My votes are on yes for Best Metal Performance or something. They'll probably lose to some new shitty band or something though.

They'll probably win for Vicarious, just because with the kids it's a cool thing to like and respect Tool, whether you really know much about their work, because they're a "dark" and "creepy" band and whatnot, which is what they're attracted to. Besides, if you just think like a typical radio listener for a second you might think Vicarious is the best song of the year, because it's a good song and it was written by that "dark, legendary" group to boot, just like with Schism in 01 and Aenema in 97. I think they're a shoo-in. They'll probably also get Best Packaging again. Of course Song of the Year will be "Looking through the Glass" so getting a grammy for best metal performance is once again almost an insult.

I bet they'll win something at the MTV video music awards... something under the "Best Video That Still Isn't Released" category

Grammy definitely. Though I'm not sure for which one....The Pot has climbed nicely on the charts. Though not as high as Vicarious, but there's still time.

hah!

hope for a grammy. if they don't get one, well...

My feeling is "Yes," but only about 80% possibility. Most non-mainstream bands, like TOOL, usually are left behind. I bet someone like A7X or Stone Sour may get nominated and win.

-R.F.

Tool won a few grammies already, and they are very mainstream, meaning they are very well-known and liked by the masses.

LOL

If Schism won a grammy, then so can Vicarious...

I'm still waiting for the video.. if there will be any...I hate them !

They'll definitely win a grammy for the CD packaging. If they don't then thats just fucked up. As for music, I dont know if they will be overlooked or not. Lets not forget they did fucking thank satan in front of thousands of people last time around. I think they deserve a grammy especially after i hear some of the contemporary crap that is out there now. But whether or not the organization goes through with it is to be determined. Again, remember what happened with the Academy Awards, that woman got nominated for like 50 seconds on screen, many critics saw this as proof that award shows like these are mere popularity contests.

They should thank jesus this time.That would just confuse everyone.

Tool have won Grammys for each album since Undertow. If anything they'll win more this time considering they are more mainstream-friendly.

Actually though, i think Wings for Marie/ 10,000 days is much more deserving of a grammy then Vicarious. but i know they like to put tool in the best metal category, WFM/10K Days isnt exactly metal

I think Tool in general isn't exactly metal.

but thats how the grammy company groups them, i cant believe they havent won best rock album yet

Yeah, I know. But it's weird to say that the whole Wings thing isn't metal when...Tool isn't really metal. I think that Wings is metal enough to be considered for a metal award. I mean if Schism was, then Wings would be, eh?

alternative art/progressive with a touch of metal, i would say

quintesential alt-metal, though with this album, they've drifted more into the prog-metal category than ever before.

I'm curious if the song has to be a single/hit for it to be considered for a Grammy. I've never been educated in how the process works, but I know that the Deftones won in 2000 for "Elite" which wasn't a single off of White Pony, but only Tool's singles have been winners - Aenema and Schism. I mean, if I was going to give a Grammy to Tool for anying off of those two records it wouldn't have been those songs.

I don't know about you, but anyone I try to discuss Tool with (who obviously must first point out that they are a Tool fan) is only familiar with Schism, Aenema, Stinkfist, and Sober, or as they sometimes tend to name them, "The Pieces Fit", "Fuck You", "Nothing Seems to Satisfy", and "Why Can't We Not Be Sober", respectively. Those songs are huge because they strike a chord in people who aren't really paying attention at first, usually because they have odd lyrics or a catchy riff. 46 and 2 is familiar to people when I sing a part of it or play the bass line, and it's the same with H. and Prison but not as much, while Parabola just doesn't get any love, and what's sad about it is that most of these people own at least 2 Tool albums. People dig the "creepy videos" (creepy?), enigmatic image, and angsty hits. Tool are radically popular but for all the wrong reasons.

Ive wondered that too about Elite, deftones never really released that song, i dont know man, is best metal performance even televised?

Stoner rock had sex with progressive metal in the future and sent their child back to grow up in the 1990s under the name "Tool," I would say.

Nope. When rappers bitch about not being televised, the media is all over it and the Grammys give in. Metal and Hard Rock are always handed out before. Don't get me wrong, I own a lot of rap albums, but it's messed up they televise a lot of rap, hip-hop, and R&B awards when they don't show metal or hard rock any TV love. In a perfect world Vicarious wins Best Metal and The Pot takes Best Hard Rock

Tool seems to be thrown in the metal category rather than Hard Rock (the category the more mainstream bands get).

Who cares if they do or not really? I'm sure they don't.

So something like a combination of the plots of Junior and The Terminator? I knew there was a reason Arnold was a governor.

well put

More like Total Recall and The Terminator. Because we all know that the only movies that we can consider are Arnold movies, because they kick ass.

(Seriously, Total Recall is the shit, I love Verhoeven)

if tool decide to make intension their 3rd single. it will win an award.

i can feel it...

nah the third single (if they have one) will probably be Jambi

yea, it sounds like whats happened, or will happen.

intension is more radiofriendly than jambi IMO

FWIW, Sirius Satellite Radio has played 3 songs from XMDays since the day it was released: Vicarious, The Pot, and Jambi. Intension is a little too left field for radio IMHO

Best Hard Rock Performance - Vicarious
Best Recording Package - 10,000 Days

Nominee list

Well, I am quite surprised to see that they were nominated for "Best Hard Rock Performance (Single)"... I guess it's a more fitting cat since the Metal cat's hosting bands like Mastadon, Ministry & Slayer... So, they're Progressive. I'll take it! Nonetheless, Vicarious will so whomp "Crazy Bitch"!!!! Congrats to Adam on scoring the nomination on the Pkging/Art. I loved the stereoscopic glasses & the overall design; pretty damn creative (as USUAL, coming from Adam... cutting edge artsy). Tschuss!! Nik

losing is winning, imo.

wow i never thought id be nominated for a grammy..

nice

That list is very offensive. Vicarious gets a nomination but not Jambi, Wings For Marie or 10,000 Days? Don't get me wrong Vicarious is a very good song but shit it's probably one of the last songs off that CD I'd nominate.