Any Tool fans out there.


I've been listening to rock for over 25 years with my head stuck mainly in the 70's. Then a while back I started trying out different rock. A few months ago, I was in Tower Records and asked the salesman for suggestions. He gives me Undertow by Tool. Wow!! You guys have got to listen to them. Even if you don't like rock, you need to listen. Bass freaks will love it. Lyrics and music are powerful. Sound is superb quality and one of their cd's is HDCD.

They are great in concert. Their drummer reminds me of John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. Listen to Kashmir or the Immigrant Song and then listen to Tool. Now, I have all their cd's but still favor Undertow. What's your favorite?
gjbianchi
I am a fan of Porcupine Tree. They started out as a Pink Floyd type psych band but have proggressed to a much heavier version of themselves.
I've given 10,000 Days a spin the last couple of days and it sounds like the other albums. Would love to see Tool get more ecletic,maybe do a ballad now or then,how about some blues i mean all the heavy metal Gods did this. Judas Priest,The Scorps, Deep Purple,Black Sabbath did alot of differnt styles of music but i don't see Tool evolving. Just a note this CD has tons of bass in fact IMS I can only crank it 40% of the volume before it sounds etchy. You gotta have alot of current for this sucker or your upper end will start to give up the ghost.
I was wondering what Tool would have to do with a Perfect Circle so I looked it up on Allmusic and this is what they said:

Formed by Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan and former Tool guitar tech Billy Howerdel, A Perfect Circle is an extension of the alt-metal fused with art rock style popularized by Tool in the early to mid-'90s. While similar to Tool in intensity and melancholy, A Perfect Circle is less dark and more melodic with a theatrical, ambient quality that incorporates occasional strings and unusual instrumentation.

Dlwask, what Perfect Circle do you recommend? I perfer subtle to over the head myself which one should I consider? I heard a sampling of APC and liked it but never bought one.

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