TOOL Band Members: Everything You Need to Know About TOOL
TOOL is an American-origin progressive rock band from Los Angeles, California, USA. This article covers everything you need to know about the TOOL band with exciting facts.
TOOL was formed in 1990. The band’s lineup includes vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones, and drummer Danny Carey. Justin Chancellor has been the band’s bassist guitarist since 1995, replacing the original bassist Paul D’Amour. The band has been awarded the band four Grammy Awards, also performed worldwide concerts, and recorded debut albums and box sets, DVDs that topped the charts. Besides that, the band has been on tour worldwide, and their studio albums never left the top charts in several countries, demonstrating their power and impact on the people.
Everything You Must to Know About TOOL Band
Here is everything you need to know about the TOOL band. You can also learn about the members of the band.
The first album called ‘72826’
72826 can be described as a demo disc produced by Tool. It was released in the year 1991 in tiny amounts, most likely between 100 to 2000 copies exist. It’s also referred to by the term Toolshed or Tool. The band picked the name because 72826 is the spelling of “Satan” in the event of dialing the touch-tone phone.
This demo tape album also includes six songs. Two of the tracks, “Cold and Ugly” and “Jerk-Off” weren’t released as studio recordings other than this demo album.
‘10,000 Days’ Is Named For Maynard’s Mother
Singer Maynard James Keenan explained the reason the Nagual Del Judith cabernet sauvignon was “named in honor of my mother, Judith Marie. She passed away a few years ago. She was a disabled person for nearly 30 years. She suffered an aneurysm at she was just 31.
It caused her to be paralyzed on her right side and she wasn’t able to travel much and couldn’t do much at all such as write, read and speak, walk, or keep track of time. It’s like having to live for around 29 years in that condition.”
Adam Jones made special effects for some movies
Adam Jones worked in the makeup and set design department for “Jurassic Park,” Terminator 2. Judgment Day,” “Dances with Wolves,” Ghostbusters II,” A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master,” “Predator 2” and many more.
‘Lateralus’ Also References The Fibonacci Sequence and The Golden Spiral
Tool’s Lateralus was examined and put into the context of the Fibonacci sequence. It’s also possible to reverse the order. It’s always nice to get assurance that one isn’t the only person who’s totally insane. When the 13 tracks on Lateralus are rearranged keeping Fibonacci as a reference, the record becomes more smooth, with a smooth transition between each track.
Adam Jones played in a band called “Electric Sheep” with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello
Electric Sheep was a garage rock band that was formed in the early 1980s. The band had no success, but it featured member who rose to great notoriety: Adam Jones. The band has the distinction of being the only band with two guitarists who were included on their way onto the Rolling Stone listing of 100 best guitarists in rock history, besides bands like The Byrds, The Allman Brothers Band, The Yardbirds, MC5, Sonic Youth, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Stills-Young Band, and Radiohead. Adam Jones also has unique guitars like Gibson and more.
Maynard James Keenan made a few 1 April’s Fools jokes
When the band recording the ‘Lateralus’ album group released a post on their website that stated “Maynard discovered Jesus” as well as that recording was put on hold and would never be completed. This was an ad obviously and also referred to the transformation to Christianity of an ex-KoRn musician.
An investigative journalist was suspicious and wrote to Maynard to inquire whether he was a Christian. Maynard did not respond in a clear manner which led to the journalist asking again and Maynard responded to the email via “heh the heh.” Then, a few days later, Maynard posted on their site “Good information April Fool’s Day fans! We are recording the new album now on track.” Maynard was a man who evidently has never converted to Christianity and has been asked to comment on his supposed encounter with Jesus and replied “that man is a joke!”
Every member of the band is attracted to the Occult
Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer)discussed Aleister Crowley and basically said Danny’s heavy into the magic/occult stuff but he “appreciates” Crowley’s teachings. Thelema (Crowley’s religion) imagery covers Danny’s drum set, and their music videos, and is in the background of their live shows as well. It makes me feel uncomfortable. Crowley was a disturbed, drug-addicted, pedophile. I know a lot of musicians look up to him for his “free-thinking” mentality, but I think the guy was a piece of shit. I still enjoy their music, but it’s an unsettling feeling when these symbols pop up.
What are you thinking about their occult connection?
Maynard, Les Claypool, and Pauly Shore worked on a hilarious Green Jelly-themed song in 1992
The track is performed by Carey on drums and while Maynard, Primus frontman Les Claypool along with comedian Pauly Shore sing backup vocals. It’s Keenan who sings “Not with my hair on my chinny-chin.”
TOOL band was in its early days, Maynard contributed vocals for the comedy-metal group Green Jello. The group was later renamed Green Jelly, thanks to an order to cease and desist from Kraft Foods, the owners of Jell-O.
TOOL don’t write the lyrics on the CD’s sleeve
The lyrics are never written inside the CD sleeve.
Maynard talked about this “Because I believe reading is a thought process and I’d rather let people feel the album first and then let it sink into your mind because you may gain something from this music which you may not have by thinking about it and then watching the words flow along.” Maynard makes the lyrics available online about a month in the months following release due to this reason.
Maynard James Keenan served in the US army
Maynard James Keenan is an iconoclastic non-conformist. One could even say he was as a smartass or a contrarian. There was an era when Keenan accepted commands asking no questions. In the two-plus decades of his existence, Keenan was a good soldier.
“Bill Murray’s character from Stripes had a role of my choice to enter with the Army,” he says with a straight face. “It seemed right to do at the moment and I did well.”
‘Jambi’ was taken from the name of a genie in the children’s TV program
“Jambi” can be described as an Indonesian Province located in Sumatra that was the capital of an empire ruled by an opulent sultan living lavishly. The setting reinforces the idea that friendship and family matter more than riches… that’s an excellent interpretation, however, it turns out that the track was inspired by the children’s television series Pee Wee’s Playhouse, which included a genie in the form of Jambi.
TOOL can also fill arenas without releasing any new song
TOOL can also fill arenas without releasing any new song because they didn’t release any new song before ‘Fear Inoculum’ but still they always playing for sold-out.
The Artwork with Alex Grey
Adam Jones is responsible for the majority of the band’s concept artwork. Their album Undertow has a ribcage figure by Jones on its cover and photographs contributed by members of the band. Later albums also featured artwork by collaborators: AEnima and Salival featured work from Cam de Leon; Lateralus and 10,000 Days were developed with the assistance of Alex Grey. The album received an overwhelmingly positive reception, with a journalist from the Associated Press attributing the band an enviable reputation for the innovative packaging of their albums.
