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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| Name = Tool
| Img = Tool live barcelona 2006.jpg
| Img_capt = Tool performing live in [[Barcelona]] in 2006. Visible from left to right are: [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]], [[Maynard James Keenan]] and [[Justin Chancellor]].
| Img_size = 250
| Landscape = yes
| Background = group_or_band
| Alias =
| Origin = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]]
| Genre = <!--These are in alphabetical order and only suited as a rough overview. For sources, context and weight, read the biography!-->[[Alternative metal]], [[art rock]], [[progressive metal]], [[progressive rock]]
| Years_active = 1990-present
| Label = Tool Dissectional, [[Volcano Entertainment|Volcano]], [[Zoo Entertainment|Zoo]]
| Associated_acts = [[A Perfect Circle]], [[Green Jellÿ]], [[Puscifer]], [[ZAUM]]
| URL = [http://www.toolband.com/ www.toolband.com]
| Current_members = [[Danny Carey]]<br />[[Justin Chancellor]]<br />[[Maynard James Keenan]]<br />[[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]]
| Past_members = [[Paul D'Amour]]
}}

'''Tool''' is an American [[rock music|rock]] band from [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], formed in 1990. Since their inception, the band's line-up has included drummer [[Danny Carey]], guitarist [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]], and vocalist [[Maynard James Keenan]]. Since 1995, [[Justin Chancellor]] has been the band's bassist, replacing their original bassist [[Paul D'Amour]]. Tool has won three [[Grammy Awards]], performed worldwide tours, and produced albums topping the charts in several countries.

Tool emerged with a [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] sound on their first studio album <!--Undertow was Tool's first full-length album; Opiate was only an EP, and does not need mention here-->''[[Undertow (Tool album)|Undertow]]'' in 1993, and later became a dominant act in the [[alternative metal]] movement with the release of their second effort, ''[[Ænima]]'', in 1996. Unifying musical experimentation, [[visual arts]], and a message of personal evolution continued with ''[[Lateralus]]'' (2001) and the most recent album ''[[10,000 Days]]'' (2006), gaining the band critical acclaim around the world.

Tool's incorporation of visual arts with relatively long, complex releases, generally identifies the band as a style-transcending act; part of [[progressive rock]] and [[art rock]]. The relationship between the band and the [[music industry]] is ambivalent, at times marked by [[Censorship of music|censorship]] and the band members' insistence on [[privacy]].
== History ==
=== Early years (1988–1992) ===
[[Image:Tool-logo-early.jpg|thumb|160px|right|An early band logo created by longtime collaborator [[Cam de Leon]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lowelaw.com/articles/ | title=Visual Artist Cam De Leon's Lawsuit Against Rock Band TOOL Allowed to Proceed | accessdate=June 15, 2007 | year=2006 | publisher=Lowe Law | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070629150859/http://www.lowelaw.com/articles/ | archivedate=June 29, 2007}}</ref> this wrench is an example of "[[Phallus|phallic]] hardware" in Tool's imagery.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF9A43141E0380&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D
| title = Over the weekend
| work = [[Buffalo News]]
| date = July 7, 1997
| accessdate = February 2, 2002
| format = fee required
| quote = Tool adds its own '90s twist to the genre with unpublishable lyrics, occult tendencies and a love of grotesque imagery -- burning eyeballs, phallic hardware, crippled people.
}}</ref>]]
During the 1980s, each of the future members of Tool moved to Los Angeles. Both [[Paul D'Amour]] and [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]] wanted to enter the film industry, while [[Maynard James Keenan]] found employment remodeling pet stores after having studied visual arts in Michigan.<ref name="livewire">{{cite journal
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=February_1997--Livewire.html
| last = Gennaro
| first = Loraine
| title =Angry Jung Men!
| journal = Livewire Magazine
| volume = 7
| issue = 3
| year = 1997
| accessdate = April 8, 2007
}}</ref> [[Danny Carey]] performed as a drummer for Wild Blue Yonder, [[Green Jellÿ]],<ref name="livewire"/> and [[Carole King]], and played in the Los Angeles area with [[Pigmy Love Circus]].<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tool/articles/story/6054684/tool_drummer_goes_to_circus
| title = Tool Drummer Goes to Circus
| author = Adem Tepedelen
| work = [[Rolling Stone]]
| date = April 30, 2004
| accessdate = January 18, 2008
}}</ref>

Keenan and Jones met through a common friend in 1989.<ref name="guitarworldnumetal">Kitts, pp. 1965–1969.</ref> After Keenan played a tape recording for Jones of his previous band project, Jones was so impressed by his voice that he eventually talked his friend into forming their own band.<ref name="guitarworldnumetal"/> They started [[jam session|jamming]] together and were on the lookout for a drummer and a bass player. Danny Carey happened to live above Keenan and was introduced to Jones by [[Tom Morello]], an old high school friend of Jones and former bandmate of [[Electric Sheep (band)|Electric Sheep]].<ref name="metalmasters">Newquist, pp. 11–15.</ref> Carey began playing in their sessions because he "felt kinda sorry for them", as other invited musicians were not showing up.<ref>Akhtar, C3.</ref> Tool's lineup was completed when a friend of Jones introduced them to bassist D'Amour.<ref name="circusmagazine">{{cite journal
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=May_1994--Circus_Magazine.html
| date= May 31, 1994
| journal=[[Circus (magazine)|Circus]]
| title=A Sober Look At Tool
| accessdate=April 9, 2007
| first=Katherine
| last=Turman }}</ref> Early on, the band fabricated the story that they formed because of the [[pseudophilosophy]] "lachrymology".<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.toolarmy.com/toolband/lachrymology/lachrymology.php?key=fob
| title=Let Not My Tears Fall Unnoticed: Being the Secret Joys of a Lachrymist
| work=toolarmy.com
| accessdate=May 6, 2007
| first=Blair MacKenzie
| last=Blake}}</ref> Although "lachrymology" was also explained to be an inspiration for the band's name, Keenan later explained their intentions differently: "Tool is exactly what it sounds like: It's a big dick. It's a wrench.... we are... your tool; use us as a catalyst in your process of finding out whatever it is you need to find out, or whatever it is you're trying to achieve."<ref>{{cite journal
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=April_1994--RayGun.html
| title=Tool Rules
| journal=[[Ray Gun (magazine)|Ray Gun]]
| accessdate=August 27, 2006
| month=April
| year=1994
| issue=15
| author=Zappa, Moon Unit
| format=transcription}}</ref>

[[Image:Tool hush screenshot.jpg|thumb|left|Tool's first music video "[[Hush (Tool song)|Hush]]" (1992) features prominent appearances by the band members. Keenan, Carey, D'Amour and Jones (left to right) are pictured wearing [[Parental Advisory]] stickers covering their genitalia.]]
After only a few performances, the band was approached by record companies,<ref name="guitarworldnumetal"/> and only three months into their career they signed a record deal with [[Zoo Entertainment]].<ref name="circusmagazine"/> In March 1992, Zoo published the band's first effort, ''[[Opiate (album)|Opiate]]''. Described by the band as "slam and bang" heavy metal<ref>Akhtar, E8.</ref> and the "hardest sounding" six songs they had written to that point,<ref name="Jones a Master of Many Trades">{{cite journal
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/text/gsch.mar.94.html
| last = Gennaro
| first = Loraine
| title = Tool Guitarist Adam Jones is a Master of Many Trades
| journal = Guitar School
| volume = 03
| page = 16
| year = 1994
| accessdate = April 7, 2006
}}</ref> the [[Extended play|EP]] included the singles "[[Hush (Tool song)|Hush]]" and "Opiate". The band's first music video, "Hush", promoted their dissenting views about the then-prominent [[Parents Music Resource Center]] and its advocacy of the [[censorship of music]]. The video featured the band members naked with their genitalia covered by [[Parental Advisory|parental advisory]] stickers and their mouths covered by duct tape.<ref name="much">{{cite video
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=February_1997--Muchmusic.html
| people = Roncon, Theresa (Interviewer)
| title = Tool Muchmusic spotlight
| medium = TV
| publisher = [[MuchMusic]]
| location = Canada
| date = February, 1997}}</ref> The band began touring with [[Rollins Band]], [[Fishbone]], and [[Rage Against the Machine]]<ref name="Stepping Out From the Shadows">{{cite web
| date=May 23, 2001
| url=http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=19&csid2=9&fid1=167
| work=[[Exclaim!]]
| title=Tool - Stepping Out From the Shadows
| accessdate=September 17, 2006
| last=Sokal
| first=Roman }}</ref> to positive responses which Janiss Garza of ''RIP Magazine'' summarized in September 1992 as a "buzz" and "a strong start".<ref>{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=September_1992--RIP_Magazine.html
| title = Fresh Blood
| journal = RIP magazine
| first = Janiss
| last = Garza
| year = 1992
| volume = 9
| accessdate = June 4, 2007
}}</ref>

=== ''Undertow'' (1993–1995) ===
The following year, at a time when [[alternative rock]] was at its height, Tool released their first full-length album, ''[[Undertow (Tool album)|Undertow]]'' (1993). It expressed more diverse dynamics than ''Opiate'' and included songs the band had chosen not to publish on their previous release, when they had opted for a heavier sound.<ref name="Jones a Master of Many Trades"/> The band began touring again as planned, with an exception in May 1993. Tool was scheduled to play at the Garden Pavilion in [[Hollywood]] but learned at the last minute that the Garden Pavilion belonged to [[L. Ron Hubbard]]'s [[Church of Scientology]], which was perceived as a clash with "the band's ethics about how a person should not follow a belief system that constricts their development as a human being".<ref name="Stepping Out From the Shadows" /> Keenan "spent most of the show baa-ing like a sheep at the audience".<ref name="33 things">{{cite web
| url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2002
| title=33 Things You Should Know About Tool
| work=Blender
| accessdate=September 18, 2006
| first=Jon
| last=Dolan
| year=2006
| month=August }}</ref>

Tool later played several concerts during the [[Lollapalooza]] festival tour, and were moved from the second stage to the main stage by their manager and the festival co-founder [[Ted Gardner]].<ref name="pettigrew1997">{{cite news
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=March_1997--Alternative_Press.html
| year=1997
| title=Nobody's Tool
| work=Alternative Press
| accessdate=April 8, 2007
| first=Jason
| last=Pettigrew}}</ref> At the last concert of Lollapalooza in Tool's hometown [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], comedian [[Bill Hicks]] introduced the band. Hicks had become a friend of the band members and an influence on them after being mentioned in ''Undertow'''s liner notes.<ref>{{cite journal
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=April_1997--High_Times.html
| title=Hard rockers hail comic genius Bill Hicks.
| journal=High Times
| accessdate=September 18, 2006
| last=Garza
| first=Janiss
| year=1997
| month=April }}</ref> He jokingly asked the audience of 60,000 people to stand still and help him look for a lost contact lens.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.fadetoblack.com/interviews/billhicks/13.html
| title=Question & Answer with Kevin Booth
| work=Fade to Black presents: It's Only a Ride: Bill Hicks
| accessdate=July 14, 2007
}}</ref> The boost in popularity gained from these concerts helped lead ''Undertow'' to be certified [[RIAA certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in September 1993 and to achieve platinum status in 1995,<ref>{{cite journal
| title =Tool Tool fact kit
| journal =Circus
| month = January
| year=1997
| url =http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=January_1997--Circus_magazine.html
| accessdate =December 5, 2007}}</ref> despite being sold with a [[Corporate censorship|censored]] album cover by distributors such as [[Wal-Mart]].<ref name="Axcess">{{cite journal
| last =Griffin
| first =J.R.
| title =TOOL on Videos, Censorship, Art, And Why You Should Never Let A Guy Named Maynard Put You In A Cage
| journal=Axcess
| year =1994
| accessdate =May 13, 2007
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=Sometime_1994--Axcess.html
| page=52 }}</ref><ref>Sherry, p. 176.</ref> The single "[[Sober (Tool song)|Sober]]" became a hit single by March 1994 and won the band Billboard's "Best Video By A New Artist" award for the accompanying [[stop motion]] music video.<ref name="Jones a Master of Many Trades"/>

{{listen|filename=Tool - Undertow - Prison Sex - sample.ogg|title="Prison Sex"|description="Prison Sex" was removed from the MTV playlist and deemed too graphic and offensive by [[MuchMusic]].<ref name="Stepping Out From the Shadows" /><ref name="sfc94"/> In this sample, Keenan begins his metaphorical treatment of [[child abuse]].|format=[[Ogg]]}}

With the release of Tool's follow-up single "[[Prison Sex (song)|Prison Sex]]", the band again became the target of censorship. The song's lyrics and video dealt with [[child abuse]], which sparked controversial reactions; Keenan's lyrics begin with: "It took so long to remember just what happened. I was so young and vestal then, you know it hurt me, but I'm breathing so I guess I'm still alive... I've got my hands bound and my head down and my eyes closed and my throat wide open." The video was created primarily by guitarist Adam Jones, who saw it as his "surrealistic interpretation" of the subject matter.<ref name="hypno">{{cite journal
| last=Jenison
| first=David
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=December_1994--Hypno.html
| title=Tool
| accessdate=November 10, 2007
| year=1994
| month = December
| journal=HYPNO}}</ref> And while some contemporary journalists again praised the video and described the lyrics as "metaphoric",<ref name="much"/><ref name="sfc94">{{cite news
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/text/sfc.nov.94.html
| title=A Tool for the Truly Cool. Big hit of Lollapalooza tour gears up for second album
| accessdate=March 2, 2006
| year=1994
| work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> the American branch of [[MuchMusic]] asked Keenan to represent the band in a hearing. It deemed the respective music video too graphic and obscene,<ref name="Stepping Out From the Shadows" /> and [[MTV]] stopped airing it after a few viewings.<ref name="sfc94"/>

In September 1995, the band started writing and recording their second studio album. At that time Tool experienced its only lineup change to date, with bassist D'Amour leaving the band amicably to pursue other projects. [[Justin Chancellor]], a member of former tourmates [[Peach (band)|Peach]], eventually replaced D'Amour, having been chosen over competitors such as [[Kyuss]]' [[Scott Reeder]], [[Filter (band)|Filter]]'s Frank Cavanaugh, [[Pigmy Love Circus]]'s E. Shepherd Stevenson and [[ZAUM]]'s Marco Fox.<ref>{{cite journal
| url = http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=October_1996--CMJ_New_Music_Report.html
| title = Sink or Swim - A Conversation With Tool's Justin Chancellor
| journal = Gavin Magazine
| first = Rob
| last = Fiend
| month = October
| year = 1996
| accessdate =May 9, 2007
}}</ref>

===''Ænima'' (1996–2000)===
[[Image:Tool aenima cover dedication to hicks.jpg|thumb|175px|right|Alternate version of the ''[[Ænima]]'' artwork shows a dedication to comedian [[Bill Hicks]] as "another dead hero".]]

On October 1, 1996, Tool released their second full-length album, ''Ænima'' ({{pronEng|ˈɒnɪmə}})<ref>[http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html The Tool FAQ], G2.</ref>. It was certified [[Music recording sales certification|triple platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] on March 4, 2003.<ref>{{Cite web | last =Theiner | first =Manny | title =Concert Review: Tool's prog pleases populace | work =Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | year =2006 |date=2006-09-28 | url =http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06271/725443-42.stm |quote =...from its triple-platinum 1996 release, "Aenima." }}</ref> After Paul D'Amour left Tool, Justin Chancellor came on board, and the recording of the already-begun ''[[Ænima]]'' continued. The band enlisted the help of producer [[David Bottrill]], who had produced some of [[King Crimson]]'s albums while Jones collaborated with [[Cam de Leon]] to create ''Ænima'''s Grammy-nominated artwork.

The album was dedicated to [[Satire|satirist]] [[Bill Hicks]], who had died two and a half years earlier.<ref name="Stepping Out From the Shadows"/> The band intended to raise awareness about Hicks's material and ideas, because they felt that Tool and Hicks "were resonating similar concepts".<ref name="austinkeenanhicks">{{cite news
| http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=May_1997--The_Austin_Chronicle.html
| title = Another Dead Hero
| first= Andy
| last=Langer
| work = The Austin Chronicle
| date = May 1997
| accessdate = May 29, 2007
}}</ref> In particular, ''Ænima'''s final track "Third Eye" is preceded by a clip of Hicks' performances, and both the [[Lenticular printing|lenticular]] casing of the ''Ænima'' album packaging as well as the chorus of the title track "[[Ænema]]" make reference to a sketch from Hicks's ''[[Arizona Bay]]'', in which he contemplates the idea of Los Angeles falling into the Pacific Ocean.<ref name="austinkeenanhicks"/><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.ucdadvocate.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=f13de017-3fd8-4f74-9abd-9f3f54482961
| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071007091109/http://www.ucdadvocate.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=f13de017-3fd8-4f74-9abd-9f3f54482961
| archivedate = October 7, 2007
| title = Dead 10 years, Hicks still makes us laugh
| first= John
| last= Zwick
| work = [[University of Colorado Denver]] Advocate
| date = February 25, 2004
| accessdate = April 9, 2007
}}</ref>

{{listen|filename=Tool - Ænima - Ænema - sample.ogg|title="Ænema"|description=This [[Bill Hicks]] inspired song won the 1998 [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance]].|format=[[Ogg]]}}

The first single, "[[Stinkfist]]", garnered limited and imperfect airplay: It was shortened by radio programmers, MTV (U.S.) renamed the music video of "Stinkfist" to "Track #1" due to offensive connotations,<ref name="stinkfist">{{cite web
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/video/stinkfist/track1.html
| title=The "Track #1" Fiasco |
accessdate=March 6, 2006
| first=Kabir
| last=Akhtar
| publisher = toolshed.down.net}}</ref> and the lyrics of the song were altered.<ref>McIver, p. 137.</ref> Responding to fan complaints about [[Censorship of music|censorship]], [[Matt Pinfield]] of MTV's ''120 Minutes'' expressed regret on air by waving his fist in front of his face while introducing the video and explaining the name change.<ref name="stinkfist" />

A tour began in October 1996, only two weeks after ''Ænima'''s release. Following numerous appearances in the United States and Europe, Tool headed for Australia and New Zealand in late March 1997. April 1 of that year saw the first of several [[April Fools' Day|April Fools']] pranks related to the band. Kabir Akhtar, webmaster of the band's semi-official fanpage, The Tool Page, wrote that "at least three of the band are listed in critical condition" after a tour bus accident on a highway.<ref name="tdn - april fools 97">{{cite web
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/news/aprilfools97.html
| title=Tool News: April Fools 1997
| accessdate=March 29, 2007
| first=Kabir
| last=Akhtar
| publisher = toolshed.down.net}}</ref> This hoax gained wide attention and was eventually exposed on radio and MTV. Akhtar later posted an apology, claiming that The Tool Page "will not indulge itself in such outlandish pranks in the future"—a claim that would be belied by later April Fools' pranks.<ref name="tdn - april fools 97"/> The tour continued the next day as originally announced.

[[Image:Justin chancellor tool roskilde festival 2006 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Bassist [[Justin Chancellor]] performing at 2006's [[Roskilde Festival]].]]

Eventually returning to the United States, Tool appeared at [[Lollapalooza]] '97 in July, this time as a headliner, where they gained critical praise from ''[[The New York Times]]'':

{{quote|"Tool was returning in triumph to Lollapalooza after appearing among the obscure bands on the festival's smaller stage in 1993. Now Tool is the prime attraction for a festival that's struggling to maintain its purpose... Tool uses taboo-breaking imagery for hellfire moralizing in songs that swerve from bitter reproach to nihilistic condemnation. Its music has refined all the troubled majesty of grunge."<ref name="nytimeslollapalooza">{{cite news
| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903EEDF1738F937A25754C0A961958260
| title=Lollapalooza's Recycled Hormones: Rebellion by the Numbers
| work=The New York Times
| accessdate=March 6, 2006
| first=Jon
|last=Pareles
| date=July 14, 1997}}</ref>}}

Notwithstanding a decline in popularity of alternative rock music during the mid-90s in the United States, ''Ænima'' eventually matched Tool's successful debut in sales.<ref>{{cite journal
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=August_1997--Circus.html
| month= August
| year= 1997
| title=Never Wanted To Be Rock Stars But They Are
| journal=Circus
| accessdate= June 25, 2006
| first=Edward
| volume = 8
| last=Fruchtman }}</ref> The progressive-influenced ''Ænima'' landed the band at the head of the [[alternative metal]] genre: It featured the Grammy Award-winning "Ænema"<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1998/grammys.htm
| title = 40th Grammy Awards
| work = Rockonthenet.com
| year = 1998
| accessdate = May 26, 2007
}}</ref> and appeared on several "Best Albums of 1996" lists,<ref name="acclaimedaenima">{{cite web
| url=http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/061024/A3618.htm
| title=Tool - Aenima
| work=acclaimedmusic.net
| accessdate=June 25, 2007
}}</ref> with notable examples being those of ''[[Kerrang!]]''<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/kerrang.html
|title=Kerrang! End of Year Lists
|accessdate=July 27, 2007
|work=Kerrang! }}</ref> and ''[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]''.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/terroris.htm
|title=Terrorizer End of Year Lists
|accessdate=July 27, 2007
|work=Terrorizer }}</ref>

A legal battle that began the same year interfered with the band's working on another release. [[Volcano Entertainment]]—the successor of Tool's by-then defunct label Zoo Entertainment—alleged contract violations by Tool and filed [[lawsuit|suit]]. According to Volcano, Tool had violated their contract when the band looked at offers from other record labels. After Tool filed a countersuit stating that Volcano had failed to use a renewal option in their contract, the parties settled out of court. In December 1998 Tool agreed to a new contract, a three-record joint venture deal.<ref>Akhtar, C15.</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434919/19981207/tool.jhtml
| title=Tool Ends Legal Battle, Plans New Album
| publisher=mtv.com
| date=December 7, 1998
| accessdate=May 7, 2009}}
</ref> In 2000, the band dismissed their long-time manager Ted Gardner, who then sued the band over his commission on this lucrative agreement.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/text/allstar.nov.2000.html
| title=Tool Gets Sued By Manager For $5 Million
| work=CDNow.com
| accessdate=September 17, 2007
| first=Carrie | last=Borzillo-Vrenna
}}</ref>

During this time, Keenan joined the band [[A Perfect Circle]] which was founded by long-time Tool guitar tech [[Billy Howerdel]], while Jones joined The Melvins' [[Buzz Osborne]] and Carey drummed with Dead Kennedys' [[Jello Biafra]] on other side projects.<ref name="classicrock2001">{{cite journal
| title=Home Improvement
| month= August
| year= 2001
| accessdate=May 12, 2007
| journal=Classic Rock
| first=Rosanna
| last=Slater
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=August_2001--Classic_Rock.html}}</ref> Although there were rumors that Tool were breaking up,<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2002/10/breslin_hosts_heavier
| title = Breslin hosts heavier sound
| first= Scott | last=Kline
| work = [[The State News]]
| date = October 17, 2002
| accessdate = April 9, 2007
}}<br>{{cite news
| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BT&p_theme=bt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F759C5DCBC49509&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D
| title = Innovative band playing Beaumont tonight wins new regard from critic
| work = [[The Beaumont Enterprise]]
| date = November 15, 2002
| accessdate = January 26, 2008
| format = fee required
}}</ref> Chancellor, Jones, and Carey were working on new material while waiting for Keenan to return.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-7855169_ITM
| title = Rock band Tool is all about music, not image
| author = Alan K. Stout
| work = [[The Times Leader]]
| date = September 21, 2001
| accessdate = January 26, 2008
| quote = Chancellor says Tool, through it all, never stopped working on new music. He says he, Jones and Carey were in the studio every day, experimenting with new sounds and musical ideas.
}}</ref> In 2000, the ''[[Salival]]'' [[box set]] (CD/VHS or CD/DVD) was released, effectively putting an end to the rumors.<ref name="AllMusic Biography">{{cite web
| url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:zq5a8qmtbtq4~T1
| title=Tool Biography
| publisher=AllMusic.com
| accessdate=April 28, 2006
| last= Erlewine
| first= Stephen Thomas
| coauthors = G. Prato}}</ref> The CD contained one new original track, a [[Cover version|cover]] of Led Zeppelin's "[[No Quarter (song)|No Quarter]]", a live version of Peach's "[[You Lied]]", and revised versions of old songs. The VHS and the DVD each contained four music videos, plus a bonus music video for "Hush" on the DVD. Although ''Salival'' did not yield any singles, the hidden track "Maynard's Dick" (which dates back to the ''Opiate'' era) briefly found its way to [[FM broadcasting|FM radio]] when several DJs chose to play it on air under the title "Maynard's Dead".<ref>Akhtar, H26.</ref>

===''Lateralus'' (2001–2005)===
In January 2001, Tool announced a new album, ''Systema Encéphale'', along with a 12-song tracklist containing titles such as "Riverchrist", "Numbereft", "Encephatalis", "Musick", and "Coeliacus".<ref name="tdnsystematracks">{{cite web
| url=http://toolshed.down.net/news/oldnews/old0101.html
| title=Old News
| date= January &ndash; March 2001
| publisher=toolshed.down.net
| accessdate=March 6, 2006
| first=Kabir
|last=Akhtar }}</ref> File-sharing networks such as [[Napster]] were flooded with bogus files bearing the titles' names.<ref name="tdnsystematracks"/> At the time, Tool members were outspokenly critical of file-sharing networks in general due to the supposedly negative impact on artists that are dependent on success in record sales to continue their career. Keenan had this to say during an interview with ''[[NY Rock]]'' in 2000, "I think there are a lot of other industries out there that might deserve being destroyed. The ones who get hurt by [[MP3]]s are not so much companies or the business, but the artists, people who are trying to write songs."<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2000/apc_int.asp
| title=Interview with Maynard James Keenan of A Perfect Circle
| work=NY Rock
| accessdate=April 28, 2006
| month = September
| year=2000
| author=Gabriella}}</ref>

{{listen|filename=Tool_-_Lateralus_-_Schism_-_sample.ogg|title="Schism"|description="Schism" is the Grammy awarded first single off ''Lateralus''. With its abstract lyrics and multi-sectioned, odd-metered structure it has since become a signature song of the band.|format=[[Ogg]]}}

A month later, the band revealed that the new album was actually titled ''[[Lateralus]]'' and that the name ''Systema Encéphale'' and the tracklist had been a ruse.<ref name="mtvnewssystema">{{cite web
| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1439483/02152001/tool.jhtml
| title=Tool Tinker With Album Title, Set Track List
| work=MTV News
| publisher = MTV.com
| accessdate=March 6, 2006
| first=Joe
| last=D'Angelo}}</ref> ''Lateralus'' and the corresponding tours would take Tool a step further toward [[Art rock]]<ref name="e!onlinelateralus">{{cite web
| url=http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2309,00.html
| archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20031218003654/http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2309,00.html
| archivedate=December 18, 2003
| title=Lateralus review
| year=2001
| accessdate=June 18, 2007
| publisher=E! Online }}</ref><ref name="kingcrimsonminitour">{{cite web
| url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1446389/20010806/king_crimson.jhtml
| title=Tool Stretch Out And Slow Down In Show With King Crimson
| work=VH1.com
| accessdate=July 19, 2007
| year=2001
| first=Laura
|last=Bond}}</ref><ref name="munge">{{cite web
| first=Milano
| last= Brett
| year=2006
| title=Power Tool: Maynard James Keenan and band craft epic art-metal
| work=Boston Herald
| url=http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=139842
| archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070929091839/http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=139842
| archivedate=September 29, 2007
| accessdate=May 27, 2006}}</ref> and [[progressive rock]]<ref name="AMG Lateralus review">{{cite web
| url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bv851vg3zz9a
| year=2001
| title=Lateralus Review
| work=AllMusic
| accessdate=April 28, 2006
| first=Rob
| last=Theakston}}</ref><ref name="rollingstonelateralus">{{cite web
| url=http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/211444?rnd=1145911827234
| year=2001
| title=Lateralus Review
| work=Rolling Stone
| accessdate=April 24, 2006
| first=David |last=Fricke }}</ref><ref>DeRogatis, p. 562.</ref> territory. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' wrote in an attempt to summarize the album that "Drums, bass and guitars move in jarring cycles of hyperhowl and near-silent [[death march]]... The prolonged running times of most of ''Lateralus''' thirteen tracks are misleading; the entire album rolls and stomps with [[suite]]like purpose."<ref name="rollingstonelateralus"/> Joshua Klein of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' in turn expressed his opinion that ''Lateralus'', with its 79 minutes and relatively complex and long songs—topped by the ten-and-a-half minute music video for "[[Parabola (song)|Parabola]]"—posed a challenge to fans and music programming alike.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/12709
| title=Lateralus review
| work=The A.V. Club
| date=March 29, 2002
| accessdate=May 25, 2007
| first=Joshua | last=Klein}}</ref>

[[Image:Adam jones tool roskilde festival 2006.jpg|thumb|160px|left|Guitarist Adam Jones performing at Roskilde Festival 2006.]]

The album became a worldwide success, reaching #1 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart in its debut week.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=876414
|title=Tool's 'Lateralus' Leads Five Top-10 Debuts
|accessdate=November 19, 2008
|author=Cohen, Jonathan
|coauthors=Martens, Todd
|date=May 24, 2001
|work=Billboard
|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc
|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5cSfEKuKc
|archivedate=November 20, 2008}}</ref> Tool received their second Grammy Award for the best metal performance of 2001 for the song "[[Schism (song)|Schism]]".<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/
| title = Grammy Award Winners
| publisher = [[The Recording Academy]]
| accessdate = April 28, 2007
}}</ref> During the band's acceptance speech, drummer Carey stated that he would like to thank his parents (for putting up with him) and [[Satan]], and bassist Chancellor concluded: "I want to thank my dad for doing my mom."<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452651/02272002/u2.jhtml
| title=Alicia Keys Takes Five, 'O Brother' Gets Most At 44th Grammy Awards
| work=MTV News
| publisher=MTV.com
| accessdate=August 7, 2006
| year=2002
| first=Joe | last=D'Angelo}}</ref>

Extensive touring throughout 2001 and 2002 supported ''Lateralus'' and included a personal highlight for the band: a 10-show joint mini-tour with [[King Crimson]] in August 2001. Comparisons between the two were made, MTV describing the bands as "the once and future kings of progressive rock". Keenan stated of the minitour: "For me, being on stage with King Crimson is like [[Lenny Kravitz]] playing with [[Led Zeppelin]], or [[Britney Spears]] onstage with [[Debbie Gibson]]."<ref name="kingcrimsonminitour"/>

Although the end of the tour in November 2002 seemed to signal the start of another dormancy for the band, they did not become completely inactive. While Keenan recorded and toured with [[A Perfect Circle]], the other band members released an interview and a recording of new material, both exclusive to the fan club. On April 1, 2005, the official Tool website announced that "Maynard has found Jesus" and would be abandoning the recording of the new Tool album temporarily and possibly permanently.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/268879_tool03ww.html
| title = Tool mesmerizes crowd
| author = Travis Hay
| work = [[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]
| date = May 3, 2006
| accessdate = January 18, 2008
}}</ref> [[Kurt Loder]] of [[MTV]] contacted Keenan via email to ask for a confirmation and received a nonchalant confirmation. When Loder asked again, Keenan's response was simply "heh heh."<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1499613/20050405/tool.jhtml?headlines=true
| title = Maynard And Jesus Split: The Conclusion
| first = Chris | last=Harris
| work= [[MTV News]]
| date = April 7, 2005 | acces
sdate = February 14, 2007}}</ref> However, on April 7 the official site explained, "Good news, April fools fans. The writing and recording is back under way."<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://web.archive.org/web/20051024134948/toolband.com/news/
| title=Tool: News
| publisher=Toolband.com
| accessdate=March 30, 2007
| year=2005
| first=Blair MacKenzie |last=Blake}}</ref>

The writing and recording proceeded for the follow-up to ''Lateralus''; meanwhile, a ''Lateralus'' vinyl edition and two DVD singles were released, and the band's official website received a new splash intro by artist [[Joshua Davis (web designer)|Joshua Davis]].<ref>{{cite web
|title=Joshua Davis - Projects - Web - Tool
|url=http://www.joshuadavis.com/
|format=FLASH
|accessdate=April 2, 2007
|publisher=joshuadavis.com}}</ref> The "double [[Gramophone record|vinyl]] four-picture disc" edition of ''Lateralus'' was first released as a limited autographed edition exclusively available to fan club members and publicly released on August 23, 2005. On December 20, 2005, the two [[DVD]]s were released, one containing the single "[[Schism (song)|Schism]]" and the other "[[Parabola (song)|Parabola]]", a remix by [[Lustmord]], and the music video with a dual-commentary by [[David Yow]] and [[Jello Biafra]], respectively.

=== ''10,000 Days'' (2006-present) ===
Fifteen years into the band's career, Tool had acquired what Dan Epstein of ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' described as a devoted "[[Cult following|cult]]" following,<ref name="revolver">{{cite journal
| last = Epstein
| first = Dan
| title = Do What You Wilt
| journal = Revolver
| month = April | year = 2006
}}</ref> and as details about the band's next album emerged, such as the influence of ''Lateralus'' tourmates [[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]] and [[Meshuggah]],<ref name="mtvhammer">{{cite web
| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486242/20040407/story.jhtml
| title=Tool Hammer Away At New Album
| work=MTV News
| accessdate=April 6, 2006
| first=Jon
| last=Wiederhorn
| publisher=MTV.com}}</ref> controversy surrounding the new Tool surfaced with speculation over song titles and pre-release rumors of leaked songs.<ref name="theage10kdays">{{cite web
| url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/is-anyone-listening/2006/05/03/1146335806864.html
| title=Is anyone listening?
| publisher=TheAge.com.au
| accessdate=May 6, 2006
| year=2006
| first=Patrick | last=Donovan}}</ref> Speculation over possible album titles was dismissed with a news item on the official Tool website, announcing that the new album's name was ''[[10,000 Days]]''. Nevertheless, speculation continued with allegations that ''10,000 Days'' was merely a "decoy" album to fool audiences until the day of its actual release,<ref name="theage10kdays"/> which eventually proved false when a [[internet leak|leaked]] copy of the album was distributed via [[filesharing]] networks a week prior to its official release.<ref>{{cite web
| title =Tool Planning Summer Tour Around Keenan's Wine Harvest
| publisher =VH1.com
| date = May 11, 2006
| url =http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1531583/20060511/tool.jhtml
| accessdate =June 15, 2007
| first= Chris | last=Harris
}}</ref>

[[Image:Tool roskilde festival 2006.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Tool appeared at many big festivals during their ''10,000 Days'' tour. Here, they play the orange stage (main stage) at the 2006 edition of [[Roskilde Festival]].]]

The album opener, "[[Vicarious (Tool song)|Vicarious]]", premiered on U.S. radio stations on April 17. The record followed on May 2, 2006 in the U.S. and debuted at the top spots of various international charts. ''10,000 Days'' sold 564,000 copies in its opening week in the U.S. and was number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 charts, doubling the sales of [[Pearl Jam]]'s [[Pearl Jam (album)|self-titled album]], its closest competitor.<ref>{{cite web
| title=Tool, Pearl Jam Claim Billboard Chart In The Name Of Rock (May 10, 2006)
| work=MTV.com
| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1531452/05102006/tool.jhtml
| accessdate=September 17, 2006
}}</ref> However, ''10,000 Days'' was received less favorably by critics than its predecessor ''[[Lateralus]]'' had been.<ref>[[Metacritic]] calculated an average score of 68 for ''10,000 Days'' compared to 75 for ''Lateralus''. {{cite web
| year= 2006
| publisher=Metacritic
| url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/tool/10000days?q=tool
| title=Tool: 10,000 Days (2006): Reviews
| accessdate=September 17, 2006
}}<br>{{cite web
| year= 2001
| publisher=Metacritic
| url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/tool/lateralus?q=tool
| title=Tool: Lateralus (2001): Reviews
| accessdate=June 17, 2007
}}</ref>

After the release of ''10,000 Days'', a tour kicked off at [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella]] on April 30, 2006. The touring schedule was similar to the ''Lateralus'' tour of 2001; supporting acts were [[Isis (band)|Isis]] and [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]]. During a short break early the next year, after touring Australia and New Zealand, drummer Danny Carey suffered a [[Biceps brachii muscle|biceps]] tear during a skirmish with his girlfriend's dog, casting uncertainty on the band's upcoming concerts in North America.<ref>{{cite web
| year= 2007
| url=http://www.toolband.com/news/index.html
| title=TOOL : NEWS - TOOL Newsletter February 2007, e.v
| publisher=Toolband.com
| accessdate=May 10, 2007
}}</ref> Carey underwent surgery on February 21, and several performances had to be postponed. Back on tour by April, Tool appeared on June 15 as a headliner at the [[Bonnaroo Music Festival]] with a guest appearance from [[Rage Against the Machine]]'s [[Tom Morello]] on "[[Lateralus (song)|Lateralus]]".<ref>{{cite web
| first =Jonathan | last=Cohen
| title =Tool, All-Star Zeppelin Jam Highlight Bonnaroo Day One
| publisher =Billboard.com
| date = June 16, 2007
| url =http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003599898
| accessdate =June 17, 2007 }}</ref> Meanwhile, "Vicarious" was a nominee for [[Best Hard Rock Performance]] and ''10,000 Days'' won [[Best Recording Package]] at the [[49th Grammy Awards]].<ref name="49thgrammyawards">{{cite web
| url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx
| title=Awards Winners List
| work=49th Annual Grammy Awards
| accessdate=March 25, 2007
| year=2007
| publisher=Grammy.com
}}</ref> The music video for "Vicarious" was released on DVD on December 18.

[[Image:Tool-live-Paris.jpg|thumb|left|210px|Tool in [[Paris]] in 2006.]]
In an interview conducted in May 2007, Justin Chancellor stated that the band would probably continue their tour until early 2008 and then "take some time off".<ref name="justinnwlanews">{{cite web
| last =Pulsifer
| first =Eric
| title =Tool returns to Bossier on Thursday
| publisher =nwlanews.com
| date =May 15, 2007
| url = http://www.nwlanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4170&Itemid=56
| accessdate =June 7, 2007
}}</ref> He qualified this statement by adding that the band has already written new material and would surely release another album at some point down the road. A possible project until a next album is to make a "band movie", a possibility the band has reportedly considered for a long time. The ideas range from "a narrative story in a surreal fashion with as much money and special effects as possible" to "pockets of all of that or something that's live or the band playing".<ref name=billboardmovie>{{cite web
| title =Tool movie in the works?
| publisher =Billboard.com
| date = June 12, 2007
| url =http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003597438
| accessdate =June 5, 2007
| first= John | last=Benson
}}</ref> Although Carey stated that the necessary know-how was at hand due to the many relations to artists working in the movie business, Jones dismissed the idea saying, "It's just talk right now."<ref name=billboardmovie/><ref>{{cite web
| title =Tool movie in the works?
| publisher =The Rock Radio
| date = June 13, 2007
| url =http://www.therockradio.com/2007/06/tool-movie-in-works.html
| accessdate =June 15, 2007
| work= The Rock Radio online
}}</ref> According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', after the [[50th Grammy Awards]], while attending a [[Sony BMG]] after party at the [[Beverly Hills Hotel]], Keenan also promised another Tool album.<ref>{{cite web
| author =Scaggs, Austin
| date =February 11, 2008
| url =http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/02/11/smoking-section-at-the-grammys-wilco-foo-fighters-tool-more/
| title =Smoking Section at the Grammys: Wilco, Foo Fighters, Tool, More
| work =[[Rolling Stone]]
| accessdate =February 11, 2008 }}</ref> Asked in an early 2009 interview with ''[[Guitar World]]'' about the new album, Jones replied, "It's been coming along... great! [laughs] No, we've been on hiatus. I'm writing and Justin's been writing, but Maynard has been working on his wine. We've all just been taking some time away from each other, which has been nice. I've also been working on producing some comics."<ref>{{cite web
| title =Tool Guitarist, Bassist Begin Writing Next Album
| publisher =Blabbermouth.net
| date = February 9, 2009
| url =http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=114063
| accessdate =February 18, 2009
| work= Blabbermouth.net
}}</ref>

On hiatus since early 2008, Tool was expected to begin writing a new album sometime in 2009, according to Keenan,<ref>{{cite web
| title =Maynard James Keenan Hearts Foo Fighters; Says Tool Will Start Writing LP 'Right Away'
| publisher =[[MTV.com]]
| author =Harris, Chris; Robert Mancini
| date =February 14, 2009
| url =http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581520/20080213/id_0.jhtml
| accessdate =May 4, 2009
}}</ref> but gave no details on a possible release date. On March 24, 2009, the band's official website confirmed a Tool summer tour.<ref>{{cite web
| title =Tool Summer Tour
| publisher = www.toolband.com
| date = March 24, 2009
| url =http://www.toolband.com/tour/index.html
| accessdate =March 24, 2009
}}</ref> The tour kicked off on July 18 in [[Commerce City, Colorado|Commerce City]], [[Colorado]], at the [[Mile High Music Festival]]. The last dates were August 7&ndash;9 for [[Lollapalooza]] 2009 and a concluding show on August 22 for the Epicenter Festival in Pomona, California.<ref>{{cite web
| title =TOOL Expands Summer Tour
| publisher =[[blabbermouth.net]]
| date =May 29, 2009
| url =http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=121001
| accessdate =May 30, 2009
}}</ref> Tool headlined both.<ref>{{cite press release
| date = March 26, 2009
| publisher = madisonhousepublicity.com
| url = http://www.madisonhousepublicity.com/downloads/milehigh.downloads/MileHigh.pressrel.032609.pdf
| title = Tool, Widespread Panic and The Fray to Headline Second Annual Mile High Music Festival
| accessdate= May 13, 2009
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://2009.lollapalooza.com/band/tool
| title = Tool at Lollapalooza
| publisher = 2009.lollapalooza.com
| accessdate = May 13, 2009
}}</ref>

According to the band's webmaster, Tool has begun the writing process "in earnest" for their next album.<ref>{{cite web
| title = TOOL newsletter - Feb 2010
| publisher = [[toolband.com]]
| date = March 3, 2010
| url = http://www.toolband.com/news/news_archive.php
}}</ref>
On April 26, 2010, Tool announced two Canadian dates via their website, in Vancouver and Edmonton. Later, on May 8 and May 10, Tool posted a series of tour dates for this upcoming June and July, playing in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Colorado, Minnesota, Washington, California, and two more Canadian provinces.
<ref>{{cite web
| title = TOOL website
| publisher = [[toolband.com]]
| date = May 21st, 2010
| url = http://www.toolband.com/index_frames.html
}}</ref>

==Musical style and influences==
Tool was described by Patrick Donovan of ''[[The Age]]'' as "the thinking person's metal band. Cerebral and visceral, soft and heavy, melodic and abrasive, tender and brutal, familiar and strange, western and eastern, beautiful and ugly, taut yet sprawling and epic, they are a tangle of contradictions."<ref name="theage10kdays"/> Tool has gained critical praise from the ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'''s C.B. Liddell for their complex and ever-evolving sound.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200701120170.html
| archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070117180201/http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200701120170.html
| archivedate=January 17, 2007
| date= January 12, 2007
| title=In Sight/Music & Arts Tool frontman: 'I have not smashed up 1 hotel room'
| work=International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun
| accessdate=May 25, 2007
| first=C.B. | last=Liddell }}</ref> Describing their general sound, [[Allmusic]] refers to them as "grinding, post-[[Jane's Addiction]] heavy metal",<ref name="AllMusic Biography"/> and ''[[The New York Times]]'' sees similarities to "[[Led Zeppelin]]'s heaving, battering guitar riffs and Middle Eastern modes".<ref>{{cite news
| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903EEDF1738F937A25754C0A961958260
| year=1997
| title=Lollapalooza's Recycled Hormones: Rebellion by the Numbers
| work=The New York Times
| accessdate=April 28, 2006
|first=Jon | last=Pareles
| date=July 14, 1997}}</ref> Their 2001 work ''Lateralus'' was compared by Allmusic to [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[Meddle]]'' (1971), but thirty years later and altered by "Tool's impulse to cram every inch of infinity with hard guitar meat and absolute dread".<ref name="AMG Lateralus review"/>

===Musical style===
A component of Tool's song repertoire relies on the use of [[Time signature#Complex time signatures|odd time signatures]]. For instance, bassist [[Justin Chancellor]] describes the time signature employed on ''[[Lateralus|Lateralus']]'' first single, "[[Schism (song)|Schism]]", as 6.5/8, and that it later "goes into all kinds of other times".<ref name="bassplayer052001">{{cite journal
|author=Shiraki, Scott
|coauthor=E.E. Bradman
|year=2001 |month=May
|title=Handy Man: How Justin Chancellor Frames Tool's Metal Madness
|journal=Bass Player
|url=http://www.basswriter.com/journalism/bpstories/Web-Chancellor.doc
|accessdate=May 2, 2007
|format=DOC}}</ref> Further examples include the album's [[Lateralus (song)|title track]], which also displays shifting rhythms,<ref name="bassplayer052001"/> as does ''[[10,000 Days|10,000 Days']]'' "Wings for Marie (Pt 1)" and "10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)".<ref name="moderndrummer072006">{{cite journal
|last=Micallef |first=Ken
|year=2006 |month=July
|title=10,000 Days... and beyond
|journal=Modern Drummer
|url=http://www.musicdispatch.com/item_detail.jsp?itemid=77773078&refer=feature&featureCat=1280002&order=6
|accessdate=May 2, 2007 }}</ref>

Beyond this aspect of the band's sound, each band member experiments within his musical scope. [[Bass Player (magazine)|''Bass Player'' magazine]] described Chancellor's bass playing as a "thick midrange tone, guitar-style techniques, and elastic versatility".<ref name="bassplayer052001"/> As an example of this, the magazine mentioned the use of a [[Wah-wah (music)|wah effect]] by [[Hammer-on|hammering]] "the notes with the left hand and using the bass's tone controls to get a tone sweep", such as on the song "The Patient" (''Lateralus'' 2001).<ref name="bassplayer052001"/>

Completing the band's [[rhythm section]], drummer Danny Carey uses [[polyrhythm]]s, [[tabla]]-style techniques, and the incorporation of custom [[Electronic drum|electronic drum pads]] to trigger samples, such as prerecorded [[tabla]] and [[octoban]] sounds.<ref name="moderndrummer072006"/>

Maynard James Keenan's ability as a vocalist has been characterized more subjectively by the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'': After his performance during an [[Alice in Chains]] reunion concert in 2005, freelancer Travis Hay saw him as "a natural fit at replacing [[Layne Staley]]".<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/212872_alice21q.html
| date= February 21, 2005
| title=Alice in Chains owns stage in tsunami-relief show full of surprises
| work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer
| accessdate=May 25, 2007
| first=Travis | last=Hay}}</ref> Regarding his role in A Perfect Circle and Tool, ''The New York Times'' wrote that "both groups rely on Mr. Keenan's ability to dignify emotions like lust, anger and disgust, the honey in his voice adding a touch of profundity".<ref name="nytimeskeenan">{{cite news
| url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E1D6113EF931A1575BC0A9669C8B63
| year=2002
| title=Self-Confidence, and a Tattoo
| work=The New York Times
| accessdate=May 2, 2007
| first=Ann | last=Powers
| date=August 22, 2000}}</ref>

According to ''Guitar Player'' magazine, Adam Jones does not rely on any one particular guitar-playing technique but rather combines many techniques.<ref name="guitarplayer2001">{{cite web
| url= http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10882659_ITM
| year=2001 | month= June
| title=Mysterious Ways
| work=Guitar Player
| accessdate=May 2, 2007
| first=Jon | last=Wiederhorn }}</ref> For example, [[Allmusic]] wrote that he "alternately utiliz[es] power chords, scratchy noise, chiming arpeggios, and a quiet minimalism" in "[[Sober (Tool song)|Sober]]".<ref name="soberamgreview">{{cite web
| url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:wxfexqrrldae
| title=Sober Song Review
| work=AllMusic.com
| accessdate=May 2, 2007
| first=Steve | last=Huey}}</ref> Additionally, the band uses forms of instrumental experimentation, like the use of a "pipe bomb microphone" (a [[Pick up (music technology)|guitar pickup]] mounted inside a brass cylinder) and a [[talk box]] guitar solo on "Jambi".<ref>{{cite web
| last =Forlenza
| first =Jeff
| title =The Making of Tool's "10,000 Days"
| publisher =Mix
| date = July 1, 2006
| url =http://mixonline.com/recording/projects/audio_making_tools_days/
| accessdate =May 9, 2007 }}</ref>

{{listen|filename=Tool - Lateralus - 09 - Lateralus sample.ogg|title="Lateralus"|description=The number of syllables per line in the lyrics to "Lateralus" correspond to an arrangement of the [[Fibonacci number]]s.|format=[[Ogg]]}}

The band puts an emphasis on the sound of their songs and attempts to reduce the effect lyrics can have on the perception of songs by not releasing song lyrics with any album.<ref name="livewire"/> Lyrical arrangements are often given special attention, such as in "Lateralus". The number of syllables per line in the lyrics to "Lateralus" correspond to an arrangement of the [[fibonacci number]]s<ref name="diCarlointerview">{{cite web
| first = Christopher W. | last=diCarlo
| title = Interview with Maynard James Keenan
| url=http://www.cdicarlo.com/paper_04maynard.htm
| accessdate = May 4, 2007
|publisher=cdicarlo.com }}</ref> and the song "Jambi" uses and makes a reference to the common metrical foot [[iamb]].<ref name="julynewsletter">{{cite web
| first = Blair MacKenzie | last= Blake
| publisher=Toolband.com
| title = Tool Newsletter
| date = July 2006
| url=http://www.toolband.com/news/letter/2006_07.php
| accessdate = August 3, 2006 }}</ref> The lyrics on ''Ænima'' and ''Lateralus'' focused on philosophy and spirituality&mdash;specific subjects range from organized [[religion]] in "Opiate", to [[evolution]] and [[Jungian]] psychology in "[[Forty-Six & 2]]" and [[transcendence (philosophy)|transcendence]] in "[[Lateralus (song)|Lateralus]]".<ref name="10kdayslyrics">{{cite web
| title =TOOL: New Album Title Revealed?
| publisher =Blabbermouth.net
| date = March 3, 2006
| url =http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=49079
| accessdate =May 9, 2007 }}</ref> On ''10,000 Days'', Keenan wanted to explore issues more personal to him:<ref name="10kdayslyrics"/> the album name and title track refer to the twenty-seven years during which his mother suffered from complications of a [[stroke]] until her death in 2003.<ref name="rs10kdaysreview">{{cite web
| first = Evan | last=Serpick
| work= Rolling Stone
| title = 10,000 Days Review
| url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tool/albums/album/10468655/review/10500551/10000_days
| year= 2006
| accessdate = May 4, 2007}}</ref>

===Influences===
The band has named [[the Melvins]]<ref name="pettigrew1997"/> among those that influenced their development, but the most-publicized influence are progressive rock pioneers [[King Crimson]].<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.toolband.com/news/letter/2001_09.php
| year=2001
| title=Augustember 2001 E.V.
| work=Tool Newsletter
| accessdate=April 28, 2006
| publisher=Toolband.com
| first=Blair MacKenzie | last=Blake}}</ref> Longtime King Crimson member [[Robert Fripp]] has downplayed any influence his band had on Tool. In an interview with Tool, he touched briefly on how the two bands relate to each other, stating "Do you hear the influence? There's just one figure where I hear an influence, just one. It was a piece we were developing that we dropped. And it's almost exactly the same figure: three note arpeggio with a particular accent from the guitar. So I do not think you could have heard it. That's the only thing."<ref>{{cite web
| title= Tool Army exclusive interview
| publisher= toolarmy.com
| format = requires membership
| url=http://www.toolarmy.com/home/
| archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060901014737/http://www.toolarmy.com/home/
| archivedate=September 1, 2006
| accessdate=September 17, 2006}}</ref> He also revealed, "I happen to be a Tool fan. The members of Tool have been generous enough to suggest that Crimson has been an influence on them. Adam Jones asked me if I could detect it in their music, and I said I couldn’t. I can detect more Tool influence in King Crimson, than I can hear King Crimson in Tool."<ref>{{cite web
| title=Eyes Wide Open
| work=Guitar Player
| year= 2003 | month=June
| url=http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/eyes-wide-open/Jun-03/1238
| accessdate=October 19, 2007
| last= Cleveland | first=Barry
| archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080209030126/http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/eyes-wide-open/Jun-03/1238
| archivedate=February 9, 2008}}</ref>

In turn, Maloof and Newquists attribute to Tool an influence on modern metal in its own right in their book ''The New Metal Masters''.<ref name="metalmasters"/> Sean Richardson of ''[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Boston Phoenix]]'' sees [[System of a Down]], [[Deftones]], and [[Korn]] as examples of Tool's "towering influence" on the genre.<ref>{{cite web
| first= Sean | last=Richardson
| title =Perfect circles - Tool connect on Lateralus
| work =The Boston Phoenix
| date =May 10, 2001
| url =http://toolshed.down.net/articles/index.php?action=view-article&id=May_2001--The_Boston_Phoenix.html
| accessdate =May 25, 2007 }}</ref> Moreover, Keenan's unique style of singing has been repeatedly seen as influencing artists such as [[Pete Loeffler]] of [[Chevelle]].<ref>{{cite web
| last =Assar | first =Vijith
| title =Lucky 'Thirteen': Keenan bolsters potence
| work =The Cavalier Daily
| date = September 30, 2003
| url =http://cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=16988&pid=1052
| archiveurl =http://web.archive.org/web/20071013112748/http://cavalierdaily.com/CVArticle.asp?ID=16988&pid=1052
| archivedate =October 13, 2007
| accessdate =May 9, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| last =Rich | first =Robert
| title =Chevelle to play in Austin, remains unique despite criticism
| work =The Daily Texan
| date = May 9, 2007
| url =http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2007/05/09/LifeArts/Chevelle.To.Play.In.Austin.Remains.Unique.Despite.Criticism-2897640.shtml
| archiveurl =http://web.archive.org/web/20070928003501/http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2007/05/09/LifeArts/Chevelle.To.Play.In.Austin.Remains.Unique.Despite.Criticism-2897640.shtml
| archivedate =September 28, 2007
| accessdate =May 9, 2007 }}</ref>

==Visual arts==
Part of Tool's work as a band is to incorporate influences of other works of art in their music videos, live shows, and album packaging. In particular, Adam Jones doubles as the band's art director and director of their music videos.<ref name="alexgreyinterview">{{cite web
| first = Jonathan | last=Drew
| title = MUSIC MEETS ART Name the band Tool's fave artist
| work = The Associated Press
| url=http://asap.ap.org/stories/575717.s
| date = May 11, 2006
| accessdate = May 26, 2007 }}</ref> Another expression of this is an official website "dedicated to the arts and influences" on the band.

===Music videos===
:''See also: [[Tool discography#Music videos|Tool discography]]''
[[Image:Tool-Sober-video-screencap.jpg|thumb|right|[[Screenshot]] from the "[[Sober (Tool song)|Sober]]" music video, directed by Adam Jones and Fred Stuhr.]]

The band has released eight music videos but made personal appearances in only the first two, which the band states is to prevent people from "latching onto the personalities involved rather than listening to the music."<ref name="much"/> With the exception of "[[Hush (Tool song)|Hush]]" and "[[Vicarious (Tool song)|Vicarious]]", all of Tool's music videos feature [[stop motion|stop motion animation]] to some extent. The videos are created primarily by Adam Jones, often in collaboration with artists such as [[Chet Zar]],<ref name="LiveDesign">{{cite web
| last =Sandberg | first =Marian
| title =Tool Time | work =Live Design
| date =January 11, 2006
| url =http://livedesignonline.com/concerts/tool_time/index.html
| accessdate =May 9, 2007 }}</ref> [[Alex Grey]],<ref name="LiveDesign"/> and [[Osseus Labyrint]].<ref>{{cite web
| url= http://web.archive.org/web/20020806185740/toolband.com/news/
| work=Tool: News
| publisher=Toolband.com
| accessdate=March 30, 2007
| title=Osseus Labyrint: a laboratory of random mutuations...
| date=October 17, 2002
| first=Blair MacKenzie | last=Blake }}</ref>

The "[[Sober (Tool song)|Sober]]" music video in particular attracted much attention. Jones explained that it doesn't contain a storyline, but that his intentions were to summon personal emotions with its imagery.<ref name="Jones a Master of Many Trades"/> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' described this imagery by stating that, in the video, "evil little men dwell in a dark dungeon with meat coursing through pipes in the wall" and called it a "groundbreaking", "epic" clip.<ref name="soberencephale">{{cite news
| first = Greg | last=Heller
| title = Weird Album Title for Tool
| publisher=Rollingstone.com
| url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tool/articles/story/5931985/weird_album_title_for_tool
| date = January 12, 2001 | accessdate = April 9, 2007 }}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' voted it "Best Video By A New Artist".<ref name="Jones a Master of Many Trades"/>

The video for "[[Vicarious (song)|Vicarious]]" was released on DVD on December 18, 2007.<ref>{{cite web
| first = Blair MacKenzie | last=Blake
| title = Tool: A Working Still from VicariousO
| url=http://www.toolband.com/news/index.html
| publisher=Toolband.com
| year = 2007 | month = October
| accessdate = October 24, 2007 }}</ref> The video is also notable because it is the first Tool video to be produced entirely through the use of [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]].

In the April 2009 issue of Guitar World, Adam Jones mentions that the band is working on a video for their song "The Pot", but since then there have been no updates as to whether or not they have followed through with their plans.

===Album artwork===
Adam Jones is responsible for most of the band's artwork concepts. Their first album, ''[[Undertow (Tool album)|Undertow]]'', featured a ribcage sculpture by Jones on its cover and photos contributed by the band members.<ref name="hypno"/> Later albums included artwork by collaborating artists: ''[[Ænima]]''<ref>Akhtar, G4.</ref> and ''[[Salival]]''<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.happypencil.com/store.phtml?itemId=22&gid=3
| title=Salival Figure
| work=Happypencil Store
| publisher=happypencil.com }}</ref> featured works by [[Cam de Leon]]; ''[[Lateralus]]''<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.popmatters.com/columns/stephens/020508.shtml
| title= High Art: Alex Grey and the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
| work=PopMatters
| accessdate=June 12, 2007
| date= May 8, 2002
| first=Michael | last=Stephens}}</ref> and ''[[10,000 Days]]''<ref name="alexgreyinterview"/> were created with the help of [[Alex Grey]]. The releases garnered positive critical reception, with a music journalist of the [[Associated Press]] attributing to the band a reputation for innovative album packaging.<ref name="alexgreyinterview"/>

Both ''Ænima''<ref>Akhtar, D11.</ref> and ''10,000 Days''<ref name="49thgrammyawards"/> were nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package]], but while the former failed to win in 1997, the latter did win in 2006. As art director, Adam Jones created packaging for ''10,000 Days'' that features a pair of [[stereoscopic]] lenses for viewing 3-D artwork and photos. Jones has been a lifelong fan of stereoscopic photography and expressed a desire for the packaging to be unique and to reflect the '70s artwork he appreciates.<ref name="newsgrammypackage">{{cite web
| publisher = [[Blabbermouth.net]]
| title = Tool Guitarist Wins Grammy For 'Best Recording Package'
| url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=66850
| date = February 11, 2007
| accessdate = April 9, 2007 }}</ref>

===Live shows===
{{seealso|Tool tours}}
[[Image:Tool live mannheim 2006.jpg|thumb|250px|Tool performing live in 2006, showcasing an elaborate light show, using ''10,000 Days'' artwork by the painter [[Alex Grey]] as backdrop.]]

Following their first tours in the early nineties, Tool has performed as a headline act in world tours and major festivals such as [[Lollapalooza]] (1997 and 2009), [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella]] (1999 and 2006), [[Download Festival]] (2006), [[Roskilde Festival|Roskilde]] (2001 and 2006), [[Big Day Out]] (2007), [[Bonnaroo]] (2007), [[All Points West Music & Arts Festival]] (2009), and [[Epicenter (music festival)|Epicenter]] (2009). They have been joined on stage by numerous artists such as [[Buzz Osborne]] and [[Scott Reeder]] on several occasions; [[Tom Morello]] and [[Zack de la Rocha]] during their 1991 tour; [[Tricky]], [[Robert Fripp]], [[Mike Patton]], [[Dave Lombardo]], [[Brann Dailor]] of [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], and experimental arts duo [[Osseus Labyrint]]<ref name="Osseus live">{{cite web
| year=2002
| url=http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/4970/tempidx/5009/menuid/5
| publisher = ''[[Blistering]]''
| title=Tool, The Melvins, Osseus Labyrint - April 24, 2002 - Sydney, Australia @ Sydney Entertainment Centre
| accessdate=May 25, 2007
| first=Kev | last=Truong }}</ref> during their 2001–02 ''Lateralus'' tour; and [[Kirk Hammett]], [[Phil Campbell (musician)|Phil Campbell]], [[Serj Tankian]], and Tom Morello during their 2006–07 tour. They have covered songs by Led Zeppelin, [[Ted Nugent]], [[Peach (band)|Peach]], [[Kyuss]], and the [[Ramones]].<ref name="faqd9">Akhtar, D9.</ref><ref>{{cite web
| last =Rothman | first =Robin A.
| title =Tool Take Radio City—''Rockers salute the Ramones during epic set''
| work =Rolling Stone
| date =August 14, 2002
| url =http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5934876/tool_take_radio_city
| accessdate =May 10, 2007 }}</ref>

Live shows on Tool's headline tour incorporate an unorthodox stage setting and video display.<ref name="flathatreview">{{cite web
| year=2001
| url=http://flathat.wm.edu/October052001/reviewsstory5.shtml
| work=The Flat Hat
| title=Tool thrills audience
| accessdate=April 7, 2007
| first=Keith P. | last=McManus }}</ref> Singer Maynard James Keenan lines up in the back with himself and drummer Danny Carey on elevated platforms, while guitarist Adam Jones and bassist Justin Chancellor stand in the front toward the side edges of the stage.<ref name="nytimesmadisonsquare">{{cite web
| date=October 6, 2001
| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01EFDB143CF935A35753C1A9679C8B63
| work=The New York Times
| title=Flailing Wildly to Escape the Darkness
| accessdate=June 9, 2007
| first=Jon | last=Pareles }}</ref> Keenan, despite being the vocalist, often faces the backdrop or the sides of the stage rather than the audience.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/republica/articles/story/5925031/tool
| title = Tool
| work = [[Rolling Stone]]
| date = 1996-11-21
| accessdate = January 7, 2008
}}<br>{{cite news
| url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EBC39624870EDAA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D
| title = The circle is unbroken
| author = Andy Musial
| work = [[The Buffalo News]]
| date = 1997-07-24
| accessdate = January 7, 2008
| format = fee required
| quote = ...Keenan wasn't facing the audience the whole time.
}}<br>{{cite news
| url = http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2002/07/29/Entertainment/Tool-In.Need.Of.Some.Repair-500533.shtml
| title = Tool in need of some repair
| author = Matt Dentler
| work = [[The Daily Texan]]
| date = 2002-07-29
| accessdate = January 7, 2008
| quote = Lead singer Maynard James Keenan, as is customary for the enigmatic frontman, loomed in the background with his back facing the audience for most of the show.
}}<br>{{cite news
| title = TOOL Concert 101
| author = Gavin Engler
| work = Law Society Gazette
| year = 1993
| quote = Keenan... wore an all-black leather outfit, had his face painted black and stood on a spinning platform some distance from the front stage; he never seemed to look at the crowd.
|format=PDF}}<br>{{cite news
| url = http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/republica/articles/story/5925031/tool
| title = Tool
| work = [[Rolling Stone]]
| date = 1996-11-24
| accessdate = May 4, 2009
| quote = Keenan... spent the better part of the first three songs facing the backdrop.}}</ref> No [[followspot]]s or live cameras are used;<ref name="plsnews">{{cite web
| date=October 16, 2006
| url=http://www.plsn.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=361&Itemid=40
| work=Projection, Light and Staging News
| title=700 Clips for 10,000 Days
| accessdate=April 7, 2007
| first=Rob | last=Ludwig }}</ref> instead, the band employs extensive backlighting to direct the focus away from the band members and toward large screens in the back and the crowd.<ref name="flathatreview"/> Breckinridge Haggerty, the band's live video director, says that the resulting dark spaces on stage "are mostly for Maynard". He explains, "[a] lot of the songs are a personal journey for him and he has a hard time with the glare of the lights when he’s trying to reproduce these emotions for the audience. He needs a bit of personal space, and he feels more comfortable in the shadows."<ref name="plsnews"/>
The big screens are used to play back "looped clips that aren’t tracked to a song like a music video. The band has never used any sort of timecode. They’ve always made sure the video can change on-the-fly, in a way that can be improvised. ... The show is never the same twice."<ref name="plsnews"/> During the ''10,000 Days'' tour, the video material consisted of over six hours of material, created by Adam Jones, his wife Camella Grace, [[Chet Zar]], Meats Meier and Breckinridge Haggerty.<ref name="plsnews"/> Some of the material created by Chet Zar has been released on his DVD ''Disturb the Normal''.<ref name="chetzardisturb">{{cite web
| year=2006
| url=http://www.chetzar.com/dvdfiles/whatisit.html
| work=Disturb the Normal description
| title=What is it?
| accessdate=April 7, 2007
| first=Chet | last=Zar }}</ref>

==Discography==
{{main|Tool discography}}

;Studio albums
* ''[[Undertow (album)|Undertow]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Ænima]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Lateralus]]'' (2001)
* ''[[10,000 Days]]'' (2006)

==Grammy awards and nominations==
{{awards table}}
|-
|rowspan="3"| {{grammy|1998}} || "[[Ænema]]" || [[Best Metal Performance]] || {{won}}
|-
| ''[[Ænima]]'' || [[Best Recording Package]] || {{nominated}}
|-
| "[[Stinkfist]]" || [[Best Music Video, Short Form]] || {{nominated}}
|-
| {{grammy|2002}} || "[[Schism (song)|Schism]]" || Best Metal Performance || {{won}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| {{grammy|2007}} || ''[[10,000 Days]]'' || Best Recording Package || {{won}}
|-
| "[[Vicarious (Tool song)|Vicarious]]" ||rowspan="2"| [[Best Hard Rock Performance]] || {{nominated}}
|-
| {{grammy|2008}} || "[[The Pot]]" || {{nominated}}

{{end}}

==References==
*{{cite web| url=http://toolshed.down.net/faq/faq.html | title=The Tool FAQ | publisher=The Tool Page | date = 2001-07-16 | first=Kabir | last=Akhtar}}
*{{cite book | last = DeRogatis | first = Jim | authorlink = Jim DeRogatis| title = Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock | publisher = [[Hal Leonard Corporation]] | year = 2003 | isbn = 0634055488 }}
*{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:zq5a8qmtbtq4~T1 | title=Tool | publisher=AllMusic.com | work = [[Allmusic]] | accessdate=April 28, 2006 | authorlink = Stephen Thomas Erlewine | last= Erlewine | first= Stephen Thomas | coauthors = Greg Prato}}
* {{cite book | title = Guitar World Presents Nu-Metal | first = Jeff | last = Kitts | coauthors = Brad Tolinski | publisher = Hal Leonard Corporation | year = 2002 | isbn = 0634032879}}
*{{cite book | last=McIver | title = Nu-Metal: The Next Generation of Rock and Punk | first=Joel | authorlink = Joel McIver | publisher = [[Omnibus Press]] | year = 2002 | isbn = 978-0711992092 }}
*{{cite book | last = Newquist | title = The New Metal Masters | first = Harvey P. | coauthors = Rich Maloof | publisher = Backbeat Books | year = 2004 | isbn = 978-0879308049}}
*{{cite book | last = Sherry | first = James | coauthors = Neil Aldis | publisher = [[Chronicle Books]] | title = Heavy Metal Thunder: Kick-Ass Cover Art from Kick-Ass Albums | year = 2006 | isbn = 0811853535}}
*{{cite web | date=2001-05-23 | url=http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=19&csid2=9&fid1=167 | work=[[Exclaim!]] | title=Tool - Stepping Out From the Shadows | last=Sokal | first=Roman }}

==Notes==
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==External links==
{{commonscat}}
* [http://www.toolband.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.dissectional.com/ Art website]

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