"Harry Manback" is your avergae american

[Heterosex]

Listen to the song, and you will notice one thing: HARRY MANBACK IS THE LISTENER! He is talking to YOU, the american consumer. Seriously, Maynard most likely meant this as a message to all americans. A message to the hairy backs of lazy american consumers that are simply numbers in the grand sceme of things.

[Heterosex]

Maybe I wasnt clear enough. The mesage is TO Harry Manback. Who is Harry Manback? YOU. The lyrics totally back this up. He Is talking to YOU. Think about it, think about what type of person Maynard is and you would understand. He is just trying to bamboozle every single one of us and insult everyone without them even knowing it. And I must say it is brilliant.

[Jerk off]

How do you know what kind of man Maynard is? Also, there are four members in the band. So they would all have to be behind this.............. Besides, they covered that in HusH. lol

[the reverend]

Cmon...
Maynards not that mean is he??!!
He doesnt hope i die of cancer.
:(
Heh..
Interesting thought though.

[xSaveXmondaYx]

it sounds like a off theory but it does make slight sense

[Heterosex]

Well, you guys should already know that Maynard basically insults his listeners in Hooker With A Penis, and in Ticks and Leeches. I dont see how Message to Harry Manback wouldnt be to the listener. A message to Maynard? C'Mon. Why the hell would Tool put this on the album? To be funny? No, its to insult everybody's lifestyle. I guess its there to make you think. But one thing though, it definetly should be taken as talking to YOU. Everyone here knows english right? then what would something like I HOPE YOU DIE OF LUNG CANCER means? What does the word YOU mean? This message is getting too long so with that ill let everyone think about it on their own.

[Penguin]

Wll the song is "Message TO Harry Manback".. which implies that it's to certain people.. Of course he's talking to us.

[987]

I though this was a message left on their answering machine by this italian guy that knew a friend that knew a friend of Tool. He wasn't invited to a party, and he left this message on their answering machine. That's what the FAQ says, right?

[MasterDebator]

For all you fools who think you know what kind of person Maynard is... quit talking about stuff you know nothing about. Maynard said himself:
-All you know about me is what I sold you... dumb fuck

just had to clarify that for ya...

[scummonk]

For all you fools who think you know what kind of person Maynard is... quit talking about stuff you know nothing about. Maynard said himself:
-All you know about me is what I sold you... dumb fuck

just had to clarify that for ya...

fuck off

[Triangular_Vision]

And what gives you the authority to clarify that for us dumbfuck masterbator? Did you not buy the album dipshit? I dont know where all of you get off saying that we are trying to figure out maynard... we are trying to figure out the message he is pointing to. And no he didn't fucking write the message. THEY wrote a sort of map.

You are probably too constricted to understand this...

[king_of_hearts]

And what gives you the authority to clarify that for us dumbfuck masterbator? Did you not buy the album dipshit? I dont know where all of you get off saying that we are trying to figure out maynard... we are trying to figure out the message he is pointing to. And no he didn't fucking write the message. THEY wrote a sort of map.

You are probably too constricted to understand this...

What do you mean by map? Can you explain more, I would really like to hear more thoughts on this "map". Its an interesting concept that Tool would make some type of map for us but criticizes fans for making assumptions of are own about the lives of members of Tool.

On a side note: I thought Harry Manback was a real person or I was told. Hmm maybe i was wrong.