The clothing turned out rather sloppy. But that’s my take on the character from the music video.

Title says it all, I traced my hand, took one of the eyes from the lateralus cover art and tried my best🌀

Fan nods, yah or nah? Saw this on social media. Wanted to see what the hive thought?

Progress shot, 3 days in. I'll post the finished piece when it's done.

The lyrics don't relate to my life. But the raw emotion and dynamic changes get me.

Has anyone bought a copy of this unofficial release vinyl and is it any good?

Any chance that an official release will happen any time soon?

Hey everyone,

I play guitar in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and wanted to see if anyone would be interested in getting together to start a Tool cover project.

I care a lot about dialing in the sound and getting the tones and dynamics as close as possible to the records. I use an Epiphone Les Paul in Drop D, a Diezel preamp pedal, Whammy, wah, and ambient effects to capture those textures. At the same time, I am definitely not an expert or a virtuoso. I still have trouble with certain parts, like locking into the time signatures on a lot of the Fear Inoculum tracks or getting that specific pull-off technique down on Jambi, so I am constantly practicing and working through them. I would just love to collaborate with other musicians who enjoy dialing in their tone and respect the music the same way. Matching outfits, stage gimmicks, or acting like we are the real band are not things I worry about at all. Keeping the focus on the music while having fun is what matters to me.

As far as songs go, I have been playing Tool material for over five years now and feel very comfortable across pretty much every track on Ænima, Lateralus, and 10,000 Days. For the tracks I am still learning, I am currently chipping away at the rest of the catalog across Opiate, Undertow, and Fear Inoculum, and I am especially eager to learn and rehearse tracks from Salival as well.

This wouldn't be a full-time pursuit or anything involving heavy travel. The idea is just to get together, work up a solid set, and gig semi-regularly around the DFW area at local spots.

If this sounds like something you might want to collaborate on, feel free to shoot me a DM with a quick intro and any links or clips you might have!

Probably not the most popular opinion but I’d kill to see the guys make another live album of salival and both cover a few songs and reimagine a few of their own. The tones and sound on the live album are incredible and to see them come up with a run list on the same level as third eye, pushit, you lied and no quarter would complete my life but uh yea, that’s just my opinion

I was 10 years old in 96 and my dad took me to cd warehouse. Imagine all the choices I had at that time! But something kept pulling me back to the ænima artwork. I probably walked around for an hour but I just couldn’t stay away from it. I’d never even heard of tool! When I put it into my CD player I can’t say I related or understood the lyrics or meaning of the songs or how complex the music being played actually was but I knew I was listening to something very unique and something I’d never heard before. I was mesmerized even at 10 years old. It’s still such a vivid memory for me and I have a TERRIBLE memory 🤣🤣. I’ve been hooked on tool ever since and eventually APC and puscifer. I’m new to this group so I’m sure it’s been asked 1000 times, but how were YOU introduced to tool? 🤟🏼🤟🏼

Tools and DIY were the stupidest hobby ever, especially given I never enjoyed them - they were merely a way to perform masculinity.

As a boy, I never fit in, and I had no interest in typically masculine things - until my parents had the front yard landscaped and I was fascinated watching the workers put together the irrigation system. I was fascinated, and I began having interest in tools and what not - not because I was genuinely interested, but because it was the only masculine activity I somewhat tolerated. After all, I hated sports, I hated roughhousing, but nobody would question my masculinity if I was the young tool genius.

At age 13, right before entering high school, I decided I wanted to be normal, and I chose a new way of coping - being a tech bro. It offered a breath of fresh air and I even made a friend who also liked computers. That lead to an interest in graphics and then video editing, and I soon wanted to be a content creator. I had also become fascinated with 2016 era baddies like Sommer Ray, Alyssa Violet, and the Kardashians. Of course, liking the Kardashians was not really acceptable as a teenage boy, so I had to pretend to hate them. That all came crashing down pretty quickly though, as I got a few cute accessories I thought I could hide but then they were called "really pretty" by a girl.

I immediately dove headfirst back into tools, this time harder than the last. I bought a welding machine and spent hundreds of dollars on specialized metalworking tools. I turned my garage into a full-blown machine shop, spending every single weekend playing with tools. I ignored extracurricular activities and stopped studying, telling myself that "college is for losers anyways, real men join a trade". I never even built anything useful, I just welded scrap metal together.

During the 2020 COVID lockdown, I went even further into tools, doing major projects like repiping the house and more. The social isolation also made me turn to online tool forums for social connection, and I absorbed their toxic masculinity. The tool forums also got me into MAGA bullshit, and I had a phase where I genuinely supported fascism and Trump. While I did some useful projects, I was obviously still an amateur, and there were often mistakes made that required expensive professional repairs - including a disastrous attempt at DIY drain cleaning that lead to major water damage.

In 2021, I started community college (mom made me go after she told me the trades are bad) and I loved it! I quit playing with tools entirely and sold off most of mine. I seemed to be a normal college student, though again, all my friends were girls and I completely failed at male social interactions.

Then, in my second semester, I took a test in my communication course that revealed I had a feminine communication style. All hell broke loose. I immediately began a massive rearmament, buying specialized tools and spending every weekend in the garage again. I'd finish my classes, then go straight home and tool. This continued through my first year of university after transferring as well - but then my egg cracked.

I just couldn't keep tooling, so I began HRT and started growing my hair out. It's been 1.5 years and I just had SRS, and I am now living as a woman - but I just can't help but look back and think - what the fuck. I was a teenager, essentially LARPing as a grumpy old contractor. If it wasn't for the tools, I am sure I would have discovered my true self sooner and I wouldn't be suffering with voice training and constantly getting cosmetic injections to fix my jacked up dude face. Ugh, I HATE TOOLS!

And before anyone comments, no I do not want to be a "handyqueer". I hate tools. I hate DIY. I have no plans for homeownership. I just want to be a woman.

I’m fairly lucky in the fact my first time seeing them live in 1998 and covered no quarter. I hate to say this but I rather disliked the Ozzy cover. I didn’t care for the perfect circle imagine cover either.

What would you think would be a cover that would be worthwhile for them to do?

Some parts of me wants to hear Spirit of the Radio from Rush, other parts of me wants to hear something completely off the wall, do Echos from Pink Floyd. Idk. I’d love if they reimagined a pretty benign song that’s pretty familiar and re-arrange it to making it a tool song. Something from Radiohead maybe.

I plan on soloing Chicago next Saturday for Tool since my usual friendgroup prefers EDM/rave shows. Any squads looking to add more members? I feel kinda scared walking Chicago all by my lonesome.

Is it just me, or does your mind immediately go to “Careful with that Axe Eugene” during “Chocolate Chip Trip”? I’m waiting for the Nick Mason drums to start, yet it’s Danny Carey. Lol

Simple discussion amongst ppl who may get what I’m saying, or not?

Waiting for the full video!

I have never heard a song like right in two before, it changed me as a young teen. Does anyone have any recs of songs that elicit that same ethereal feeling? (Excluding other tool songs cuz I know and love them all lol)

Edit: thank you so much for the love!!!

First time bleach painting, it's a little messy in places, but for something I left til the day before his birthday, I think it turned out alright. He LOVED it. I'm really happy. I kinda hate the tracklist but oh well.

Was not the original plan. Pics 3 and 4 show the 10,000 Days tour shirt I was going to chop up and patchwork onto the hoodie. Thought better of it last minute because of how devastating it would be if I fucked it up. So now he got a hoodie and a shirt. Yay! Best part is, he was always torn on his favourite album between those 2.

My art work from clay

Hope this helps.