Publication: LA Daily News -- LA Life Section
Date: May, 2001
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Stefan G. (InterestingPerson@hotmail.com)
Stefan G. (InterestingPerson@hotmail.com)
page: 24 title: author: Fred Shuster There are some things worse than a new Tool album -- colonoscapy [sic], electroshock treatment or the last 20 minutes of "Requiem for a Dream," to name a few. "Lateralus," the pretentious local heavy-rock quartet's third disc, somehow combines all three highly unpleasant experiences in 79 unrelenting minutes of tuneless wretched excess. The effort to shock the suburban 14-year-olds who will undoubtedly give this dreadful record a first week of big sales extends beyond abrasive tantrums like the instantly forgettable tracks "Ticks and Leeches" and "Parabola." Just as gross -- and meaningless -- is the CD booklet consisting of overlaid transparencies resembling one of those "Visible Man" models. Deep, man. Pass the "Quake III." (1 star)
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