Tool (band)

Reading these books is encouraged by the band as they provide a stronger insight to Tool's music and inspiration, and the philosophies used in their music. A direct replica of Stevie Ray Vaughan's primary guitar. Tool have listed the following books as recommended reading in their official newsletter. In 2004, Fender releases the Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute Model "Number One" Stratocaster Guitar (http://www.fender.com/misc/winternamm2004/srv_tribute/index.html).
. In 1994, the Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial Statue was erected at Auditorium Shores on Town Lake in Austin, Texas. Tourmates Fantômas and Meshuggah were cited as influences. As of 2004, this model is still in production.

Tool are currently working on their fourth full length album which is expected to be released in 2005. In 1992, Fender released the Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Stratocaster, designed along with Stevie before his death. In addition, the members of Tool avoid press, rarely grant interviews, and have only appeared in two of their music videos, "Hush", and very briefly in "Sober". In 1991, Texas governor Ann Richards proclaimed October 3, Vaughan's birthday, to be "Stevie Ray Vaughan Day.". The length of the music video for "Parabola" clocked in at an unheard of ten and a half minutes, almost condemning it from being aired on mainstream music channels. Stevie Ray Vaughan is interred in the Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas. Though the singles for Ænima received significant radio play, 2001's Lateralus featured songs averaging six and a half minutes in length, unwieldy for even the most ambitious disc jockeys. Jimmie Vaughan would later co-write and record a song in tribute to his brother and other late blues guitarists, entitled "Six Strings Down".

The music video for the song was also renamed by MTV America to "Track #1" for its offensive connotations. 1991's The Sky is Crying was the first of several posthumous Vaughan releases with chart success. Tool has long clashed with conventional television and radio due to their dark musical content and dry disposition: "Stinkfist", the first single from Ænima was initially shortened for radio play until overwhelming fan response compelled them to play the track uncut. A duet album, Family Style, with his brother, Jimmie Vaughan (also a noted blues-rock guitarist and former member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds) was released in September 1990 after Stevie's death and was a popular hit. Indicative of their various influences (King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Rush among them), Tool's music features a firm grasp of musical structure, unconventional time signatures, and inventive, often counter-mainstream culture subject matter. Vaughan's comeback was cut tragically short when, in the early morning of August 27, 1990, he was killed when a helicopter he was riding in crashed near East Troy, Wisconsin following a concert at the Alpine Valley music theater where he had appeared earlier in the evening with Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, and Eric Clapton. Their music includes elements of heavy metal, progressive rock, psychedelia and art rock. Following his return, Vaughan recorded In Step (1989), another critically acclaimed disc that won a Grammy award for Best Contemporary Blues Record.

Paul d'Amour left the band in 1995 and was replaced by Justin Chancellor of the UK band Peach shortly after recording for their third major release, Ænima, began. He checked into rehab in Georgia later that year. Tool is a rock music group formed in the United States in 1990 by vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones, bassist Paul d'Amour, and drummer Danny Carey. Drug addiction and alcoholism took a toll on Vaughan, and in the mid 1980s, he collapsed, while on tour in 1986. High Priest by Timothy Leary. The debut was followed by equally successful followups Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) and Soul to Soul (1985). Hellboy: The Lost Army by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble's debut album was released in 1983; the critically acclaimed Texas Flood (produced by John Hammond) featured the top-20 hit "Pride and Joy" and sold well in both blues and rock circles.

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Bowie first caught Vaughan at the Montreux Jazz Festival where he was initially booed by many who disliked his hard blues sound. Vaughan is most notably featured on Bowie's album Let's Dance, in the songs "Let's Dance" and "China Girl.". Black Spring by Henry Miller. A popular local draw, Vaughan soon attracted attention from David Bowie and Jackson Browne, and he played on albums with both. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. After playing in a series of bands, Dallas-native Vaughan formed the blues-rock combo Double Trouble with drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon in the late 1970s. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. His playing style is often compared to that of Jimi Hendrix, though such comparisons often inspire sharp debate among music fans.

Dune by Frank Herbert. Stevie Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954–August 27, 1990) was an American blues guitar legend, known as one of the most influential electric blues musicians in history. The Origin Of Satan by Elaine Pagels. Greatest Hits (1995). Four Treatises Of Theophratus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelus by Paracelus. In The Beginning (1992). Ouspensky. The Sky Is Crying (1991).

D. In Step (1989). Fourth Way by P. Live Alive! (1986). What The Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula. Soul to Soul (1985). Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baignet, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln. Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984).

The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine. Texas Flood (1983). The Legacy of the Beast. The Mayan prophecies. The Dancing Wu Li Masters.

Hearts Aflame by Johanna Lindsey. Archaic Revival by Terence McKenna. Interior Design with Feng Shui by Sarah Rossbach. Diary Of A Genius by Salvador Dali.

Art and Physics by Leonard Shlain. Earth by David Brin. Nothing In This Book Is True ... by Bob Frissell. Squeak the Mouse by Massimo Mattioli.

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave. Love and Sleep and AEGYPT by John Crowley. Behold the Protong! by Stanislav Szukalski.

Behind the CD tray on Undertow is a picture of a cow licking itself. On European and other releases, the song appears as track 10 after a period of silence following "Flood.". The final track of Undertow, called "Disgustipated," appears as track 69 on early pressings of the US copies of the disc, on others it appears at track 30(the intervening tracks are all 3 second blank tracks). The Opiate EP has a secret track called "The Gaping Lotus Experience." It fades in six minutes, six seconds into track six ("666").

This tribute is performed on acoustic instruments. In a similar vain, 'A Gothic Acoustic Ensemble Tribute to Tool' was released in 2004. A second volume of string tribute titled The String Tribute to Tool Volume 2: Metamorphic was released in 2003, again containing various tool songs from all four albums. Tool's songs are mostly multi-sectioned, and the band's sophisticated grasp of harmony allows for an interesting instrumental interpretation.

The lack of percussion is sometimes countered with "clicking" arco techniques. A number of Tool songs are rearranged for classical music string instruments (violins, viola, cello and a double bass) with at least three musicians. The String Tribute to Tool: Third Eye Open is a tribute album released in 2001. Tricky appears, uncredited, in the video for "Parabola.".

Timothy Leary is also an influence and his "Think for yourself, question authority" monologue introduces the live version of "Third Eye" on Salival. Samples of his comedy are featured on "Third Eye" and the booklet for Ænima has a tribute painting of him. Comedian Bill Hicks influenced and is well respected by the band. Henry Rollins appears briefy on Undertow, reciting a spoken word piece on "Bottom.".

Early pressings of the CD featured the song spelled "Lateralis," but this was corrected on subsequent copies. The title track from "Lateralus" was also released as a single, however no video was produced for it. Most of these videos were created with the help of interpretive dance duo Osseus Labyrint. "Hush" was the only video where the band members appear prominently, although they appear briefly in "Sober".

The band's singles and accompanying music videos include: "Hush" from Opiate, "Sober" and "Prison Sex" from Undertow, "Stinkfist" and "Ænema" from Ænima, and "Schism" and "Parabola" from Lateralus. Paul d'Amour (bass). Maynard James Keenan (Vocals). Adam Jones (Guitar).

Justin Chancellor (bass). Danny Carey (Drums).