Tool is an American
progressive rock band from
Los Angeles,
California. Formed in 1990, the band originally featured vocalist
Maynard James Keenan, guitarist
Adam Jones, bassist
Paul D'Amour and drummer
Danny Carey, although D'Amour was replaced by
Justin Chancellor in 1995.[1] The group released its first demo 72826 in 1991, which credited all four band members for songwriting.[2]Opiate was issued the following year, which featured re-recorded versions of 72826 tracks "Hush" and "Part of Me", as well as live versions of "Cold and Ugly" and "Jerk-Off".[3] The band released its debut full-length album Undertow in 1993, which once again credited all four band members for songwriting.[4] The album also featured a contribution by former
Black Flag and then-
Rollins Band frontman
Henry Rollins, who performed additional vocals on "Bottom".[4]
After Chancellor replaced D'Amour, Tool released its second album Ænima in 1996.[5] In 2000 the band released the compilation Salival, which featured several previously unreleased studio recordings (including a
cover version of the
Led Zeppelin song "
No Quarter") in addition to a number of live tracks.[6] Tool's third studio album Lateralus followed the next year,[7] which was the band's first release to top the US
Billboard 200.[8] Five years later 10,000 Days was released, which also topped the Billboard 200 and several other albums charts around the world.[8] Tool has been on and off hiatus in recent years, although a long-awaited fifth studio album is currently being recorded as of October 2016.[9]
In August 2019, Tool released Fear Inoculum.
Tool is an American
progressive rock band from
Los Angeles,
California. Formed in 1990, the band originally featured vocalist
Maynard James Keenan, guitarist
Adam Jones, bassist
Paul D'Amour and drummer
Danny Carey, although D'Amour was replaced by
Justin Chancellor in 1995.[1] The group released its first demo 72826 in 1991, which credited all four band members for songwriting.[2]Opiate was issued the following year, which featured re-recorded versions of 72826 tracks "Hush" and "Part of Me", as well as live versions of "Cold and Ugly" and "Jerk-Off".[3] The band released its debut full-length album Undertow in 1993, which once again credited all four band members for songwriting.[4] The album also featured a contribution by former
Black Flag and then-
Rollins Band frontman
Henry Rollins, who performed additional vocals on "Bottom".[4]
After Chancellor replaced D'Amour, Tool released its second album Ænima in 1996.[5] In 2000 the band released the compilation Salival, which featured several previously unreleased studio recordings (including a
cover version of the
Led Zeppelin song "
No Quarter") in addition to a number of live tracks.[6] Tool's third studio album Lateralus followed the next year,[7] which was the band's first release to top the US
Billboard 200.[8] Five years later 10,000 Days was released, which also topped the Billboard 200 and several other albums charts around the world.[8] Tool has been on and off hiatus in recent years, although a long-awaited fifth studio album is currently being recorded as of October 2016.[9]
In August 2019, Tool released Fear Inoculum.