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Los Angeles, California, United States (1990 – present)
There are three bands with the name Tool.
1. Formed around 1990 in Los Angeles, California, United States, Tool is a band that is most noted for combining hard rock with a wide variety of progressive structures, irregular time signatures and lyrics that range from angry diatribes to meditations on philosophical and social matters.
After performing a handful of shows in the Los Angeles area and up the West Coast, they toured in the United States with Rollins Band in the summer of 1992 in support of their EP Opiate. Their first full length recording, Undertow, was released in 1993.
Emerging with a groovy heavy metal sound on their first release, when the genre was dominated by thrash metal, they were later seen at the top of the alternative metal movement with the release of their second full-length studio album Ænima in 1996, the first recording the band made after original bassist Paul d’Amour left the band to form Lusk. After an ongoing evolution of their sound and continuous efforts to unify musical experimentation, visual arts, and a message of personal evolution on Lateralus (2001), their most recent album 10,000 Days (2006), as well as respective tours, they are generally described as a style-transgressing act and part of progressive and art rock.
Their aspirational work features exceptionally long or complex releases, controversial lyrics and cover art, and unorthodox music videos, which results in a rather ambivalent relationship between the band and today’s music industry, at times marked by censorship, and the band’s ongoing struggle for privacy.
1. Formed around 1990 in Los Angeles, California, United States, Tool is a band that is most noted for combining hard rock with a wide variety of progressive structures, irregular time signatures and lyrics that range from angry diatribes to meditations on philosophical and social matters.
After performing a handful of shows in the Los Angeles area and up the West Coast, they toured in the United States with Rollins Band in the summer of 1992 in support of their EP Opiate. Their first full length recording, Undertow, was released in 1993.
Emerging with a groovy heavy metal sound on their first release, when the genre was dominated by thrash metal, they were later seen at the top of the alternative metal movement with the release of their second full-length studio album Ænima in 1996, the first recording the band made after original bassist Paul d’Amour left the band to form Lusk. After an ongoing evolution of their sound and continuous efforts to unify musical experimentation, visual arts, and a message of personal evolution on Lateralus (2001), their most recent album 10,000 Days (2006), as well as respective tours, they are generally described as a style-transgressing act and part of progressive and art rock.
Their aspirational work features exceptionally long or complex releases, controversial lyrics and cover art, and unorthodox music videos, which results in a rather ambivalent relationship between the band and today’s music industry, at times marked by censorship, and the band’s ongoing struggle for privacy.
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Ænima
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Shoutbox
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Tibberclaw wrote:
Only places I see a possible similarity to DT in Porcupine Tree's music are a FEW places in a FEW songs on only a FEW of their newer (since 2002) albums. But honestly, you can analyze any band even remotely related to "Progressive" and "Metal" and find a similarity.
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Tibberclaw wrote:
How does PT sound like Dream Theater? It's about as unrelated as Tool. All 3 bands are different enough to be labeled into different genres. Their styles are different, and the sound of their instruments sound completely different. PT and Tool focus heavily on atmosphere and mood - DT is mainly just instrument technicality.
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Mellow_Dude wrote:
Agreed, I think Porcupine Tree sounds like Dream Theater.
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becker_90 wrote:
Tool and Dream Theater don't really exist in my opinion.
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ChalantLeotard wrote:
My head is melting. I am a mess of nerves, and every single one of them is tingling. In short, I love Tool rather a lot in this particular moment.
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kuladeandahalf wrote:
FIGLIO DI PUTANA, SAI CHE TU SEI UN PEZZO DI MERDA?!?!?!?!?
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APC462 wrote:
Happy belated birthday to the homie Justin!
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AnnaDraconida wrote:
Tool sounds nothing like DT for me.
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xn0153x wrote:
also, DT is far more melody driven while Tool goes much more for mood and ambiance than actual melodies...
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xn0153x wrote:
to me Tool feels way more organic than the mathematical exactness of DT's music, which renders them a bit blend IMHO. Tool feels alive, DT feels programmed. Tool is deep, and, TO ME, DT is rather shallow and simplistic (not in terms of musicianship, but in terms of subjects and how to approach that subject), I feel that Tool is music for the thinking angst laden, thoughtful metal fan, while DT is music for those who are constantly dabbling in discussions about musician' skills... this is how I see it and I don't mean to preach this as truth...
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AnnaDraconida wrote:
MJK fans: JOIN USSSS, JOIN USSSS NOW
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GeneralSkar wrote:
It also doesn't have that stupid metal sound with the twangy and high-pitched guitars. Also, they use piano when Tool never does. And if you don't prefer Keenan to LaBrie like one should, then there's really no point for you to listen to Tool.
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T0m_Me wrote:
Dream Theater songs are very melody driven....you can tell with most songs. They're also catchier, and they've got ballad influences too. Tool is a little more complex... In terms of lyrics, Tool is more on the philosophical side, while Dream Theater tends to focus more on persoanal matters. Nonetheless, they're both complex when it comes down to instrumentation.
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sitanshu wrote:
this is a mature question. i don't want a rush of emotions, hatred in the answers. just plane, logical ones. after seeing the number of scrobbles of this band, i would like one of you to tell me: HOW IS TOOL DIFFERENT FROM DREAM THEATER??(again, no hatred expression, just the real difference, that defines them as the band) Maybe I'll give it a listen!!
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AnnaDraconida wrote:
Is there even such a thing as shoulder-deep fisting without death?
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polarrbear wrote:
I'LL KEEP DIGGING, TIL I FEEL SOMETHING!
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xn0153x wrote:
all albums are truly awesome, some are awesomer than others coff coff aenima coff coff...
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Heilig_Zorn wrote:
Amazing :O
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BaselineOOO wrote:
Happy bday to Justin :)
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Iced_Out wrote:
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.
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