Tool is an American rock band from Los Angeles.
Formed in 1990, the group’s line-up includes drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan.
Justin Chancellor has been the band’s bassist since 1995, replacing their original bassist Paul D’Amour.
Tool has won four Grammy Awards, performed worldwide tours, and produced albums topping the charts in several countries.
To date, the band has released five studio albums, one EP and one box set.
They emerged with a heavy metal sound on their first studio album, Undertow (1993), and became a dominant act in the alternative metal movement with the release of their follow-up album Ænima in 1996.
Their efforts to unify musical experimentation, visual arts, and a message of personal evolution continued with Lateralus (2001) and 10,000 Days (2006), gaining critical acclaim and international commercial success.
Their fifth studio album, Fear Inoculum, their first in thirteen years, was released on August 30, 2019 to widespread critical acclaim.
Prior to its release, the band had sold over 13 million albums in the US alone.
Due to Tool’s incorporation of visual arts and very long and complex releases, the band is generally described as a style-transcending act and part of progressive rock, psychedelic rock, and art rock.
The relationship between the band and today’s music industry is ambivalent, at times marked by censorship, and the band’s insistence on privacy.
Maynard James Keenan (born James Herbert Keenan; April 17, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, and winemaker.
He is best known as the lead singer and primary lyricist of the rock bands Tool, with whom he has released five studio albums, A Perfect Circle, with whom he has released four studio albums, and Puscifer, with whom he has released three studio albums.
Originally from Ohio, Keenan spent his high school and college years in Michigan.
He joined the Army after graduating from high school.
After leaving the Army, he attended the Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
He relocated to Los Angeles in 1988 to pursue a career in interior design and set construction, and formed Tool with Adam Jones shortly thereafter.
In addition to his music career, Keenan owns Merkin Vineyards and Caduceus Cellars in Arizona, where he resides.
Since rising to fame, he has been noted as a recluse, although he does emerge to support charitable causes and for the occasional interview.
He has also ventured into acting.
Tracklist
A1 Fear Inoculum 10:20
A2 Pneuma 11:53
B1 Litanie Contre La Peur 2:14
B2 Invincible 12:44
B3 Legion Inoculant 3:10
C1 Descending 13:37
C2 Culling Voice 10:05
D1 Chocolate Chip Trip 4:48
D2 7Empest 15:43
D3 Mockingbeat 2:05
Current members
Danny Carey – drums, percussion (1990–present)
Adam Jones – guitar (1990–present)
Maynard James Keenan – vocals (1990–present)
Justin Chancellor – bass (1995–present)
Tool discography
Undertow (1993)
Ænima (1996)
Lateralus (2001)
10,000 Days (2006)
Fear Inoculum (2019)
Associated acts:
A Perfect Circle
Green Jellÿ
Puscifer
