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12-07-2006, 05:20 PM
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I think we can all agree that Tool has there own distinctive sound. However, people have to see some similarities.

1. Isis
2. 10 Years
3. Chevelle
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What 3 bands is Tool most similar to?

I think we can all agree that Tool has there own distinctive sound. However, people have to see some similarities.

1. Isis
2. 10 Years
3. Chevelle
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12-07-2006, 06:30 PM
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Chevelle?! Um, well whatever.

Led Zepplin
Pink Floyd
And then breaking benjamin even though they were inspired by Tool.
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Chevelle?! Um, well whatever.

Led Zepplin
Pink Floyd
And then breaking benjamin even though they were inspired by Tool.
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12-07-2006, 06:32 PM
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i dont think chevelle should be on that list. and ive never heard 10 years.

id have to say, the only that i can think of is Porcupine Tree (2 Newest Albums)
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i dont think chevelle should be on that list. and ive never heard 10 years.

id have to say, the only that i can think of is Porcupine Tree (2 Newest Albums)
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How are Tool similar to bands that came after them? Surely it's those bands being similar to Tool?

I think Tool are most similar to King Crimson, Rush and Rage Against The Machine
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Re: What 3 bands is Tool most similar to?

How are Tool similar to bands that came after them? Surely it's those bands being similar to Tool?

I think Tool are most similar to King Crimson, Rush and Rage Against The Machine
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12-07-2006, 06:35 PM
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King Crimson
NIN/Marilyn Manson/KMFDM
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Re: What 3 bands is Tool most similar to?

King Crimson
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Chevelle?! Um, well whatever.

Led Zepplin
Pink Floyd
And then breaking benjamin even though they were inspired by Tool.
i wouldnt say led zeppelin of floyd either.
i was thinking as far as the actual sound of the music. not the context of the band. they sound nothing like tool.
you could just say any big prog band, like thr mars volta, primus, dream theater, radiohead, rush etc. none of which have a tool sound.

i think king crimson's the power of belief, has a tool vibe running around in it though.
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Chevelle?! Um, well whatever.

Led Zepplin
Pink Floyd
And then breaking benjamin even though they were inspired by Tool.
i wouldnt say led zeppelin of floyd either.
i was thinking as far as the actual sound of the music. not the context of the band. they sound nothing like tool.
you could just say any big prog band, like thr mars volta, primus, dream theater, radiohead, rush etc. none of which have a tool sound.

i think king crimson's the power of belief, has a tool vibe running around in it though.
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I don't think KMFDM does... King Crimson, Rush and Pink Floyd but really I don't think anything sounds like Tool.
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I don't think KMFDM does... King Crimson, Rush and Pink Floyd but really I don't think anything sounds like Tool.
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Oceansize
King Crimson
Neurosis
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nothing comes to mind. this is usually the case when thinking about most great bands and probably part of the reason why they are so great
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nothing comes to mind. this is usually the case when thinking about most great bands and probably part of the reason why they are so great
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12-07-2006, 09:01 PM
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"How are Tool similar to bands that came after them? Surely it's those bands being similar to Tool?"

Since this is a Tool message board, I'm not going to ask what bands are similar to Chevelle and 10 Years. I'm only saying that their sound is similar (likely because they were inspired by Tool). I definately should have listed Neurosis. Completely forgot about them.
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Re: What 3 bands is Tool most similar to?

"How are Tool similar to bands that came after them? Surely it's those bands being similar to Tool?"

Since this is a Tool message board, I'm not going to ask what bands are similar to Chevelle and 10 Years. I'm only saying that their sound is similar (likely because they were inspired by Tool). I definately should have listed Neurosis. Completely forgot about them.
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12-08-2006, 12:10 AM
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Earshot is a band that is inspired by Tool and definitely mimics their sounds pretty well. Their singer sounds surprisingly like MJK, but they still aren't nearly as good...
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Earshot is a band that is inspired by Tool and definitely mimics their sounds pretty well. Their singer sounds surprisingly like MJK, but they still aren't nearly as good...
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Cog sound very tool... but yeh, thats inspiration from em apparently. heh, i hear they were 'honoured' to be described as 'lazy tool'... funny
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Cog sound very tool... but yeh, thats inspiration from em apparently. heh, i hear they were 'honoured' to be described as 'lazy tool'... funny
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discipline (album) - king crimson.
some vocals in floyd's welcome to the machine remind me of the apogee in schism.
close to the edge (first half)- yes, reminds me of the hard part at the end of lateralus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNJJPEN-bp0 starting at 3:33,...only reminds me of that part in lateralus, i'm not saying tool sound like yes the band. beware of the video, they some fugly people and the sound quality sux.
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Re: What 3 bands is Tool most similar to?

discipline (album) - king crimson.
some vocals in floyd's welcome to the machine remind me of the apogee in schism.
close to the edge (first half)- yes, reminds me of the hard part at the end of lateralus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNJJPEN-bp0 starting at 3:33,...only reminds me of that part in lateralus, i'm not saying tool sound like yes the band. beware of the video, they some fugly people and the sound quality sux.
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Cog sound very tool... but yeh, thats inspiration from em apparently. heh, i hear they were 'honoured' to be described as 'lazy tool'... funny
Yep. Cog are one of my favorite bands. Their early EP's sound quite Toolish. But The New Normal is generally more commercial sounding.

Anyone who wants to check them out should go to their website, click music, scroll down and listen to "1010011010" and "Stretch". Tell me what you think.

http://www.cog.com.au/
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Cog sound very tool... but yeh, thats inspiration from em apparently. heh, i hear they were 'honoured' to be described as 'lazy tool'... funny
Yep. Cog are one of my favorite bands. Their early EP's sound quite Toolish. But The New Normal is generally more commercial sounding.

Anyone who wants to check them out should go to their website, click music, scroll down and listen to "1010011010" and "Stretch". Tell me what you think.

http://www.cog.com.au/
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NIN/Marilyn Manson/KMFDM
Primus
NIN and tool are related but opposites. NIN is negative and tool is positive. Universal forces and least in our universe.
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NIN and tool are related but opposites. NIN is negative and tool is positive. Universal forces and least in our universe.
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NIN and tool are related but opposites. NIN is negative and tool is positive. Universal forces and least in our universe.
oops thinking too randomly..... Universal forces at least in our universe.
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NIN and tool are related but opposites. NIN is negative and tool is positive. Universal forces and least in our universe.
oops thinking too randomly..... Universal forces at least in our universe.
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Yep. Cog are one of my favorite bands. Their early EP's sound quite Toolish. But The New Normal is generally more commercial sounding.

Anyone who wants to check them out should go to their website, click music, scroll down and listen to "1010011010" and "Stretch". Tell me what you think.

http://www.cog.com.au/
i wouldnt say more comercial... well, no i suppose it is more comercial, but i think thats just more a side effect of them finding someting else in their music, great album. I still find similarities to tool tho.

Anyways...

*It was the new music, and it was timid and humble and stern...
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Yep. Cog are one of my favorite bands. Their early EP's sound quite Toolish. But The New Normal is generally more commercial sounding.

Anyone who wants to check them out should go to their website, click music, scroll down and listen to "1010011010" and "Stretch". Tell me what you think.

http://www.cog.com.au/
i wouldnt say more comercial... well, no i suppose it is more comercial, but i think thats just more a side effect of them finding someting else in their music, great album. I still find similarities to tool tho.

Anyways...

*It was the new music, and it was timid and humble and stern...
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i wouldnt say more comercial... well, no i suppose it is more comercial, but i think thats just more a side effect of them finding someting else in their music, great album. I still find similarities to tool tho.

Anyways...

*It was the new music, and it was timid and humble and stern...
I think that generally speaking the album is less progressive. But then again, Doors and Naming The Elephant and the most progressive tracks Cog have ever made. But My Enemy and Run are far more mainstream sounding.
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i wouldnt say more comercial... well, no i suppose it is more comercial, but i think thats just more a side effect of them finding someting else in their music, great album. I still find similarities to tool tho.

Anyways...

*It was the new music, and it was timid and humble and stern...
I think that generally speaking the album is less progressive. But then again, Doors and Naming The Elephant and the most progressive tracks Cog have ever made. But My Enemy and Run are far more mainstream sounding.
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Tool admires and may have been inspired as we know by bands such as King Crimson, Yes, Rush, etc..

But there is nothing similar between King Crimson and Tool..this is stated but Robert Frip himself
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Tool admires and may have been inspired as we know by bands such as King Crimson, Yes, Rush, etc..

But there is nothing similar between King Crimson and Tool..this is stated but Robert Frip himself
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1. Korn

2. Creed

3. Oingo Boingo
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1. Korn

2. Creed

3. Oingo Boingo
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Do A Perfect Circle and Puscifer count?

-Isis (especially in their song off the new album, Not in Rivers, But in Drops)
-Evan's Blue (every now and then)
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Do A Perfect Circle and Puscifer count?

-Isis (especially in their song off the new album, Not in Rivers, But in Drops)
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A lot of people think Earshot sounds like tool, but I don't hear it. Their music is nothing alike. The singer has a very melodic, excellent voice in the same vein as maynard's, but the only people who would think they sound alike are the people who think Raine Maida and Billy Corgan sound alike.

the only band doing anything even moderately similar music-wise is mudvayne, and only at times. No one else manages to insinuate polyrhythms in everything they do, play in odd time signatures (and not have it sound contrived), and still run the gambit from soft and pretty to hard and heavy.

as far as influences, you can hear Meshuggah the whole way through 10000 days.
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A lot of people think Earshot sounds like tool, but I don't hear it. Their music is nothing alike. The singer has a very melodic, excellent voice in the same vein as maynard's, but the only people who would think they sound alike are the people who think Raine Maida and Billy Corgan sound alike.

the only band doing anything even moderately similar music-wise is mudvayne, and only at times. No one else manages to insinuate polyrhythms in everything they do, play in odd time signatures (and not have it sound contrived), and still run the gambit from soft and pretty to hard and heavy.

as far as influences, you can hear Meshuggah the whole way through 10000 days.
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KoRn is, for sure, heavily influenced by TOOL.
Maybe so, but they don't sound like Tool to me. They have just taken the same texture and combined it with more straight foward, less progressive music. Limp Bizkit and System Of A Down have also listed Tool as a band that infuenced their music. But to me the only thing they have in common with Tool is the texture - the sound of the guitars.
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KoRn is, for sure, heavily influenced by TOOL.
Maybe so, but they don't sound like Tool to me. They have just taken the same texture and combined it with more straight foward, less progressive music. Limp Bizkit and System Of A Down have also listed Tool as a band that infuenced their music. But to me the only thing they have in common with Tool is the texture - the sound of the guitars.
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Portal sounds a hell of a lot like Tool - not the Australian black metal Portal. A different noname band. http://cdbaby.com/cd/portal3

One of their songs has a riff that sounds exactly like the one in the slow part of schism.
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Portal sounds a hell of a lot like Tool - not the Australian black metal Portal. A different noname band. http://cdbaby.com/cd/portal3

One of their songs has a riff that sounds exactly like the one in the slow part of schism.
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I think that generally speaking the album is less progressive. But then again, Doors and Naming The Elephant and the most progressive tracks Cog have ever made. But My Enemy and Run are far more mainstream sounding.
And interestingly... run and my enemy seem kinda shit compared to their other stuff... coincidence?

heh, and yet where does what success they have come from? hmm..
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I think that generally speaking the album is less progressive. But then again, Doors and Naming The Elephant and the most progressive tracks Cog have ever made. But My Enemy and Run are far more mainstream sounding.
And interestingly... run and my enemy seem kinda shit compared to their other stuff... coincidence?

heh, and yet where does what success they have come from? hmm..
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i wouldnt say led zeppelin of floyd either.
i was thinking as far as the actual sound of the music. not the context of the band. they sound nothing like tool.
you could just say any big prog band, like thr mars volta, primus, dream theater, radiohead, rush etc. none of which have a tool sound.

i think king crimson's the power of belief, has a tool vibe running around in it though.
wait primus is prog?
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i wouldnt say led zeppelin of floyd either.
i was thinking as far as the actual sound of the music. not the context of the band. they sound nothing like tool.
you could just say any big prog band, like thr mars volta, primus, dream theater, radiohead, rush etc. none of which have a tool sound.

i think king crimson's the power of belief, has a tool vibe running around in it though.
wait primus is prog?
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i dunno....i wouldn't label primus as prog...the closest to a prog album primus made would probably have to be pork soda. the entire album is dark and has the strange feel to it.




Primus music in my opinion can go hand in hand with tool. Both bands are practically brother and sister. Primus being the more humorus one and tool is content with the poker faces. Musically both bands do have times where they can pass off as one another. Two great great bands. I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR
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i dunno....i wouldn't label primus as prog...the closest to a prog album primus made would probably have to be pork soda. the entire album is dark and has the strange feel to it.




Primus music in my opinion can go hand in hand with tool. Both bands are practically brother and sister. Primus being the more humorus one and tool is content with the poker faces. Musically both bands do have times where they can pass off as one another. Two great great bands. I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR
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i dunno....i wouldn't label primus as prog...the closest to a prog album primus made would probably have to be pork soda. the entire album is dark and has the strange feel to it.




Primus music in my opinion can go hand in hand with tool. Both bands are practically brother and sister. Primus being the more humorus one and tool is content with the poker faces. Musically both bands do have times where they can pass off as one another. Two great great bands. I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR
id like to se maynard pass of as lez... or the other way around

to be honest i personally dont think they are similar at all. well no, there are similarities... but theres also similaritys between tool and system of a down... doesnt mean the bands are too alike.

maybe its because i simply cant see tool doing anything remotely like, oh i dont know, golden boy, or cammel back cinima...
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i dunno....i wouldn't label primus as prog...the closest to a prog album primus made would probably have to be pork soda. the entire album is dark and has the strange feel to it.




Primus music in my opinion can go hand in hand with tool. Both bands are practically brother and sister. Primus being the more humorus one and tool is content with the poker faces. Musically both bands do have times where they can pass off as one another. Two great great bands. I'D BUY THAT FOR A DOLLAR
id like to se maynard pass of as lez... or the other way around

to be honest i personally dont think they are similar at all. well no, there are similarities... but theres also similaritys between tool and system of a down... doesnt mean the bands are too alike.

maybe its because i simply cant see tool doing anything remotely like, oh i dont know, golden boy, or cammel back cinima...
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How are Tool similar to bands that came after them? Surely it's those bands being similar to Tool?

I think Tool are most similar to King Crimson, Rush and Rage Against The Machine
rush is a good example, even though i do think tool is infinitely better
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How are Tool similar to bands that came after them? Surely it's those bands being similar to Tool?

I think Tool are most similar to King Crimson, Rush and Rage Against The Machine
rush is a good example, even though i do think tool is infinitely better
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1. Korn

2. Creed

3. Oingo Boingo
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OSI
Indukti
Dead Soul Tribe

eh, I guess those are the most obvious tool knock-offs in prog rock/metal. They have the same tension/release builds and climaxes, odd-time signatures, downtuned guitars, etc. The only one I like somewhat is Indukti, for being largely instrumental and having a violin player.
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OSI
Indukti
Dead Soul Tribe

eh, I guess those are the most obvious tool knock-offs in prog rock/metal. They have the same tension/release builds and climaxes, odd-time signatures, downtuned guitars, etc. The only one I like somewhat is Indukti, for being largely instrumental and having a violin player.
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Chevelle?! Um, well whatever.

Led Zepplin
Pink Floyd
And then breaking benjamin even though they were inspired by Tool.
i agree 75%, not sure about breaking benjamin
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Led Zepplin
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And then breaking benjamin even though they were inspired by Tool.
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Portal sounds a hell of a lot like Tool - not the Australian black metal Portal. A different noname band. http://cdbaby.com/cd/portal3

One of their songs has a riff that sounds exactly like the one in the slow part of schism.
Wow, they're pretty good.
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Portal sounds a hell of a lot like Tool - not the Australian black metal Portal. A different noname band. http://cdbaby.com/cd/portal3

One of their songs has a riff that sounds exactly like the one in the slow part of schism.
Wow, they're pretty good.
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What about the Deftones? I think they're probably one of my other favorite bands. They don't always sound the same but I think their music structure and rather cryptic subject matter at times brings Tool to mind
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What about the Deftones? I think they're probably one of my other favorite bands. They don't always sound the same but I think their music structure and rather cryptic subject matter at times brings Tool to mind
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some voivod
some king crimson
some rush
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some voivod
some king crimson
some rush
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Surprised no one has mentioned esoterica? I for one like their music. Check em out http://www.esoterica1.com
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Surprised no one has mentioned esoterica? I for one like their music. Check em out http://www.esoterica1.com
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01 Peach
02 The God Machine
03 Melvins
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01 Peach
02 The God Machine
03 Melvins
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