the band's stories pulling back the curtain
Tool's music can be described in many ways; the word "mysterious" comes to
mind for many. But behind the curtain, there are a group of guys who are
just plugging in and making music.
For years, in the early days of the Internet and this site, there was very
little information available about the members of the band. Tidbits were
gleaned from here and there, articles, interviews, chance encounters, and
pieced together here.
Out of a desire to not appear voyeuristic or insensitive, we took care to
try to maintain a balance between presenting information about the band
and respecting their privacy.
Joel Mahaffey undertook the writing of the Biography
section in the 1990s; although this work has not been updated much since
then, it represents the beginning of this information being available
online. As he wrote when he first started this, "the information that
follows is by no means comprehensive."
Other websites have since built upon this foundation, but for now it is maintained
here primarily as a look at how the band members' lives (and their biographies) began.