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post 1666901873 08-28-2022, 01:20 PM
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Anyone else find Tool grossly overrated?

Lateralus = masterpiece
Aenima= pretty good
10,000 days = Also very good (personally think its a better record than aenima)

Everything else = mediocre to hot garbage srs
post 1666901923 08-28-2022, 01:21 PM
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post 1666901963 08-28-2022, 01:22 PM
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post 1666902103 08-28-2022, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted By rollerball⏩
The bassist is super repetitive and makes a lot of the songs sound the same.
The singer is overrated and pompous af but had a good scream/growl in his younger days.
The guitarist is pretty original and has good riffs, also a phenomenal special effects for monsters and chit.
The drummer is a fukking badass who plays insanely hard chit.
They're pretty unique in the respect that the drummer essentially plays lead and maynards vocals as rhythm - bass and guitar seem to generally take a backseat

No argument here though that danny carey is a ****ing beast
post 1666902133 08-28-2022, 01:25 PM
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idk, but the music video for parabola is trippy
post 1666902163 08-28-2022, 01:25 PM
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I havent listened to them in a long time, i used to love them

now i really only listen to rap and classic rock.


agree they got some good drummer pieces, i should try listening to it on my Elac UB5's and see how it sounds
post 1666902323 08-28-2022, 01:30 PM
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can u post some on their good songs/singles? the few i have listened to were never great i do really like hurt tho
post 1666902503 08-28-2022, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted By IamHarmsWay⏩
can u post some on their good songs/singles? the few i have listened to were never great i do really like hurt tho
lateralus is good all the way through, its more of a concept album tho in that it really needs to be listened through from beginning to end
post 1666902553 08-28-2022, 01:33 PM
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post 1666902613 08-28-2022, 01:35 PM
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i don't like prog rock. i wouldn't be the right person to answer this question.

everything i've heard from tool seems like guys jerking themselves off. it's like they are one side of the coin and phish is the other.
post 1666902893 08-28-2022, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted By rollerball⏩


jambi and prison sex are pretty much the only songs I like at this point
i was bored of that song after 20secs... lol at being 7mins. skipped ahead too pretty boring. not sure why they have such a huge following
post 1666903133 08-28-2022, 01:44 PM
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post 1666903693 08-28-2022, 01:53 PM
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They're objectively bad.

Weird for the sake of different instead of actually reaching any truth or beauty
post 1666904263 08-28-2022, 02:00 PM
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For me it's a strange thing, i like some stuff, don't like some other stuff and in the end i don't listen to them that much although they're on my playlist with a good chunk of songs.

''Right in two'' is great IMHO, tho
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post 1666904603 08-28-2022, 02:07 PM
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All of their songs literally sound the same.
post 1666905643 08-28-2022, 02:26 PM
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No. One of my favorite bands. Just listened to all of Undertow yesterday.
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Mediocre as fuk. Annoying vocals / lyrics, nonexistent guitars, and every song is the same "tribal drums + decent bassline" paradigm. It's like one song that plays over and over.
I think they need better editors. They'd be much more tolerable if they didn't turn 20 second ideas into 9 minute songs.
And I genuinely love songs that are 20+ minutes. Prog metal, '70s prog rock, and hippie jam bands are just way more varied in ideas. Tool is one idea repeating long enough to entrance listeners. Not for me.
post 1666906123 08-28-2022, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted By RedInsectNProud⏩
Lateralus = masterpiece
Aenima= pretty good
10,000 days = Also very good (personally think its a better record than aenima)

Everything else = mediocre to hot garbage srs
I wholeheartedly agree with this. Undertow=few good songs, would probably appreciate more if I was a fan when it released. Fear Incoculum- Pretty much the same as Undertow, one or two good songs but nothing even close to Lateralus or 10,000 Days

Listening to The Thirteenth Step by A Perfect Circle right now on vinyl. I'd take this over a lot of Tool stuff.
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Loved it when I was a teenager. Listening to it now makes me cringe, but theres some good songs. Tool is one of those bands that suffers from having obnoxious cult like fans. Maynard is a bit of a blowhard too.
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Tool's music is great but they're 'prog' posterboys. Like the modern Pink Floyd. Every era has one. They have their sound but they aren't my personal favorite. Having said that, ripping through Aenima and Schism on bass is a lot of fun.
Originally Posted By mesobuild⏩
They're objectively bad.

Weird for the sake of different instead of actually reaching any truth or beauty
If musical taste is purely subjective, how can a band beobjectivelybad? How can you quantify that?
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Originally Posted By rollerball⏩
The bassist is super repetitive and makes a lot of the songs sound the same.
The singer is overrated and pompous af but had a good scream/growl in his younger days.
The guitarist is pretty original and has good riffs, also a phenomenal special effects wiz for monsters and chit.
The drummer is a fukking badass who plays insanely hard chit and single-handedly elevates the band far beyond what it would be without him.
Would agree with this. I think if the original bassist stuck around they might have been a totally different band. Tool are talented but feel like they have a narrow lane they don't get out of too much.
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They're pretty mediocre, not songs I enjoy listening to on repeat. Generally when they pop up in my Spotify playlist I skip. The problem is their songs are too long and repetitive
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