History Music / Tool

* VisualPun: One of their logos has "Tool" spelled out on a wrench that has two sockets at one end, making it look like a penis and testicles.

--> Don't these talking monkeys know that Eden has enough to go around?\\

--> I sold my soul to make a record, dipshit, and then [[SchmuckBait you bought one]].\\

--> My warning meant nothing\\

--> Credulous at best your desire to believe in\\

* PunnyName: Harry Manback.

* CaliforniaCollapse: "[=Æ=]nema" is basically a wish that this would happen out of disgust with the culture of Los Angeles, with inspiration from Creator/BillHicks. The album artwork of ''[=Æ=]nima'' , the latter of which currently provides the trope's page image.

* CaliforniaCollapse: "[=Æ=]nema" is basically a wish that this would happen out of disgust with the culture of Los Angeles, with inspiration from Creator/BillHicks. The album artwork currently provides the page image.

Like many bands in the 90s music scene, Tool started out as an underground group, and was signed by a record company after only three months of playing together. On March 1992, their first EP ''Opiate'' was released. Since then, five studio albums have been released, all of which have gone platinum and achieved widespread success worldwide.

** "7empest" is a Letters2Numbers version of "Tempest" featuring the ArcNumber of the album.

* TheWalrusWasPaul: This is a fundamental tenet of the band's output, and one of the main reasons why they don't release lyrics with the albums.

* AnythingThatMoves: The second friend described in "The Gaping Lotus Experience," up to and including inanimate objects.

!!Provides examples of:

* 2022 -- "Opiate 2" (non-album single)

* 2022 -- "Opiate2" (non-album single)

* AlbumFiller: Since ''[=Æ=]nima'', the band has been known to sprinkle tracks into their albums that serve as interludes between some of the songs. They usually take the form of ambient soundscapes and often include spoken word performances or recordings. Given the length of Tool albums, these tracks are generally considered to be "bonus content" rather than a replacement for "real songs." The CD version of ''Fear Inoculum'' actually excludes all of these except for "Chocolate Chip Trip"; three additional interlude tracks, "Litanie contre la peur", "Legion Inoculant", and "Mockingbeat", only appear on the digital release.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: The subject of "Part of Me," although the references are oblique ("I know you best, better than anyone / I know you better than I know myself") and at times very subtle ("It's time to die a little" refers to ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_petite_mort la petite mort]]'').

* NoPronunciationGuide: "Faaip De Oiad," anyone? (It's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enochian Enochian]] for "The Voice of God.")

* {{Bowdlerise}}: When the band officially released their music online in 2019 to accompany the release of ''Fear Inoculum'' the Website/YouTube releases of the videos had all the swearing muted out[[note]]not bleeped or replaced with lesser curses, simply replaced with silence, although the line "Shit, blood and cum on my hands" from "Prison Sex" was changed to three syllables worth of nothing then "Blood on my hands"[[/note]]. While this didn't affect most of the songs too much (some like "Sober" didn't miss a single word), "[=Æ=]nema" was really badly hit, particularly [[ClusterFBomb the entire verse that is repeated iterations of "Fuck [a thing they hate]"]].

* AwesomeButImpractical: [[http://i.imgur.com/rrvWBMB.jpg Danny Carey's all-bronze drumkit made completely out of recycled cymbals]]. They may look cool, but they can't be used for overseas travel due to the sheer weight of the shells. According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, the bass drums themselves weigh ''93 pounds''!

** ''Lateralus'' as a whole is heavily influenced by transcendentalism.g

Their latest release -- their fifth studio album ''Fear Inoculum'' -- was released on August 30, 2019. It is the band's first album in '''''13 years''''', [[ScheduleSlip failing to meet numerous and very tumultuous release dates over several years]], much to the confusion and ire of their fans. It had previously been revealed that [[DevelopmentHell familial commitments and an ongoing lawsuit had severely delayed any work they could have done, and Adam Jones stated that any new music of theirs wouldn't be released unless they were satisfied with the final product]]. A little while earlier on August 2, 2019, their back catalogue was made available to streaming services.

** ''Lateralus'' as a whole is heavily influenced by transcendentalism.

* TyopOnTheCover: The dust jacket cover for the CD release of ''Lateralus'' which carries the track list spells the title track as "Lateralis". Unfortunately it's not a clever subversion of expectations, it's just a typo.

* NiceHat: Maynard's white cowboy hat, which he is occasionally seen wearing in photos and in the page image.

** Album ''Aenima'' and song "Aenema" are combinations of the words "anima" (animating spirit) and "enema" (a rinsing of the rectum).

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Tool is notoriously difficult to classify due to the sheer number of genres their music falls into. ProgressiveRock, ProgressiveMetal, post-hardcore, MathRock, PostRock, NoiseRock, {{ambient}}, AlternativeMetal, art rock, and more all blend together to create something that really can't be conveniently labeled. "Progressive rock" and "progressive metal" are the most common labels applied to them, but even those are spotty at best.

* EpicRocking: Since ''[=Æ=]nima'', the band has become virtually synonymous with long songs. Some songs are so long that they are split into multiple tracks. If considered as one song, "Disposition"/"Reflection"/"Triad" would be Tool's longest song at around 22:40 (not counting two minutes of silence at the end). "Wings for Marie" also deserves an honorable mention, being 17:25, but divided into two tracks. Their longest individual track is "7empest" at 15:43. Notably, "Fear Inoculum" is the longest song to ever reach the Billboard Hot 100 at 10:20. As a whole, the entire ''Fear Inoculum'' album stands out, with every non-instrumental track clocking in at over 10 minutes long and the digital version [[note]]with the CD version of the album excising most of the instrumentals to fit within the format’s maximum runtime[[/note]] having a runtime of 86 minutes, making it Tool’s longest album to date.

** Ænima is pronounced as "anima", which is the Latin word for "soul".

* RearrangeTheSong: The verse melody and some of the lyrics to "Sober" can be traced back to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdREH1BqGDk&feature=youtu.be&t=0m55s "Burn About Out"]] by C.A.D, a group Maynard James Keenan was singing with in the late eighties. The C.A.D. song has a very different, almost early PostHardcore feel due to having a much faster tempo and a much looser structure than "Sober."