Failure

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Maynard James Keenan and Paul D'Amour

"It was like a little vacation." The Tool and Failure side project which dissolved before most people knew it had ever existed

By Paul Brannigan published

Ever heard Maynard James Keenan singing a Paul McCartney song? Now is your chance

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A press shot of Failure in the mid '90s with an inset of their album Fantastic Planet

Paramore, Deftones and Tool love them. This album broke them. The story of Failure's Fantastic Planet

By Simon Young published

Failure tackled substance abuse and bad luck to make a perfect alt-rock album, only to split up a year later

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Hayley Williams onstage with Paramore in 2024, and Ken Andrews of Failure in 2026

Paramore’s Hayley Williams will appear on the new album by Failure, the best alt-rock band who never got their dues

By Matt Mills published

The trio’s seventh album, Location Lost, comes out in April

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Watch the trailer for Every Time You Lose Your Mind, a new documentary saluting cult alt.rockers Failure

By Paul Brannigan published

Watch the inside story of the rise, fall, and rise again of Failure

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Failure group shot, 2015

How Failure found themselves at odds with everyone

By Polly Glass published

Influential alt.rock trio Failure were tipped for stardom, but imploded in a haze of drugs and exasperation

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Tool influences

10 bands who wouldn’t exist without Tool

By Stephen Hill published

The prog metal icons have influenced some of music’s greatest artists. And Justin Bieber

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