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“I hope they get sued. It’s a shameless ripoff. They should be slapped on the wrist for that.” How Tool attracted mainstream attention – and the ire of one of rock’s greatest frontmen - with their classic song Sober

Sober, the seminal single from 1993’s Undertow, made Maynard James Keenan and co. a quick success story, but not everybody was a fan

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“We pulled out chainsaws and tore our guitars apart. I had a shotgun with blanks in it, and I was shooting it inside the Palladium”: Inside the chaotic birth of prog metal provocateurs Tool

They’ve sold millions of albums, won four Grammys and inspired legions of copycats, but this is where the legend of Tool kicked off

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“You can’t make music in a test tube and do math. There has to be spontaneity with a little planning and a lot of mistakes”: How Tool created enigmatic, brain-bursting alternative rock with a late-’90s masterpiece

“Very seldom are we playing in unison”

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“We were supposed to open that place”: Adam Jones reveals that Tool were meant to raise the curtain on the Sphere in 2023

Instead, U2 took their place

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MLB The Show 26: Adam Jones Officially Confirmed as New Legend

Early access for MLB The Show 26 is quickly approaching, and the updates are coming in fast. The Baltimore Orioles veteran Adam Jones confirmed on Twitter/X that he is going be a part of the The Show 26 roster. Jones spent 11 of 14 MLB seasons wth the Orioles, playing…

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Tool hope to release a new album and put on a residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere in 2027: “I think we’re the perfect band for that”

Drummer Danny Carey says the prog metal band have been “talking to” the owners of the Vegas venue

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“I was pretty concerned about the show. A few minutes later, we hear a knock… We answer the door to see Adam standing there”: Mike Sullivan of Russian Circles on the time Tool's Adam Jones saved him from rental amp hell with a random act of kindness

We've all been there, sweating with a borrowed backline that's not playing ball. Luckily, Sullivan had a guardian angel looking over him

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“I hope they get sued. It’s a shameless ripoff. They should be slapped on the wrist for that”: How Tool attracted mainstream attention – and the ire of one of rock’s greatest frontmen

Sober, the seminal single from 1993’s Undertow, made Maynard James Keenan and co. a quick success story, but not everybody was a fan

Metal Hammer

“The stupidest thing I could have done was put myself out as much as I did. I’ll never make that mistake again”: Inspired by astrology and personal tragedy, Tool’s Maynard James Keenan wrote his most personal song. He came to regret it

It was the emotional highlight of Tool’s 10,000 Days album

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“He will go down as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. I can bring him a bass riff in seven-and-a-half and he’ll be right on it”: Justin Chancellor explains how bass fits into Tool’s challenging brand of prog

With their uncompromising blend of formidable time signatures and distorted guitar riffs, Tool are a band quite unlike any other

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“When I finished, I sent Kirk Hammett a picture and said, ‘Do you want to use it?’ He replied in all caps, ‘YES!’” Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian has spent 4 years learning how to build guitars – and his prized SG was played at metal’s most historic concert

Gueikian has juggled the demands of his CEO role with learning the art of guitar making, and his builds already have some high-profile admirers – including Jason Momoa, Kirk Hammett and Tony Iommi

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“I could see downtown Hollywood and all the transformers were blowing. It looked like the city was being bombed”: How Terminator 2, a banned video and a massive earthquake shaped a classic Tool song

The story of Tool‘s classic 1993 single Prison Sex

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Who is Joe Marler? From hair-raising rugby antics to breakout star of Celebrity Traitors

Viewers have been won over by the quick-witted and quirky former England international. But do they all know about the groin-grabbing and that ‘horse’ of his?

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“They lock in and deliver really interesting riffs in a way that makes them sound simple, when they’re not simple at all” TesseracT’s James Monteith on the guitarist and band who changed his approach to music in the 90s

The djent pioneer found inspiration in a player who ignored standard time lengths, came up with unique sounds and played the wrong parts of his instrument – but always managed to groove

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Tool’s Adam Jones and Danny Carey serve up surprise prog rock spar to open the Canelo vs. Crawford boxing match

The 75-second performance may have been short – but it came right after the band’s appearance at Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning extravaganza

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Danny Wilson poached by Wales to leave Harlequins scrambling

Quins head coach Wilson will become assistant coach, responsible for lineouts and the contact area, under Steve Tandy for Wales

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Georgia: The Possible Birthplace of Wine and Definite Birthplace of Stalin

If geography really is destiny, then the Georgian situation has understandably necessitated a stiff, perpetual drink.

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“The guy everyone is so serious about, it all started with ‘not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin’”: How a novelty 90s comedy song gave Tool’s Maynard James Keenan his first hit

Before Tool broke big, Maynard James Keenan was squealing like a pig on a 90s hit

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“It has been reimagined as a straightforward, yet versatile and functional instrument relevant for today’s working musician”: Gibson celebrates 50 years in Nashville with limited edition twist on an cult electric played by Adam Jones and Paul Stanley

The Les Paul Music City Special 50th Anniversary is like a Marauder only with set neck and dual '70s Tribute humbuckers.... And different hardware – and they're only making 650 in each finish

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“Draws on everything we’ve learned”: Gibson (sort of) revives the cult Marauder model beloved by Adam Jones and Paul Stanley – by combining it with an even more obscure build

A Marauder in all but name, the celebratory offering marks 50 years of Gibson handcrafting guitars in Nashville

The Independent UK

Wales give Taulupe Faletau time to recover ahead of second Test against Japan

The 34-year-old was replaced early in the second half in last week’s defeat in Kitakyushu.

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The ‘metal Yardbirds’ assemble at Back to the Beginning – as Billy Corgan, Adam Jones and Tom Morello put on a supergroup set that’s been years in the making

K.K. Downing, Rudy Sarzo and Danny Carey joined the trio to perform Judas Priest and Black Sabbath cuts

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Every guitar hero, special guest and all-star cover from Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s epic Back to the Beginning farewell show

Jake E. Lee, Ronnie Wood and Nuno Bettencourt were among the six-string royalty joining the likes of Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slayer, Tool, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Gojira for the nine-hour celebration

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Here's every single special guest and song played from Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning show

Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slayer, Tool, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Gojira amongst a cast of superstar guests as Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath play live for the last time

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“When you’re a kid, you go, ‘I could never be as good as a real rockstar,’ and here’s a guy that’s amazing, and he’s missing parts of his fingers”: Adam Jones on Tony Iommi’s influence and what took Tool so long to join Black Sabbath’s last hurrah

Tool guitarist Adam Jones explains how Tony Iommi's triumph over adversity was every bit as influential as his horror-influenced riffs – and what to expect from his Back to the Beginning collabs with Tom Morello and Billy Corgan

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