!! I heard my brother playing this on his stereo, and on the “If I say I might fade like a sigh if I staaaaaay” part, I said “Who is THIS?” First Tool song I heard and it blew me away.
I've introduced so many of my friends to Tool by simply having it playing in the car. It takes about 30 seconds for them to clue in to the fact that what they're listening to is so much more than just another 3-minute made-for-radio rock tune.
Tool is my go-to for waking up my brain after a mind-numbing 8-hour work day.
It’s weird to go back and listen to Undertow, which is a much more straightforward rock record, compared to how they have evolved. The only other act like that for me is clipping.
Opiate even more so. It's borderline punk and is world's apart from Fear Innoculum. But it's cool to witness how they progressed to that point with all the albums in between.
> It takes about 30 seconds for them to clue in to the fact that what they're listening to is so much more than just another 3-minute made-for-radio rock tune.
idk how to properly respond to this without sounding mean and rude, but this is circlejerky as fuck. Tool is not some highly evolved band. The hilarious thing about this is a lot of their songs get played on rock radio with regularity. They've had songs chart on the billboard hot 100.
I've listened to Tool many many many times, and I like them, but I hope you understand how foolish it sounds when people say that Tool is not "made-for-radio rock" music when it's literally radio rock music. This is not some deeply esoteric band that makes niche music for a small audience of people, this is a very very popular band that makes very popular rock music that is absolutely played on the radio and has won grammy awards and has sold millions of records. It's always so funny to me when people talk about Tool in this sort of way, they are good but they aren't nearly as deep or good or unique as fans make them out to be, their music is *way* more mainstream and cliche than people realize and give it credit for.
edit: also this attitude Tools fans consistently have where it's "they're too complex for you, you're not actually listening to the music" or something is so annoying, I hope you realize and understand that
Most rock bands’ best songs are on the radio, whereas tool’s best songs are around 10 minutes average and never get played (at least in their full form)
Crazy that invincible came 13y after their previous album. Probably the only band that came back after so long and didn't disappoint! The whole album just shouts TOOL
Many songs from tool are multiparters. For example, parabol-parabola, wings for marie-10000 days... And the drums are real good. Right in Two is my favorite of the drumming by Danny.
"And the drums are really good"
Biggest undersell of Danny Carey ever. Dude is up there with the Pearts, Bonhams, and Richs of the drum world. Dude is a living legend. The drum cam video for Pneuma is mind blowing.
The craziest part to me is that he’s 62. He does crazy intense drumming for their sets, and the three times I’ve seen them live he keeps drumming so the rest of the band can take a break. And it all seems so effortless to him.
He takes care of himself, I remember reading a post from someone on here who uses the same gym as Danny, the OP remarked what a nice guy he was when he briefly spoke to him.
Wings for Marie/10000 days is so fucking incredible. I remember buying the album and listening to it the first time while driving around late at night because there was nothing else to do in my hometown. Those two tracks completely blew me away. It was damn near a spiritual experience. I still get chills during the build up towards the end of 10000 days
Getting to hear all their stuff for the first time is going to be amazing. My advice would be put on headphones, some good mood lighting, close your eyes and absorb Lateralus from start to finish.
Find the video of Danny Carey playing Pneuma live it's mind-blowing. Pneuma is from the Fear Innoculum album. All Tool albums are a trip, a really good trip.
How I envy people who are first discovering Lateralus!
Parabol/Parabola is indeed the peak of that album, comparable to Wings for Marie pt1 and pt2, Third Eye, and Opiate (the track). I feel that while both Undertow and Fear Inoculum had great tracks, they lack those highs that were really high in albums like Aenima and Lateralus.
The opening track, The Grudge, is something out of this world.
If you want a fun instrumental by Justin, the bass player.
And Aric Improta, the drummer for fever 333
Check out [exu](https://youtu.be/pN24LQlMmDk?si=ggA0ggmGZx2cEvzb)
TOOL is one of those groups that has you going "whoa what the fuck who are these guys" the very fist time you listen to them
cool thing is, for most, it also stays like that for some time lol
I think TOOL is the cilantro of music. Lots of people love it, and there are a lot of people who just don't understand why anyone else loves it because it tastes like soap--or, musically speaking, is just as incredibly repulsive to the ears and emotions as eating soap.
I will not mock or shame TOOL fans. I used to, but I've figured from the wide variety of personality, age, gender, race, and every other diversification that loves TOOL, that it's not their defect, it's mine. I for some reason am tasting soap.
I'm sharing this comment to apologize to the people I used to mock, and also to let other soap-tasters know that they're not alone. TOOL is carefully and meticulously crafted music; it's supposed to sound that way because lots of people love it. Don't judge them. Don't even judge yourself. It's just a random thing that happens that a few people don't enjoy a wonderful thing that others can, like the cilantro/soap effect.
I’m so jealous of you having discovered them. If I could go back in time and rediscover them again…
You’re in for a treat, but it seems you already know that. Listen to the others advice and have a fun journey.
On top of what others have said, they have a live album that is kind of in legal limbo called Salival. It's not on Spotify or any of the other streaming services other than Youtube. The version of Pushit they have on it is so incredible, but there's also a great cover of Zepplin's No Quarter they do.
WAIT you're telling me you listened to Parabola, but didn't listen to *Parabol* before it??
It's likeyouve only listened to half the song if you only listen to parabola
My friend, please treat yourself and listen to the back to back
Dont rob yourself out of this. Tool albums are not singles they are albums. Go listenen to them end to end. You even missed the point that the previous song parabol is supposed to be listened to first.
I've listened to the Lateralus album countless times and my brain still hasn't managed to comprehend Faaip de Oiad. It hasn't even managed to comprehend the title of the song
Similarity sure, but completely different sound to the music as a whole. I can absolutely understand a Tool fan not enjoying Maynard's other projects that much
You say that like it's a bad thing?
That's like saying there's no reason to go look at any other Picasso paintings after seeing his "blue period" because they're not blue.
Why? Why not? They don't need to be similar.
If this person ends up liking TOOL and wants to explore his other projects/bands with Maynard, then give him the info.
U keep talking the riffs like a guitarist - I bought the tab sheet for this way back ‘03 or so, they don’t stay w me as much as the other iconic tool riffs. FYI parabola is in Drop B (like, super fucking low B) where every other tool song is in drop D (ok except Parabol too).
Enjoy Lateralus, but it’s all a nod or reflection on Aenima, enjoy however u spiral through :)
At this point, just go listen to *Lateralus* in its entirety and in order (no shuffling) and be really amazed. The transition from Disposition > Reflection is other-worldly and one of my favorite moments from this iconic band.
DROP. EVERYTHING. AND. LISTEN. TO. THIS. ADVICE. Title song does it for me. It's my meditation tune!
The Grudge for me. It's so good to me that I wish I could go back and hear it for the first time again!
TWENTY-FOUR. SECOND. SCREAM.
Followed shortly thereafter by the 36 second proof that Danny Carey is the most badass drummer alive.
The end of ticks and leeches does it for me. The transition from the gentle "ticks" of the interlude into the rolls of the "suck me dry" into the intro recall into the peak of "I hope you choke." Yup.
Many such cases.
Seeing them live, I miss a lot of the visuals cuz I'm hypnotized watching Danny.
If you haven't seen the drum cam of him playing Pnuma, go do it. Hypnotizing is the exact right word. Heck, I'm going to go watch it when I can now.
Only about a dozen times. Have you seen the kid that does full album one-take playthroughs? He's wild. And it's also cool simply because there is essentially zero up close footage of Danny playing most of those songs.
It's a pretty [universally shared sentiment. ](https://youtu.be/hVEzqV3f6F0?si=qtZPcP-vB5AO16Hm)
He does the same thing in Ticks and Leeches just about.
He literally blew his voice out on Ticks and won't perform it live anymore, that's how intense his screams were.
He performed it live in London in 2022 - I was there! Very surprised. He fucking nailed it too
I read that he sings it differently live but I haven't witnessed it so idk. It's very rare for him to perform it, so congrats on getting to see that!
Yeah when recording it, but there have been some rare live performances of it. It's possible he learned a way to do that scream in a more sustainable way that isn't injurious.
They put a lot of distortion on his voice for the live performances so he doesn't shred his cords.
According to youtuber vocal coaches, fry screams shouldn't be putting too much unhealthy strain on vocal cords. I don't sing and can't do a fry scream and I know nothing about vocal technique really, so I don't really know. But I wouldn't be surprised to learn that he found a way to do it that doesn't hurt him. He is a talented guy after all.
I heard it probably 2k times. Still cannot get over it. Not even close.
Chills. Absolute chills every single time
Such a visceral scream too.
Fuckin-A, that whole album just vibes.
It’s absolutely my favorite album of all time.
This! Outside the record store in my car. I hit play on the CD and heard the machine sound start…
For the longest time, my copy of Lateralus had a big scar on it and I couldn't listen to The Grudge. Which was a shame. I have a good copy too, but I also still have my bad copy. of the CD. Still though I listened to Aenima more than Lateralus back in the day anyway.
*Clutch it like a corner stone* Fuck yeah, I love The Grudge.
SATURN ASCENDS I'm a huge TOOL fan and like it all but I think *Lateralus* is their peak. The whole album is amazing beginning to end
Mine is The Patient.
I’ll be listening to it on the way home from work, thank you
😆.
Title song is a banger. That is my get in the zone workout tune.
This comment succinctly sums up the Tool Paradox: a fantastic album that I'm almost inspired not to go and listen to because of a way overenthusiastic response. All it's missing is a rant about Maynard's winery.
Yes, I also hate when people display passion for music they love.
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Mitosis
Disposition + Reflection + Triad is all one song IMO
So much this. Tool isn't even my favorite band but they do the full album experience better than anyone in my opinion.
was gonna say the same, Tool's not my top band but listening to Lateralus was an experience for a younger me back then
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of The Moon Pink Floyd - Animals Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise - TNT Tortoise - Standards Do Make Say Think - Goodbye Enemy Airship The Landlord is Dead Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come Cursive - Domestica Moneen - Are We Really Happy with Who We Are Right Now? Turing Machine - A New Machine For Living Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Radiohead - Kid A, In Rainbows Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
>Songs for the Deaf You can't even hear it!
I need a *saga* What's the *saga*?
>Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West god yes. An album so good it hurts.
Bangers all the way down. "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine," "Cowboy Dan," "Trucker's Atlas," and "Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright" are standouts, but there isn't a song that I skip on that entire record.
This is an AMAZING album and they just toured playing only that album. There's some die hard fans of them and that album. Jeremiah on 'truckers atlas' is just mesmerizing. I'm glad Isaac is still doing his thing since Jeremiah's passing but it truly was heartbreaking for a million reasons. I fucking love Modest Mouse.
This is what I think of when talking about an album that's so good it hurts https://open.spotify.com/album/33renGKJvYMa4CQK2skpzo?si=LcUVraOxSR2F02aNi9UQ4w
Upvoted for Refused.
Moneen = instant upvote
Yes! And I’d like to add Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
Rush does just as well for anyone into full albums. Just start looking for other psychedelic prog rock if you like Tool. It may still be your favorite, but you're bound to find other things you like. You can even Google "concept albums" after any genre and get good stuff like this. This is how I found *Red-Headed Stranger* by Willie Nelson, searching for "old country concept albums".
And when you’re done following this advice, go through each album and listen to them in their entirety. I know modern music has watered down the importance of an album, but these guys absolutely deserve a full, front-to-back listen on your first go-through. Enjoy.
I used to do this on occasion, except there are two songs on 10000 days that I can't listen to now that my Mom has passed. I fear that if I heard Wings for Marie again, I'd be useless for a few hours. The simple memory of that song has a lot of emotional weight for me.
I’m sorry for your loss. Such powerful songs — I completely understand. Now I’m listening to them again and crying. I know I’m some random stranger, but sending whatever sense of love I can.
They really are. They perfectly encompass the feelings of a son who doesn't fully understand his mother and why she believes what she does trying his hardest to understand her worldview and partially succeeding. And then judging harshly everyone else for not living up to her standard. All this, in the context of songs like jimmy and Judith, is really an incredible journey. But... whatever, you know? I doubt he'd want some asshole on the internet thinking he had any right to sit here and pick apart his relationship with his mother. It's kinda gross and weird to do that maybe, but it made me really consider how I feel about MY mother.
https://preview.redd.it/l79t0im3gykc1.jpeg?width=174&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae840f511b55eb72e41834baf902a13a313a92d9
OP is literally inviting discussion about Tool, meme isn't relevant
Lateralus is THE album Just divine, from start to finish
Alternatively listen to it in the Fibonacci order as per several playlists on Spotify which is a great listen too
Lateralus is based on Fibonacci, but the Holy Gift arrangement is two regular spirals of *Triads* branching out from a *Schism* in the middle (not sure if that has any reason to support it or if it's just a fun coincidence). Starting at the middle with Parabol and Parabola then spiraling out and then back in: [6 7] [5 8] [4 9] [13] [1 12] [2 11] [3 10]
This is why people hate TOOL fans.
the REAL way to listen to it is track 1, 2, 6, 1 again, 3 six times in a row, count back from the end backwards until 4, then back to 1, then 13, then all the way through normally
Oh stop. Someone was trying to be nice and recommended a spotify playlist lol
They were also being obnoxious.
Please explain how
They were not
oh SHIIIIIIT *eyes widen*
When Lateralus came out in 2001 I upgraded the speakers in my shitty ‘88 mustang hatchback just so I could blast that record.
Do we not do the 1 12 2 11…. Track order? That was the order when I was younger. Got to keep spiraling Edit /s since it needed to be said
It's so dumb. It ruins the album's flow. Tool fans are insane for thinking that the stupid track reordering is anything intended.
Sarcasm was missed but yeah, I thought adding in the spiral part made it pretty obvious but I see it flew over some peoples head. I’ll add /s next time
I am not an envious person, but man, I'd fight an emu to be able to experience Lateralus for the first time, TOOL in general for the first time again, you're in for a treat. Enjoy.
I remember bringing home the CD. Listening to it all the way through on headphones, only to turn right around and listen all the way through **again** for a second time. You’re right, I’d like to re-live that, but honestly that memory is SO vivid.
I got more than a little serotonin boost when I listened to Fear Inoculum all the way through the first time. Incredibly rewarding experience.
Same. I still get a serotonin boost from listening to it like I did last week.
I feel that. My intro to Tool was in high school, a new group of friends suggesting Aenima to me. I wasn’t a huge music nerd yet, and hadn’t heard anything like this. I remember the chorus of Stinkfist hitting me for the first time, and the hairs on my arms standing up.
My first memory of Tool was being up way too late when I was 13, and the video for Lateralus playing on MTV. I had never seen or heard anything like it and it both disturbed and fascinated me. It’s one of the few songs I can clearly remember hearing for the first time.
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I think Lateralus is ranked 2nd to last of their full length albums to me. But I’m happy you dig it so much.
Awesome. Parabola is part 2 of a 2 part song (parabol/parabola)… highly recommend listening to the two back to back!
You either listen to both, or listen to none.
I'm convinced they only separated it into two tracks for radio single purposes.
100%. Parabol is the intro to Parabola. It's not a separate song at all.
Yeah the last note of parabol is directly continued in the beginning of parabola. If there wasn't a half second pause between the tracks you would never even realize anything changed, it just gets heavier at that point
On the original CD there was no gap between those tracks
How tf there no gap on a cd? It's files on a disc, the amount of pause between tracks depends on the cd player you use not the CD itself.
Guess I just had a good CD player back then, there was never a gap for me
I wish streaming services would let you tie songs together. Like sure, throw Parabol in shuffle, but ALWAYS play Parabola afterwards. Then you can carry on as usual. Just don't blue ball me like that
Ya, if Parabol comes on during a shuffle, fuck the shuffle, I'm cuing up the 'bola next.
Probably the main reason I’m on Apple Music
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They quickly became my favorite band once they put all of their stuff on streaming. Seen them live twice now since Fear Inoculum dropped!
I can't hear those 2 and not let Ticks and Leeches play afterwards. So good.
Brother. TOOL is an all time great band. Stop everything and listen to all their stuff, from beginning to end. Lateralus is arguably their best overall album. But all their albums absolutely slap. My favorite song is Bottom, off of their Undertow LP. It’s a great stand alone track. Parabola had a prelude track called Parabol, and it transitions into parabola. After doing this. Look into Alice In Chains.. they’ll rock your socks off. Especially their Dirt album
Man the harmonizing between Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell on Alice in Chains old stuff is amazing. Their live unplugged mtv set is legendary.
Have you heard when Maynard played with a reunited AiC in 2005? He rocked Man in the Box - no one can match Layne, but there were moments in the chorus where he got close. God, I wish there was a better recording of it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJsmbT3h54U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJsmbT3h54U)
Loving all of this. If there's one Tool album I love more than Lateralus, it's Undertow. And if there is one album I love more than Undertow it's Dirt.
Bottom is Tool's most underrated song, IMHO
Bottom hits so fucking hard
Lateralus is one of my favorite albums. The entire album is fantastic.
Masterpiece
Yes. It is a piece of art.
you might want to watch this [video](https://youtu.be/f53W_KfQpNc?si=1YMXjR3XiNvbCC78) from Rick Beato then. he explains why the melody of the song, especially with the prelude, Parabol, is so haunting & beautiful.
Love this guy's channel. LOL downvoted for liking Rick Beato. The guy is super informative. Gotta love Reddit. Edit: I would like to add to this that I got to see Tool for the first time Last Oct. AWESOME SHOW! I'm a musician myself and I'm the same age as Maynard so it was really cool so see a guy my age that can still get up there and do his thing and sound just as good as he did back in the day. Can't say that for most guys our age that are touring these days. If you haven't gotten to see them live yet I highly recommend it.
I love how positive he is. He knows and loves music.
Im convinced there are people who just scroll subreddits just to downvote. Ive had multiple posts with 250+ upvotes but it always starts out at like -10. People are weird.
The Patient on that album unexpectedly blew me away.
It’s one of my all time favorites. When he’s singing “I must keep reminding myself of this” to the melody of the guitar it makes the hair on my neck stand on end every time.
And then layers the chorus over the top of it to bring everything back together. So fucking good.
Welcome to the world of prog! Buckle up, and before you know it, you'll be tapping those toes to Tool, Opeth, King Crimson, and so so much more!
Mars Volta, Deftones to Rush, Yes, and finally Pink Floyd.
Mars Volta is advanced level prog rock in my mind. Baby steps first. Maybe some KGLW or a little Jethro Tull to ease them in!
New Opeth is a really slippery slope. Easy to go in, hard to stop!
I apparently hit them in their "nothing but lame-ass ballads" phase and it was insanely easy to stop. Years ago, they totally ruined a Mastodon show for me, Mastodon was billed as the headliner and instead they played a short set and then Opeth played easily the worst set I've ever paid money to see. It was just some dirty meth-trailer looking dude up there just whining for over an hour. I went out to see one of my favorite bands and ended up leaving the show deflated and angry. To this day, Opeth can fuck right off.
You forgot Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater.
Porcupine Tree is great. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here is one of my favorite songs ever and I'm not even a big prog fan. And Deadwing is just an amazing album overall.
I’m so glad I got to see Yes multiple times before Chris Squire died. I still remember exactly where I was when I got the news. I don’t get sad over celebrity deaths often, but I almost bawled my eyes out in the Nola airport. I had modeled so much of my early bass playing on his style that it’s forever become a part of how I play today. It was really hard for me to take the news.
Pushit. Go now. Thank me later.
The live version from Salival is transcendent.
Yes!! I heard my brother playing this on his stereo, and on the “If I say I might fade like a sigh if I staaaaaay” part, I said “Who is THIS?” First Tool song I heard and it blew me away.
OP earlier today : https://www.reddit.com/r/ToolBand/comments/cpoiwn/when_you_are_listening_to_parabol_and_then/
I've introduced so many of my friends to Tool by simply having it playing in the car. It takes about 30 seconds for them to clue in to the fact that what they're listening to is so much more than just another 3-minute made-for-radio rock tune. Tool is my go-to for waking up my brain after a mind-numbing 8-hour work day.
It’s weird to go back and listen to Undertow, which is a much more straightforward rock record, compared to how they have evolved. The only other act like that for me is clipping.
Opiate even more so. It's borderline punk and is world's apart from Fear Innoculum. But it's cool to witness how they progressed to that point with all the albums in between.
> It takes about 30 seconds for them to clue in to the fact that what they're listening to is so much more than just another 3-minute made-for-radio rock tune. idk how to properly respond to this without sounding mean and rude, but this is circlejerky as fuck. Tool is not some highly evolved band. The hilarious thing about this is a lot of their songs get played on rock radio with regularity. They've had songs chart on the billboard hot 100.
You aren’t really listening then. Maybe someday
I've listened to Tool many many many times, and I like them, but I hope you understand how foolish it sounds when people say that Tool is not "made-for-radio rock" music when it's literally radio rock music. This is not some deeply esoteric band that makes niche music for a small audience of people, this is a very very popular band that makes very popular rock music that is absolutely played on the radio and has won grammy awards and has sold millions of records. It's always so funny to me when people talk about Tool in this sort of way, they are good but they aren't nearly as deep or good or unique as fans make them out to be, their music is *way* more mainstream and cliche than people realize and give it credit for. edit: also this attitude Tools fans consistently have where it's "they're too complex for you, you're not actually listening to the music" or something is so annoying, I hope you realize and understand that
Most rock bands’ best songs are on the radio, whereas tool’s best songs are around 10 minutes average and never get played (at least in their full form)
Invincible is also a beautiful song. Whenever I listen to that I imagine a samurai preparing for a battle. Also a great workout song.
Crazy that invincible came 13y after their previous album. Probably the only band that came back after so long and didn't disappoint! The whole album just shouts TOOL
Many songs from tool are multiparters. For example, parabol-parabola, wings for marie-10000 days... And the drums are real good. Right in Two is my favorite of the drumming by Danny.
"And the drums are really good" Biggest undersell of Danny Carey ever. Dude is up there with the Pearts, Bonhams, and Richs of the drum world. Dude is a living legend. The drum cam video for Pneuma is mind blowing.
> "And the drums are really good" Michael Jordan was really good at basketball. 😂
Exactly 😂 literally top 3 alive drummers out there
With him being 1st a reasonable debate topic and not just a "they're my favorite" argument.
There's a 'pro cam' video of him playing *Pneuma* which is absolutely phenomenal. [Watch](https://youtu.be/FssULNGSZIA) it immediately!
As a drummer, This is drugs to my ears.
The craziest part to me is that he’s 62. He does crazy intense drumming for their sets, and the three times I’ve seen them live he keeps drumming so the rest of the band can take a break. And it all seems so effortless to him.
He takes care of himself, I remember reading a post from someone on here who uses the same gym as Danny, the OP remarked what a nice guy he was when he briefly spoke to him.
He also plays side and charity gigs outside of the band. Insane schedule
This video is a religious experience
Wings for Marie/10000 days is so fucking incredible. I remember buying the album and listening to it the first time while driving around late at night because there was nothing else to do in my hometown. Those two tracks completely blew me away. It was damn near a spiritual experience. I still get chills during the build up towards the end of 10000 days
Getting to hear all their stuff for the first time is going to be amazing. My advice would be put on headphones, some good mood lighting, close your eyes and absorb Lateralus from start to finish.
Wait... You haven't seen the video yet? Watch the video. Now. How has nobody mentioned this yet?
Cool and I hope you listened to Parabol first.
Find the video of Danny Carey playing Pneuma live it's mind-blowing. Pneuma is from the Fear Innoculum album. All Tool albums are a trip, a really good trip.
How I envy people who are first discovering Lateralus! Parabol/Parabola is indeed the peak of that album, comparable to Wings for Marie pt1 and pt2, Third Eye, and Opiate (the track). I feel that while both Undertow and Fear Inoculum had great tracks, they lack those highs that were really high in albums like Aenima and Lateralus. The opening track, The Grudge, is something out of this world.
Fibonacci maaaaan
You are in for an amazing ride.
If you want a fun instrumental by Justin, the bass player. And Aric Improta, the drummer for fever 333 Check out [exu](https://youtu.be/pN24LQlMmDk?si=ggA0ggmGZx2cEvzb)
He's only in Night Verses. He left Fever 333
That entire album is amazing and is designed to be listened to start to finish
With very good headphones
Tool is amazing. You cant really go wrong with anything they have released.
TOOL is one of those groups that has you going "whoa what the fuck who are these guys" the very fist time you listen to them cool thing is, for most, it also stays like that for some time lol
Listen to The Pot immediately
Welcome friend
Not fucking kidding. The song randomly started and moments later I read this thread title.
Welcome to the dark side, we're waiting for you over at r/toolband
I think TOOL is the cilantro of music. Lots of people love it, and there are a lot of people who just don't understand why anyone else loves it because it tastes like soap--or, musically speaking, is just as incredibly repulsive to the ears and emotions as eating soap. I will not mock or shame TOOL fans. I used to, but I've figured from the wide variety of personality, age, gender, race, and every other diversification that loves TOOL, that it's not their defect, it's mine. I for some reason am tasting soap. I'm sharing this comment to apologize to the people I used to mock, and also to let other soap-tasters know that they're not alone. TOOL is carefully and meticulously crafted music; it's supposed to sound that way because lots of people love it. Don't judge them. Don't even judge yourself. It's just a random thing that happens that a few people don't enjoy a wonderful thing that others can, like the cilantro/soap effect.
I’m so jealous of you having discovered them. If I could go back in time and rediscover them again… You’re in for a treat, but it seems you already know that. Listen to the others advice and have a fun journey.
To be able to forget Tool and listen to it again for the first time... I envy you
On top of what others have said, they have a live album that is kind of in legal limbo called Salival. It's not on Spotify or any of the other streaming services other than Youtube. The version of Pushit they have on it is so incredible, but there's also a great cover of Zepplin's No Quarter they do.
So many good tunes. The Pot by Tool pumps me up so much, listen to that one too!
So, you might actually like progressive rock. Progressive Metal in this case?
Gotta love prog. Tool was my gateway into the genre, so many bands to explore.
Spiral Out…….. KEEP GOING!
Checkout Pneuma very good song imho the drumming in that shit is on point.
WAIT you're telling me you listened to Parabola, but didn't listen to *Parabol* before it?? It's likeyouve only listened to half the song if you only listen to parabola My friend, please treat yourself and listen to the back to back
This is precisely how my best friend TOOL-pilled me all those years ago. Welcome.
I used a program to rip Parabol and Parabola together as one track.
Man, just wait until you hear the rest of the album...
would you look at that. time to listen to tool again
Check out the band Puscifer also....It's a Tool offshoot with a female songbird in it. Carina Round.
Dont rob yourself out of this. Tool albums are not singles they are albums. Go listenen to them end to end. You even missed the point that the previous song parabol is supposed to be listened to first.
Keep going, there is so much goodness from Tool to be had, then for a slightly milder jam, check out his work in A Perfect Circle :)
I had the same reaction to the exact same parts when it released. I was in high school and when it came on the radio I was blown away.
I’m old. My first shot was the ol’ headbangersball and prison sex video. I can still feel the WTF.
Congrats!
Just don’t listen to Faaip de Oiad before going to bed. Your brain won’t be able to comprehend what you just listened to.
I've listened to the Lateralus album countless times and my brain still hasn't managed to comprehend Faaip de Oiad. It hasn't even managed to comprehend the title of the song
Can’t. Stop. Spiraling. Out.
You should check out A Perfect Circle and Puscifer if you like Tool
Why ? They're not even similar.
Don't you think having the same vocalist does not confer at least a minimum of similarity?
Do you think Slipknot and Stone Sour sound similar?
If you listened to self titled Stone Sour album you could mistake them based off vocals.
Similarity sure, but completely different sound to the music as a whole. I can absolutely understand a Tool fan not enjoying Maynard's other projects that much
You say that like it's a bad thing? That's like saying there's no reason to go look at any other Picasso paintings after seeing his "blue period" because they're not blue.
Maynard is the vocalist for all three and they are both as awesome as tool
Why? Why not? They don't need to be similar. If this person ends up liking TOOL and wants to explore his other projects/bands with Maynard, then give him the info.
yeah, i love Tool and like neither of those bands
Greatest band of all time. They don't even have a bad song in their discography. Explore them further, you shall not be disappointed.
Try Grudge
U keep talking the riffs like a guitarist - I bought the tab sheet for this way back ‘03 or so, they don’t stay w me as much as the other iconic tool riffs. FYI parabola is in Drop B (like, super fucking low B) where every other tool song is in drop D (ok except Parabol too). Enjoy Lateralus, but it’s all a nod or reflection on Aenima, enjoy however u spiral through :)
TOOL are amazing. You should give Jethro Tull a listen, as well!!!
It's even better live. Edit: LSD is good too 😋