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| name              = Tool
| image             = Tool live Birmingham 2022.jpg
| caption           = Tool performing in 2022
| alt               = Members of Tool performing onstage
| landscape         = yes
| background        = group_or_band
| origin            = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| genre             = <!--These are in alphabetical order and only suited as a rough overview. For sources, context, and weight, read the biography! -->{{hlist|[[Alternative metal]]|[[art rock]]|{{nowrap|[[post-metal]]}}|[[progressive metal]]|[[progressive rock]]}}
| discography       = [[Tool discography]]
| years_active      = 1990–present
| label             = {{hlist|Tool Dissectional|[[Volcano Entertainment|Volcano]]|[[Zoo Entertainment (record label)|Zoo]]|[[RCA Records|RCA]]}}
| website           = {{URL|https://toolband.com/}}
| current_members   = <!--Do not change! See Wikipedia guidelines for reference!-->
* [[Maynard James Keenan]]
* [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]]
* [[Danny Carey]]
* [[Justin Chancellor]]
| past_members      = * [[Paul D'Amour]]
}}

'''Tool''' is an American [[Rock music|rock]] band formed in Los Angeles in 1990. It consists of vocalist [[Maynard James Keenan]], guitarist [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]], drummer [[Danny Carey]] and bassist [[Justin Chancellor]], who replaced founding member [[Paul D'Amour]] in 1995. Tool has won four [[Grammy Award]]s,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Jones {{!}} Artist {{!}} Grammy.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/adam-jones/9189 |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> performed worldwide tours, and produced albums topping charts in several countries.

The band has released five studio albums, one [[Opiate (EP)|EP]] and one [[Salival|box set]]. They emerged with a [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] sound on their first studio album,<!--Undertow was Tool's first full-length album; Opiate was only an EP, and does not need mention here--> ''[[Undertow (Tool album)|Undertow]]'' (1993), and became a dominant act in the [[alternative metal]] movement with the release of their follow-up album ''[[Ænima]]'' in 1996. The group's efforts to combine musical experimentation, [[visual arts]], and a message of personal evolution continued with ''[[Lateralus]]'' (2001) and ''[[10,000 Days (Tool album)|10,000 Days]]'' (2006), gaining critical acclaim and international commercial success. Their fifth studio album ''[[Fear Inoculum]]'' was released on August 30, 2019, to widespread critical acclaim. Prior to its release, the band had sold more than 13 million albums in the US alone.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8525883/tool-chart-history-10-things-to-know|title=Tool by the Numbers: 10 Things to Know About the Band's Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-date=August 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807044309/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8525883/tool-chart-history-10-things-to-know|url-status=live}}</ref>

Due to Tool's incorporation of visual arts and very long and complex releases, the band has been described as a style-transcending act and part of [[progressive rock]], [[psychedelic rock]], and [[art rock]]. The relationship between the band and the [[music industry]] is ambivalent, at times marked by [[censorship]], and the band's insistence on privacy.

==History==
===Formation and ''Opiate'' (1989–1992)===
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[[File:Tool logo 2006.svg|thumb|left|Tool logo, 2006]]

During the 1980s, each of the future members of Tool moved to Los Angeles. Both Paul D'Amour and Adam Jones wanted to enter the film industry, while Maynard James Keenan, who had studied visual arts in Michigan, worked as a pet store remodeler.<ref name="livewire" /> Danny Carey and Keenan performed for [[Green Jellÿ]],<ref name="livewire" /> and Carey played with [[Carole King]] and [[Pigmy Love Circus]].<ref name="Tepedelen 2004" />

Keenan and Jones met through a mutual friend in 1989.{{sfn|Kitts|Tolinski|2002|pp=1965–1969}} After Keenan played Jones a tape recording of his previous band project, Jones was so impressed by his voice that he eventually talked his friend into forming a new band.{{sfn|Kitts|Tolinski|2002|pp=1965–1969}} They started [[Jam session|jamming]] together while searching for a drummer and a bass player. Carey happened to live above Keenan and was introduced to Jones by [[Tom Morello]], an old high school friend of Jones and former member of Electric Sheep.{{sfn|Newquist|Maloof|2004|pp=11–15}} Carey began playing in their sessions because he "felt kinda sorry for them", as other invited musicians were not showing up.{{sfn|Akhtar|2001|loc=C3}} Tool's lineup was completed when a friend of Jones introduced the members to bassist D'Amour.<ref name="circusmagazine" /> Early on, the band fabricated the story that it formed because of the [[pseudophilosophy]] "lachrymology".<ref name="MacKenzie Blake" /> Although "lachrymology" was also cited as an inspiration for the band's name, Keenan later explained the members' intentions differently: "Tool is exactly what it sounds like: It's a big dick. It's a wrench. ... we are ... your tool; use us as a catalyst in your process of finding out whatever it is you need to find out, or whatever it is you're trying to achieve."<ref name="Zappa 1994" />

After almost two years of practicing and performing locally in the Los Angeles area, the band was approached by record companies,{{sfn|Kitts|Tolinski|2002|pp=1965–1969}} and eventually signed a record deal with [[Zoo Entertainment (record label)|Zoo Entertainment]].<ref name="circusmagazine" /> In March 1992, Zoo released the band's first effort, ''[[Opiate (album)|Opiate]]''. Described by the band as "slam and bang" heavy music{{sfn|Akhtar|2001|loc=E8}} and the "hardest sounding" six songs they had written to that point,<ref name="Jones a Master of Many Trades" /> the [[Extended play|EP]] included the singles "[[Hush (Tool song)|Hush]]" and "[[Opiate (song)|Opiate]]". The band's first music video, "Hush", promoted their dissenting views about the then-prominent [[Parents Music Resource Center]] and its advocacy of the [[censorship of music]]. The video featured the band members naked with their genitalia covered by [[Parental Advisory]] stickers and their mouths covered by duct tape.<ref name="much" /> The band began touring with [[Rollins Band]], [[Fishbone]], [[Rage Against the Machine]], [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]], and [[Corrosion of Conformity]],<ref name="Stepping Out From the Shadows" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://metallipromo.com/wz.html|title=White Zombie Tour Dates|publisher=metallipromo.com|access-date=December 30, 2017|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231051512/http://metallipromo.com/wz.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://metallipromo.com/coc.html|title=Corrosion of Conformity Tour Dates|publisher=metallipromo.com|access-date=December 30, 2017|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231051458/http://metallipromo.com/coc.html|url-status=live}}</ref> to positive responses, which Janiss Garza of ''RIP Magazine'' summarized in September 1992 as a "buzz" and "a strong start".<ref name="Garza 1992" />

===''Undertow'' (1993–1994)===
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{{listen|filename=Tool - Undertow - Prison Sex - sample.ogg|title="Prison Sex"|description="Prison Sex" was removed from the MTV playlist and deemed too graphic and offensive by [[MuchMusic]].<ref name="Stepping Out From the Shadows"  /><ref name="sfc94" /> In this sample, Keenan begins his metaphorical treatment of [[child abuse]].}}

The following year, at a time when [[alternative rock]] and [[grunge]] were at their height, Tool released their first full-length album, ''[[Undertow (Tool album)|Undertow]]'' (1993). It expressed more diverse dynamics than ''Opiate'' and included songs the band had chosen not to publish on their previous release, when they had opted for a heavier sound.<ref name="Jones a Master of Many Trades" /> The band began touring again as planned, with an exception in May 1993. Tool was scheduled to play at the Garden Pavilion in Hollywood but learned at the last minute that the venue belonged to the [[Church of Scientology]], which was perceived as a clash with "the band's ethics about how a person should not follow a belief system that constricts their development as a human being."<ref name="Stepping Out From the Shadows"  /> Keenan "spent most of the show baa-ing like a sheep at the audience."<ref name="33 things" />

[[File:Tool-logo-early.jpg|thumb|upright|right|A band logo created by longtime collaborator Cam de Leon,<ref name="Lowe Law 2006" /> this wrench is an example of "[[phallic]] hardware" in Tool's imagery.<ref name="Buffalo News 1997" />]]

Tool later played several concerts during the [[Lollapalooza]] festival tour, and was moved from the second stage to the main stage by the group's manager and the festival co-founder [[Ted Gardner]].<ref name="pettigrew1997" /> At the last concert of Lollapalooza in Tool's hometown Los Angeles, comedian [[Bill Hicks]] introduced the band. Hicks had become a friend of the band members and an influence on them after being mentioned in ''Undertow'''s liner notes.<ref name="Garza 1997" /> He jokingly asked the audience of 10,000 people to stand still and help him look for a lost contact lens.<ref name="Kevin Booth" /> The boost in popularity gained from these concerts helped ''Undertow'' to be certified [[RIAA certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in September 1993 and to achieve platinum status in 1995,<ref name="Circus 1997" /> despite being sold with [[Corporate censorship|censored]] album artwork by distributors such as [[Wal-Mart]].<ref name="Axcess" />{{sfn|Sherry|Aldis|2006|p = 176}} The single "[[Sober (Tool song)|Sober]]" became a hit single by March 1994 and won the band ''Billboard''{{'}}s "Best Video by a New Artist" award for the accompanying [[stop motion]] music video.<ref name="Jones a Master of Many Trades" />

With the release of Tool's follow-up single "[[Prison Sex (song)|Prison Sex]]", the band again became the target of censorship. The song's lyrics and video dealt with [[child abuse]], which sparked controversial reactions; Keenan's lyrics begin with: "It took so long to remember just what happened. I was so young and vestal then, you know it hurt me, but I'm breathing so I guess I'm still alive ... I've got my hands bound and my head down and my eyes closed and my throat wide open." The video was created primarily by guitarist Adam Jones, who saw it as his "surrealistic interpretation" of the subject matter.<ref name="hypno" /> While some contemporary journalists praised the video and described the lyrics as "metaphoric",<ref name="much" /><ref name="sfc94" /> the American branch of [[MuchMusic]] (which asked Keenan to represent the band in a hearing) deemed the music video too graphic and obscene,<ref name="Stepping Out From the Shadows"  /> and MTV stopped airing it after a few showings.<ref name="sfc94" />

===''Ænima'' and ''Salival'' (1995–2000)===
{{main|Ænima| |Salival|}}
In September 1995, the band began writing and recording its second studio album. At that time Tool experienced its only lineup change to date, with bassist D'Amour leaving the band amicably to pursue other projects. According to Carey, D'Amour left the band because he wanted to play guitar rather than bass.<ref name=rs /> [[Justin Chancellor]], a member of former tourmate band [[Peach (band)|Peach]], eventually replaced D'Amour during the recording of the album, having been chosen over competitors such as [[Kyuss]]'s [[Scott Reeder (bassist)|Scott Reeder]], [[Filter (band)|Filter]]'s Frank Cavanaugh, [[Pigmy Love Circus]]'s E. Shepherd Stevenson, [[Jane's Addiction]]'s [[Eric Avery]], and [[ZAUM]]'s Marco Fox.<ref name="Fiend 1996" />

On September 17, 1996, Tool released its second full-length album, ''[[Ænima]]'' ("ON-ima").{{sfn|Akhtar|2001|loc=G2}} The band enlisted the help of producer David Bottrill, who had produced some of [[King Crimson]]'s albums, while Jones collaborated with Cam de Leon to create ''Ænima''{{'}}s Grammy-nominated artwork.<ref name="Aenima liner notes" />{{sfn|Akhtar|2001|loc=D11}} The album was dedicated to [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up comedian]] [[Bill Hicks]], who had died two-and-a-half years earlier.<ref name="Stepping Out From the Shadows" /> The band intended to raise awareness about Hicks's material and ideas, because they felt that Tool and Hicks "were resonating similar concepts".<ref name="austinkeenanhicks" /> In particular, ''Ænima''{{'}}s final track "Third Eye" is preceded by a clip of Hicks' performances, and the [[Lenticular printing|lenticular]] casing of the ''Ænima'' album packaging as well as the chorus of the title track "[[Ænema]]" make reference to a sketch from Hicks's ''[[Arizona Bay]]'' (the title track of the ''Arizona Bay Extended'' version of the album), in which he contemplates the idea of Los Angeles falling into the Pacific Ocean.<ref name="austinkeenanhicks" /><ref name="Zwick 2004" />

The first single, "[[Stinkfist]]", garnered limited airplay. It was shortened by radio programmers, MTV (U.S.) renamed the music video of "Stinkfist" to "Track No.&nbsp;1" due to offensive connotations,<ref name="stinkfist" /> and the lyrics of the song were altered.{{sfn|McIver|2009|p = 137}} Responding to fan complaints about censorship, [[Matt Pinfield]] of MTV's ''[[120 Minutes]]'' expressed regret on air by waving his fist in front of his face while introducing the video and explaining the name change.<ref name="stinkfist" />

{{listen|filename=Tool - Ænima - Ænema - sample.ogg|title="Ænema"|description=This [[Bill Hicks]]-inspired song won the 1998 [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]]. The chorus, and the lyrics in this clip, of "Ænema" makes reference to the title track from Hicks's extended [[Arizona Bay]] album.}}

A tour began in October 1996, two weeks after ''Ænima''{{'}}s release. Following numerous appearances in the United States and Europe, Tool headed for Australia and New Zealand in late March 1997. Eventually returning to the United States, Tool appeared at Lollapalooza '97 in July, this time as a headliner, where they gained critical praise from ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name="nytimeslollapalooza" /> ''Ænima'' eventually matched Tool's successful debut album in sales,<ref name="Fruchtman 2006" /> and the progressive-influenced album landed the band at the head of the [[alternative metal]] genre. It featured the Grammy Award-winning "Ænema"<ref name="Rock on the Net 1998" /> and appeared on "Best Albums of 1996" lists in ''[[Kerrang!]]''<ref name="Kerrang" /> and ''[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]''.<ref name="Terrorizer" /> It was eventually certified [[Music recording sales certification|triple platinum]] by the RIAA on March 4, 2003.<ref name="Post Gazette 2006" /> In 1998, Tool joined the [[Ozzfest]] tour in the United States as the co-headliner act before [[Ozzy Osbourne]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/editorials/ozzfest-1998-where-are-they-now-a-taste-of-things-to-come|publication-date=July 28, 2017 |title=Ozzfest 1998 Where Are They Now: A Taste Of Things To Come |first=Nick |last=Dauk|website=Metal Injection|date=July 28, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731125139/http://www.metalinjection.net/editorials/ozzfest-1998-where-are-they-now-a-taste-of-things-to-come|archive-date=July 31, 2017}}</ref> The band accepted on the condition that [[Melvins]] had to join it as well because, as stated by its frontman [[Buzz Osborne]], they "wanted at least one band on the tour that they liked", despite the dissuasions from the tour organizers.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/05/10/buzz-osborne-the-metalsucks-interview-part-two|publication-date=May 10, 2010 |title=BUZZ OSBORNE: THE METALSUCKS INTERVIEW (PART TWO)|first=Gary|last=Suarez|website=[[MetalSucks]]|date=May 10, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513184654/http://www.metalsucks.net/2010/05/10/buzz-osborne-the-metalsucks-interview-part-two|archive-date=May 13, 2010}}</ref>

Two legal battles then began that interfered with the band's working on another release. [[Volcano Entertainment]]—the successor of Tool's by-then defunct label Zoo Entertainment—alleged contract violations by Tool and filed a lawsuit. According to Volcano, Tool had violated their contract when the band looked at offers from other record labels. After Tool filed a counter-suit stating that Volcano had failed to use a renewal option in their contract, the parties settled out of court. In December 1998 Tool agreed to a new contract, a three-record joint venture deal.{{sfn|Akhtar|2001|loc=C15}}<ref name="MTV December 1998" /> Then in 2000, the band dismissed their long-time manager Ted Gardner, who then sued the band over his commission.<ref name="Borzillo-Vrenna 2000" /> During this time, Keenan joined the band [[A Perfect Circle]], which was founded by long-time Tool guitar tech [[Billy Howerdel]], while Jones joined The Melvins' [[Buzz Osborne]] and Carey drummed with Dead Kennedys' [[Jello Biafra]] on side projects.<ref name="Slater 2001" /> Although there were rumors that Tool was breaking up,<ref name="Kline 2002" /><ref name="Beaumont Enterprise 2002" /> Chancellor, Jones, and Carey were working on new material while waiting for Keenan to return.<ref name="Stout 2001" /> In 2000, the ''[[Salival]]'' [[box set]] (CD/VHS or CD/DVD) was released, effectively putting an end to the rumors.<ref name="AllMusic Biography" /> The CD contained one new original track, a [[Cover version|cover]] of Led Zeppelin's "[[No Quarter (song)|No Quarter]]", a live version of Peach's "[[You Lied]]", and revised versions of old songs. The VHS and the DVD each contained four music videos, plus a bonus music video for "Hush" on the DVD. Although ''Salival'' did not yield any singles, the hidden track "Maynard's Dick" (which dates back to the ''Opiate'' era) briefly found its way to [[FM broadcasting|FM radio]] when several DJs chose to play it on air under the title "Maynard's Dead".{{sfn|Akhtar|2001|loc=H26}}

===''Lateralus'' (2001–2005)===
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In January 2001, Tool announced a new album, ''Systema Encéphale'', along with a 12-song track list containing titles such as "Riverchrist", "Numbereft", "Encephatalis", "Musick", and "Coeliacus".<ref name="tdnsystematracks" /> File-sharing networks such as [[Napster]] were flooded with bogus files bearing the titles' names.<ref name="tdnsystematracks" /> A month later, the band revealed that the new album was actually titled ''[[Lateralus]]''; the name ''Systema Encéphale'' and the track list had been a ruse.<ref name="mtvnewssystema" /> ''Lateralus'' and the corresponding tours would take Tool a step further toward [[art rock]]<ref name="e!onlinelateralus" /><ref name="kingcrimsonminitour" /><ref name="munge" /> and [[progressive rock]]<ref name="AMG Lateralus review" /><ref name="rollingstonelateralus" />{{sfn|DeRogatis|2003|p=562}} territory. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote in an attempt to summarize the album that "Drums, bass and guitars move in jarring cycles of hyperhowl and near-silent [[death march]] ... The prolonged running times of most of ''Lateralus''{{'}} thirteen tracks are misleading; the entire album rolls and stomps with [[suite (music)|suite]]like purpose."<ref name="rollingstonelateralus" /> Joshua Klein of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' expressed his opinion that ''Lateralus'', with its 79 minutes and relatively complex and long songs—topped by the ten-and-a-half-minute music video for "[[Parabola (song)|Parabola]]"—posed a challenge to fans and music programming alike.<ref name="Klein 2002" />

{{listen|filename=Tool_-_Lateralus_-_Schism_-_sample.ogg|title="Schism"|description="Schism" is the first single off ''Lateralus''. With its abstract lyrics and multi-sectioned, odd-metered structure it has since become a signature song of the band.|format=[[Ogg]]}}

The album became a worldwide success, reaching No.1 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart in its debut week.<ref name="Cohen, Martens 2001" /> Tool received their second Grammy Award for the best metal performance of 2001 for the song "[[Schism (song)|Schism]]".<ref name="Grammy Awards" /> During the band's acceptance speech, Carey stated that he would like to thank his parents (for putting up with him) and [[Satan]], and bassist Chancellor concluded: "I want to thank my dad for doing my mom."<ref name="D'Angelo 2002" />

Extensive touring throughout 2001 and 2002 supported ''Lateralus'' and included a personal highlight for the band: a 10-show joint mini-tour with [[King Crimson]] in August 2001. Comparisons between the two were made, MTV describing the bands as "the once and future kings of progressive rock". Keenan stated of the minitour: "For me, being on stage with King Crimson is like [[Lenny Kravitz]] playing with [[Led Zeppelin]], or [[Britney Spears]] onstage with [[Debbie Gibson]]."<ref name="kingcrimsonminitour" /> Although the end of the tour in November 2002 seemed to signal the start of another hiatus for the band, they did not become completely inactive. While Keenan recorded and toured with [[A Perfect Circle]], the other band members released an interview and a recording of new material, both exclusive to the fan club. The "double [[Gramophone record|vinyl]] four-picture disc" edition of ''Lateralus'' was first released as a limited autographed edition exclusively available to fan club members and publicly released on August 23, 2005. On December 20 the two DVDs were released, one containing the single "[[Schism (song)|Schism]]" and the other "[[Parabola (song)|Parabola]]", a remix by [[Lustmord]], and a music video with commentary by [[David Yow]] and [[Jello Biafra]].

===''10,000 Days'' (2006–2009)===
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[[File:Tool live 2006.jpg|thumb|right|Tool live, in 2006]]
Fifteen years into the band's career, Tool had acquired what Dan Epstein of ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' described as a devoted "[[Cult following|cult]]" following,<ref name="Epstein 2006" /> and as details about the band's next album emerged, such as the influence of ''Lateralus'' tourmates [[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]] and [[Meshuggah]],<ref name="mtvhammer" /> controversy surrounding the new Tool album surfaced with speculation over song titles and pre-release rumors of leaked songs.<ref name="theage10kdays" /> Speculation over possible album titles was dismissed with a news item on the official Tool website, announcing that the new album's name was ''[[10,000 Days (Tool album)|10,000 Days]]''. Nevertheless, speculation continued, with allegations that ''10,000 Days'' was merely a "decoy" album to fool audiences.<ref name="theage10kdays" /> The rumor was proven false when a [[music leak|leaked]] copy of the album was distributed via [[filesharing]] networks a week prior to its official release.<ref name="Harris May 11, 2006" />

The album opener, "[[Vicarious (Tool song)|Vicarious]]", premiered on U.S. radio stations on April 17, 2006. The album premiered on May 2 in the U.S. and debuted at the top spots of various international charts. ''10,000 Days'' sold 564,000 copies in its opening week in the U.S. and was number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 charts, doubling the sales of [[Pearl Jam]]'s [[Pearl Jam (album)|self-titled album]], its closest competitor.<ref name="Harris May 10, 2006" /> However, ''10,000 Days'' was received less favorably by critics than its predecessor ''[[Lateralus]]''.<ref name="Metacritic 2006" /><ref name="Metacritic 2001" />

Prior to the release of ''10,000 Days'', a tour kicked off at [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella]] on April 30. The touring schedule was similar to the ''Lateralus'' tour of 2001; supporting acts were [[Isis (band)|Isis]] and [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]]. During a short break early the next year, after touring Australia and New Zealand, drummer Carey suffered a [[Biceps brachii muscle|biceps]] tear during a skirmish with his girlfriend's dog, casting uncertainty on the band's upcoming concerts in North America.<ref name="Toolband 2007" /> Carey underwent surgery on February 21 and several performances had to be postponed. Back on tour by April, Tool appeared on June 15 as a headliner at the [[Bonnaroo Music Festival]] with a guest appearance from [[Rage Against the Machine]]'s [[Tom Morello]] on "[[Lateralus (song)|Lateralus]]".<ref name="Cohen 2007" /> Meanwhile, "Vicarious" was a nominee for [[Best Hard Rock Performance]] and ''10,000 Days'' won [[Best Recording Package]] at the [[49th Grammy Awards]].<ref name="49thgrammyawards" /> The music video for "Vicarious" was released on DVD on December 18. The band's 2009 summer tour began on July 18 in [[Commerce City, Colorado]], at the [[Mile High Music Festival]]. They headlined Lollapalooza 2009 and a show on August 22 for the [[Epicenter (music festival)|Epicenter Festival]] in Pomona, California.<ref name="Blabbermouth 2009" /><ref name="Mile High press release 2009" /><ref name="Lollapalooza press release 2009" />

===''Fear Inoculum'' (2012–2022)===
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Their Tool Winter Tour played dates across the U.S. and Canada in January and February 2012.<ref name="Fourtheye 2012" /><ref name="Audio Ink 2012" /> The band played at [[Ozzfest|Ozzfest Japan]] on May 12, 2013.<ref name="Blabbermouth 2012" /> On July 15, 2014, Carey and Jones informed ''Rolling Stone'' that family commitments and an ongoing lawsuit are the key reasons for the delayed fifth album.<ref name="Grow 2014">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tool-explain-why-they-havent-put-out-a-new-album-since-2006-20140715|last=Grow|first=Corey|title=Tool Explain Why They Haven't Put Out a New Album Since 2006|date=July 15, 2014|access-date=July 15, 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=July 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717185147/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tool-explain-why-they-havent-put-out-a-new-album-since-2006-20140715|url-status=live}}</ref> Carey said to the music publication that one untitled track is "pretty much done".<ref name="Grow 2014" /> In March 2015, Jones revealed that the lawsuit had been settled in the band's favor, and as such, the band was turning their focus towards recording the album.<ref name="exclusive-with-legal-obstacles-out-of-the-way">{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/exclusive-with-legal-obstacles-out-of-the-way-113603374956.html|title=Exclusive: With Legal Obstacles Out of the Way Tool Are Again Hard at Work|date=March 14, 2015 |access-date=April 6, 2015|archive-date=April 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412235737/https://www.yahoo.com/music/exclusive-with-legal-obstacles-out-of-the-way-113603374956.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He said that he hoped the album would be finished before the end of 2015 but emphasized that the band would not rush their work to meet an arbitrary deadline.<ref name="exclusive-with-legal-obstacles-out-of-the-way"/> In January 2016, Tool undertook a tour of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2015/11/tool-announce-2016-tour/|title=Tool announce 2016 tour, and the first show is only two months away|last=Young|first=Alex|date=November 13, 2015|work=Consequence of Sound|access-date=November 23, 2015|archive-date=November 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121094203/https://consequence.net/2015/11/tool-announce-2016-tour/|url-status=live}}</ref> While it was reported in February 2017 that Keenan had entered the studio to work on vocals for the fifth Tool album,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/maynard-james-keenan-begins-vocal-work-new-tool-album/ |title=Maynard James Keenan Begins Vocal Work on New Tool Album |website=Loudwire.com |date=February 17, 2017 |access-date=May 2, 2017 |archive-date=May 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506200912/http://loudwire.com/maynard-james-keenan-begins-vocal-work-new-tool-album/ |url-status=live }}</ref> it was later reported that the album was not scheduled for release in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/73383-tool-and-a-perfect-circle-wont-release-albums-in-2017/|title=Tool and A Perfect Circle Won't Release Albums in 2017 – Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|date=May 8, 2017|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809134125/https://pitchfork.com/news/73383-tool-and-a-perfect-circle-wont-release-albums-in-2017/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/05/apparently-neither-tool-nor-a-perfect-circle-will-be-releasing-albums-in-2017/|title=Apparently neither Tool nor A Perfect Circle will be releasing albums in 2017|date=May 8, 2017|access-date=May 10, 2017|archive-date=May 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510211736/https://consequence.net/2017/05/apparently-neither-tool-nor-a-perfect-circle-will-be-releasing-albums-in-2017/|url-status=live}}</ref> Still, the band announced a North American tour starting in May.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7720977/tool-tour-date-live-2017-north-america-festival-ticket|title=Tool Announces 2017 North American Shows to Go Alongside Summer Fest Gigs|last=Payne|first=Chris|date=March 13, 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 23, 2017|archive-date=March 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319112349/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7720977/tool-tour-date-live-2017-north-america-festival-ticket|url-status=live}}</ref> A month later, Chancellor revealed that the new Tool album was "about 90-percent there",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/tool-justin-chancellor-new-album-90-percent-there/|title=Tool's Justin Chancellor: New Album is 'About 90-Percent There'|last=Hartmann|first=Graham|date=June 26, 2017|work=Loudwire|access-date=December 30, 2017|archive-date=December 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230231850/http://loudwire.com/tool-justin-chancellor-new-album-90-percent-there/|url-status=live}}</ref> while Carey claimed in separate interviews that it would "definitely" be released in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/danny-carey-new-tool-album-definitely-2018/|title=Danny Carey: New Tool Album Will 'Definitely' Be Out In 2018|last=Divita|first=Joe|date=December 8, 2017|work=Loudwire|access-date=December 30, 2017|archive-date=December 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230236/http://loudwire.com/danny-carey-new-tool-album-definitely-2018/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/danny-carey-on-new-tool-album-itll-be-out-in-2018|title=Danny Carey on New Tool Album: 'It'll Be Out in 2018'|last=Pasbani|first=Robert|date=December 8, 2017|work=Metal Injection|access-date=December 30, 2017|archive-date=December 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230201115/http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/danny-carey-on-new-tool-album-itll-be-out-in-2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2018, Jones revealed that Keenan was working on lyrics for the album, and that the band would begin recording in March.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/tool-adam-jones-march-recording-start-new-album|title=Tool's Adam Jones Reveals March Recording Start for New Album|last=Childers|first=Chad|date=February 19, 2018|work=Loudwire|access-date=February 19, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219214623/http://loudwire.com/tool-adam-jones-march-recording-start-new-album/|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2018, during his acceptance speech for the Icon Award at the [[Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards]], Keenan stated "I'll go on record now saying you're gonna see some new music next year."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://consequence.net/2018/06/maynard-james-keenan-promises-tool-will-release-new-music-next-year/|title=Maynard James Keenan promises Tool will release "new music next year"|date=June 13, 2018|work=Consequence of Sound|access-date=August 29, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=August 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830004828/https://consequence.net/2018/06/maynard-james-keenan-promises-tool-will-release-new-music-next-year/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:ToolWelcometoRockville2023.jpg|thumb|Tool performing at Welcome to Rockville 2023]] On September 11, 2018, Keenan announced via Twitter that production on the record was progressing and that vocals had been written, before suggesting a 2019 release.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/heres-promising-update-new-tool-album-2377977 |title=Here's a promising update on that new Tool album |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=September 11, 2018 |website=NME |access-date=October 1, 2018 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002064546/https://www.nme.com/news/music/heres-promising-update-new-tool-album-2377977 |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2019, Keenan announced that he had completed recording his vocals for the album "months ago."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2019/01/tool-new-album-vocals-recorded/|title=Maynard James Keenan Says Vocals for Tool's Next Album Are Done|last=Burks|first=Tosten|date=2019-01-04|website=Spin|language=en|access-date=2019-01-09|archive-date=July 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708115403/https://www.spin.com/2019/01/tool-new-album-vocals-recorded/|url-status=live}}</ref> While Carey mentioned aiming for a mid-April release date, Keenan later explained that between May and July was a more realistic time frame to wrap up production and release the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2019/02/maynard-james-keenan-new-tool-album-may-july/|title=Maynard James Keenan: New Tool album to arrive between May and July|last=Kaufman|first=Spencer|date=2019-02-08|website=Consequence of Sound|language=en|access-date=2019-02-10|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011210/https://consequence.net/2019/02/maynard-james-keenan-new-tool-album-may-july/|url-status=live}}</ref> On May 5, 2019, the band debuted two new songs live at the [[Welcome to Rockville]] Festival in Jacksonville, Florida called "Descending" and "Invincible".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2019/05/06/catch-a-glimpse-of-two-new-tool-songs-recorded-live-at-welcome-to-rockville/|title=Catch a glimpse of two new Tool songs recorded live at Welcome to Rockville|last=brownypaul|date=2019-05-06|website=Wall Of Sound|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-06|archive-date=May 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506062717/https://wallofsoundau.com/2019/05/06/catch-a-glimpse-of-two-new-tool-songs-recorded-live-at-welcome-to-rockville/|url-status=live}}</ref> Three days later, it was confirmed that the band's new album is scheduled to be released on August 30, 2019.<ref name="rollingstone">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tool-new-album-release-date-832784/|title=Tool Set Summer Release Date for New Album|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=2019-05-08|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-08|archive-date=May 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508163754/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tool-new-album-release-date-832784/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/maynard-james-keenan-confirms-new-tool-album-release-date-shares-thor-meme|title=Maynard James Keenan Confirms New Tool Album Release Date, Shares Thor Meme|date=2019-05-10|website=Revolver|language=en|access-date=2019-05-10|archive-date=May 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510173632/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/maynard-james-keenan-confirms-new-tool-album-release-date-shares-thor-meme|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 29, 2019, Keenan confirmed the album would be titled ''[[Fear Inoculum]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/tool-new-album-fear-inoculum/|title=Tool Officially Announce New Album 'Fear Inoculum'|date=2019-07-29|website=Loudwire|language=en|access-date=2019-07-29|archive-date=July 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729204502/https://loudwire.com/tool-new-album-fear-inoculum/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Fear Inoculum (song)|title track]] was released as a single on August 7, the band's first release in 13 years.<ref name="LOUD">{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/tool-fear-inoculum-song/|title=Tool Release First New Song in 13 Years 'Fear Inoculum'|first=Joe|last=DiVita|website=Loudwire|date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2019|archive-date=August 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808152540/https://loudwire.com/tool-fear-inoculum-song/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On August 2, 2019, Tool's discography (with the exception of ''Salival'') became available on [[Music streaming service|music streaming]] platforms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2019/08/tool-albums-stream-online/|title=Tool's entire discography is now available to stream online|date=2019-08-02|website=Consequence of Sound|language=en|access-date=2019-08-02|archive-date=August 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802045855/https://consequence.net/2019/08/tool-albums-stream-online/|url-status=live}}</ref> Tool was one of the last major holdouts to release their music digitally,<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine |last1=Unterberger |first1=Andrew |title=Why Legacy Acts Are Finally Joining the Streaming Game |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/streaming/8510565/legacy-acts-join-streaming |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=May 9, 2019 |access-date=July 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731072124/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/streaming/8510565/legacy-acts-join-streaming |archive-date=July 31, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> as their record deal was signed before the rise in streaming and not revisited until before ''Fear Inoculum''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/danny_carey_explains_what_bothers_him_about_streaming_platforms_talks_how_long_next_tool_album_might_take.html |title=Danny Carey Explains What Bothers Him About Streaming Platforms, Talks How Long Next Tool Album Might Take |website=Ultimate-Guitar.com |access-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816153247/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/danny_carey_explains_what_bothers_him_about_streaming_platforms_talks_how_long_next_tool_album_might_take.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The release resulted in every Tool release entering several international charts, breaking several ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' chart records.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527332/tool-break-records-rock-charts-billboard-200-hot-100 |title=Tool Has a Record-Shattering Week on Rock Charts Thanks to Streaming & Digital Debut |last=Rutherford |first=Kevin |date=August 13, 2019 |website=Billboard.com |access-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814041241/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527332/tool-break-records-rock-charts-billboard-200-hot-100 |url-status=live }}</ref> Keenan later said he regretted not moving to streaming platforms sooner, as it reduced Tool's exposure to new audiences.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Molloy |first=Laura |date=2024-10-20 |title=Tool's Maynard James Keenan says they "made a mistake" by not embracing streaming platforms sooner |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/tools-maynard-james-keenan-says-they-made-a-mistake-by-not-embracing-streaming-platforms-sooner-3804396 |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>

''Fear Inoculum'' was launched on August 30<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2019/08/tool-fear-inoculum-everything-we-know-so-far/|title=Here's Everything We Know About Tool's 'Fear Inoculum'|website=Spin.com|date=August 29, 2019|access-date=August 30, 2019|archive-date=August 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830101744/https://www.spin.com/2019/08/tool-fear-inoculum-everything-we-know-so-far/|url-status=live}}</ref> and became Tool's third U.S. number one.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8529417/tools-fear-inoculum-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart-rock-album|title=Tool's 'Fear Inoculum' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Week For a Rock Album in Over 1 Year|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=September 8, 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 8, 2019|archive-date=February 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223040547/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8529417/tools-fear-inoculum-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-chart-rock-album|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 26, 2020, the band won the Best Metal Performance for their song "7empest" at the [[62nd Annual Grammy Awards|62nd Grammy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Paul 'Browny' |date=2020-01-26 |title=The 2020 Heavy/Rock GRAMMYs Winners are... |url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2020/01/27/the-2020-heavy-rock-grammys-winners-are/ |website=Wall Of Sound|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-26|archive-date=January 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126234353/https://wallofsoundau.com/2020/01/27/the-2020-heavy-rock-grammys-winners-are/|url-status=live}}</ref> Their other nomination, "Fear Inoculum", lost the Best Rock Song category to [[Gary Clark Jr.]]<ref name=":rocksong">{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/gary-clark-jr-2020-best-rock-song-grammy/|title=Gary Clark Jr. Beats Tool for 2020 Best Rock Song Grammy|last=Childers|first=Chad|website=Loudwire|date=January 27, 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-27|archive-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127002723/https://loudwire.com/gary-clark-jr-2020-best-rock-song-grammy/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2020, Tool canceled its upcoming North American tour after postponing a handful of dates due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2020-06-05|title=Tool Cancel 2020 Tour: See Statement|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9338173/tool-cancel-2020-tour|access-date=2020-06-05|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=June 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605150346/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9338173/tool-cancel-2020-tour|url-status=live}}</ref> The following August, Carey noted that the band had entered a hiatus, but that he still hoped they would reconvene in the future to record an EP, which the band would have more freedom in releasing due to no longer being signed to a record label.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tool-could-knock-out-new-ep-while-in-quarantine-says-danny-carey-we-dont-have-a-record-deal-anymore/|title=TOOL Could 'Knock Out' New EP While In Quarantine, Says DANNY CAREY: 'We Don't Have A Record Deal Anymore'|date=August 10, 2020|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|access-date=August 11, 2020|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812214823/https://blabbermouth.net/news/tool-could-knock-out-new-ep-while-in-quarantine-says-danny-carey-we-dont-have-a-record-deal-anymore/|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 27, 2020, an instrumental song titled "[[The Witness (song)|The Witness]]" was released featuring Jones, Chancellor, and Carey, and featuring production from Barresi, though the song was credited to Jones, not the band itself.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/hear-three-quarters-of-tool-score-new-short-film-the-witness/|title=Hear Three-Quarters Of Tool Score A New Short Film, The Witness|website=Kerrang!|date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=December 5, 2020|archive-date=November 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102151441/https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/hear-three-quarters-of-tool-score-new-short-film-the-witness/|url-status=live}}</ref>

"Opiate" was re-recorded and released as "Opiate²" or "Opiate Squared" on March 1, 2022. It is almost twice as long as the original and includes the same lyrics as the live version, plus the extended instrumental midsection. A music video directed by Dominic Hailstone was released on March 18, 2022, to commemorate the EP's 30th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2022/03/tool-extended-opiate2/|title=Tool Releases Re-Imagined and Extended Version of 'Opiate2'|website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=March 1, 2022|access-date=March 4, 2022}}</ref>

===Upcoming sixth studio album (2022–present)===
In March 2022, Carey announced they were working on new material for their sixth studio album, noting that "..it won't take us this long for the next one. We even had some stuff left over from the last one that we'll develop. We have head starts on three or four new songs."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/tools-danny-carey-hints-new-music-and-upcoming-live-dvd |title=TOOL's Danny Carey Hints at New Music and Upcoming Live DVD |publisher=Revolvermag.com |date=2022-03-14 |accessdate=2022-03-19}}</ref> In October 2023, Chancellor reiterated this, and noted he hoped the band would enter the studio to record in 2024 after finishing touring.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/tool-has-many-ideas-cooking-for-next-studio-album |title=TOOL Has 'Many Ideas Cooking' For Next Studio Album |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=2023-10-11 |accessdate=2022-10-16}}</ref> In January 2024, Carey mentioned the new album has the possibility of having a shorter track lengths, noting that "we could just go back to doing an ''Undertow'' [type of] record. That's kind of appealing to me."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/tools-trip-power |title=TOOL'S TRIP TO POWER |work=Revolver |publisher=[[revolvermag.com]] |date=2024-01-08 |accessdate=2024-01-08 |last1=Appleford |first1=Steve }}</ref> In February 2025, Chancellor announced Tool will "dedicate the next three months" in the studio to "organizing [their] ideas" for new music.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/tool-to-dedicate-three-months-this-spring-to-organizing-ideas-for-next-studio-album |title=TOOL To Dedicate Three Months This Spring To 'Organizing Ideas' For Next Studio Album |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=2025-02-14 |accessdate=2025-02-14}}</ref>

==Musical style and influences==

===Musical style===
Tool's musical style has been described as [[alternative metal]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Alternative Metal |url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/alternative-metal-ma0000012328 |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |access-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612183541/https://www.allmusic.com/style/alternative-metal-ma0000012328 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/tool/68444 |title=Tool forced to delay work on new album after freak scooter crashes &#124; News |publisher=Nme.Com |date=January 30, 2013 |access-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305004300/http://www.nme.com/news/tool/68444 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[art rock]],<ref name="e!onlinelateralus" /><ref name="kingcrimsonminitour" /><ref name="munge" /> [[post-metal]],<ref name="santiago" /><ref name="fenix" /><ref name="bairdcole" /> [[progressive rock]],<ref name="AMG Lateralus review" /><ref name="rollingstonelateralus" />{{sfn|DeRogatis|2003|p = 562}} [[progressive metal]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/sharpdarts/070810/ |title=Chicago Reader feature "Liquid Metal" |access-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-date=December 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212191527/http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/sharpdarts/070810/ |url-status=dead }}The paper reports that the article's featured band "have admirers in world-class progressive-metal outfits like Isis, Mastodon, and Tool</ref> and [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]].<ref name="AllMusic Biography" /> Tool was described by Patrick Donovan of ''[[The Age]]'' as "the thinking person's metal band. Cerebral and visceral, soft and heavy, melodic and abrasive, tender and brutal, familiar and strange, western and eastern, beautiful and ugly, taut yet sprawling and epic, they are a tangle of contradictions."<ref name="theage10kdays" /> Tool has gained critical praise from the ''[[International Herald Tribune]]''{{'}}s C.B. Liddell for their complex and ever-evolving sound.<ref name="Liddell 2007" /> Describing their general sound, [[AllMusic]] refers to them as "grinding, post-[[Jane's Addiction]] heavy metal",<ref name="AllMusic Biography" /> and ''[[The New York Times]]'' sees similarities to "Led Zeppelin's heaving, battering guitar riffs and Middle Eastern modes".<ref name="Pareles 1997" /> Their 2001 work ''Lateralus'' was compared by AllMusic to [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[Meddle]]'' (1971), but thirty years later and altered by "Tool's impulse to cram every inch of infinity with hard guitar meat and absolute dread".<ref name="AMG Lateralus review" /> Tool had been labelled as post-metal in 1993<ref name="santiago" /> and 1996,<ref name="fenix" /> as well as in 2006,<ref name="bairdcole" /> after the term came into popularity. A component of Tool's song repertoire relies on the use of unusual [[time signature]]s. For instance, Chancellor describes the time signature employed on the first single from ''Lateralus'', "[[Schism (song)|Schism]]", as "six" and "six-and-a-half" and that it later "goes into all kinds of other times".<ref name="bassplayer052001" /> Further examples include the album's title track, which also displays shifting rhythms,<ref name="bassplayer052001" /> as do ''10,000 Days'': "Wings for Marie (Pt 1)" and "10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)".<ref name="moderndrummer072006" />

Beyond this aspect of the band's sound, each band member experiments within his wide musical scope. [[Bass Player (magazine)|''Bass Player'' magazine]] described Chancellor's bass playing as having a "thick midrange tone, guitar-style techniques, and elastic versatility".<ref name="bassplayer052001" /> As an example of this, the magazine mentioned the use of a [[Wah-wah (music)|wah effect]] by [[Hammer-on|hammering]] "the notes with the left hand and using the bass's tone controls to get a tone sweep", such as on the song "The Patient", from ''Lateralus''.<ref name="bassplayer052001" />

Completing the band's [[rhythm section]], drummer Carey uses [[polyrhythm]]s, [[tabla]]-style techniques, and the incorporation of custom [[Electronic drum|electronic drum pads]] to trigger samples, such as prerecorded tabla and [[octoban]] sounds.<ref name="moderndrummer072006" />

Keenan's ability as a vocalist has been characterized more subjectively by the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'': After his performance during an [[Alice in Chains]] reunion concert in 2005, freelancer Travis Hay saw him as "a natural fit at replacing [[Layne Staley]]".<ref name="Hay 2005" /> Regarding his role in A Perfect Circle and Tool, ''The New York Times'' wrote that "both groups rely on Mr. Keenan's ability to dignify emotions like lust, anger and disgust, the honey in his voice adding a touch of profundity".<ref name="nytimeskeenan" />

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According to ''Guitar Player'' magazine, Jones does not rely on any one particular guitar-playing technique but rather combines many techniques.<ref name="guitarplayer2001" /> For example, AllMusic wrote that he "alternately utiliz[es] power chords, scratchy noise, chiming arpeggios, and a quiet minimalism" in "[[Sober (Tool song)|Sober]]".<ref name="soberamgreview" /> Additionally, the band uses forms of instrumental experimentation, like the use of a "pipe bomb microphone" (a [[Pick up (music technology)|guitar pickup]] mounted inside a brass cylinder) and a [[talk box]] guitar solo on "Jambi".<ref name="Forlenza 2006" />

The band puts an emphasis on the sound of their songs and attempts to reduce the effect lyrics can have on the perception of songs by not releasing song lyrics with their albums,<ref name="livewire" /> although they eventually released the lyrics for ''Fear Inoculum'' for that album's CD. Lyrical arrangements are often given special attention, such as in "Lateralus". The number of syllables per line in the lyrics to "Lateralus" correspond to an arrangement of the [[Fibonacci number]]s<ref name="diCarlointerview" /> and the song "Jambi" uses and makes a reference to the common metrical foot [[Iamb (foot)|iamb]].<ref name="julynewsletter" /> The lyrics on ''Ænima'' and ''Lateralus'' focus on philosophy and spirituality—specific subjects range from organized religion in "Opiate", to [[evolution]] and [[Jungian]] psychology in "[[Forty-Six & 2]]" and [[transcendence (philosophy)|transcendence]] in "Lateralus".<ref name="10kdayslyrics" /> On ''10,000 Days'', Keenan wanted to explore issues more personal to him:<ref name="10kdayslyrics" /> the album name and title track refer to the twenty-seven years during which his mother suffered from complications of a stroke until her death in 2003.<ref name="rs10kdaysreview" />

===Influences===
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In 1997, Tool named [[King Crimson]], [[Melvins]], and [[Peter Gabriel]]'s ''[[Passion (Peter Gabriel album)|Passion]]'' as influences.<ref name="pettigrew1997" />{{refn|group=note|Tool tried out several well known producers for ''Ænima'', before they settled on David Bottrill based on his wide-ranging work with King Crimson and Peter Gabriel.{{sfn|McIver|2009|p = 99}} Bottrill reprised his role on ''Lateralus'', followed by Joe Barresi on the next two records because of Tool's admiration for his production on ''[[Stag (Melvins album)|Stag]]'' and ''[[Honky (album)|Honky]]'' by the Melvins.<ref name="Forlenza 2006"/>}} In describing their wide range of styles, critics have noted that they are "influenced as much by [[Pink Floyd]] as by the [[Sex Pistols]]."<ref name="bgl06">{{cite news |last=Morse |first=Steve |title=Sonic evolution with the use of Tool |date=November 15, 1996 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |page=D14}}</ref> In a 1993 interview, Adam Jones mentioned [[Joni Mitchell]], King Crimson, [[Depeche Mode]], and [[country music]] as being among their inspirations.<ref name="rs">{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/tools-undertow-10-things-you-didnt-know-w518463 |title=Tool's 'Undertow': 10 Things You Didn't Know |last=Epstein |first=Dan |date=April 6, 2018 |website=[[rollingstone.com]] |access-date=April 6, 2018 |archive-date=April 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406161412/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/tools-undertow-10-things-you-didnt-know-w518463 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1997, Maynard James Keenan named ''[[Hejira (album)|Hejira]]'' by Joni Mitchell, ''[[Holy Money]]''/''[[Greed (Swans album)|Greed]]'' by [[Swans (band)|Swans]], ''[[Physical Graffiti]]'' by Led Zeppelin, ''[[Red (King Crimson album)|Red]]'' by King Crimson, and ''Passion'' by Peter Gabriel as his five favorite records.<ref name="j">{{cite AV media|date=1997|title=High Five – Maynard James Keenan|publisher=[[Triple J]]|work=The J-Files|author-link=Richard Kingsmill|first=Richard |last=Kingsmill|location=Australia}}</ref> Danny Carey cited [[Neil Peart]] from Rush, [[Bill Bruford]] and [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]] as his biggest rock influences,<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tool-primus-members-pay-tribute-to-yes/|publication-date=July 31, 2002|title=TOOL, PRIMUS Members Pay Tribute To YES|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=July 31, 2002|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015183559/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tool-primus-members-pay-tribute-to-yes/|archive-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref> in addition to Bruford's adventurousness in electronic drums.<ref>{{cite web | access-date = February 23, 2021 | url = http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/1321251-handyman--danny-carey-tools-drummer-talks-to-dis | title = Handyman: Danny Carey, Tool's drummer, talks to DiS | first = Jane | last = Oriel | date = November 21, 2006 | website = [[Drowned in Sound]] | archive-date = December 11, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091211074448/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/1321251-handyman--danny-carey-tools-drummer-talks-to-dis | url-status = dead }}</ref> In the same way, Jones stated that [[Robert Fripp]]'s performances with King Crimson caused him to "wake up" to music as a teen. Furthermore, he acknowledged the other King Crimson guitarists, [[Adrian Belew]] and [[Trey Gunn]], along with [[Buzz Osborne]] from the Melvins, as his biggest influences.<ref name=gw>{{cite web | url = http://www.guitarworld.com/adam-jones-adams-jones | access-date = February 23, 2021| title = Tool's Adam Jones: My 10 Favorite Guitarists | first = Brad | last = Angle | date = April 2009 | magazine = [[Guitar World]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607212324/http://www.guitarworld.com/adam-jones-adams-jones|archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref>

Tool have constantly expressed the massive impact that progressive rock pioneers King Crimson have had on their music; on a 2001 tour with them, Keenan joked: "Now you know who we ripped off. Just don't tell anyone, especially the members of King Crimson."<ref name="Blake September 2001"/> Carey said that listening to the ''[[Discipline (King Crimson album)|Discipline]]'' album upon its 1981 release "revolutionized" his musical perspective in terms of polyrhythms and the balance between the instruments.<ref>{{cite book|publication-date=June 13, 2017|title=The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock|date=August 1997|first=David |last=Weigel|publisher=National Geographic Books |author-link=David Weigel|isbn=9780393242256|quote=}}<br />''Note'': [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsxSm1xCR-E Link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214024754/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsxSm1xCR-E |date=December 14, 2020 }} to the Danny Carey interview that was paraphrased in the book. It was originally broadcast on the now-defunct [[Nederlandse Programma Stichting]].</ref> In 1997, Keenan explained how the composition process of Tool reflected that of King Crimson: "They're very much into listening to each other; even though they might have a basic structure that they're following, it's about fitting themselves in with each other."<ref name=j/> Contrary to these statements, longtime King Crimson member Robert Fripp has downplayed any influence his band had on Tool. In an interview, Fripp touched on how the two bands relate to each other, stating "Do you hear the influence? There's just one figure where I hear an influence, just one. It was a piece we were developing that we dropped. And it's almost exactly the same figure: three note arpeggio with a particular accent from the guitar. So I do not think you could have heard it. That's the only thing."<ref name="Tool Army interview" /> He also said, {{cquote|I happen to be a Tool fan. The members of Tool have been generous enough to suggest that Crimson has been an influence on them. Adam Jones asked me if I could detect it in their music, and I said I couldn't. I can detect more Tool influence in King Crimson than I can hear King Crimson in Tool.<ref name="Cleveland 2003" />{{refn|group=note|Fripp's self-effacing attitude toward his legacy is not rare; English musician [[Steven Wilson]] stated that after "ripping off" an entire section of "Lizard" by King Crimson in his song "Raider II", everyone picked up on it, except Fripp.<ref>{{cite web | title = Steven Wilson: I Can't Emphasise How Much I Learned Working With King Crimson | url = https://www.loudersound.com/features/steven-wilson-i-cant-emphasise-how-much-i-learned-working-with-king-crimsom | access-date = February 23, 2021 | publication-date = September 26, 2016 | first = Grant | last = Moon | magazine = [[Prog (magazine)|Prog]] | issue = 20 | publisher = LouderSound | date = October 2011 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927123105/http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-09-26/steven-wilson-i-cant-emphasise-how-much-i-learned-working-with-king-crimsom|archive-date=September 27, 2016}}</ref>}}}}

The band's long build-ups of intensity were largely inspired by the Melvins.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/kirk-hammett-adam-jones-bad-religion|publication-date=May 4, 2009 |title=Kirk Hammett & Adam Jones: Bad Religion|first=Brad |last=Angle |website=[[Guitar World]]|date=May 4, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203083108/https://www.guitarworld.com/features/kirk-hammett-adam-jones-bad-religion|archive-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> The latter's influence on Tool is most explicit in ''Undertow'', and some authors have described Tool's music as a [[progressive music|progressive]] take on Melvins.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/12137-tool-undertow-anniversary|publication-date=April 30, 2013|title=Dancing In Quicksand: Tool's Undertow Revisited|first=Matt|last=Evans|website=[[The Quietus]]|archive-date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210222231949/https://thequietus.com/articles/12137-tool-undertow-anniversary|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2006/06/18/tool-anima-progressive-energia-post-rock.html|publication-date=June 18, 2006|title=Tool L' anima progressive e l' energia post-rock di grunge e nu-metal|first=Felice|last=Liperi|website=[[la Repubblica]]|language=it|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019170715/https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2006/06/18/tool-anima-progressive-energia-post-rock.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On the other hand, Keenan's exotic modulations were influenced by [[world music]]; in his twenties, the singer was immersed in that type of music, thus when Peter Gabriel reunited several musicians whom Keenan already knew of for ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ (film)|The Last Temptation of Christ]]'' soundtrack, which mixed their traditional styles with modern [[ambient music]], it became a major revelation for him.<ref name=passion>{{cite magazine|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/a-perfect-circles-maynard-james-keenan-billy-howerdel-talk-first-lp-in-14-years-126308/|publication-date=February 5, 2018|title=A Perfect Circle's Maynard James Keenan, Billy Howerdel Talk First LP in 14 Years |first=Kory |last=Grow|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 5, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305072950/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/a-perfect-circles-maynard-james-keenan-billy-howerdel-talk-first-lp-in-14-years-126308/|archive-date=March 5, 2019 }}</ref>

Other reported influences of Tool include [[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]],<ref name="mtvhammer" /> [[Devo]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://consequence.net/2016/11/five-surprising-things-we-learned-from-maynard-james-keenans-authorized-biography/2/|publication-date=November 8, 2016|title=Five Surprising Things We Learned from Maynard James Keenan's Authorized Biography|first=Wren |last=Graves|website=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=November 8, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111121439/https://consequence.net/2016/11/five-surprising-things-we-learned-from-maynard-james-keenans-authorized-biography/2|archive-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/tool-perfect-circles-maynard-james-keenan-reveals-albums-most-influenced-him|publication-date=December 3, 2018 |title=Tool, A Perfect Circle's Maynard James Keenan Reveals Albums That Most Influenced Him|first=Kelsey |last=Chapstick|magazine=Revolver|date=December 3, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108124837/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/tool-perfect-circles-maynard-james-keenan-reveals-albums-most-influenced-him|archive-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref> [[Bill Hicks]],<ref name="Garza 1997"/> [[Rush (band)|Rush]],<ref>{{cite web|title = Geddy Lee On How Rush Finally Made It Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame|url = http://radio.com/2013/04/24/geddy-lee-on-how-rush-finally-made-it-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/|access-date = January 25, 2016|first = Brian|last = Ives|archive-date = July 18, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150718132903/http://radio.com/2013/04/24/geddy-lee-on-how-rush-finally-made-it-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/|url-status = live}}</ref> [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Page Hamilton On Collapse Of Helmet's Classic Lineup: 'Money Kind Of Came In And Changed Things'|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/page-hamilton-on-collapse-of-helmets-classic-lineup-money-kind-of-came-in-and-changed-things/|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=February 22, 2020|access-date=March 3, 2021|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925235943/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/page-hamilton-on-collapse-of-helmets-classic-lineup-money-kind-of-came-in-and-changed-things/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Faith No More]],<ref name="AllMusic Biography"/> [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]],<ref>{{cite news |author1=Lina Lecaro |title=Back From the Dead: Bauhaus Reunited |url=https://www.laweekly.com/back-from-the-dead-bauhaus-reunited/ |website=LA Weekly |access-date=October 30, 2019 |date=October 30, 2019 |quote=“As contradictory as this may seem, Bauhaus being, in my opinion, the Godfathers of Goth: they were a bright artistic light in a vast wasteland of crappy pop darkness. They showed me the way.” – Maynard James Keenan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030173845/https://www.laweekly.com/back-from-the-dead-bauhaus-reunited/ |archive-date=30 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Meshuggah]],<ref name="mtvhammer" /> [[David Bowie]],<ref name=j/> [[Mike Patton]],<ref name="mtvhammer" /> [[Dave Lombardo]],<ref name="mtvhammer" /> and [[Jane's Addiction]].<ref name="AllMusic Biography"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060706/news_lz1w06helmet.html|title=Helmet heir: Hamilton's reconstituted band still shaping heavy metal|last=Nixon|first=Chris|date=July 6, 2006|work=San Diego Union-Tribune|publisher=Union-Tribune Publishing|access-date=September 11, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911140925/http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060706/news_lz1w06helmet.html|archive-date=September 11, 2014}}</ref>

===Influence on other artists===
Writers HP Newquist and Rich Maloof attribute to Tool an influence on modern metal in their book ''The New Metal Masters''.{{sfn|Newquist|Maloof|2004|pp=11–15}} Sean Richardson of ''[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Boston Phoenix]]'' sees [[System of a Down]], [[Deftones]], and [[Korn]] as examples of Tool's "towering influence" on the genre.<ref name="Richardson 2001" /> Keenan's style of singing has been seen as heavily influencing artists such as Pete Loeffler of [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]],<ref name="Rich 2007" /> [[Benjamin Burnley]] of [[Breaking Benjamin]],<ref name="LMTimes">{{cite web |url=http://www.lmtonline.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_3af315ee-d34b-11e4-bec4-7b361d34477c.html |title=Breaking Benjamin to perform at the LEA |website=Laredo Morning Times |date=March 25, 2015 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019170711/https://www.lmtonline.com/entertainment/article/Breaking-Benjamin-to-perform-at-the-LEA-10010569.php |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Klosterman 2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2004/08/saliva-survival-sickest-breaking-benjamin-we-are-not-alone/ |title=Survival of the Sickest; Breaking Benjamin – We Are Not Alone |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |first=Chuck |last=Klosterman |date=August 30, 2004 |access-date=April 12, 2015 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906032816/http://www.spin.com/2004/08/saliva-survival-sickest-breaking-benjamin-we-are-not-alone/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Will Martin of [[Earshot]],<ref name="Assar 2003" /> and [[Fred Durst]] of [[Limp Bizkit]].<ref name="Devenish 2000" />

==Visual arts==
Part of Tool's work as a band is to incorporate influences of other works of art in their music videos, live shows, and album packaging. Adam Jones doubles as the band's art director and director of their music videos.<ref name="alexgreyinterview" /> Another expression of this is an official website "dedicated to the arts and influences" on the band.

===Music videos===
{{See also|Tool discography#Music videos|l1=Tool discography}}
[[File:Tool-Sober-video-screencap.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the "[[Sober (Tool song)|Sober]]" music video, directed by Adam Jones and Fred Stuhr]]

The band has released eight music videos but made personal appearances in only the first two, which the band states is to prevent people from "latching onto the personalities involved rather than listening to the music."<ref name="much" /> With the exception of "[[Hush (Tool song)|Hush]]" and "[[Vicarious (Tool song)|Vicarious]]" all of Tool's music videos feature [[stop motion|stop motion animation]] to some extent. The videos are created primarily by Adam Jones, often in collaboration with artists such as [[Chet Zar]],<ref name="LiveDesign" /> [[Alex Grey]],<ref name="LiveDesign" /> and Osseus Labyrint.<ref name="Blake March 2007" />

The "[[Sober (Tool song)|Sober]]" music video in particular attracted much attention. Jones explained that it does not contain a storyline, but that his intentions were to summon personal emotions with its imagery.<ref name="Jones a Master of Many Trades" /> ''Rolling Stone'' described this imagery as "evil little men dwell in a dark dungeon with meat coursing through pipes in the wall" and called it a "groundbreaking", "epic" clip.<ref name="soberencephale" /> ''Billboard'' voted it "Best Video by a New Artist".<ref name="Jones a Master of Many Trades" />

The video for "[[Vicarious (song)|Vicarious]]" was released on DVD on December 18, 2007.<ref name="Blake October 2007" /> The video is the first by Tool to be produced entirely through the use of [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]].

===Album artwork===
Jones is responsible for most of the band's artwork concepts. The album ''Undertow'' features a ribcage sculpture by Jones on its cover and photos contributed by the band members.<ref name="hypno" /> Later albums included artwork by collaborating artists: ''Ænima''{{sfn|Akhtar|2001|loc=G4}} and ''Salival'' featured works by Cam de Leon; ''Lateralus''<ref name="Stephens 2002" /> and ''10,000 Days''<ref name="alexgreyinterview" /> were created with the help of [[Alex Grey]]. The releases garnered positive critical reception, with a music journalist of the [[Associated Press]] attributing to the band a reputation for innovative album packaging.<ref name="alexgreyinterview" />

Both ''Ænima''{{sfn|Akhtar|2001|loc=D11}} and ''10,000 Days''<ref name="49thgrammyawards" /> were nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package]], but while the former failed to win in 1997, the latter did win in 2007. Jones created packaging for ''10,000 Days'' that features a pair of [[stereoscopic]] lenses for viewing 3-D artwork and photos. Jones, a lifelong fan of stereoscopic photography, wanted the packaging to be unique and to reflect the 1970s artwork he appreciates.<ref name="newsgrammypackage" /> The CD packaging for ''Fear Inoculum'' included a rechargeable 4 inch HD video screen and a speaker which played a hidden track along with a video when opened and also included a 36-page booklet.<ref name="loudwire6">{{cite web |last=Hartmann |first=Graham |title=Tool's 'Fear Inoculum' Physical Copy Will Include HD Video Screen + Speakers |url=https://loudwire.com/tool-fear-inoculum-video-screen-speakers/ |work=[[Loudwire]] |date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808010332/https://loudwire.com/tool-fear-inoculum-video-screen-speakers/ |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Live shows===
{{see also|List of Tool concert tours}}
[[File:Tool live mannheim 2006.jpg|thumb|right|Tool's live performances in 2006 included an elaborate light show using ''10,000 Days'' artwork by painter [[Alex Grey]] as a backdrop.]]
Following its first tours in the early 1990s, Tool has performed as a headline act in world tours and major festivals such as [[Lollapalooza]] (1997 and 2009), [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella]] (1999 and 2006), [[Voodoo Experience|Voodoo Fest]] (2001 and 2016), [[Download Festival]] (2006 and 2019), [[Roskilde Festival|Roskilde]] (2001 and 2006), [[Big Day Out]] (2007 and 2011), [[Bonnaroo]] (2007 and 2022), [[All Points West Music & Arts Festival]] (2009), and [[Epicenter (music festival)|Epicenter]] (2009). They have been joined on stage by numerous artists such as [[Buzz Osborne]] and [[Scott Reeder (bassist)|Scott Reeder]] on several occasions; [[Tom Morello]] and [[Zack de la Rocha]] during their 1991 tour; [[Layne Staley]] in Hawaii, 1993; [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], [[Robert Fripp]], [[Mike Patton]], [[Dave Lombardo]], [[Brann Dailor]] of [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], and experimental arts duo Osseus Labyrint<ref name="Osseus live" /> during their 2001–02 ''Lateralus'' tour; and [[Kirk Hammett]], [[Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell]], [[Serj Tankian]], and Tom Morello during their 2006–07 tour. They have covered songs by [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Ted Nugent]], [[Peach (band)|Peach]], [[Kyuss]], the [[Dead Kennedys]], and the [[Ramones]].{{sfn|Akhtar|2001|loc=D9}}<ref name="Rothman 2002" />

Live shows on Tool's headline tour incorporate an unorthodox stage setting and video display.<ref name="flathatreview" /> Keenan and Carey line up in the back on elevated platforms, while Jones and Chancellor stand in the front, toward the sides of the stage.<ref name="nytimesmadisonsquare" /> Keenan often faces the backdrop or the sides of the stage rather than the audience.<ref name="Rolling Stone November 1996" /><ref name="Musial 1997" /><ref name="Dentler 2002" /><ref name="Engler 1993" /> No [[followspot]]s or live cameras are used;<ref name="plsnews" /> instead, the band employs extensive backlighting to direct the focus away from the band members and toward large screens in the back and the crowd.<ref name="flathatreview" /> Breckinridge Haggerty, the band's live video designer, says that the resulting dark spaces on stage "are mostly for Maynard". He explains, "[a] lot of the songs are a personal journey for him and he has a hard time with the glare of the lights when he's trying to reproduce these emotions for the audience. He needs a bit of personal space, and he feels more comfortable in the shadows."<ref name="plsnews" /> The big screens are used to play back "looped clips that aren't tracked to a song like a music video. The band has never used any sort of timecode. They’ve always made sure the video can change on-the-fly, in a way that can be improvised. ... The show is never the same twice."<ref name="plsnews" /> During the ''10,000 Days'' tour, the video material consisted of over six hours of material, created by Jones, his wife Camella Grace, [[Chet Zar]], Meats Meier, and Haggerty.<ref name="plsnews" /> Some of the material created by Zar has been released on his DVD ''Disturb the Normal''.<ref name="chetzardisturb" />

==Band members==
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'''Current members'''
* [[Maynard James Keenan]] – vocals (1990–present)
* [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]] – guitars (1990–present)
* [[Danny Carey]] – drums, percussion (1990–present), samples (1995–present)
* [[Justin Chancellor]] – bass (1995–present)

'''Former members'''
* [[Paul D'Amour]] – bass (1990–1995)

==Awards and nominations==
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| 2019
| "[[7empest]]"
| Best Metal Performance
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://amft-awards.jimdosite.com/winners/|title=Winners|website=AMFT Awards|access-date=July 20, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624002602/https://amft-awards.jimdosite.com/winners/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2|[[Billboard Music Awards]]
| rowspan=2| [[2020 Billboard Music Awards|2020]]
| ''[[Fear Inoculum]]''
| [[Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Album|Top Rock Album]] 
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|first=Chad|last=Childers|title=Tool Win Top Rock Album at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards|url=https://loudwire.com/tool-top-rock-album-2020-billboard-music-awards/|publisher=[[Loudwire]]|date=October 14, 2020|access-date=March 3, 2021|archive-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227233757/https://loudwire.com/tool-top-rock-album-2020-billboard-music-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Tool
| [[Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Artist|Top Rock Artist]] 
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|first=Rania|last=Aniftos|title=Post Malone Leads 2020 Billboard Music Awards Nominations With 16: Full List|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/bbma/9453361/2020-billboard-music-awards-nominations-list|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=March 3, 2021|archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922171546/https://www.billboard.com/articles/bbma/9453361/2020-billboard-music-awards-nominations-list|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=9|[[Grammy Awards]]
| [[39th Grammy Awards|1997]]
| ''[[Ænima]]''
| [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Recording Package]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Adam Jones |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/adam-jones |website=www.grammy.com |publisher=GRAMMY |access-date=8 August 2015}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[40th Grammy Awards|1998]]
| "[[Ænema]]"
| [[Best Metal Performance]]
| {{won}}
| <ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tool-mn0000790820/awards|title=Tool {{!}} Awards {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=July 21, 2016|archive-date=October 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011112427/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tool-mn0000790820/awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| "[[Stinkfist]]"
| [[Grammy Award for Best Music Video|Best Music Video]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/adam-jones|title=Adam Jones|access-date=May 9, 2019|publisher=[[Grammy Awards]]|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109035152/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/adam-jones/9189|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[44th Grammy Awards|2002]]
| "[[Schism (song)|Schism]]"
| [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]]
| {{won}}
| <ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[49th Grammy Awards|2007]]
| ''[[10,000 Days (Tool album)|10,000 Days]]''
| [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Recording Package]] 
| {{won}}
| <ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1581520/maynard-james-keenan-hearts-foo-fighters-says-tool-will-start-writing-lp-right-away/|title=Maynard James Keenan Hearts Foo Fighters; Says Tool Will Start Writing LP 'Right Away'|website=Mtv.com|access-date=July 21, 2016|archive-date=June 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624001146/http://www.mtv.com/news/1581520/maynard-james-keenan-hearts-foo-fighters-says-tool-will-start-writing-lp-right-away/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| "[[Vicarious (Tool song)|Vicarious]]"
| rowspan="2" | [[Best Hard Rock Performance]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Complete-list-of-Grammy-nominees-2483347.php|title=Complete list of Grammy nominees|website=Sfgate.com|date=December 8, 2006|access-date=July 21, 2016|archive-date=November 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106224721/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Complete-list-of-Grammy-nominees-2483347.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[50th Grammy Awards|2008]]
| "[[The Pot]]"
| {{nom}}
| <ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[62nd Grammy Awards|2020]]
| "[[7empest]]"
| [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]]
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/tool-wins-best-metal-performance-7empest-2020-grammys|title=Tool Wins Best Metal Performance &#124; 2020 GRAMMY|date=January 26, 2020|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=January 27, 2020|archive-date=March 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315094719/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/tool-wins-best-metal-performance-7empest-2020-grammys|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|"[[Fear Inoculum (song)|Fear Inoculum]]"
|Best Rock Song|[[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]]
|{{nom}}
| <ref name=":rocksong" />
|-
!scope="row"|[[Hungarian Music Awards]]
| 2007
| ''[[10,000 Days (Tool album)|10,000 Days]]''
| Best Foreign Rock Album
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fonogram.hu/jeloltek-2007|title=Jelöltek 2007|date=August 12, 2016|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721224850/http://www.fonogram.hu/jeloltek-2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|[[iHeartRadio Music Awards]]
| [[2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards|2020]]
| ''[[Fear Inoculum]]''
| Top Rock Album 
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|first=Taylor|last=Fields|title=2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards Winners: See The Full List|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2020-09-08-2020-iheartradio-music-awards-winners-see-the-full-list/|publisher=[[iHeartRadio]]|date=September 8, 2020|access-date=March 3, 2021|archive-date=April 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409080744/https://www.iheart.com/news/heres-the-complete-list-of-iheartradio-15616268/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|[[MTV Video Music Awards]]
| [[1994 MTV Video Music Awards|1994]]
| "[[Prison Sex]]"
| [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Special Effects in a Video]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0003172/1994/1/ | title=MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) (1994) | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|[[Music Week|Music Week Awards]]
| 2020
| Tool 
| PR Campaign
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.musicweek.com/media/read/music-week-awards-2020-finalists-revealed/078842 | title=Music Week Awards 2020 finalists revealed }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|[[Pollstar|Pollstar Concert Industry Awards]]
| 2002
| ''Tour''
| Most Creative Stage Production
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/awards2001.htm |title=Pollstar Awards Archive – 2001 |date=August 26, 2016 |website=www.pollstarpro.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826011428/http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/awards2001.htm |archive-date=26 August 2016}}</ref>
{{end}}

==Discography==
{{main|Tool discography}}
<!-- This section is for studio albums only. No EPs (e.g. Opiate) etc... -->
* ''[[Undertow (Tool album)|Undertow]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Ænima]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Lateralus]]'' (2001)
* ''[[10,000 Days (Tool album)|10,000 Days]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Fear Inoculum]]'' (2019)

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
===Citations===
{{Reflist|30em|refs=

<ref name="livewire">{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=February_1997--Livewire.html
| last = Gennaro
| first = Loraine
| title = Angry Jung Men!
| journal = Livewire Magazine
| volume = 7
| issue = 3
| year = 1997
| format = transcription
| access-date = October 9, 2012
| archive-date = June 18, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100618044428/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=February_1997--Livewire.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Tepedelen 2004">{{cite news
| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tool-drummer-goes-to-circus-20040430
| last = Tepedelen
| first = Adem
| title = Tool Drummer Goes to Circus
| magazine = Rolling Stone
| date = April 30, 2004
| access-date = September 5, 2012
| archive-date = July 19, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130719053823/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tool-drummer-goes-to-circus-20040430
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="circusmagazine">{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=May_1994--Circus_Magazine.html
| last = Turman
| first = Katherine
| date = May 31, 1994
| journal = [[Circus (magazine)|Circus]]
| title = A Sober Look At Tool
| format = transcription
| access-date = April 9, 2007
| archive-date = June 18, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100618044551/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=May_1994--Circus_Magazine.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="MacKenzie Blake">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.toolarmy.com/toolband/lachrymology/lachrymology.php?key=fob
 |last        = Blake
 |first       = Blair MacKenzie
 |title       = Let Not My Tears Fall Unnoticed: Being the Secret Joys of a Lachrymist
 |work        = toolarmy.com
 |access-date  = September 5, 2012
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120311194048/http://www.toolarmy.com/toolband/lachrymology/lachrymology.php?key=fob
 |archive-date = March 11, 2012
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Zappa 1994">{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=April_1994--RayGun.html
| last = Zappa
| first = Moon Unit
| author-link = Moon Unit Zappa
| title = Tool Rules
| journal = [[Ray Gun (magazine)|Ray Gun]]
| date = April 1994
| issue = 15
| format = transcription
| access-date = August 27, 2006
| archive-date = June 18, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100618044414/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=April_1994--RayGun.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Jones a Master of Many Trades">{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/text/gsch.mar.94.html
| last = Gennaro
| first = Loraine
| title = Tool Guitarist Adam Jones is a Master of Many Trades
| journal = Guitar School
| volume = 03
| page = 16
| year = 1994
| format = transcription
| access-date = April 7, 2006
| archive-date = March 3, 2016
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173430/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/text/gsch.mar.94.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="much">
{{cite AV media
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=February_1997--Muchmusic.html
| people = Roncon, Theresa  (interviewer)
| title = Tool Muchmusic spotlight
| medium = TV
| publisher = [[MuchMusic]]
| location = Canada
| date = February 1997
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Stepping Out From the Shadows">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=19&csid2=9&fid1=167
 |last        = Sokal
 |first       = Roman
 |title       = Tool – Stepping Out From the Shadows
 |work        = [[Exclaim!]]
 |date        = May 23, 2001
 |access-date  = September 17, 2006
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120606041310/http://exclaim.ca/Features/Timeline/tool-stepping_out_from_shadows
 |archive-date = June 6, 2012
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Garza 1992">{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=September_1992--RIP_Magazine.html
| last = Garza
| first = Janiss
| title = Fresh Blood
| journal = [[Rip (magazine)|RIP magazine]]
| year = 1992
| volume = 9
| format = transcription
| access-date = June 4, 2007
| archive-date = June 18, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100618044358/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=September_1992--RIP_Magazine.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Lowe Law 2006">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.lowelaw.com/articles/
| title = Visual Artist Cam De Leon's Lawsuit Against Rock Band TOOL Allowed to Proceed
| year = 2006
| publisher = Lowe Law
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070629150859/http://www.lowelaw.com/articles/
| archive-date = June 29, 2007
| access-date = June 15, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Buffalo News 1997">{{cite news
| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF9A43141E0380&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D
| title = Over the weekend
| work = [[Buffalo News]]
| date = July 7, 1997
| format = fee required
| quote = Tool adds its own '90s twist to the genre with unpublishable lyrics, occult tendencies and a love of grotesque imagery – burning eyeballs, phallic hardware, crippled people.
| access-date = February 2, 2002
| archive-date = June 9, 2011
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110609171615/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF9A43141E0380&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="sfc94">{{cite news
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/text/sfc.nov.94.html
| title = A Tool for the Truly Cool. Big hit of Lollapalooza tour gears up for second album
| year = 1994
| work = San Francisco Chronicle
| access-date = March 2, 2006
| archive-date = June 17, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100617205939/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/text/sfc.nov.94.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="33 things">
{{cite web
 |url=http://toolfans.tribe.net/thread/63dd9411-02ee-4ea8-b32d-ebd7b5ec5996
 |last=Dolan
 |first=Jon
 |title=33 Things You Should Know About Tool
 |work=Blender
 |date=August 2006
 |format=transcription
 |access-date=September 18, 2006
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213045902/http://toolfans.tribe.net/thread/63dd9411-02ee-4ea8-b32d-ebd7b5ec5996
 |archive-date=February 13, 2011
}}
</ref>

<ref name="pettigrew1997">{{cite news
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=March_1997--Alternative_Press.html
| last = Pettigrew
| first = Jason
| title = Nobody's Tool
| work = Alternative Press
| year = 1997
| format = transcription
| access-date = April 8, 2007
| archive-date = June 18, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100618044257/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=March_1997--Alternative_Press.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Garza 1997">{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=April_1997--High_Times.html
| last = Garza
| first = Janiss
| title = Hard rockers hail comic genius Bill Hicks
| journal = High Times
| date = April 1997
| format = transcription
| access-date = September 18, 2006
| archive-date = June 18, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100618044606/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=April_1997--High_Times.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Kevin Booth">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.fadetoblack.com/interviews/billhicks/13.html
| title = Question & Answer with Kevin Booth
| work = Fade to Black presents: It's Only a Ride: Bill Hicks
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061017011856/http://www.fadetoblack.com/interviews/billhicks/13.html | archive-date = October 17, 2006
| access-date = September 5, 2012
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Circus 1997">{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=January_1997--Circus_magazine.html
| title = Tool Tool fact kit
| journal = Circus
| date = January 1997
| format = transcription
| access-date = December 5, 2007
| archive-date = June 18, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100618044328/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=January_1997--Circus_magazine.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Axcess">{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=Sometime_1994--Axcess.html
| last = Griffin
| first = J.R.
| title = TOOL on Videos, Censorship, Art, And Why You Should Never Let A Guy Named Maynard Put You in a Cage
| journal = Axcess
| year = 1994
| page = 52
| format = transcription
| access-date = May 13, 2007
| archive-date = April 13, 2016
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160413161736/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=Sometime_1994--Axcess.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="hypno">{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=December_1994--Hypno.html
| last = Jenison
| first = David
| title = Tool
| journal = HYPNO
| date = December 1994
| format = transcript
| access-date = November 10, 2007
| archive-date = June 18, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100618044621/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=December_1994--Hypno.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Fiend 1996">{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=October_1996--CMJ_New_Music_Report.html
| title = Sink or Swim – A Conversation With Tool's Justin Chancellor
| journal = Gavin Magazine
| last = Fiend
| first = Rob
| date = October 1996
| format = transcription
| access-date = May 9, 2007
| archive-date = June 18, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100618044441/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=October_1996--CMJ_New_Music_Report.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Post Gazette 2006">{{cite web
| url = http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/uncategorized/concert-review-tools-prog-pleases-populace-452479/
| last = Theiner
| first = Manny
| title = Concert Review: Tool's prog pleases populace
| work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| date = September 28, 2006
| quote = ... from its triple-platinum 1996 release, "Aenima."
| access-date = September 23, 2012
| archive-date = October 14, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131014033333/http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/uncategorized/concert-review-tools-prog-pleases-populace-452479/
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Aenima liner notes">
{{cite AV media notes
| title = Ænima
| title-link = Ænima
| author = Tool
| year = 1996
| page = 6
| type = booklet
| publisher = Gelardi Design
| location = Kennebunkport, MA
}}
</ref>

<ref name="austinkeenanhicks">{{cite news
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=May_1997--The_Austin_Chronicle.html
| last = Langer
| first = Andy
| title = Another Dead Hero
| work = The Austin Chronicle
| date = May 1997
| format = transcription
| access-date = May 29, 2007
| archive-date = September 30, 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930194122/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=May_1997--The_Austin_Chronicle.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Zwick 2004">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.ucdadvocate.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=f13de017-3fd8-4f74-9abd-9f3f54482961
| last = Zwick
| first = John
| title = Dead 10 years, Hicks still makes us laugh
| work = [[University of Colorado Denver]] Advocate
| date = February 25, 2004
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071007091109/http://www.ucdadvocate.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=f13de017-3fd8-4f74-9abd-9f3f54482961
| archive-date = October 7, 2007
| access-date =April 9, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="stinkfist">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://toolshed.down.net/video/stinkfist/track1.html
 |last        = Akhtar
 |first       = Kabir
 |title       = The "Track No.&nbsp;1" Fiasco
 |publisher   = toolshed.down.net
 |access-date  = March 6, 2006
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130517081930/http://toolshed.down.net/video/stinkfist/track1.html
 |archive-date = May 17, 2013
}}
</ref>

<ref name="nytimeslollapalooza">{{cite news
| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903EEDF1738F937A25754C0A961958260
| last = Pareles
| first = Jon
| title = Lollapalooza's Recycled Hormones: Rebellion by the Numbers
| work = The New York Times
| date = July 14, 1997
| access-date = March 6, 2006
| archive-date = June 17, 2008
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080617003352/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903EEDF1738F937A25754C0A961958260
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Fruchtman 2006">{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=August_1997--Circus.html
| last = Fruchtman
| first = Edward
| title = Never Wanted To Be Rock Stars But They Are
| journal = Circus
| volume = 8
| date = August 1997
| access-date = June 25, 2006
| archive-date = June 18, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100618044538/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=August_1997--Circus.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Rock on the Net 1998">{{cite web
| url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/grammys.htm
| title = 40th Grammy Awards
| work = Rockonthenet.com
| year = 1998
| access-date = May 26, 2007
| archive-date = October 2, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131002034928/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/grammys.htm
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Kerrang">{{cite web
| url = http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html
| title = Kerrang! End of Year Lists
| work = Kerrang!
| access-date = July 27, 2007
| archive-date = May 26, 2011
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110526185407/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html
| url-status = usurped
}}</ref>

<ref name="Terrorizer">{{cite web
| url = http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/terroris.htm
| title = Terrorizer End of Year Lists
| work = Terrorizer
| access-date = July 27, 2007
| archive-date = May 15, 2013
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| url-status = usurped
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<ref name="MTV December 1998">{{cite web
| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434919/19981207/tool.jhtml
| title = Tool Ends Legal Battle, Plans New Album
| publisher = MTV
| date = December 7, 1998
| access-date = May 7, 2009
| archive-date = June 5, 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090605065625/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434919/19981207/tool.jhtml
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="Borzillo-Vrenna 2000">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/text/allstar.nov.2000.html
 |title       = Tool Gets Sued By Manager For $5&nbsp;million
 |last        = Borzillo-Vrenna
 |first       = Carrie
 |work        = CDNow / Allstar
 |date        = November 25, 2000
 |access-date  = September 5, 2012
 |url-status     = dead
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}}
</ref>

<ref name="Slater 2001">{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=August_2001--Classic_Rock.html
| title = Home Improvement
| last = Slater
| first = Rosanna
| journal = Classic Rock
| date = August 2001
| access-date = May 12, 2007
| archive-date = June 18, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100618044509/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=August_2001--Classic_Rock.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Kline 2002">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2002/10/breslin_hosts_heavier
 |title        = Breslin hosts heavier sound
 |last         = Kline
 |first        = Scott
 |work         = [[The State News]]
 |date         = October 17, 2002
 |access-date   = April 9, 2007
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130531031339/http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2002/10/breslin_hosts_heavier
 |archive-date = May 31, 2013
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="Beaumont Enterprise 2002">{{cite news
| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BT&p_theme=bt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F759C5DCBC49509&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D
| title = Innovative band playing Beaumont tonight wins new regard from critic
| work = [[The Beaumont Enterprise]]
| date = November 15, 2002
| format = fee required
| access-date = January 26, 2008
| archive-date = June 9, 2011
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110609171654/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BT&p_theme=bt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F759C5DCBC49509&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D
| url-status = live
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<ref name="Stout 2001">{{cite news
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=October_2001--Miami_Herald.html
| last = Stout
| first = Alan K.
| title = Rock band Tool is all about music, not image
| work = [[The Miami Herald]]
| date = September 21, 2001
| quote = Chancellor says Tool, through it all, never stopped working on new music. He says he, Jones and Carey were in the studio every day, experimenting with new sounds and musical ideas.
| access-date = March 6, 2015
| archive-date = June 3, 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150603054804/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=October_2001--Miami_Herald.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="AllMusic Biography">
{{cite web
| last1 = Erlewine
| first1 = Stephen Thomas
| last2 = Prato
| first2= G.
| title = Tool Biography
| publisher = AllMusic
| url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p23076/biography|pure_url=yes}}
| access-date = April 28, 2006
}}
</ref>

<ref name="tdnsystematracks">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://toolshed.down.net/news/oldnews/old0101.html
 |title       = Old News
 |last        = Akhtar
 |first       = Kabir
 |date        = January–March 2001
 |publisher   = toolshed.down.net
 |access-date  = March 6, 2006
 |url-status  = dead
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<ref name="mtvnewssystema">{{cite web
| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439483/02152001/tool.jhtml
| title = Tool Tinker With Album Title, Set Track List
| last = D'Angelo
| first = Joe
| work = MTV News
| access-date = March 6, 2006
| archive-date = May 27, 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090527114104/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439483/02152001/tool.jhtml
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="e!onlinelateralus">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2309,00.html
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20031218003654/http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2309,00.html
| url-status=dead
| archive-date = December 18, 2003
| title = Lateralus review
| publisher = E! Online
| year = 2001
| access-date = June 18, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="kingcrimsonminitour">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1446389/20010806/king_crimson.jhtml
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001044059/http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1446389/20010806/king_crimson.jhtml
| archive-date = October 1, 2007
| title = Tool Stretch Out And Slow Down In Show With King Crimson
| last = Bond
| first = Laura
| work = VH1
| year = 2001
| access-date = March 6, 2015
}}
</ref>

<ref name="munge">
{{cite web
| url = http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=139842
| last = Brett
| first = Milano
| title = Power Tool: Maynard James Keenan and band craft epic art-metal
| work = Boston Herald
| year = 2006
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070814053105/http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=139842
| archive-date=August 14, 2007| access-date = May 27, 2006
}}
</ref>

<ref name="AMG Lateralus review">
{{cite web
| url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r528279|pure_url=yes}}
| last = Theakston
| first = Rob
| title = Lateralus Review
| website = AllMusic
| year = 2001
| access-date = April 28, 2006
}}
</ref>

<ref name="rollingstonelateralus">{{cite magazine
| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/lateralus-20010514
| title = Lateralus Review
| last = Fricke
| first = David
| magazine = Rolling Stone
| year = 2001
| access-date = April 24, 2006
| archive-date = December 19, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101219110419/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/lateralus-20010514
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Klein 2002">
{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.avclub.com/tool-lateralus-1798192665
 |last        = Klein
 |first       = Joshua
 |title       = Lateralus review
 |work        = The A.V. Club
 |date        = March 29, 2002
 |access-date  = September 3, 2012
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130529160150/http://www.avclub.com/articles/tool-lateralus%2C22001/
 |archive-date = May 29, 2013
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Cohen, Martens 2001">
{{cite magazine
 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/79641/tools-lateralus-leads-five-top-10-debuts
 |title=Tool's 'Lateralus' Leads Five Top-10 Debuts
 |last1=Cohen
 |first1=Jonathan
 |last2=Martens
 |first2=Todd
 |magazine=Billboard
 |date=May 24, 2001
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029073403/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=876414
 |archive-date=October 29, 2012
 |access-date=November 19, 2008
 |url-status=dead
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Grammy Awards">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/
| title = Grammy Award Winners
| publisher = [[The Recording Academy]]
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070413125439/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/
| archive-date = April 13, 2007
| access-date = April 28, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="D'Angelo 2002">{{cite web
| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452651/02272002/u2.jhtml
| title = Alicia Keys Takes Five, 'O Brother' Gets Most At 44th Grammy Awards
| last = D'Angelo
| first = Joe
| work = MTV News
| year = 2002
| access-date = August 7, 2006
| archive-date = May 30, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130530172716/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452651/alicia-keys-takes-five-o-brother-gets-most-at-44th-grammy-awards.jhtml
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="Epstein 2006">
{{cite journal
| last = Epstein
| first = Dan
| title = Do What You Wilt
| journal = Revolver
|date=April 2006
}}
</ref>

<ref name="mtvhammer">{{cite news
| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486242/20040407/story.jhtml
| title = Tool Hammer Away At New Album
| last = Wiederhorn
| first = Jon
| work = MTV News
| access-date = April 6, 2006
| archive-date = May 30, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130530165703/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486242/tool-hammer-away-at-new-album.jhtml
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="theage10kdays">{{cite news
| url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/is-anyone-listening/2006/05/03/1146335806864.html
| title = Is anyone listening?
| last = Donovan
| first = Patrick
| work = The Age
| location = Melbourne
| date = May 5, 2006
| access-date = May 6, 2006
| archive-date = May 16, 2011
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110516135706/http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/is-anyone-listening/2006/05/03/1146335806864.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Harris May 11, 2006">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://webarchiveproject.org/12805/
 |last        = Harris
 |first       = Chris
 |title       = Tool Planning Summer Tour Around Keenan's Wine Harvest
 |work        = VH1
 |date        = May 11, 2006
 |access-date  = June 15, 2007
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160421001623/http://webarchiveproject.org/12805/
 |archive-date = April 21, 2016
}}
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<ref name="Harris May 10, 2006">{{cite web
| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1531452/05102006/tool.jhtml
| last = Harris
| first = Chris
| title = Tool, Pearl Jam Claim Billboard Chart in the Name Of Rock
| publisher = MTV
| date = May 10, 2006
| access-date = September 6, 2012
| archive-date = October 23, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131023054036/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1531452/tool-pearl-jam-rock-billboard-chart.jhtml
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}}</ref>

<ref name="Metacritic 2006">[[Metacritic]] calculated an average score of 68 for ''10,000 Days'' compared to 75 for ''Lateralus''. {{cite web
| url = https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/tool/10000days?q=tool
| title = Tool: 10,000 Days (2006): Reviews
| website = Metacritic
| year = 2006
| access-date = September 6, 2012
| archive-date = May 27, 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090527170345/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/tool/10000days?q=tool
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Metacritic 2001">{{cite web
| url = https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/tool/lateralus?q=tool
| title = Tool: Lateralus (2001): Reviews
| website = Metacritic
| year = 2001
| access-date = September 6, 2012
| archive-date = May 27, 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090527170815/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/tool/lateralus?q=tool
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Toolband 2007">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.toolband.com/news/index.html
 |title       = TOOL : NEWS – TOOL Newsletter February 2007
 |publisher   = Toolband.com
 |year        = 2007
 |access-date  = May 10, 2007
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071021025858/http://www.toolband.com/news/index.html
 |archive-date = October 21, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Cohen 2007">{{cite magazine
| url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051489/tool-all-star-zeppelin-jam-highlight-bonnaroo-day-one
| last = Cohen
| first = Jonathan
| title = Tool, All-Star Zeppelin Jam Highlight Bonnaroo Day One
| magazine = Billboard
| date = June 16, 2007
| access-date = June 17, 2007
| archive-date = May 8, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130508104619/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051489/tool-all-star-zeppelin-jam-highlight-bonnaroo-day-one
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="49thgrammyawards">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx
| title = Awards Winners List
| work = 49th Annual Grammy Awards
| publisher = Grammy.com
| year = 2007
| archive-url = http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20061220160454/http%3A//www%2Egrammy%2Ecom/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list%2Easpx
| archive-date = December 20, 2006
| access-date = March 25, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Blabbermouth 2009">
{{cite web
 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121001
 |title=TOOL Expands Summer Tour
 |publisher=[[blabbermouth.net]]
 |date=May 29, 2009
 |access-date=May 30, 2009
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611165711/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121001
 |archive-date=June 11, 2009
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Mile High press release 2009">
{{cite press release
| url = http://www.madisonhousepublicity.com/downloads/milehigh.downloads/MileHigh.pressrel.032609.pdf
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120308104631/http://www.madisonhousepublicity.com/downloads/milehigh.downloads/MileHigh.pressrel.032609.pdf
| archive-date = March 8, 2012
| title = Tool, Widespread Panic and The Fray to Headline Second Annual Mile High Music Festival
| publisher = madisonhousepublicity.com
| date = March 26, 2009
| access-date = March 6, 2015
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Lollapalooza press release 2009">
{{cite web
| url = http://2009.lollapalooza.com/band/tool
| title = Tool at Lollapalooza
| publisher = 2009.lollapalooza.com
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090424015814/http://2009.lollapalooza.com/band/tool
| access-date = September 3, 2012
| archive-date = April 24, 2009
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Fourtheye 2012">{{cite web
| url = http://www.fourtheye.net/tool-winter-2012-usa-tour/
| title = Tool 2012 USA Tour
| publisher = Fourtheye
| date = January 4, 2012
| access-date = April 20, 2012
| archive-date = May 10, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130510015213/http://www.fourtheye.net/reviews/live-reviews/tool-winter-2012-usa-tour/
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Audio Ink 2012">{{cite web
| url = http://audioinkradio.com/2011/12/tool-band-2012-tour
| title = Tool Confirm 2012 Tour Dates
| date = December 12, 2011
| publisher = Audio Ink Radio
| access-date = April 20, 2012
| archive-date = December 17, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131217081226/http://audioinkradio.com/2011/12/tool-band-2012-tour
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Blabbermouth 2012">{{cite news
 |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tool-deftones-slash-stone-sour-confirmed-for-ozzfest-japan/
 |title=Tool, Deftones, Slash, Stone Sour Confirmed For Ozzfest Japan
 |date=November 24, 2012
 |work=Blabbermouth.net
 |access-date=September 24, 2017
 |archive-date=August 7, 2017
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807113306/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tool-deftones-slash-stone-sour-confirmed-for-ozzfest-japan/
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref>

<ref name="Liddell 2007">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200701120170.html
| last = Liddell
| first = C.B.
| title = In Sight/Music & Arts Tool frontman: 'I have not smashed up 1 hotel room'
| work = International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun
| date = January 12, 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070117180201/http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200701120170.html
| archive-date = January 17, 2007
| access-date = May 25, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Pareles 1997">{{cite news
| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903EEDF1738F937A25754C0A961958260
| last = Pareles
| first = Jon
| title = Lollapalooza's Recycled Hormones: Rebellion by the Numbers
| work = The New York Times
| date = July 14, 1997
| access-date = April 28, 2006
| archive-date = June 17, 2008
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080617003352/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903EEDF1738F937A25754C0A961958260
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="santiago">{{cite news
| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF8F12C40B57C7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D
| last = Ferman
| title = At the main stage ..
| first = Dave
| publisher = [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]], archived by NewsBank
| date = July 30, 1993
| access-date = May 9, 2007
| format = fee required
| quote = Tool's vicious, post-metal attack is one of the more intense offerings of the day...
| archive-date = June 9, 2011
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110609205028/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF8F12C40B57C7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="fenix">{{cite news
| url = https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117905701.html?categoryid=34&cs=1
| last = Augusto
| first = Troy J.
| title = Live Performances: Tool
| work = Variety
| date = October 16, 1996
| quote = The group's rhythm section, featuring new bassist Justin Chancellor, propelled the group's post-metal stylings with a twisted, near-jazz approach.
| access-date = May 9, 2007
| archive-date = August 25, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100825005857/https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117905701.html?categoryid=34&cs=1
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="bairdcole">{{cite news
| url = http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_4298028
| last = Baca
| first = Ricardo
| title = Reverb, 9/01: Tool
| work = The Denver Post
| date = September 8, 2006
| quote = ... Tool's bag of post-metal goodies, and it's every bit as fear-inducing as it was in 1993.
| access-date = May 9, 2007
| archive-date = September 30, 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235512/http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_4298028
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="bassplayer052001">{{cite journal
| last1 = Shiraki
| first1 = Scott
| last2 = Bradman
| first2 = E. E.
| title = Handy Man: How Justin Chancellor Frames Tool's Metal Madness
| journal = Bass Player
| date = May 2001
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=May_2001--Bass_Player.html
| access-date = September 3, 2012
| archive-date = July 20, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130720084039/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=May_2001--Bass_Player.html
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="moderndrummer072006">{{cite journal
| url = http://www.musicdispatch.com/item_detail.jsp?itemid=77773078&refer=feature&featureCat=1280002&order=6
| last = Micallef
| first = Ken
| title = 10,000 Days ... and beyond
| journal = Modern Drummer
| date = July 2006
| access-date = May 2, 2007
| archive-date = June 12, 2008
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080612125947/http://www.musicdispatch.com/item_detail.jsp?itemid=77773078&refer=feature&featureCat=1280002&order=6
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Hay 2005">{{cite web
| url = http://www.seattlepi.com/pop/212872_alice21q.html
| last = Hay
| first = Travis
| title = Alice in Chains owns stage in tsunami-relief show full of surprises
| work = Seattle Post-Intelligencer
| date = February 21, 2005
| access-date = May 25, 2007
| archive-date = December 22, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131222013209/http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/music/article/Alice-in-Chains-owns-stage-in-tsunami-relief-show-1166879.php
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="nytimeskeenan">{{cite news
| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E1D6113EF931A1575BC0A9669C8B63
| last = Powers
| first = Ann
| title = Self-Confidence, and a Tattoo
| work = The New York Times
| date = August 22, 2000
| access-date = May 2, 2007
| archive-date = June 16, 2008
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080616180939/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E1D6113EF931A1575BC0A9669C8B63
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="guitarplayer2001">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=June_2001--Guitar_Player.html
 |last        = Wiederhorn
 |first       = Jon
 |title       = Mysterious Ways
 |work        = Guitar Player
 |date        = June 2001
 |format      = transcript
 |access-date  = September 3, 2012
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130720082406/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=June_2001--Guitar_Player.html
 |archive-date = July 20, 2013
}}
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<ref name="soberamgreview">
{{cite web
| url = {{AllMusic|class=song|id=t945539|pure_url=yes}}
| last = Huey
| first = Steve
| title = Sober Song Review
| work = AllMusic
| access-date = May 2, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Forlenza 2006">{{cite web
| url = http://www.mixonline.com/news/profiles/making-tools-10000-days/365657
| last = Forlenza
| first = Jeff
| title = The Making of Tool's "10,000 Days"
| publisher = Mix
| date = July 1, 2006
| access-date = May 9, 2007
| archive-date = November 21, 2014
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141121091629/http://www.mixonline.com/news/profiles/making-tools-10000-days/365657
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="diCarlointerview">
{{cite web
 |url=http://www.cdicarlo.com/paper_04maynard.htm
 |last=diCarlo
 |first=Christopher W.
 |title=Interview with Maynard James Keenan
 |publisher=cdicarlo.com
 |access-date=May 4, 2007
 |url-status=usurped
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112013239/http://www.cdicarlo.com/paper_04maynard.htm
 |archive-date=January 12, 2013
}}
</ref>

<ref name="julynewsletter">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.toolband.com/news/letter/2006_07.php
 |last        = Blake
 |first       = Blair MacKenzie
 |title       = Tool Newsletter
 |publisher   = Toolband.com
 |date        = July 2006
 |access-date  = August 3, 2006
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130502152213/http://www.toolband.com/news/letter/2006_07.php
 |archive-date = May 2, 2013
}}
</ref>

<ref name="10kdayslyrics">
{{cite news
 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=49079
 |title=TOOL: New Album Title Revealed?
 |work=Blabbermouth.net
 |date=March 3, 2006
 |access-date=May 9, 2007
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223914/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=49079
 |archive-date=September 27, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="rs10kdaysreview">{{cite magazine
| first = Evan
| last = Serpick
| magazine = Rolling Stone
| title = 10,000 Days Review
| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/10-000-days-20060607
| year = 2006
| access-date = May 1, 2011
| archive-date = July 4, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130704163158/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/10-000-days-20060607
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Blake September 2001">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.toolband.com/news/letter/2001_09.php
 |last        = Blake
 |first       = Blair MacKenzie
 |title       = Augustember 2001
 |work        = Tool Newsletter
 |publisher   = Toolband.com
 |year        = 2001
 |access-date  = April 28, 2006
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130502142648/http://www.toolband.com/news/letter/2001_09.php
 |archive-date = May 2, 2013
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Tool Army interview">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.toolarmy.com/home/
| title = Tool Army exclusive interview
| publisher = toolarmy.com
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060901014737/http://www.toolarmy.com/home/
| archive-date = September 1, 2006
| format = requires membership
| access-date = September 17, 2006
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Cleveland 2003">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/eyes-wide-open/Jun-03/1238
| last = Cleveland
| first = Barry
| title = Eyes Wide Open
| work = Guitar Player
|date=June 2003
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080209030126/http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/eyes-wide-open/Jun-03/1238
| archive-date = February 9, 2008
| access-date = October 19, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Richardson 2001">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=May_2001--The_Boston_Phoenix.html
 |last        = Richardson
 |first       = Sean
 |title       = Perfect circles – Tool connect on Lateralus
 |work        = The Boston Phoenix
 |date        = May 10, 2001
 |access-date  = May 25, 2007
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130720083255/http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=May_2001--The_Boston_Phoenix.html
 |archive-date = July 20, 2013
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Rich 2007">
{{cite web
| url = http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2007/05/09/LifeArts/Chevelle.To.Play.In.Austin.Remains.Unique.Despite.Criticism-2897640.shtml
| last = Rich
| first = Robert
| title = Chevelle to play in Austin, remains unique despite criticism
| work = The Daily Texan
| date = May 9, 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003501/http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2007/05/09/LifeArts/Chevelle.To.Play.In.Austin.Remains.Unique.Despite.Criticism-2897640.shtml
| archive-date = September 28, 2007
| access-date = May 9, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Assar 2003">
{{cite web
| url = http://cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=16988&pid=1052
| last = Assar
| first = Vijith
| title = Lucky 'Thirteen': Keenan bolsters potence
| work = The Cavalier Daily
| date = September 30, 2003
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013112748/http://cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=16988&pid=1052
| archive-date =October 13, 2007
| access-date =May 9, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Devenish 2000">
{{cite book
| last = Devenish
| first = Colin
| title = Limp Bizkit
| year = 2000
| publisher = St. Martin's
| isbn = 0-312-26349-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/45 45–46]
| url = https://archive.org/details/limpbizkit0000deve/page/45
}}
</ref>

<ref name="alexgreyinterview">
{{cite news
| url = http://asap.ap.org/stories/575717.s
| last = Drew
| first = Jonathan
| title = MUSIC MEETS ART Name the band Tool's fave artist
| agency = Associated Press
| date = May 11, 2006
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929211552/http://asap.ap.org/stories/575717.s
| access-date = September 3, 2012
| archive-date = September 29, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="LiveDesign">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://livedesignonline.com/concerts/tool_time/index.html
 |last        = Sandberg
 |first       = Marian
 |title       = Tool Time
 |work        = Live Design
 |date        = January 11, 2006
 |access-date  = May 9, 2007
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130614183506/http://livedesignonline.com/concerts/tool_time
 |archive-date = June 14, 2013
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Blake March 2007">
{{cite web
| url = http://toolband.com/news/
| last = Blake
| first = Blair MacKenzie
| title = Osseus Labyrint: a laboratory of random mutuations
| work = Tool: News
| publisher = Toolband.com
| date = October 17, 2002
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020806185740/http://toolband.com/news/
| archive-date = August 6, 2002
| access-date = March 30, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="soberencephale">
{{cite news
 |url         = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tool/articles/story/5931985/weird_album_title_for_tool
 |last        = Heller
 |first       = Greg
 |title       = Weird Album Title for Tool
 |magazine        = Rolling Stone
 |date        = January 12, 2001
 |access-date  = October 7, 2017
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071114130353/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tool/articles/story/5931985/weird_album_title_for_tool
 |archive-date = November 14, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Blake October 2007">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.toolband.com/news/index.html
 |first       = Blair MacKenzie
 |last        = Blake
 |title       = Tool: A Working Still from Vicarious
 |publisher   = Toolband.com
 |date        = October 2007
 |access-date  = October 24, 2007
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071021025858/http://www.toolband.com/news/index.html
 |archive-date = October 21, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Stephens 2002">
{{cite web
| url = https://www.popmatters.com/columns/stephens/020508.shtml
| last = Stephens
| first = Michael
| title = High Art: Alex Grey and the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
| work = PopMatters
| date = May 8, 2002
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020601234117/http://popmatters.com/columns/stephens/020508.shtml
| archive-date = June 1, 2002
| access-date = September 3, 2012
}}
</ref>

<ref name="newsgrammypackage">
{{cite news
 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=66850
 |title=Tool Guitarist Wins Grammy For 'Best Recording Package'
 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]
 |date=February 11, 2007
 |access-date=April 9, 2007
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930230022/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=66850
 |archive-date=September 30, 2007
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Osseus live">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/4970/tempidx/5009/menuid/5
 |last        = Truong
 |first       = Kev
 |title       = Tool, The Melvins, Osseus Labyrint – April 24, 2002 – Sydney, Australia @ Sydney Entertainment Centre
 |work        = [[Blistering (magazine)|Blistering]]
 |year        = 2002
 |access-date  = May 25, 2007
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130527145157/http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/4970/tempidx/5009/menuid/5
 |archive-date = May 27, 2013
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Rothman 2002">{{cite magazine
| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tool-take-radio-city-20020814
| last = Rothman
| first = Robin A.
| title = Tool Take Radio City—''Rockers salute the Ramones during epic set''
| magazine = Rolling Stone
| date = August 14, 2002
| access-date = May 1, 2011
| archive-date = March 22, 2014
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140322140131/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tool-take-radio-city-20020814
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="flathatreview">
{{cite web
| url = http://flathat.wm.edu/October052001/reviewsstory5.shtml
| last = McManus
| first = Keith P.
| title = Tool thrills audience
| work = The Flat Hat
| year = 2001
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060904143243/http://flathat.wm.edu/October052001/reviewsstory5.shtml
| archive-date = September 4, 2006
| access-date = September 24, 2012
}}
</ref>

<ref name="nytimesmadisonsquare">{{cite news
| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01EFDB143CF935A35753C1A9679C8B63
| last = Pareles
| first = Jon
| title = Flailing Wildly to Escape the Darkness
| work = The New York Times
| date = October 6, 2001
| access-date = June 9, 2007
| archive-date = June 16, 2008
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080616163600/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01EFDB143CF935A35753C1A9679C8B63
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Rolling Stone November 1996">
{{cite news
| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/republica/articles/story/5925031/tool
| title = Tool
| magazine = Rolling Stone
| date = November 21, 1996
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060508233445/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/republica/articles/story/5925031/tool
| archive-date = May 8, 2006
| url-status = dead
| access-date =September 6, 2012
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Musial 1997">{{cite news
| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EBC39624870EDAA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D
| title = The circle is unbroken
| last = Musial
| first = Andy
| work = [[The Buffalo News]]
| date = July 24, 1997
| format = fee required
| quote = ... Keenan wasn't facing the audience the whole time.
| access-date = January 7, 2008
| archive-date = June 9, 2011
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110609081213/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EBC39624870EDAA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Dentler 2002">
{{cite news
| url = http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2002/07/29/Entertainment/Tool-In.Need.Of.Some.Repair-500533.shtml
| last = Dentler
| first = Matt
| title = Tool in need of some repair
| work = [[The Daily Texan]]
| date = July 29, 2002
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080612115449/http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2002/07/29/Entertainment/Tool-In.Need.Of.Some.Repair-500533.shtml
| archive-date = June 12, 2008
| quote = Lead singer Maynard James Keenan, as is customary for the enigmatic frontman, loomed in the background with his back facing the audience for most of the show.
| access-date = September 3, 2012
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Engler 1993">
{{cite news
| last = Engler
| first = Gavin
| title = TOOL Concert 101
| work = Law Society Gazette
| year = 1993
| quote = Keenan ... wore an all-black leather outfit, had his face painted black and stood on a spinning platform some distance from the front stage; he never seemed to look at the crowd.
}}
</ref>

<ref name="plsnews">{{cite web
| url = http://www.plsn.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=361&Itemid=40
| last = Ludwig
| first = Rob
| title = 700 Clips for 10,000 Days
| work = Projection, Light and Staging News
| date = October 16, 2006
| access-date = April 7, 2007
| archive-date = June 12, 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130612163224/http://www.plsn.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=361&Itemid=40
| url-status = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="chetzardisturb">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.chetzar.com/dvdfiles/whatisit.html
| title = What is it?
| last = Zar
| first = Chet
| work = Disturb the Normal description
| year = 2006
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061026093134/http://www.chetzar.com/dvdfiles/whatisit.html
| archive-date = October 26, 2006
| access-date = April 7, 2007
}}
</ref>

}}

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* {{cite book | last = DeRogatis | first = Jim | author-link = Jim DeRogatis | title = Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock | publisher = [[Hal Leonard Corporation]] | location = Milwaukee, WI | year = 2003 | isbn = 0-634-05548-8}}
* {{cite book | last1 = Kitts | first1 = Jeff | last2 = Tolinski | first2 = Brad | title = Guitar World Presents Nu-Metal | publisher = Hal Leonard | location = Milwaukee, WI | year = 2002 | isbn = 0-634-03287-9 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/guitarworldprese00kitt }}
* {{cite book | last = McIver | first = Joel | author-link = Joel McIver  | title = Unleashed: The Story of Tool | publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] | location = London; New York | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-1-84772-709-1}}
* {{cite book | last1 = Newquist  | first1 = Harvey P. | last2 = Maloof | first2 = Rich | title = The New Metal Masters | publisher=Backbeat Books | location = San Francisco | year = 2004 | isbn = 978-0-87930-804-9}}
* {{cite book | last1 = Sherry | first1 = James | last2 = Aldis | first2 = Neil | title = Heavy Metal Thunder: Kick-Ass Cover Art from Kick-Ass Albums | publisher = [[Chronicle Books]] | location = San Francisco | year = 2006 | isbn = 0-8118-5353-5}}

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