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WILMA	December 1996
Tool may be the ideal modern rock band.  They combine exceptional 
music with creative
album art and meaningful cutting edge videos, while still providing 
their fans with a live
show that has been called unforgettable.



The Who's And How's

A very brief history of the band

In 1986, guitarist Adam Jones moved to Los Angeles from Libertyville,
Illinois.  Jones supported himself as a sculptor and special effects
designer where he learned the stop-motion camera techniques. Jones met
Maynard James Keenan who had came to L.A. from The East Coast. Danny
Carey, a drummer who'd worked with Green Jello and Pygmy Love Circus lived
downstairs from Keenan.  Soon, bassist Paul D'Amour, who'd recently
migrated to L.A. from Spokane, Washington, was introduced through a mutual
friend of Jones and so Tool was born in April of 1991.

In November of 1991 Tool signed with Zoo Entertainment  
The band hits the road for their first national tour in February of 
1992
In March of 1992 Tool releases their first EP "Opiate."
It is not until April of 1993Tool's first full length album "Undertow" 
hits the street.
"Undertow" is certified Gold in September of 1993 less under six 
months after its release.
Less than a year later in August of 1994 "Undertow" is certified 
platinum in the United States.
The following September of 1995 bassist Paul D'Amour departs Tool.
In November of 1995 Justin Chancellor, former member of the UK band 
Peach joins Tool as their new bass player.
October of 1996 Tool releases "�nima" and begins their U.S. tour.


What Tool Has To Say...

THE ALBUM �NIMA
"...it's all about change and evolution individually as well as 
universally.  It's also about unity..."
 Maynard James Keenan 

"...one of the goals of the record, among a lot of things, was to make 
it obvious to all the materialistic idiots that energy is primary and 
the illusion of matter is secondary..." 
Danny Carey

"...it's like an amusement park, where you can jump in on any ride or 
alternatively you can swallow the whole tab and be taken hostage.  The 
treatment will be brutal and rigorous and the demands so great but 
you'll walk away from it saying that you were treated very well..." 
Justin Chancellor

"... the segues were just a necessary part of the record to make it 
flow cohesively, a complete entity..." 
Danny Carey

THE SONGS

MESSAGE TO HARRY MANBACK

"...this song explores sound and emotion in an odd way.  If you don't 
know English or Italian, this song might sound very much like a 
passionate love poem, but in actuality it's a message from a person 
that is very angry, very hurt and very bitter..." 
Maynard James Keenan

NEGATIVE IONS

"...they are known to make people feel good, so that's our feel good 
song for the record..."
Danny Carey

"...if you listen carefully you can hear the rubble subsiding into a 
glorious new landscape. Only then are you afforded the clarity of mind 
essential to pry open your third eye..." 
Justin Chancellor

THIRD EYE

"...addresses the subject matter of the entire album.  It's the 
ultimate extended remix of �nema..." 
Justin Chancellor

THE ART OF SONGWRITING

"...with us it can be a long tedious process because every idea gets 
tortured and drawn and quartered..." 
Danny Carey

"...we spent two years in the South of France at the Renne LeChateau 
writing the record. We recorded and mixed it on an 8-track in three 
days at Casablanca Recording Studios..." 
Maynard James Keenan

"...our main goal when we're together is to write music in a forum 
where we can involve our subconscious as well as our conscious.  To 
make that happen we use every tool available to us, be it sigils, mind 
altering chemicals, fragrances or whatever modern technology can 
supply..."
 Danny Carey


TOURING AND THE ROAD

"...I can't wait to get on with touring because it's the communion of 
our music on a much more personal level in a greater way than 
recording..."
 Justin Chancellor

"...no recording can capture what happens in a room with four people 
who have a similar cause and believe in it.  Especially the way we 
play.  Live is what our band is about..."
Danny Carey

"...kids will mosh to anything these days, but there are those people 
in the crowd that the music reaches on a deeper psychological and 
subconscious level..." 
Danny Carey


THEMSELVES AS A BAND

"...when we started the band we all had our own jobs.  We did this as 
a side project, we never intended to get signed.  It was all about the 
music, music that inspires and music that creates thought..." 
Adam Jones

"...I'm sorry.  Could you repeat the question?  I was thinking of 
something else..." 
Maynard James Keenan

"...the band is strong right now, all the cylinders are firing.  
There's more focus than there was ever before.  The projects are only 
going to get bigger and better..."
 Danny Carey

"...I've never come across or been part of a collection of souls so 
diverse in character and belief that possess the ability to mutually 
accommodate those differences and evolve them into positive 
creativity..." 
Justin Chancellor

"...we're one of the few bands who hasn't had to play any lame fashion 
games, we've always been able to put art first..." 
Danny Carey

"...we're all individuals and have our own opinions.  We end up 
meeting in the middle and producing what you hear as Tool..." 
Adam Jones


ON THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE BAND JUSTIN CHANCELLOR

"..we accept him, one of us, gobba gobba, gobba gobba, one of us, one 
of us. He's a @%/&!..." 
Danny Carey

"...We have a new bass player?..." 
Maynard James Keenan


MISC

"...I've been studying ritual magic lately and two of the key 
ingredients I'm missing are books by Osman Spare and a Scarlet Woman. 
 Any help would be greatly appreciated..." 
Danny Carey


"...I lost my copy of "The Joyful Guide to Lacrymology" in the Castaic 
Lake brush fire along with many of my personal belongings.  If someone 
could mail me a copy of the book, I would greatly appreciate it..." 
Maynard James Keenan








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