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Ex-Tool bassist Paul D’Amour slams band’s songwriting process: “You don’t need to spend 10 years to make an album”
Tool’s former bassist has explained how the prog metal icons’ “frustrating” songwriting led to him leaving the band
We spent the day with Tool and, can we shock you? They're still weird as hell.
Like the rest of us, Tool are hoping they can get it together enough to record another album before somebody dies
Blue body paint and disturbing art: The enigma of Tool up to 10,000 Days
Sacred geometry, lunar currents, media baiting, arena shows… nothing has been beyond the pale for the ever enigmatic and elusive band
Maynard James Keenan's plans for the next 18 months? Wine, fried chicken and new songs for Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer
As Maynard James Keenan's epic 60th birthday celebrations roll on, he's planning new Tool, APC and Puscifer songs
Meet five excellent young bands inspired by Tool
Hawxx, Ou, Mountain Caller, Wheel and Every Hell are channelling current Metal Hammer cover stars Tool in a variety of weird and wonderful ways
“People said, ‘Oh, you’re a metal band’. I thought that was kind of lame”: the story of Tool’s Undertow, the debut album that introduced the world to a new kind of noise
Tool’s debut album was released on April 6, 1993. This is the story behind it
“It was just good to have that early on.” Tool's Maynard James Keenan reveals the essential advice punk rock legend Henry Rollins gave him at the start of his career
Maynard James Keenan has kept this piece of advice in mind ever since
“I bought it with lawnmowing money!” Tool’s Danny Carey reflects on the first album he ever paid for himself
Tool drummer Danny Carey has named the very first album he bought with his own money – and it was funded by him doing chores around the house
