A Los Angeles band that built a catalog of complex, layered rock over three decades.
If you want to hear where they started, put on 'Sober.' For where they ended up, try 'Schism.' Both songs have that same coiled intensity, just stretched out over different lengths.
Tool's music doesn't arrive fully formed, it unfolds. That 1993 single 'Sober' snuck onto radio and gave their unconventional sound a foothold. Later tracks like 'Schism' and 'Stinkfist' show how they layered progressive structures and spiritual themes into something that feels both heavy and cerebral.
They formed in Los Angeles in 1990 and took a few years to find their audience. 'Undertow' in 1993 changed that, and by 2001's 'Lateralus,' their sound had grown into the complex, rhythmically intricate work they're known for.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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