we almost forgot how to breathe… (FIRST REACTION to TOOL - Ænima)

[@theeJAYBUDshow]

While listening we had the music at MAX VOLUME with a volume booster installed. The Full Experience. So if the music is too loud at some points that is why…

[@teeebeee]

TOOL and "too loud" are two things that don't belong in the same sentence. No need to apologize for listening in the correct way lol

[@khristopherr]

It was definitely peaking and getting distorted at points. Also, can you keep Marlon and get rid of the guy on the left, whatever his name is. He's so judgemental and cringey.

[@antontoast1980]

Yeah I think you should do 10000 days and Fear Innoculum. Both amazing albums. Keep up the good work guys 👍

[@metaphoria3]

UNDERTOW def next .. it’s their rawest most visceral heaviest yet melodically advanced album. Incredible bass playing by our Seattle native (ofc 😏) MY PERSONAL FAV ALBUM and it’ll set you guys up for the rest of their catalogue going forward. I’ll def call in also got a band outta the PNW /Seattle \m/ keep rockin the channel

[@Hardcastle83]

​@@khristopherrI don't get why you'd say that? These young guys are so "nice" compared to what us 90s kids were like.

[@bartoszmisztal6861]

“This not the album you listen to every day” I beg to differ😂

[@davidward9737]

Same here. 16 when it dropped and couldn't cut it off my portable cd walkman

[@bartoszmisztal6861]

@@davidward9737 I heard “sober” on British MTV (Ray Coke’s show) in 1993 and it just burrowed deep into my brain. I was 14 and I was hooked,understood only the music, the lyrics came much later and only made me love them more.

[@davidward9737]

@@bartoszmisztal6861 Undertow is brilliant. That means you are only 1 year older than me. Sober is great, I love the Swamp Song. I hope you have seen them in concert. I saw them in my teens and 20s. I just love Aenima more. You have angry Tool then floaty Tool. Both arent bad. Keep learning to swim bro and thank you for your response.

[@maximilianoadl]

​@@davidward9737same age

[@bartoszmisztal6861]

@@davidward9737 Yea, I did manage to see them live, once, in Krakow (Poland) in 2018(?) Alice in Chains (with the new vocal) was their support. It was an experience.

[@k0mp0cik]

Stinkfist in a nutshell: 1st listen: "Oh wow, this song is about fisting!" 2nd listen: "Ooh, this song is about drugs and the need for more!" 3rd listen: "Damn, this song is about the humanity's unsatiable need for emotion and experiences" 4th listen: "This is song is definitely about fisting"

[@TheKrensada]

I always thought it was about doing extreme and taboo acts just to feel some sense of normalcy.

[@flatplaneoregon4605]

Exacitacly

[@S-jq1yk]

The good thing about Tool is their fans are really easy going and don’t take things too seriously 😬

[@jens2049]

Lololol

[@bartoszmisztal6861]

@@S-jq1yk I mean….yea….no, the probability of a group of ultra fans over analyzing and picking apart every song to the smallest bits possible while also not being a bunch of whiny jerks is pretty much zero. 😂

[@Cheesesteak70-d1v]

Yep tool fans can be pretentious about insisting on listening to what they are preaching. If we could just get one person to open their third eye it’s worth it.

[@Nicci-the-coach]

We’re honestly the worst.

[@10100110101]

😅

[@theeJAYBUDshow]

10,000 DAYS NEXT!?

[@smithfield731]

If you go back to grunge try 'Live Through This' by Hole(regardless of how one feels about Courtney personally) If you try Nu-Metal try 'Follow the Leader' by Korn

[@thegoatchild3545]

I suggest you do Undertow next. It will give you an idea of just how they changed and evolved, although they were their own thing from the get-go.🤘

[@Gekokujo76]

With Tool, there is a noticeable evolution in their music. No shame in going through in order. After this album you get a lot more soundscapes and 9 minute opus songs...before this the songs were more recognizable as "songs". This was the enlightened sweet-spot between that duality.

[@voidwraithprime8521]

Only if you haven't checked out "Undertow"

[@patrick1234]

My favorite one.

[@667neighbourofthebeast]

Danny, "We're serious about our music but we never take ourselves seriously".

[@jasonziemba5885]

They're basically modern day RUSH, who have the same exact philosophy about their music, and the Tool guys were also influenced by RUSH and there are quite a few social posts showing both bands hanging out together. Danny himself was a very good friend to Rush's late drummer, Neil Peart. When he died in 2020 of Glioblastoma, Danny paid tribute to him in concert during his solo.

[@pr0pagandhi511]

So I'm a German and I can confidently say "Die Eier von Satan" is not backwards or otherwise weird. It's literally just a german recipe for pot doughballs. Yea the voice is modulated to sound creepy and his pronounciation is off from what a real german would do it a lot but it's literally just straight up a recipe that you can cook. No need to reverse or anything

[@bradtube82]

And no eggs

[@Dima-nt1gx]

​@bradtube82 you're a genius

[@joewilson2929]

I personally hear some of the musical sounds being played in reverse and I think that confused some people maybe. :D

[@jonathancapps1103]

The meaning of Stinkfist is near the end of the song, before the last chorus: "Something kinda sad about / The way that things have come to be / Desensitized to everything / What became of subtlety? / How can this mean anything to me / If I really don't feel anything at all?" The song is a graphic and funny metaphor about chasing ever increasing levels of dtimulation.

[@tripodman322]

Or it's about Maynard shoving his fist up someone's butthole

[@TheNewAmericanMedia]

SUUUUCH an underrated lyric!

[@Brainznyoface]

I love how the dude in the red hoodie gets it immediately every time

[@carlakane3313]

You are either polyrhythmic or not. He is. Dude on the left will love Fear Inoculum. Dude on right follows drum beats but don't think he's polyrhythmic.

[@BurtTurbo]

Michael Cera? Yeah.

[@fast_mattw8059]

Thats cause he is more mature than the other two lol

[@Brosati68]

Love this idea of having someone come talk about the band/album before listening. This is a great format 👏🏻

[@myname5918]

“Jimmy”. That’s what Maynard’s family calls him. This is about him as a child when his mom had an aneurysm and spent the rest of her life paralyzed.

[@DeliriumTrigger2]

he was 11 when it happened

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

Eulogy: "Not all martyrs see divinity, but at least you tried"

[@derekveech966]

My biceps 💪 read "not all martyrs - see divinity"

[@thomsevilla4956]

fact: Soundgarden's guitarist Kim Thayil is a huge fan of TOOL....he wears tool shirt on some of their SG concerts in the early/mid 90s

[@jens2049]

Who isnt

[@lenni-hazels]

@@jens2049 Not everyone is friggin Kim Thayil though, and also in such a prolific band at that time, writing some legendary songs. Also anyone who was already a fanboy/girl in the early 90s before Aenima was made had the right idea about Tool early on.

[@billwarfield9092]

Been listening to tool for 30+ years. This album lived in my diskman through freshman and sophomore years of high school. All these years later and I’m still spiraling out

[@merkaba0635]

Gayfordeachother

[@lisajohnson521]

All of the dudes in Tool are legends. This is some cool info on the guitarist Adam Jones: Jones was offered a film scholarship but declined and chose to move to Los Angeles to study art and sculpture. His interest shifted to film, and he began to work as a sculptor and special effects designer, where he learned the stop motion camera techniques he would later apply in Tool's music videos, such as "Sober", "Prison Sex", "Stinkfist", "Ænema", "Schism", "Parabola", and "Vicarious". He graduated in 1987. After graduation, he went to work at Rick Lazzarini's Character Shop. During the next two years, he worked on the TV show Monsters. He designed and fabricated a Grim Reaper makeup and a zombie head on a spike (later used in Ghostbusters II) among others. After that, he went to Stan Winston's special effects workshop, where he worked on Predator 2, sculpting a unique-looking skull for the Predator's spaceship interior. Jones worked on several other films in Hollywood doing makeup and set design, including Jurassic Park, Batman Returns, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Dances with Wolves, and Ghostbusters II. He did the "Freddy Krueger in the womb" makeup for A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, as well as work for A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. He also worked on commercials for salad dressing (never aired), Olympic Paints & Stains (Albert Einstein makeup), and Duracell (boxers and taxicabs).

[@BricktowneMedia]

@1:03:00 THOSE are the faces for three gents who just experienced on of the greatest albums ever committed to recorded mediums. Bravo!! Great reaction/review as always guys!

[@cambodianz]

Before you guys do anymore Tool albums, do yourself a favor and listen/react to the live versions of “Pushit” and “Third Eye” from the “Salaival” release. It’s a critical document of where the band was in the late nineties/early 2000’s when they were at their apex (Aenema + Lateralus). There’s also a pretty amazing cover of Led Zeppelin’s “No Quarter” on there that’s quite a listen. Keep up the killer videos.

[@joshuaduke5582]

This is the way.

[@merkaba0635]

They are dumb

[@merkaba0635]

Gays582

[@mrbilldoubleu]

I concur

[@theturtleclub4963]

The salival album is probably one of my favorites

[@cambodianz]

*clarification* Justin Chancellor is the only person playing bass on this album. Their previous bassist Paul had co-written four songs (Stinkfist, Eulogy, Pushit & Aenima) and even recorded the demos before they went to record them in the studio (those demos are also available on KZbin), but Justin is playing on all those songs and even augments some of the parts to suit his style.

[@turbkey1380]

I guess that’s what I get for taking notes from Wikipedia

[@cambodianz]

@@turbkey1380 always ask the old heads first, dude.

[@cuteasxtreme]

@@turbkey1380Wikipedia is right in this case. It only took 2 clicks to get better information than these guys got smh

[@alpo6668]

Yeah, Paul fucked up. But I prefer Justin

[@cambodianz]

@@alpo6668 I think Paul is happier in many ways. He’s done some really interesting projects since his departure (Danny played drums on a song). He’s still getting his checks from Tool and touring with Ministry. He’s rad, Tool’s rad, they’re both still making rad music and us fans are spoiled. And I agree, Justin is amazing. Possibly my favorite member of the band.

[@Spudz76]

Third Eye is the pineal gland, it is of similar construction as an actual eyeball and is even light-sensitive, it is what releases melatonin to make you sleepy when the light gets dim (sunset). It is a chakra point considered to be the source of intuition and insight and connection with subtle energies of the universe, like a psychic compass. The Eye of Horus symbol from ancient Egypt is basically a drawing of a cross-section of a pineal gland, nobody knows how they knew that or got it so accurate. Pineal comes from pine-cone which is more or less how it's shaped, and there are a lot of pine-cones in the decorations at the Vatican and other churches. Basically the pineal gland is where religion and the "oneness with the universe" feeling comes from. Using drugs to shortcut to that state was a topic of Bill Hicks' bit about "squeegeeing", or "prying open" the third eye, so we could move into everlasting peace, although the Indian method is to use meditation, mantra chanting, and breathing techniques (chanting is a breathing technique anyway) to get there instead, to release your own internal DMT and serotonin for hallucinatory and MDMA-like effects - see/feel the unseen and love everything - which are the aims of all religions before humans muddle it up with rules and allegory. In the Salival live version of the song the intro is a recording of Timothy Leary saying some deep shit instead of the Hicks clip, but on the same topic and a bit more about the rules and questioning authority and thinking for yourself (follow that psychic compass, not orders from other people).

[@dudeguy8686]

My brother's done his research. Keep it decalcified, eh?

[@nickkleiber8636]

Tool is the Pink Floyd of Metal

[@vibetech89]

So accurate

[@Fusildechasse]

100%

[@danielkinn782]

Tool picked up the mantle that PF put down. I've said this since the 90s

[@christopherwhite379]

Funny...that is always how I describe them

[@markshaffer6447]

@@nickkleiber8636 close.. I’ve always considered Tool as the 90s Zepplin and Radiohead as 90s Floyd

[@mrdylanja]

When Tool opens with Third Eye live >>>>>> you buckle the fuck up.

[@RiffHarvester]

I saw them play this at the first Coachella in '99. It was amazing.

[@lsu1992]

Saw them play it in late '96 in Baton Rouge. Most spiritual experience at a concert ever, just edging out Pantera playing Planet Caravan in '95 in New Orleans (Phil's Homecoming at The Saengar).

[@uncletaco916]

Very meta of you to call 46&2 “next level” 😂

[@fenderfox5080]

Oh just wait guys. If you love Danny you'll love his live drum cam of Pnuema , it may be one of the best drum parts in an entire song you'll ever hear , just my honest opinion 😊

[@LukeNukem82]

you haven't watched the "triad" drum cam then..

[@fenderfox5080]

@@LukeNukem82 not yet, I'll check it out

[@snax087]

The best description ive ever heard of this album is "Anger meets spirituality"

[@adammichener987]

I've always thought it was cool that the main bass riff for 46&2 is just something Justin brought in for his audition, and it turned into one of their best songs ever

[@spacesquid2119]

Third eye is my favorite tool song ever. Only listen to it like once a year so it’s always fresh

[@Mintis-bh4rr]

Bass is never appreciated enough.

[@dudeguy8686]

Shoutout to the jrock song "Disco Flight", by Ling Tosite Sigure. That bass slaps.

[@metaphoria3]

UNDERTOW def next .. it’s their rawest most visceral heaviest yet melodically advanced album. Incredible bass playing by our Seattle native (ofc 😏) MY PERSONAL FAV ALBUM and it’ll set them up for the rest of their catalogue going forward

[@michaelmarhal]

A LOT of people who have been fans of tool for over 20 years do not realize this: the Album name is - Ænima and the 13th track on this album is called Ænema they are spelled differently / different words.

[@RiffHarvester]

Holy Sh!t

[@theodorecyngiser2841]

Shit, your right. I didn’t know that

[@christocoombe5382]

Yeah, and none of them pronounced "AENEEEEMA"

[@dudeguy8686]

Never thought about the difference in pronunciation, either. Anima vs Anaemic?

[@fast_mattw8059]

It was a printing error. The same thing happened to Lateralus/Lateralis. Check the back of your Lateralus album to see which spelling you have there 😉 strange that it happened to each of the title tracks tho huh lol

[@Courier_Eris]

H was the first Tool song I ever heard when the album was new. I was in high school. I have been addicted ever since.

[@charoleawood]

i am too connected to slip away, fade away also feels like the themes in "The Patient" --- if there were no rewards to reap, no loving embrace to see me through, then i certainly would have walked away by now

[@bradtube82]

Same. That's the one bro. It got me in late '97

[@johnseward2934]

Aenima is the dark complexity of transitioning from anger and pain to the existential transcendence of Lateralus. Both albums are masterpieces, always worth revisiting.

[@crossthestars]

Third Eye is transcendent! I think it's one of Tool's best songs, period. I don't use drugs at all, and it's still able to take me on an inner journey every time I hear it. My other favorites on this album are H. and Aenema, but the whole album is just so good. I really enjoyed this reaction. Loved your Lateralus album reaction too. I hope you consider more Tool reactions in the future. Their music is such a wonderful experience.

[@ShininDays]

If you guys do batmotorfinger we need MBKiller5000 to comeback for that !

[@reginasamilpa44]

I've been a Tool fan since I was sixteen, 32 years ago. They are the best band of my lifetime!

[@lisasechler5714]

Thanks for doing this. You guys are giving me some much needed smiles today. Cheers to you too!

[@John_in_SoDak]

I love love love these full album tool reactions, can't wait to see more. And I'll be checking out the rest of your shit.

[@joewilson2929]

Marlon was a treat. You guys are a treat. This video was SOOOOOO fun for me to watch. Im 41 now and you guys are the exact same age my friends and I were when we started getting really into Tool. Thanks so much for the awesome content and lets see that red hoodie again for 10,000 days!!

[@jeffnickel4648]

Nice to see some young fellas gettin into some unreal classics from yesteryear. Been listening to this record for 28 years. Excellent choice.

[@sanchez2823]

I am so glad I was born in the time of being able to see bands like Tool, NIN, Manson, Alice n Chains, Pantera, Soundgarden, rage against the machine in their Prime. Even the early rockers like Aerosmith, Guns and roses and the list goes on.

[@danielsinnott2343]

Great reaction. This was a lot of fun. Marlin's a great guest.

[@ryankirkham8130]

This was me and my two best friends sitting in his parents basement having the same discussion in 1992 when we first discovered TOOL. What a blast from the past. They are my favorite band of all time to this day!!!

[@roobs6949]

Fellas, fellas, fellas…Tool is a league of their own! Keep listening and keep digging deeper. It will change your entire life. This music is ass kicking soundtracks to your personal life. Become the beasts you were created to be. I listen to tons of other music and genres as well but there is nothing like Tool.

[@YourConscience.o_o]

This feels like being transported to 1996 and listening to this album on my boy's deck with friends just losing our minds over how dope it was. We saw them live shortly after and it was a fucking revelation. I've seen more bands/artists live accross genres than most and watching Tool live is something else. Incredible performances night after night. Highly reccomend if they tour again soon.

[@SethKBaldwin]

Been a fan for 30 years and saw them live for the first time a year ago in Portland. They played phenomenally, but everything else kinda sucked. It took the techs three songs to get the sound right. The light show was mostly out of date CGI. The crowd was all middle aged guys (ok, guilty) in black T-shirts and pretty mellow. Sat 17th row and loved their playing so I'm glad I went but the venue sucked (Moda Center in PDX)

[@YourConscience.o_o]

@@SethKBaldwin I laughed out loud at "ok, guilty" man haha. Thanks for the reality check... I'm aiming to see them when/if they do another tour just to see for myself. Haven't caught them live in many, many years.

[@the_panos]

Absolutely my reaction as well. I normally can't even listen to this album anymore because I thrashed it so much back in the late 90s and early 00s but watching these guys listen to it was like I was right back there. Especially negative ions, that was hilarious. They should consider themselves lucky they weren't on mushrooms.

[@tomgrant29]

"Number one for me by a mile was Third Eye" Welcome to the Tool Army my child

[@DudeMcGuybro]

I like that you had someone call in and explain the deeper meanings of the song so you can fully understand the context of the song. More of that!

[@christinschumacher2143]

This album has some serious re-listenability. Throw it on during long drives especially. Please listen to the other albums and soon!

[@myflatlineconstruct]

I was 23 when i saw the Undertow tour. I didnt know who i was seeing that night. My first thought? Holy shit that bass!!!!! The whole building was about to become part of the ground. Really a random killer luck.

[@TheMightyOdin]

Tool has always been a band that didn’t require song skipping. Pick an album , put it on, let it ride! I’ve seen these guys live about 12 times? I’ve lost count. All the way back to the early 90’s till the last tour the concerts were always amazing. Big venues, festivals and tiny 800 capacity concert halls…. It was all good.

[@claymiller2409]

Harry Manback: An actual voicemail that a guy named Francesco Sonoyo left on Gary Helsinger's (member of the band Green Jelly, friends of Tool). Gary kicked the dude out of their apartment for stealing stuff from another roommate and he was pissed about getting kicked out. HWAP: Guy on the street claiming to be OGT (OG Tool fan) telling Maynard he liked their early stuff but now they were sellouts. Meanwhile, the dude is drinking Coca Cola, wearing Vans, being the picture of consumerism and one of the many fans BUYING these records. Basically saying bro if evolving as a band and selling more records the more popular we get is selling out, then you're the sucker, because you're the one buying all the shit we're selling--hypocrite. Love how he calls him "little buddy" haha gets me every time.

[@bludfyre]

I couldn't believe they didn't make the connection from "he told me that he thought we were selling out" to "all you know about me's what I sold you." They actually are Hookers, but they sell themselves playing music rather than having sex.

[@peterpierfededrici3887]

A good friend of mine once described the drums in this album as "coated in honey". Whatever tuning and post going on in the studio is simply magical. I was lucky enough to see them live in the late 90s. Amazing band.

[@sky-magnet]

AND NO EGGS!

[@dudeguy8686]

"There was like 3 different songs in one" Welcome to Tool, hope you enjoy the journey!

[@chrisgriffin2579]

Tool was against streaming their music for the longest time because their albums are meant to be listening to from start to finish. Good way to listen to it the first time around for sure.

[@brunoteixeira5912]

Dudeeees I just pressed play and cant wait for you guys to start reacting :) im 43 and this is one of the albums of my life, i can say without a doubt this is one of the albums that saved my live. Like an eye opener to the world, back then as a teenager. When I first heard Stinkfist on my friends walkman, I could not believe how fresh and new it sounded... and still sounds. Cheers for covering it❤

[@GoldTop57]

On Eulogy that weird sound in the beginning is Maynard’s vocal using a bullhorn. He also does it live.

[@Gekokujo76]

When you go back to Grunge, dont forget to hit Mad Season's album. Layne Staley (AIC) sings, Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) plays guitar, Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees) plays drums and Baker (great bass player) plays bass. Great band, great album (only put out one), but a lot of changes not having Jerry Cantrell singing in the band....so even though it's Layne singing, you wont confuse it for Alice In Chains very often.

[@Halman82]

Be sure to listen to the deluxe edition, with additional songs by Mark Lanegan, they're incredible

[@avguris]

fav album of all time

[@danielkinn782]

You can literally hear how sick Layne was. Heartbreaking

[@Gekokujo76]

@@danielkinn782 By the Unplugged album you could tell, by the way he pronounced the S in his words, that he was missing teeth, Layne's story is as sad as ANY in music (and most outside of music). If it doesnt break your heart, you didnt have one to behin with! All of these guys were in rehab when they met...two are no longer with us after losing the fight (Layne and Baker).

[@Gekokujo76]

@@Halman82 AND Mark's solo albums! The Winding Sheet and Whiskey For The Holy Ghost are my faves, but he has nothing but good music.

[@gabyn5715]

People have probably mentioned it before but you guys absolutely HAVE to watch Danny Carey's drum cam for the song Pneuma, that'll really allow you to see just how insanely good that man is at drumming. Great reaction btw

[@longboy5639]

I'm a old TOOL fan so I can say with totaly honesty that StinkFist is about Fisting

[@jameswatt5557]

Harry Manback was an Italian acquaintance that couch surfed at Maynard’s apartment, but he got so drunk and belligerent that Maynard kicked him out. Then that Italian guy left Maynard a voicemail. That is an excerpt of that voicemail.

[@tithannisk7470]

I think Harry Manback is not the Italian acquaintance, and I think that this Italian acquaintance couch-surfed in Harry Manback's house, not Maynard's. Just because Harry Manback doesn't sound at all like an Italian name and the song is called Message TO Harry Manback, not message From... It's seems to me that it's a message left by this Italian guy on Harry Manback's voicemail.

[@cigarsid7445]

@@tithannisk7470 Actually it's a message left on Gary Helsinger's answering machine. Helsinger is also known as Hotsy Menshot of Green Jelly. Maynard and Danny where also in Green Jelly. They are all featured on their most known song "Three Little Pigs" along with a bunch of other people like Les Claypool and Pauley Shore .

[@RiffHarvester]

@@cigarsid7445 Green Jellö Sucks 😏

[@cigarsid7445]

@@RiffHarvester They claimed to be the worst band in the world, and excelled at it😄

[@MBKiller5000]

Loved this experience! Always down for more!!

[@BricktowneMedia]

Super cool they got Michael Cera to be a guest!

[@cranboogie]

🌀🌀🌀👍👍👍😂😂😂 best comment, hands down

[@phildigiovanni9687]

Most of the time the next Tool song you hear is your next favorite Tool song

[@stephenSchwarz]

Would love for you guys to check out their other albums. Each album is unique and different and a masterpiece in their own right.

[@JaceHuntley]

I also love tool lol I can play a few. You guys remind me of our old group in high school im in my 30s 33 now we loved tool too. H is my favorite we had the same reaction as you im very proud of you guys for appreciating good music.

[@leaann6445]

Seeing them live is a MUST! They are amazing.

[@Trish150655]

Tool Army Unite!! spiral out …keep going! I’m sooo excited for this!!!! ❤🌀

[@jondonnelly]

I don't think I listened to any other music for 6 months when this album came out. Still my favorite. 🤘

[@majimasmajimemes1156]

Just fyi: The lyrics on Die Eier Von Satan are NOT backwards. It is just someone very theatrically reciting a pot cookie recipe in German.

[@chrisbowen8162]

It's not pot cookies

[@majimasmajimemes1156]

It literally mentions "türkisches Haschisch" (engl. "turkish hashish) which is another term for cannabis aka pot

[@SargNickFury]

Loving that your reacting to albums and not singles. THIS is how we listened to music. and good albums were not simply filled with unconected singles....it had a flow. Sitting down and listening to an album from start to finish is how we rolled. Pref with blacklights, and neon wall art.

[@JoeKerr019]

I love the fact that eulogy was dedicated to Bill Hicks "It's just a ride"

[@schlurosaurusrex2827]

Love it. Thanks guys for reliving the time when I explored this gem of a record!

[@user-fm8xs3hr3w]

Great reaction! You absolutely nailed the meaning of the title track!

[@KillerCutie89]

Tool has been my favor and since 2004 and there are many things i've learned from this podcast thanks guys!

[@ShininDays]

Day 24 (not really) of harrassing them to do Soundgarden's badmotorfinger , and temple of the dog's album .. love your format ma dudes.. i would argue you should listen to all of the rest Soundgarden's albums like louder than love , ultramega ok, and down on the upside.

[@jambulance]

Badmotorfinger really made SG “click” for me, it’s so dusty I love the more deserty rock sound at times

[@markshaffer6447]

They did themselves a disservice by doing Superunknown first. It’s an album with some great songs and okay filler tracks, but Badmotorfinger is gold start to finish, a perfect album

[@tomh3999]

The quotes in Third Eye are from Bill Hicks, a legendary comedian who died in the 90s. Give him a watch.

[@stephenphillips3676]

Great reaction guys! Tool is unlike any other band.

[@michaeldinsen7641]

Not only do they play it live but do it at a level beyond ALL others!!!

[@davidlegnon9696]

I was a senior in high school when this album dropped. There wasn't much in the ways of the internet to seek out a lot about who TooL was, we just appreciated mind-boggling musicianship. The internet was primitive, so listening to a song like Die Eir von Satan was a bit of a litmus test for people who wanted to understand the album, and those that scoff at something that might "sound" menacing or evil. You couldn't just Google what the song was about, so that made it more exciting when you figured out how innocuous the song's meaning actually is in contrast to the gritty, industrial backdrop. That's Tool in a nutshell - exceptional artists who relish in pushing the boundaries of music while not taking themselves too seriously. The hardcore fans, however.

[@amy_grace]

There was a little bit of Tool on the internet... I was an extremely online and extremely gullible teenager in the 90s and I got completely suckered by "lachrymology" or whatever it was 😭😂

[@jonathonterrones5814]

That's crazy I was 6 and then heard this for the first time in my senior year of highschool 😜🤘

[@the_panos]

@@amy_grace hahahaha oh those were the days of the Tool Shed. I used my high school's computer lab to print out that FAQ the band wrote that was compiled "by a friend" and was about 20% fiction. Still have most of it somewhere...

[@AnimatedEffigy]

A few members of the band we friends with some in the local comedy scene in Los Angeles in the early 90's, Bill Hicks being one. You can actually see Tool cameo in the 90's sketch comedy show "Mr Show with Bob and David" in the first season who were apart of that LA underground circle. Bills dark comedy fell right in line with Tools dark sense of humor. Bill died before the album release and the album was dedicated to him with many references to him in the songs and liner notes. I think Eulogy is a eulogy for Bill juxtaposing him with Jesus, if you knew Bills comedy and how he died you'd understand why.

[@nrudy]

"useful idiot" is a troll of Vinyl purchasers. Its the sound of a record spinning after the side is over- so record buyers assumed they were missing a track(Its listed as the last track on Sida A).

[@Ryancrisos]

I wish I could hear this album for the first time again. Fan since 97. Tool is a genre and an obsession. Welcome to the club. Great reactions keep 'em coming

[@Largeincharge]

I’m convinced that in 500 years intellectuals of the day will talk about and appreciate Tool like people who consider themselves intellectuals today talk about and appreciate Bach and Beethoven.

[@uncletaco916]

Die Eier Von Satan, the eggs of Satan: I gotta amend your call in a little. The lyrics aren’t backwards, they indeed are pot brownies or cookies recipe. The backwards easter egg here is the drum sounds are reversed.

[@SethKBaldwin]

Yeah, the words are straight German. Also eggs are slang for balls. Satan's Balls.

[@turbkey1380]

Whoops that’s what I get from Wikipedia I guess

[@ssgoko88]

Drunk track is reversed, reverb applied, then reversed a second time to sound backwards and normal at once

[@IronFloydian]

The recipe is for cookies without eggs. That's why he keeps saying "Und Keine Eier" which in German means "And no eggs".

[@lottt86]

The call-in was way off on lots of things.

[@christinebrown4777]

Third eye is in my top 3 of all songs ever written, it’s just amazingly creative. Any way I bought this CD when it was released…my brain chemistry was changed forever and Tool has been my #1 since.

[@jonathancapps1103]

16:49 "What is that?" That's MJK singing through a megaphone. He's tapping the trigger that you hold down when you speak through it.

[@XtremeKillah101]

Dude in the red has some GREAT insight and he nailed the analysis on anema

[@myname5918]

Anima- he’s specifically referring to Los Angeles “see you down in Arizona Bay”

[@eircification]

I like the call in and guest. Great vid guys. Been listening to Tool since the early 90s. Makes me happy seeing the torch being passed.

[@susiejo143]

Yessssss❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥every Tool album is great great stuff they dont make anything less than FIRE!!! Danny IS the best drummer alive imo love him❤❤

[@KodamaOM01]

This is the crew right here. Catch red up on Lateralus, and push on to 10K Days and Fear Inoculum! Amazing reactions, breakdown, and discussions gents. Always a treat to hear a full Tool album react. You miss so much reacting to single songs when the order and transition between Tool's tracks carry so much weight.

[@jonathancapps1103]

"Message ro Harry Manback" is apparently a message left on the answer machine of one of MJK's friends, or roommate, or something. Tool added the piano and beach sounds.

[@TheDivergentDrummer]

19:36 What you are hearing here is Danny playing a polymeter. He is counting 123 123, playing only on the 1 and 3 with his hats / stack and counting in 4's with his other limbs for the snare and bass. Danny is a master of both Polyrhythms and Polymeters.

[@sharonbarrett2664]

46&2 my favourite track of all time. Thank you for appreciating Tool as much as me ❤

[@jaketuschak1508]

Loved watching y’all experience this, I listen to this album straight through a couple times a year and it really does keep unfolding in unexpected ways, 15 years later for me.

[@taberclawson9119]

“number one by a mile for me is third eye” MY MAN

[@mannida]

46 & 2 is one of my favorite songs. lyrics are deep and inspirational.

[@brandonboucher7090]

You guys are literally me and my crew when Tool was releasing these albums back in High School 🤘🌀

[@saiyalud7951]

It’s creepily hilarious that you said, “comfortably uncomfortable” because if you listen to “Pushit”, the Salival version, which your call in mentioned at the beginning, Maynard has a little speech before they go into it that touches on that point exactly 😂

[@meetshield2461]

My first tool concert. I had just turned 18 in june 2001 and went and saw them at the Red Rocks Aug 3rd. A 12 hr road trip. Lateralus had just came out. Still gets me hard.

[@meetshield2461]

The Grudge (-) Ions Stinkfist(Extended White Lines Version) Swamp Song Prison Sex (Extended) Schism Pushit(w/ Drum Solo Intro) Disposition Reflection Intermission Soundscapes(Robert Fripp cover) (with Robert Fripp) Sober Parabol Parabola Ænema Lateralus

[@scottw5253]

"Message to Harry Manback" is an actual answering machine message left by a former roommate of Maynard when he lived in LA. He got kicked out for never having any money to pay his share and being a drunk idiot.