The pig

[DeleteYourself]

does anyone know the origin of the pig on the back cover of the cd? is it real? stuffed? synthetic?

[noisetherapy]

I think Adam and someone else made it... correct me if im wrong

[substatique]

It's one of Adam's pets. He has two pigs whose names are, I think, Eon and Mo, or something similar.

[sloppyc]

i'm pretty sure that i read somewhere that it's adam's pig, mo.

[mike tyson]

The pig is Adam's as stated earlier, their correct names are Estel and Mo. As of which one is on the album, I forget which it is.

[The Border Line]

Etzel. ;)

But yeah, it's one of Adam's pigs that are on the back of Undertow, as to whether it's Etzel or Mo, I couldn't say.

[DeleteYourself]

i wonder if he keeps "undertow" shaved in it or if it was a one time thing...hehe

[sparrow]

man this board repeats alot "estel and Mo" "estel and Mo" man oh man.

[blueghost]

speaking of pigs , if you guys frequent Toolband.com you would know that they were gonna take the pigs along on the tour and put them out on stage like they did they guys from osseus labirynt(sp?) imagine 80,000 people chanting

Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooo......

it would make me laugh

Ghost

[nikstar]

Originally posted by substatique
It's one of Adam's pets. He has two pigs whose names are, I think, Eon and Mo, or something similar.

I believe Eon is a dog.

[Well Known]

Then all you would need to do is propel yourself backward through time.

[pdictter]

i think the pig is fucking awesome. its really cool, i think the forks give that whole weird feeling somehow. its really creative. everyone would have used knifes or something like that.

ah crap. forgot what i was going to say. :(

[b3ar]

i personally think everyone needs to get back to the meaning of the artwork and why it was used rather than what it is of. i personally see it as bit of a visual for disgustipated aswell as a realisation of how we never think of the animal the meat we eat has come from, the forks would suggest that this pig is a meal, it is the raw product that we buy as pork, bacon and so forth. this is also a stab at vegetarians and people who are edging towards it, saying this is what we eat so deal with it. it also represents that the content of the album is raw and not processed crap that other groups (i refuse to call some of them artists) pump out into the commercial market, saying that what is on the album is what it is so deal with it.

[nina]

it reminds me of the book naked lunch-william burrows
something about the once living flesh on the end of your fork that you are about to ingest. the image is a good reminder of what it is that we eat when we eat meat, i think people too easily detach the idea of a living animal (the pig) from the food on their plate. i myself find this disrespectful to the pig, you may laugh at me, but i think it is important to appreciate what the pig has given up so that we may eat.
b3ar- thats is a great idea about tool not being "processed"-kudos to you sir

[Riovanes]

It occurs to me that the visual image of the forks stabbing upward into the pig's belly could be another expression of the album's theme of vulnerability, of forcing our way into the insides that are normally left protected and shut away - also seen in the opened ribcage and the rear-entry vibrator.

[The Grudge]

Riovanes...i think you are completely right about the vulnerability, all of the artwork and alot of the songs from Undertow show vulnerablilty.

[faaipdeoiad]

The pig's name was Mo he died a few days ago :(

[drone007]

i think there are some good ideas that arise from looking at this picture, which indeed makes it art, but... on this one I think it was just a funny idea they came up with to fuck with Adam's pet. I know they did not hurt the pig, but I think they were just doing the picture because they were commenting on how close a pet can become dinner for a week. :)

[AestheticAnomaly]

To me the pig over the forks symbolizes the state of unrest and turmoil, maybe the consequences of being over self-indulgent...