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.
^ Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. Tool have listed the following books as recommended reading in their official newsletter.
+ Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album.
. A Spanish court recognized there had been a violation of Waits’s moral rights, in addition to the infringement of copyright [3] (http://www.anti.com/news.php?newsid=86715). The production company, Tandem Campany Guasch, was ordered to pay compensation to Waits through his Spanish publisher. Tourmates Fantômas and Meshuggah were cited as influences. In 2000, an Audi commercial broadcast in Spain featured music very similar to Waits' "Innocent When You Dream", after Waits first had declined when they approached him about using the original.

Tool are currently working on their fourth full length album which is expected to be released in 2005. [2] (http://www.keeslau.com/TomWaitsSupplement/Copyright/copyrightwaitslevis.htm). 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". Waits sued, and Levis agreed to cease all use of the song, and offered a full page apology in Billboard Magazine. 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. In 1993, Levi's used Screamin' Jay Hawkins' version of Waits' "Heartattack and Vine" in a commercial. 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. Waits declined the offer, and Frito Lay hired a Waits soundalike to sing a jingle similar to "Step Right Up," which is, ironically, a song Waits has called "an indictment of advertising." [1] (http://www.joe.trussell.com/waits/frito_lay.html) ("Step Right Up" concludes with the lyric "What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away").

The music video for the song was also renamed by MTV America to "Track #1" for its offensive connotations. Frito Lay had approached Waits to use one of his songs in an advertisement. 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. The first lawsuit was filed in 1988 against Frito Lay, and resulted in a US$2.6 million judgement in Waits' favor. 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. Waits has steadfastly refused to allow the use of his songs in commercials and has filed several lawsuits against advertisers who used his material without permission. Their music includes elements of heavy metal, progressive rock, psychedelia and art rock. In essence, however, and despite his songs having been covered by famous stars such as Bruce Springsteen and Rod Stewart, Waits remains a cult performer, steadfastly outside the mainstream.

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. Waits has been reported as having bipolar disorder. 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. In the popular perception, however, he and his work remain mostly characterised by his rocky voice, his strong personality and theatrical presence on stage and the "late night smoky bars" humour of his texts ("I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a pre-frontal lobotomy."). High Priest by Timothy Leary. The last of these albums -- an off-Broadway musical co-written with his wife -- and the later collaboration with William S. Burroughs on The Black Rider both demonstrated the increasing interest in theatre, which has resulted in a somewhat successful acting career as well as soundtrack work. Hellboy: The Lost Army by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden. He also gradually altered his singing style, sounding less like the late-night crooner of the 70s, instead adopting a gravelly voice reminiscent of Howling Wolf and Captain Beefheart.

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. His trio of albums from the mid-1980s, Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs and Frank's Wild Years, all featured some degree of eclectic instrumentation -- Waits' self described "Junkyard Orchestra"--often marrying soul music horn sections to avant-garde percussion reminiscent of Harry Partch's, or the distorted guitar of Marc Ribot. Black Spring by Henry Miller. After he left Asylum Records for Island Records in 1983, his music became less mainstream. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. His wife is regularly credited as co-author of many songs on his later released albums, and is often cited by Waits as a major influence on his work. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. With his wife, he wrote and performed in Big Time, a slightly surreal concert movie.

Dune by Frank Herbert. In August 1980, he married Kathleen Brennan, whom he had met on the set of One From The Heart. The Origin Of Satan by Elaine Pagels. Waits would also act in Coppola's Rumblefish, The Outsiders, The Cotton Club and Dracula (as the insane Renfield), and work with such directors as Jim Jarmusch and Robert Altman. Four Treatises Of Theophratus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelus by Paracelus. 1980 saw the commencement of a long working relationship with Francis Ford Coppola, who asked him to provide music for his film One From The Heart. Ouspensky. Foreign Affairs (1977) and Blue Valentine (1978) were in a similar vein, but showed further refinement of his artistic voice.

D. Small Change (1976) featuring famed drummer Shelly Manne, was jazzier still, and songs such as "The Piano Has Been Drinking" and "Bad Liver and a Broken Heart" cemented his hard living reputation, with a lyrical style pitched somewhere between Raymond Chandler and Charles Bukowski. Fourth Way by P. The 1975 album Nighthawks at the Diner, recorded in a studio but with a small audience to capture the ambience of a live show, captures this phase of his career, including the lengthy spoken interludes between songs that punctuated his live act. What The Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula. The Heart of Saturday Night showed his roots as a nightclub singer, half speaking and half crooning ballads, often with a soft jazz background. Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baignet, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln. After numerous abortive recording sessions, his first record, the melancholic, country-tinged Closing Time (1973) received warm reviews, but he first gained national attention when his "Ol' 55" was recorded by The Eagles in 1974.

The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine. Born in Pomona, California, Waits' recording career began in 1971, after he relocated to Los Angeles and signed with Herb Cohen, manager of Frank Zappa, among others. The Legacy of the Beast. Thomas Alan Waits, (born December 7, 1949) is an American composer, singer, musician and actor. The Mayan prophecies. Holly Cole, Canadian artist covering Waits' songs in jazz style. The Dancing Wu Li Masters. Kazik Staszewski, Polish artist extensively covering Waits.

Hearts Aflame by Johanna Lindsey. 2004 Real Gone Tour. Archaic Revival by Terence McKenna. 1999 Get Behind The Mule Tour. Interior Design with Feng Shui by Sarah Rossbach. 1987 Big Time touring. Diary Of A Genius by Salvador Dali. 1985 Rain Dogs touring.

Art and Physics by Leonard Shlain. 1980-1982 Heartattack and Vine touring. Earth by David Brin. 1978-1979 Blue Valentine touring. Nothing In This Book Is True ... by Bob Frissell. 1977 Foreign Affairs touring. Squeak the Mouse by Massimo Mattioli. 1975-1976 Small Change touring.

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. 1974-1975 The Heart Of Saturday Night touring. And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave. 1973 Closing Time touring. Love and Sleep and AEGYPT by John Crowley. 2004 Composer (with Kathleen Brennan) on soundtrack of "Shrek 2". Behold the Protong! by Stanislav Szukalski. 2003 Appeared in conversation with Iggy Pop in Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere In America.

Behind the CD tray on Undertow is a picture of a cow licking itself. 1999 Mystery Men -- played an inventor who specialized in non-lethal weapons. On European and other releases, the song appears as track 10 after a period of silence following "Flood.". Composer on soundtrack of The End of Violence. 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). 1996 Composer on soundtrack of Dead Man Walking.