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“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
By Stephen Hill published
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
By Merlin Alderslade published
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
By Matt Mills published
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

“As soon as we get past the arguments, we can get **** done!” Tool are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer
By Eleanor Goodman published
Maynard James Keenan and Adam Jones reveal what life’s like in metal’s most mysterious band

“I needed to destroy”: Watch video footage of the first-ever Tool concert in 1991
By Emily Swingle published
On October 7, 1991, Tool played their primal debut gig, and so began three decades of prog metal trailblazing

"We threw everything away at one point": Justin Chancellor talks new Tool material, fashion and why MTVoid aren't a supergroup
By Stephen Hill published
Tool bassist Justin Chancellor explains how MTVoid differ from Tool, how long until we get another album and why he isn't worried about Swifties

10 heavy metal bands that wouldn’t be the same without Dune
By Paul Travers published
From Iron Maiden to Sleep, many metal bands have taken Frank Herbert’s psychedelic sci-fi saga to heart

"Everyone was going mad about Oasis, but I preferred Blur": Jack Osbourne picks the soundtrack to his life
By James Gill published
These are the albums and bands that have shaped Jack Osbourne's tastes

"Danny Carey is 62 now, so there's no thought of taking 13 years for another album": Justin Chancellor offers promising update on new Tool album
By Rich Hobson published
Tool bassist Justin Chancellor suggests the band may hit the studio in "the second half" of 2024

Tool's Maynard James Keenan is releasing a live album, and it has the worst cover art we’ve seen in a very, very long time
By Matt Mills published
Recordings of Tool/Puscifer/A Perfect Circle frontman Maynard James Keenan's 50th birthday concerts are coming next month, packaged with artwork that cannot be unseen
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