Tool, emo goth band or mad gay hippy new wave eye opener? GTFIHN and vote

I think their songs cover some very interesting topics, but to each his own.

 

What is mad gay hippie what what? Hippies are bright and beautiful not dreary and dark, so iunno.

 

I like tool, i like his word play, most of thier songs cover topics that are to smart for the average person. most people don't bother to ever pick up a book let alone to pic up a book to find out what Maynard is trying to say with his songs. then again when it comes to music it's pretty much just a matter of opinions, and unless you are the catholic church you can't kill people over thier opinions.

 

Zen your right, I would disagree with you. I think hes not half bad, except Pusifer is shitty as it gets to me.

Doug I don't think they are dreary at all. Dark, yes, but in a positive way.

 

lulz

 

Yah, I dont mind Tool at all. I sar Tool and Rage in Detroit about 10-15 years ago or somethin.

 

That would be a sweat show, I love both bands. I saw Tool December before last and it was a great show.

 

I happen to enjoy pusicifer as well

 

Tool and rage together MAN that'd be bad ass, i've seen them both seperate but STILL!

 

I don't like the dead, i do like how thier crowds are mellow. I understand the need to release aggression, thus the aggressive music it just seems to defeat the point if you have to spend the duration of the live show trying not to get trampled.

 

The music is fine, but I can't stand the lyrics.

 

Tool is good I like them..

 

Man, how did I miss an instant classic like this....

 

how come poll didnt include the gayful dead?

 

Either I just dont get the appeal, or my connection with music is just too well established for my mind to lower itself to the sounds TOOL makes. Sure, the musicians in the band may be talented, but so was Mozart and I say that Bach made Mozart look like a massive douche bag any day. The majority of people who play guitar can do some wild shit that can be considered a talent, but very few of them actually stand out as innovative and profound.
And it has nothing to do with aggresive music, although the dropped D and the heavy metal sound is a tad lame in my opinion. Some of the music I listen to would make your ears bleed, but I listen those bands because no one in the world can sound anything like them, whereas TOOL sounds similar to my ears to a lot of bands. Maybe they were groundbreaking when they first came out, but the shit is just old now. I remember I liked the song Stinkfist when I was 10 or 11, and that was it.
A band like Lightning Bolt, Holy Fuck, Hella, early Boredoms, Ruins, or Power Pill Fist are typically more intense then the loudest and craziest metal around, yet they are extremley melodic, shift and explore new styles constantly, are entirely unique and unlike other established bands, and somehow make your brain feel like its going to melt from the aggression but do it without being dark or come off with a tough guy additue. Not to mention that all the bands I've listed have combined used probably 3 minutes total of lyrics in an album count that goes well over 100.

 

Yea.

YEA!!!^)&*(^)*&

 

John, did you hear about the new Dan Deacon album coming out a month from now?

 

I am not a fan..too commercial for my taste..

"fools with tools" or was that? "tools for fools?"

 

yea ^

all of that is why I mentioned between the buried and me to you.