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New Tool Album Leaked
Storm Rider:
I know a lot of scales from memory, but that's only because I play symphonic music, so it's kind of necessary. Not as necessary as playing jazz, of course, but after 3 years of it, I've absorbed a lot unconsciously.
Kerry King, you've been making 'music' for over 20 FUCKING YEARS. You have no excuse.
And even if you were decent, Testament would still kick your band's ass.
nancygirl:
I haven't heard the new Tool yet, but I have a sad feeling it'll turn out like the latest NIN and be a little disappointing...
Outshined:
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...is it fashionable to be so uptight about music on here or something?
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ding ding ding! We have a winner! Seriously, that's why we call them hipsters.
But honestly, I haven't heard any legitimate proof on this thread yet for why Tool is a bad band other than "Their fans are insufferably pretentious". To this I have two retorts:
A) Why care that other people like this band? Is is so horrible that people might, I don't know, actually enjoy music?
B) You are the definition of the pot calling the kettle black. There are plenty of people on here who are extremely pretentious about the bands they listen to (be honest with yourselves), and would retaliate quite unfavorably if I blashphemed about the bands that -they- like.
As for my assertion that Tool is a metal band, here is why I think this way:
1) They fit extremely poorly when compared to other mainstream rock acts, so I wouldn't call them that.
2) The instrumentals are fairly technical or sometimes wierd, traits of most (good) metal bands.
3) The extremeties of emotion: either absolute distopia or utopian hope, are common themes in metal lyrics.
The only real argument you could make against Tool as a metal band is the abscense of growling as the vocal style, which just seems superficial to me anyway. Growled vocals do not make a good metal band in and of themselves.
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Bastardous Bassist:
--- Quote from: Carter ---God... why so much hate?!?! Why can't you just let people who like Tool like Tool... or any other band for that matter??
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ZOMG, I TOTALLY HATE TOOL AND COULDN'T EVER LISTEN TO THEM, EVEN IF SOMEONE HELD A GUN TO MY HEAD! There, now your comments about us passionately hating Tool are justified. Seriously, I don't think any of us are actively angry about Tool. I'm mostly indifferent. I dislike them because I think they're boring, but I don't go out and yell at everyone who likes Tool.
--- Quote from: Carter ---And I don't get the broad generalizations you guys use here. You think everyone who likes Tool is so fascinated by their artwork and philosophy and thinks they're the super shit of the musical world? That's fucking stupid. Are most of you in high school or stuck in that mindset or something?
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Okay, I'll admit that when I left high school many moons ago, the number of pseudo-intellectual dipshit Tool fans dropped off severly. I have since met three people whom I know to be Tool fans. That's right, total number I've met since leaving high school.
--- Quote from: Carter ---Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God, Mastodon
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...Um...Yeah...
--- Quote from: Carter ---I don't think it's the Tool fans that are pretentious. Take a look in the mirror, guys. The only people who surf band websites all the time still live with their parents.
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Oh lordy! I'm pretentious because I like music that's interesting!
Kai:
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But honestly, I haven't heard any legitimate proof on this thread yet for why Tool is a bad band other than "Their fans are insufferably pretentious".
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I'm pretty sure that "They're boring and totally not worth talking about at all" came up a couple times.
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