If you took all the boring parts from Tool's previous albums..

[LightenUpFrancis]

Never really had a desire to listen to tool. Tried, not checking the boxes. What am I not getting?

My introduction to the band was the Parabola DVD, that played the "music video" and included the eerie Lustmord remixes. I didn't grow up with much exposure to popular music or music videos, and this was something far outside anything my friends were listening to. Just picked it up on a whim, back when stores like FYE and Hastings were still around.

Not to aggrandize it to the point of being a joke, but it sort of felt like discovering 2001: A Space Odyssey all on your own as a kid. It wasn't this immediate feel-good fantasy gratification, but an atmosphere I didn't quite understand and had to sit with for a few days. I think it was that challenge to approaching music as an intentional mood rather than "this is a rock song" that grabbed me, and it just happened to be Tool in that moment. There are other artists I can find that in now, but stumbling into something organically in your formative years just engrained that experience in a deeper way.

 

[CoreyW]

I am a fan of Tool, but I was let down by Fear Inoculum. I not one of those rabid Tool are the greatest to ever do everything though.

To me, Tool is more mood music, like Pink Floyd. I've only been able to see them once, but it was pretty amazing and it was at the start of the Fear Inoculum tour, like a 2 hour set.

 

[JohnnyGtar]

This...

They're one of the few bands I've ever heard do justice to a Zep tune.

 

[LightenUpFrancis]

This...

This was what they opened with the last time I saw them. One of my favorite setlist kickoffs to date.

 

[JohnnyGtar]

This was what they opened with the last time I saw them. One of my favorite setlist kickoffs to date.

It takes balls of steel to open with a song by the Kings.

 

[LightenUpFrancis]

It takes balls of steel to open with a song by the Kings.

Unsurprisingly, Danny brought the thunder for that one. Unholy amounts of kick. And really what a cool choice; the way it builds makes such great sense for a warmup.

Previous openers for the two prior tours were Hooker With A Penis and Third Eye. We were really spoiled for a few years there.

 

[FourT6and2]

The Grudge is incredible live. They usually open with that one when I've seen 'em. The little full rest before launching into the bridge/breakdown brings a ton of energy.

 

[LightenUpFrancis]

The Grudge is incredible live. They usually open with that one when I've seen 'em.

No Quarter, and then right into The Grudge, and my first time hearing both live. They were really digging in like they had something to prove, and it was a healthy reminder just how much low end they push when things get real.

 

[skoora]

To quote the most interesting man alive…
I don’t often listen to progressive heavy music but when I do, it’s Neurosis.

 

[LightenUpFrancis]

To quote the most interesting man alive…
I don’t often listen to progressive heavy music but when I do, it’s Neurosis.

Neurosis is the band I found 10 years too late, and still grateful I found them when I did.

There are days I wake up still sick over the loss of Brent Hinds. I pull up the video of Scott Kelly doing guest vox for "Blood and Thunder" and things quickly feel more even. What a gift to this earth.

 

[Philhouse]

Scott Kelly sounds like a POS human

 

[LightenUpFrancis]

I'm unfamiliar with the person, only the art. Not copping out, just an admission of ignorance.

 

[Philhouse]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quenti...ing-family-former-band-members-break-silence/


"Over the weekend Neurosis co-founder and vocalist Scott Kelly issued a statement where he admitted to abusing his wife and children. In the statement Kelly details his abuse towards his family while also announcing his complete retirement from music:

“I am 100% permanently retired from being a professional musician. Some people can be in a scene like this where there is no accountability and maintain their integrity. I cannot. My sole focus for the rest of my life is on taking care of my family, allowing them safe space to heal and rebuilding their trust. I hope putting this out there will protect my wife from further attacks and finally allow my family some peace.”

At the time of Kelly’s post Neurosis hadn’t publicly responded or commented on the matter, however, as of yesterday the band released an official statement in response to the disturbing news.

“We cannot overstate the level of disgust and disappointment we feel for a man who we once called Brother.

As a band, we parted ways with Scott Kelly at the end of 2019 after learning about severe acts of abuse he committed towards his family over the previous years. In the past, Scott had disclosed his marital difficulties and acts of verbal abuse, as well as his intention to get help and change his behaviors. The information we learned in 2019 made it clear Scott had crossed a line and there was no way back. We did not share this information out of respect for his wife’s direct request for privacy, and to honor the family’s wish not to let their experience become gossip in a music magazine. With Scott’s Facebook post of August 27, 2022 disclosing much of this information publicly, we can finally say what we believe needs to be said.”


The band’s statement goes on to firmly reinforce that Kelly’s public testimony should not be viewed as an act of bravery.

“Usually, we would view public openness and honesty about mental illness as brave and even productive. We just don’t believe that is the case here. There is nothing brave about systematically abusing your wife and children. There is nothing brave about confessing wrongdoing when you have not done the work to change your behavior. There is nothing brave about refusing to speak honestly, or speak at all, with one’s closest friends and bandmates, people who have supported you and stuck by you for most of your life.”

 

[mbt64]

...and mashed them together, you know what you'd get?

Fear Inoculum. That's what.

Yeah I know I'm late to the party, but I just listened to this. Actually I'm about half way through. What a snoozefest.

It took a while for me to appreciate Fear Innoculum. 13-15 minute songs don't make for easy listening. But I like it now there are some good songs on there (along with their typical "wierd" songs, I looking at you Chocolate Chip Trip & Mockingbeat). Pneuma, Invicible, 7empest, and Descending do speak to me, I get it if y'all don't like them, they can be difficult to appreciate at times.

 

[ZEEGLER]

Undertow, Aenima, Lateralus, and even 10,000 Days were all great albums with some real killer material.

I guess when Tool's next album comes out, maybe 15 years from now, we can't expect much.

 

[Greazygeo]

Only thing worse than Tool is the Chilli Peppers. I mean they are good players, but man does their music suck.

 

[stephen sawall]

I knew a man named rewipe that would only speak tool lyrics when he was drunk.

I was just working on my phygian triplets.

I liked Undertow and Anemia. I haven't listened to them for 30 years.