TOOL-LIST Digest 413 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) by Jay Feldman 2) Re: Other than TOOL by Jay Feldman 3) instruments used by nivek.ogre@compudata.com (NIVEK OGRE) 4) Re: by dkouris@iastate.edu 5) Re: instruments used by g_allenc@qualcomm.com (allen colaneri) 6) Re: Concert dates ??? by g_allenc@qualcomm.com (allen colaneri) 7) Re: Other than TOOL by g_allenc@qualcomm.com (allen colaneri) 8) Re: instrument by Susanne Honsberger 9) windows 95 by Susanne Honsberger 10) what is that by "Jason Witz" 11) WHERE ARE YOU by Susanne Honsberger 12) Re: WHERE ARE YOU by "Pete Meincke" 13) Re: what is that by "Pete Meincke" 14) Re: what is that by kabir@sas.upenn.edu (Your pal Kabir) 15) Tool FAQ (6.21.95) by kabir@sas.upenn.edu (Your pal Kabir) 16) Re: windows 95 by jjbl 17) Re: WHERE ARE YOU by dkouris@iastate.edu 18) Re: windows 95 by dkouris@iastate.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Topic No. 1 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 02:49:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Jay Feldman To: tool-list@Visix.COM Message-ID: Farzana: (anybody like Type O Negative?) I really like their cover of Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath." I get a kick out of the way he sings the song about 10 times slower than Ozzy, it is quite funny and a good cover. Anyone here big on Sabbath? I AM!!! Jay ------------------------------ Topic No. 2 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 03:36:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Jay Feldman To: tool-list@Visix.COM Subject: Re: Other than TOOL Message-ID: On Fri, 18 Aug 1995, Scott M Casey wrote: > Yeah, I listen to Korn and they have been talked about a little bit. Like I said, I like the > disc, but from my exposure of them they seem like assholes. They were > playing at a club in a town that is three hours from here a couple months > ago. So a friend of mine and I drove over to check them out. Well, when > we got in the door we found out that they had cancelled that day because > they didn't like the place. I had a similar experience; they were going to play a free lunch time show at my school (the have bands there regularly but rarely well known ones). They drew a huge crowd and all were excited.... then they cancelled at the last minute "due to illness" That truly sucked to get everyone excited and then cancel while people are missing their classes to hear some good music. Jay ------------------------------ Topic No. 3 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 95 04:48:00 -0400 From: nivek.ogre@compudata.com (NIVEK OGRE) To: tool-list@visix.com Subject: instruments used Message-ID: <8AFC120.01F40498B9.uuout@compudata.com> Does anyone know what type of bass guitar was used on Undertow? Also, does anyone know what kind of technique was used to play (it sounds like slapping, but its too fast/varied for slapping). Also, what kind of strings are used? Any help would be appreciated. nivek.ogre@compudata.com ------------------------------ Topic No. 4 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 11:10:39 CDT From: dkouris@iastate.edu To: tool-list@visix.com Subject: Re: Message-ID: <9508241610.AA03749@des1.iastate.edu> Dear Jay~ I hate that cover by Type O Negative, but they're a pretty good band. I think there is a song called Black #1 that is really good. I love Sabbath and Ozzy! ~Skinny D. ------------------------------ Topic No. 5 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 09:13:05 -0700 From: g_allenc@qualcomm.com (allen colaneri) To: tool-list@visix.com Subject: Re: instruments used Message-ID: >Does anyone know what type of bass guitar was used on Undertow? Also, does >anyone know what kind of technique was used to play (it sounds like slapping, >but its too fast/varied for slapping). Also, what kind of strings are used? >Any help would be appreciated. > > nivek.ogre@compudata.com I'm not a bass player so I don't know what type of bass(or strings) he uses. But from seeing them live a couple times I noticed(and I could be wrong) that he doesn't slap. I did notice some hard strumming, especially on Sober!!!!! ------------------------------ Topic No. 6 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 09:16:50 -0700 From: g_allenc@qualcomm.com (allen colaneri) To: tool-list@visix.com Subject: Re: Concert dates ??? Message-ID: >> > Does anyone know how I can get concert dates for Tool's current >> > tour? Please mail me and let me know. I'm wondering if they will be >> > in Omaha, Nebraska some time soon also. THANKS. >> >> They aren't on tour right now. > > Anyone know when they will be on tour or if they will.... My guess is that they are in the studio, recording the new album. That's if that fucked up rumor isn't true. ------------------------------ Topic No. 7 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 09:30:11 -0700 From: g_allenc@qualcomm.com (allen colaneri) To: tool-list@visix.com Subject: Re: Other than TOOL Message-ID: >On Fri, 18 Aug 1995, Scott M Casey wrote: > >> Yeah, I listen to Korn and they have been talked about a little bit. > Like I said, I like the >> disc, but from my exposure of them they seem like assholes. They were >> playing at a club in a town that is three hours from here a couple months >> ago. So a friend of mine and I drove over to check them out. Well, when >> we got in the door we found out that they had cancelled that day because >> they didn't like the place. My experience with Korn was the exact opposite. I've seem them twice and I remember before one show a bunch of their friends came down from LA(I live in San Diego by the way). They were supposed to be on the guest list but the door man wouldn't let them in. So Jonathan(singer) payed the cover for all of them. After the show, my friend and I hung out with Munky(guitarist) for awhile. Coolest dude I ever met. He even remembered my friend at another show several months later. Maybe that place really sucks! ------------------------------ Topic No. 8 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 13:24:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Susanne Honsberger To: tool-list@Visix.COM Cc: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: instrument Message-ID: Hi! during the sober video you can see paul's bass for a moment. I think it is a fender precison but i'm not sure. My friend has one and it looks close to it. ------------------------------ Topic No. 9 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 13:34:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Susanne Honsberger To: Multiple recipients of list Cc: Susanne Honsberger Subject: windows 95 Message-ID: Hello Has anyone purchased windows 95? If so what's it like? Bye ------------------------------ Topic No. 10 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 15:02:18 MST From: "Jason Witz" To: tool-list@Visix.COM Subject: what is that Message-ID: <47B9076657D@MYSTIC.SLCC.EDU> On the end of track 69 on undertoe after it has been playing for about 13 minutes what is he talking about? ------------------------------ Topic No. 11 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 17:39:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Susanne Honsberger To: Multiple recipients of list Cc: SHONSBER@freenet.niagara.com Subject: WHERE ARE YOU Message-ID: Where is everybody? I think i have read only about 10 messages in the last two days. ------------------------------ Topic No. 12 Date: 24 Aug 1995 17:59:01 U From: "Pete Meincke" To: tool-list@Visix.COM Subject: Re: WHERE ARE YOU Message-ID: <9508242153.AA11293@unet.net.com> Reply to: RE>WHERE ARE YOU >Where is everybody? I think i have read only about 10 messages in the >last two days. Guess everyone is pondering their navel... ;) -Pete ------------------------------ Topic No. 13 Date: 24 Aug 1995 18:02:35 U From: "Pete Meincke" To: tool-list@Visix.COM Subject: Re: what is that Message-ID: <9508242200.AA11345@unet.net.com> Reply to: RE>what is that >On the end of track 69 on undertoe after it has been playing for >about 13 minutes what is he talking about? Read the FAQ. To get it, send an e-mail to: tool-request@visix.com (***do NOT send it to tool-list@visix.com - There's a big difference!!***) Leave the subject blank Put the following in the body: get tool-list faq That should answer most of your questions... -Pete ------------------------------ Topic No. 14 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 18:08:14 -0400 From: kabir@sas.upenn.edu (Your pal Kabir) To: tool-list@visix.com Subject: Re: what is that Message-ID: >On the end of track 69 on undertoe after it has been playing for >about 13 minutes what is he talking about? in light of all the questions like this one which could have been answered by reading the FAQ .. here it comes again .. _________kabir akhtar_________________________________________________________ | | Vice President, Kabir Fan Club | no bunny..it's not funny | Secretary, Intuitons Experimental Theater | don't believe everything | | you read................ | http://pobox.com/~kabir/ | ..............--pailhead | is: "Lick Me / Click Me" _|__________________________|_________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Topic No. 15 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 18:08:02 -0400 From: kabir@sas.upenn.edu (Your pal Kabir) To: tool-list@porsche.visix.com Subject: Tool FAQ (6.21.95) Message-ID: The //// //// //// / 6/21/95 / / / / / / / / / / / / / //// //// //// FAQ (list of Frequently Asked Questions)... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This FAQ compiled and written by: kabir@pobox.com (Kabir "chicken weasel" Akhtar) with special thanks to: gregt@porsche.visix.COM azrael@grex.cyberspace.org crowell@theochem.uwaterloo.ca root@power.stu.rpi.edu ba560@freenet.carleton.ca aj884@freenet.carleton.ca deathro@PrimeNet.Com arsenio@ora.com KDWST11@vms.cis.pitt.edu aspainhower@cc.weber.edu mung@u.washington.edu vidariv@loke.hiof.no 75377.22@compuserve.com Maynard James Keenan himself jgokun@email.unc.edu charris@i-max.co.nz flipper@eskimo.com ...and other contributors whose help is greatly appreciated! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** CHANGES / UPDATES ** Changes since last time: 1a - 1b - 3b - 5g - 5h - 7c - Minor Changes - Kabir's Address - Page URLs New questions: 3e - 5h - 5i - 5m - 8c - Addition of a key (see below) Changes since previous time: 1a - 1b - 2 - 5c - 5g - 6a - 6k - 6w - 7b - 8b (section 6 was reorganized; 3 questions deleted, 3 added / changed) Please note the date at the top, it indicates how current this file is. Thanks to all who have helped out with anything they thought was wrong! Comments welcome to kabir@pobox.com . ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS: | KEY: | 1. Tool resources on the net. | * = updated since last time 2. A note about lyrics. | ** = new question / answer 3. The band and their history. | 4. Mini-discography | 5. "Opiate" | 6. "Undertow" | 7. Tool Side Projects | 8. The Future | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- 1. Tool resources on the net. ----------------------------- * A. Where do I get the most current version of this FAQ, anyway?? The most current version of this document is always available on the WWW at URL: http://pobox.com/~kabir/tool/ . While this FAQ is available at many other places, this location always contains the most current version. * B. World-Wide Web Pages: Currently being run by Will Pierce, and can be found at http://www.rpi.edu/~pier1/tool/ There is also the information page, with the most current discography and FAQ, at http://pobox.com/~kabir/tool/ . This page does not contain images, sounds, etc; it is meant only as a supplement to the Home Page. C. Is there a discography somewhere? Sure is; it can be found in a coupla places... on the World-Wide Web, at the two sites listed above. You can also send the words "get tool-list tool.discography" as the body of a message to tool-request@visix.com . D. Mailing list: To join, send e-mail to tool-request@visix.com with the line "subscribe tool-list Your Name" in the body of the message. Obviously, replace "Your Name" with your real name. If you want to get the list in digest format (one message per day containing all of that day's posts), send "set tool-list mail digest" to the same address. You can also get access to lyrics, discographies, images, all of the old messages, and soon updates of this FAQ from the tool-list via the server. To unsubscribe, send e-mail to listproc@porsche.visix.com. Leave the subject blank. The body should be "unsubscribe tool-list" and nothing else. E. What? No newsgroup for this wonderful band? The mailing list's official position on this is: If an alt.music.tool were created, it would suck. There it is. Whoomp. However, it seems that someone went and created one. So far, the traffic there has been slower than the Atlantic City Expressway in July. Hope it stays that way :) F. Where can I get the lyrics? Read on, buckaroo. ----------------------- 2. A note about lyrics. ----------------------- The official lyrics have begun spreading throughout the internet, originated by the band themselves! They are available via the two Tool WWW pages (the home page and the information page). Lyrics which are frequently questioned are discussed below (hence the term 'frequently asked question'). Other lyrics are not discussed here. NOTE: Many lyrical questions have been removed from this FAQ as of 5/13/95. Since the official lyrics are now widely available around the 'net, there is no reason for most of them to be here. Also, there are MANY MANY MANY interpretations possible of each of the songs; the ones given here are just to start you off. While it is a bit ambiguous as to which ones get listed here, the ones here are generally well thought out. All are taken from the mailing list. ------------------------------ Topic No. 16 3. The band and their history. ------------------------------ Topic No. 17 A. So who's in Tool? Danny Carey is the drummer, Maynard James Keenan sings, Adam Jones plays guitar, and Paul D'Amour plays bass. * B. When / how did the band get together? Tool was formed in 1990, when Danny and Paul met Adam and Maynard. Danny explains, "I met Adam through Tom Morello of Rage (Against The Machine). And I was living beside Maynard. I never auditioned for them (Keenan and Jones). I felt kinda sorry for them, because they would invite people over to play, and they wouldn't show up, so I'd fill in." Danny had previously played drums for bands such as Green Jelly. Paul had gone to California to work in the film business, which at the time was Adam's profession. (Adam had already done special effects for Terminator 2, Jurassic Park and Predator 2). Early on, Tool toured with Rollins Band, Rage Against The Machine and Fishbone. Eventually, they moved from second stage to main stage at Lollapalooza '93, where they pretty much blew everyone away. And the rest is history in the making! C. What's the name "Tool" supposed to represent, anyways? The band was originally called 'Toolshed' and later simplified to 'Tool'. In a 1994 interview, Danny says that the band's name stands for how they want their music to be a _tool_ to aid in understanding lachrymology. D. What's "lachrymology" and what does it have to do with Tool? Here's a clip of an interview with Danny: One of the unifying forces in the band is the philosophy/religion known as Lachrymology, founded in the 1940s by Ronald P. Vincent. Lachrymology translates literally to "the study of crying." The basic tenet, evident in the band's music, is that the greatest road to advancement is through pain--emotional and physical. Hence the band's name. "We wanted the band," says Carey, "to be a 'tool' to learn and gain from." (The Charlatan: Carleton U's Independent Student Newspaper; 2/16/94). Vincent wrote a book in 1949 called _The Joyful Guide to Lachrymology_ which (supposedly) was Adam's (and then the whole band's) original inspiration. Vincent suggested that people can only advance themselves by exploring and understanding their physical and emotional pain. This is from an interview with Paul: "I think it's definitely a part of what we all think and believe about how we're expressing ourselves, and what the music does for us. It's something that you have to explore on your own, though ... it's a self expression type thing." (M.E.A.T Magazine; 9/93) ** E. Wow - where can I get a copy of that book by Vincent? At first, many Toolophiles went scrambling all over the place to find it, through the Library of Congress' catalogs, through used book stores, etc. No sign that it had ever existed. Then, in an article (BAM Magazine) on the band, the book was referred to in this manner: "In the summer of 1948, Ronald P. Vincent, a crop-spray contractor, moved from Kansas to Hollywood after his wife had been dismembered in a bizarre snow plough accident. Inspired by the unrelenting pain he felt, Vincent penned his first and only book, 'A Joyful Guide to Lachrymology.'" Based on that ... interesting ... story, it seems the elusive book is nothing but a red herring. F. So is Maynard on the internet somewhere? Well, if he's out there, he didn't get on the net to be harassed. ------------------- 4. Mini-discography ------------------- (the complete discography can be found at the location listed in 1c). A. What CD's have they put out? The band has released an EP "Opiate" and an full-length CD "Undertow" . There have also been various import singles released for "Sober" and "Prison Sex", all of which are listed in the discography. The singles can be obtained, for one way, by telnetting to cdconnection.com, cdnow.com, or cdeurope.com . (This is not an endorsement, btw). Various audio bootlegs exist, which can also be found in the discography. B. What videos have they released? There have been three official videos released: one for "Hush", "Sober", and "Prison Sex" . The latter two each were worked on by Adam Jones. He built the guy in the "Sober" video, and also the so-called "meat tunnel." The rest of the band did the video editing and production. C. I heard they were releasing a full-length video... You heard right. In fact, it even had itself a catalog number and everything. However, it turns out there won't be a video "anytime soon", according to the band. Seems that the record company got all excited about the idea of a video and jumped the gun a bit. Looks like we're stuck with audio. ----------- 5. "Opiate" ----------- A. Snappy title. Where'd they get it? The accepted notion (pointed out by some, thought by many to be obvious) follows: It relates to Marx's statement that "religion is the opiate for the masses." People relied on the church for direction in their lives, and carried on with their lives. Marx felt that the church kept people from "waking up and smelling the coffee." This is one of the themes of the CD: the band makes fun of the way people let others think for them. B. Dammit, the first song doesn't start for ten seconds after I hit play! Yeah, the band does this a whole lot, filling in the beginning of a track with some form of ear candy. C. In "Hush" , I don't understand this one line... "People tell me what to say / what to think and what to play." This makes sense since the song seems to deal with censorship of music. D. Hey, what's that talking right before "Cold and Ugly" starts? Apparently, Tool was making a live recording, and some guy with dreadlocks kept blowing an air horn, forcing the band to start over. Guess they decided to add in Maynard bitching at the guy. E. I'm listening to "Opiate" (the song), and at like <<4:51>> I hear my kitchen phone ringing. What's wrong with my CD? Nothing; the band's just tooling around with you. ;) F. Whoa, I left the CD running, and all of a sudden I hear Tool wailing about Satan!!! What gives? This is one of those untitled extra tracks bands throw onto albums. Well, it's not untitled; it's actually called "The Gaping Lotus Experience." Honest. * G. Wow, that collage inside just confuses me lots ... Don't blame ya. Here's some starting points to picking it all apart. There are four pictures in each corner; with the dogtag and $5 bill segment on the bottom, they are: _Maynard_|__Danny__ __Adam___|__Paul___ Well, the corpse is definitely not real. It is (hypothetically) a photo of Adam fooling around in Stan Winston's studio. This makes sense since they thank "friends at Stan Winston's studio" (Stan Winston the special effects artist (Predator, T2, etc.)), and since Adam worked on effects for those movies. Also, that dogtag belongs to Maynard. He was in the army for three years after high school. ** H. I can't help but notice that "Opiate" has a different feel to it than "Undertow". Good call. Here's what Adam had to say (from an April, 1993 LA Times interview): "When we did our first [record], we picked our heaviest songs. People went, 'Oh, you're a metal band,' and I thought that was kind of lame," Danny describes the difference between the two releases this way: "On [Opiate] we were more slam and bang. Now we're using more melody." ** I. OK, OK, I'm sold! But why can't I find a copy anywhere!!?!? As happens with non-overplayed groups often, many CD stores don't carry "Opiate" in stock. Of course, you can always just ask them to order it for you: just mention that its catalog number is Zoo 11027. ------------- 6. "Undertow" ------------- A. Hmmm.. what's that on the cover? Depends on where you bought your CD. If you bought it at Wal-Mart, it's a giant barcode. The gods of censorship have spoken. (You can get a real cover by writing in to the address in the liner notes). Otherwise, it is a photo (not a painting) done by Adam, supposedly of a rib cage. And hey, did you know that if you hold the cover up to the light the ribcage encircles the fat lady on the inside?! (Little bonus trivia tidbit .. coincidence?) B. What's with the artwork inside? Just a bunch of happy people! No, seriously, it has been suggested that it represents various things, like being controlled by someone/something. It has even been interpreted to be a visualization of the "my fear is naked" from "Bottom" (though that's pushing it). The spine of the CD has another picture of the woman: she is the little symbol on the rightmost end of the spine. There are also pictures of a cow licking itself, as well as an X-ray of someone using a "rear-entry" vibrator. C. What picture of a cow licking itself? Go ahead, pop off the black tray that holds the CD. There ya go! D. Er, so which one of those guys is who? Basically, it goes: __Paul__|__Maynard__ Danny | Adam E. Those words are lyrics, right? Yep, they are pieces of songs on the CD. F. Well, I've figured out which songs all the words belong to, except for "I'll make weapons out of my imperfections" ... help! It is originally from Maynard's spoken word in "Bottom" ... when Rollins performed it, he edited out that part. (see question 1n). G. What's that sound right before "Intolerance" ? Various ideas abound: either it is a massive bong hit, or it is a motorboat / outboard engine (the latter goes along better with the water theme of the whole album). * H. What's "Prison Sex" about? The theory which abounds is that the song is about child abuse. Maynard has apparently been quite vocal about his dislike for his stepfather, and the video supports this theory quite well. However, the autobiographical nature of this song is purely speculative. When discussing the release of "Prison Sex" as a single, Danny had this to say: "It will annoy a lot of people ... which is half the fun." I. But when "Prison Sex" was on the radio, he said... Yes, the edited version has him saying "blood on my hands", not "shit, blood and cum on my hands." J. What's "Sober" about? Adam has said "the song and video are based on a guy we know who is at his a artistic best when he's loaded. A lot of people give him shit for that .... You can do what you want, but you have to take responsibility for what happens. If you become addicted and a junkie, well, that's your fault. " (from Guitar World; 3/94). K. But when "Sober" was on the radio, he said... Yet again, an edited version. It has him saying something that is NOT "Jesus ... fucking whistle" ; it's "Jesus won't you try and whistle". L. Yeah, what the HELL is he saying about Jesus in "Sober" ? Ahhh... the six million dollar question. The official lyric sheet says: "Jesus won't you fucking whistle / something but the past and done." It doesn't look like it makes much sense, but one interpretation of this (according to the band) is "christ almighty, why don't you tell me something new. i'm tired of you waffling on about the same old dead bullshit." A popular alternative: "Cheeses: don't chew. Duck: no gristle / Some tea: pour, and pass the scone." (thanks Arsenio!) ** M. I'm not quite sure I understand the video, anyway. In a 1994 interview in BAM magazine, Maynard had this to say. It sums the whole thing up pretty well: BAM: What's wrong with that little man? MJK: What's wrong with him? BAM: Yeah. What's he looking for? MJK: That...place, I guess. BAM: Will he ever find that place? [Silence] BAM: Maybe yes? Maybe no? Crapshoot? MJK: Crapshoot. N. Am I wrong, or is that Henry Rollins speaking in "Bottom" ? Yep, that's Hank himself, doing a guest appearance. He's doing a spoken word bit that Maynard wrote and performs live, with some slight changes made. Rollins offered Tool an opening spot way back, and they've been friends since. O. So what's that sound right before "Crawl Away" ? Well, the best answer so far: traditional Andean mountain music. P. Um, what about that middle part of "Crawl Away" ? Though it's missing from the official sheet, here's what he's saying: "got you in a stranglehold, baby. get up, get up, get up now." Q. "Undertow" is a great song, but what's it supposed to mean? While this answer is purely speculative, it is a very good one. "Undertow is a song about repeated drug use. The voice that he hears is some sort of craving for this drug (or something), it suggests nice things to him, and beckons him. When it surrounds and drowns and wipes him away, he is obviously succumbing to this drug. Then, he regains his senses and asks 'How could I let this bring me back to my knees?' realizing that this thing isn't good for him ... The undertow represents the state of being under the influence, euphoria has it's obvious meaning." -- thanks to mung@u.washington.edu R. 4 Degrees... why four? Fahrenheit? Celsius? Is it an angle? Ack! The theories abound like rabbits multiplying; someone asked Maynard about it and got this reply: "Apparently the anal cavity has 8 more working muscles and is 4 degrees warmer than the vagina. This, however, is NOT a song about violation. It is a song about opening up, completely, without reservation." S. What is Maynard moaning in the beginning of "Flood" ? Listen carefully; he's saying "here comes the water..." T. So it's about more than a flood, right? Most likely :) . Here's an interpretation by a mailing list member: "'Ground breaks down right under me, cleanse and purge me in the water' sort of implies that although the world is breaking apart around him, there is some sort of purification happening to him also, as if he were better off now then he was with his false beliefs ('all i knew, all i believed, crumbling images, no longer comfort me')." -- thanks to flipper@eskimo.com U. Hey! "Disgustipated" isn't really track 10. Do I have a limited edition pressing? No. It is track 69 on every legitimate domestic pressing. And yes, there is a little story told after roughly 7 minutes of a sound not unlike cricket chirping. It may just be guitar feedback of some type; nobody really knows ;) . V. Where'd that little story come from? Notice how it sounds like someone leaving a message on an answering machine? One allegedly true story goes (what a lot of mysteries there are) that it was Maynard's landlord who called and left that message. This can be backed up by the liner notes' credit: "phone message: bill the landlord." The message supposedly has some Biblical significance also. W. What does the band have to say about "Disgustipated"? Here's a clip from M.E.A.T Magazine (5/94): "Paul explains it as 'getting together three pianos and shotguns smashed with sledgehammers and recorded to a six beat.' Funny how an ode to carrots could become so damn disturbing and guilt laden." ---------------------- 7. Tool Side Projects. ---------------------- A. Has Maynard done anything recently besides Tool? Yup. Maynard sings a song called "Calling Dr. Love" on the Kiss tribute album "Kiss My Ass", along with bassist Billy Gould (Faith No More), guitarist Tom Morello, and drummer Brad Wilk (both of Rage Against The Machine). They are collectively known as Shandi's Addiction. Maynard also sings the "I've got no patience now / so sick of complacence now... " part in Rage Against the Machine's "Know Your Enemy" . He also sings the "not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin" part on Green Jelly's "3 Little Pigs" . (Yes, Green Jelly as in originally Green Jello as in Jello Loft where the live tracks from "Opiate" were recorded). B. Has Danny done anything recently besides Tool? Sure; he played drums on the western leg of the fall 1994 Pigface tour. He also used to play drums for Pygmy Love Circus, and has done percussion for Green Jelly and even for Carole King! * C. How about Adam or Paul? Well, we know that Adam worked on art / special effects for such movies as Jurassic Park and Terminator 2. But as far as musical projects, if you know anything about either of them, feel free to say so!! ------------- 8. The Future ------------- A. When will Tool play ____(city)____? Your guess is as good as mine; hopefully around the time they release another CD, they will tour. They've played some shows in California earlier this year. Too bad I live in Philly. Guess for sometime in late-95. B. So what's next? Well, at the aforementioned west coast shows; reports suggest that they are playing three new songs, as well as covering Zeppelin's "No Quarter". The new album is rumored to be more dark and brooding than "Undertow" (if such a thing is possible). The band has begun recording, but doesn't plan to be done anytime soon. 'til then, keep humming along to the parts you don't know =) ** C. Wait, I read on [insert newsgroup / mailing list / whatever] that there's a studio demo now floating around of their new album! Seems fairly certain that whoever it was that posted that was making it up. Questions asked of him have not been responded to, and it seems less than likely that a demo would crop up in Australia (he was from *.au) before one cropped up here. Looks like someone had nothing better to do one afternoon. -- Comments welcome to kabir@pobox.com End of FAQ ------------------------------ Topic No. 18 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 18:08:38 -0400 (EDT) From: jjbl To: tool-list@visix.com Subject: Re: windows 95 Message-ID: On Thu, 24 Aug 1995, Susanne Honsberger wrote: > Hello > Has anyone purchased windows 95? If so what's it like? > > Bye It's a lot like a fucking annoying off-topic message that has nothing at all to do with Tool, Tool's albums, Tool's current medical conditions, or Tool's favorite brand of pancakes. How so? I get an urge to delete as soon as I see it. ----- You have just been verbally molested by: bozak@bridge.net Was it good for you? ----- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 19:03:27 CDT From: dkouris@iastate.edu To: tool-list@visix.com Subject: Re: WHERE ARE YOU Message-ID: <9508250003.AA13331@des1.iastate.edu> Try checking your mailbox after a two month break! I had 1074 messages. Needless to say I didn't get to read all of them. ~SKinny D. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 19:19:45 CDT From: dkouris@iastate.edu To: tool-list@visix.com Subject: Re: windows 95 Message-ID: <9508250019.AA13657@des1.iastate.edu> I agree with bozak! If you wanted to know what Windows 95 was like you should have bought a Mac. ~Skinny D. ------------------------------ End of TOOL-LIST Digest 413 ***************************