Welcome to the greatest band ever. Tool doesn't make music, they make art. Spiral out young man. 🌀☝️🇺🇲🤘

The Pot ...the reactors gateway drug 😊

Headphones are a must. They do so many cool thing with the production that you miss without headphones

Danny Carey uses polyrhythms and tabla style techniques in the drumming ❤❤❤ and it's superb!

That “feeling” is a time signature. Hip/hop is in 4/4, as is most pop and a lot of rock. The count is 1&2&3&4. Tool is all over the map

Please do more TOOL you won’t be disappointed. This band is intelligent and masters at their individual instruments. Together they create an experienced unmatched to any other. Welcome to TOOL if you keep reacting the TOOL army will surely follow. Spiral Out!

Vicarious is another banger from this amazing band!

Tool Army! I think your analysis was pretty on point. Hypocrisy in the government against drug use, mostly pot. My favorite line..."Weeping shades of cozened indigo....got lemon juice up in your eye" Crying fake tears, crocodile tears. They stand on their soapbox shouting about wrong things everyone is doing when they do it themselves. Perfect poetry.

Love your analysis! “46 and 2” is a huge one for you to try! Amazing lyrics that get into psychology and biology.

Your comment about not being able to find the time is spot on. Tool is a group of exceptional musicians. Their drummer, widely considered one of if not the best in the world. To challenge themselves and make composing fun, they do crazy time signatures, changes, drops, and just about every other cool musical trick in the book. They're so tight, that when they come back on the 1, it's scary how in sync they are.

Also… the Tool army shall descend to bless this vid now! Lol

"OH it's not over?? This is crazy!" is a very relatable TOOL moment

I am so ready for this because this is like one of my favorite bands and you one of my favorite reactors, so here we go. Spiral out

Seeing TOOL sat Feb 3rd in OKC!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally getting around to Tool? Welcome to the journey! Try next ‘The Grudge’ Also, Architects : Animals

Homie! YYYYEEEEESSSSSS. A favorite from a favorite! Ok, so VOCALS. It's always vocals with Maynard. I'm so ready for this, yo...

Great comparison about Tool and DMT. Saw them last night in Austin, 17th row, front and center (mind-blowing). It was like a non-chemically induced, 3-D version, of a DMT trip. It was like a healing sound bath that united hippies, headbangers, young and old. Simply amazing, inspiring (and I've seen them 5 or 6 times since 1996).

You got it. They play in freaky time sigs that I don't even think they count, I think they just learned it by playing and writing together for a long time. How Maynard makes melodies out of it is what's so remarkable, even if his voice weren't so amazing, he makes these math tempos accessible. It's pure art. Sometimes I think they are an evolution of the band Yes with a little Rush thrown in. But they are just Tool. They exist in their own orbit.

Got to love Tool!

Seeing Tool on Monday at Ball Arena!! Best show ever!!!❤❤❤ They have the craziest tempos ever!! Maynard is amazing!! Colorado has a huge “Tool” fan base!! Please keep riding the spiral🔧

Love Tool. Vocals and polyrhythmic beats are awesome. It is about the pot calling the kettle black and about being intoxicated.

Wizards of sonics and lyrics. You'll never be disappointed with this journey. It's an experience like no other.

Hell yes! Thank you BP. Love the reaction. Let’s keep going down the tool rabbit hole. Please do Pushit or Pneuma next!!!

My favorite bands, Tool and Pink Floyd. I love both for the same reasons: great musicianship, attention to detail, thought provoking lyrics, and mastering of sonic soundscapes that create atmosphere.

Yessah blessah no stressah! They are a progressive rock band where every member is a master of their class. Danny is my all time favorite drummer.

My Tool recommendation is the Danny Carey drum cam of Pneuma live. Phenomenal doesn't do it full justice!

Welcome to Tool! Now you're going down the rabbit hole! Enjoy the greatest Band Ever! I LOVE TOOL!

Tool are the best band of the last 30+ years. It's more than music, when you go deep into it. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

The guitarists are amazing!

This is the best band to come together ever, im not kidding

The second you knew the saying, "the pot calling the kettle black" and your personal connection to it I had to subscribe! You should definitely check out more Tool, the tracks Parabol and Parabola played together are truly spiritual, but any of their tracks are worth a listen for sure!

you nailed it with the "stutter step". Depending on the song, with Tool, sometimes in the chorus and/or sometimes in the verses, you may need an extra "step" every 2 bars. you also nailed it regarding DMT and their album cover art. Their last 3 album covers are by artist Alex Grey.

I'm glad someone suggested this band to you. If you like this song, I think you're really going to love Tool. It only gets better from here..and it never stops! I'm here for it. Spiral out! Tool army is here❤

They are so unorthodox and the best at doing it. They are the TOOL of music 🎶

Lol the look on your face toward around 12:20 is exactly how I feel listening to Tool most times. It's the expression of oh man, this really is making me think. Tool is just one of those bands who will get your gears turning.

Fun fact: Maynard(lead singer) is also in 2 other bands, "A Perfect Circle" and "Puscifer". Next may I suggest, the song "Pnuema" first the studio version, and then the Danny Carey(drummer) drum cam version! Absolute fire my man!

Haha. Tool is definitely gonna stretch your boundaries. Enjoy the ride my friend.

Next one from Tool need to be '' Vicarious'' but with the official clip ... Because the visual is just so awesome‼

Drums and the rest of the band are on different time signatures, which occasionally come together at certain moments. That’s why you fight with yourself trying to catch the beat. They use polyrhythms and such in most of their deeper tracks, and even on their hits. My two favorites are “H.” and “Aenima”.

The humbling river by his band puscifer is incredible and has such a well.. humbling song

Been waiting for this. The rabbit hole is deep.

Tool is sophistication in simplification ...and yes Maynard flips many ideas around in his lyrics. Great band!

Musical and literal geniuses! Song 46 and 2 the play beats to the fibinach sequence

👁️ SPIRAL 👁️ OUT 👁️

I love when people get to discover Tool time signatures!

Greatest live band in History!!!!

Good God I love watching peoples faces when they listen to TOOL. The faces they make when this band puts that stank on it, I love it soooo much...lol.

Polyrhythms ( many rhythms ) Danny can play a different rhythm or “time signature “ with each hand and foot, so four at once. It’s rumored he could do five if he wasn’t wearing his pants 😂. He is known as the octopus for obvious reasons. Nice reaction 👍

Been following for a year. Discovered you & REN @ the same time. I've thoroughly enjoyed the ride, but you know what? Can you hear that? That's the incoming stampede of the TOOL Army. Your subs are about to go through the roof. 🤘🤘🤘

The bass line swallows you whole

Tool is one of my favorite bands. Awesome musicians, great lyrics and just a vibe surrounding everything they do. Nice to see you reactting to them.

Tool is more of an experience than a band. Continue down the rabbit hole and Spiral Out...

Going to finally see them live the first time this summer. One of the very few artist I kept listening to since childhood. I like that you are confronting yourself with a great variety of genres! This was a great reaction.

One of my fav Tool songs. He breaks down the hypocrisy of politicians and courts using pot to blame for all social problems when we should be looking at them and ourselves.

You need headphones. Also, the next TOOL song you listen to is usually your favorite. 85% of their songs are masterpieces!

As a musician, every member of this band is super talented.

Tool use polyrhythms in such a specific and smart way. You get this almost uncomfortable feeling as it begins to feel things are falling apart, yet there is enough of a groove to keep you engaged, and then the various time signature reunite in a glorious drop that lands harder than any you’ve ever heard, because of the friction building in that uncountable comfort. in many aspects of their guitar is very simple, but done in such a unique artistic way, it’s like another voice in the track. It’s just great music.

@15:50 I missed it for years, too... I always thought it was "Pissed all over my black halo..." One day it just hit me when I heard the lyric correctly... 'Pot calling the kettle black..." The Pot... "pissed all over my black kettle"... yeah. That's OK though... no matter how many times I listen to anything they do, something new pops out. Enjoy the ride!

I'm really excited for you to go on this journey. The fact that you and all your friends seem to work in production of music in one way or another I think that you will all truly appreciate the production level of the mastering of this music.

Danny (the drummer) uses polyrhythmic and fucked up time signatures that are so complex and unique. He is the best.

Their album art is done by the artist Alex Grey, who is definitely a wizard of translating psychedelic experiences into visual art. Tool concepts are a blend of psychology and spirituality. Check out their song Lateralus They incorporate the Fibonacci sequence (a mathematical formula in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21, into infinity found in all nature.. pine cone, sea shells, flowers, broccoli, etc.) into the syllables of lyrics and time signatures of the song. The concept expands on our own nature of growth thru life and being willing to transcend and evolve. It relates to the nature of the Fibonacci sequence. This song is a mind bending way of educating us thru a masterpiece of art. Psychological Bars await 🔥🔥🔥

Sober was in their begining. This was like 10/15 yrs later. Ya must do more by them and his other band Perfect Circle. True artist's.

Your take on the story behind the song is spot on.

First saw them in 1997 in Omaha… Amazing live show! Deep lyrics and epic musical performances.

The mixed meters do make it tough for 4/4 6/8 head bobbers. That is a reason most tool fans are musicians themselves. Musicians appreciate how difficult it is to groove in these atypical time signatures.

I just saw them on January 30th here in Corpus Christi. If you ever have the slightest chance to see them you must! A lifetime experience!

Amazing song to start with. Danny's drumming really stands out. He is probably the best rock drummer ever.

If you had gone to a tool concert - at any time from their inception in ‘92 to now, you could get very close to having an experiencing similar to an acid trip just by opening your mind to their music and participating in the live experience of TOOL.

Tool is well known for changing their time signatures. So if you're finding it difficult to tap your toes to it, it's because the time signatures are constantly changing to throw you off and change the mood and tempo. Tool is one of my favorite bands live.

Tool plays in unconventional time signatures. Pneuma is a great song to see that in. They don’t use conventional 4x4/4x2 patterns. It’s very difficult to play in and requires so much creativity and precision to get it all to flow. Truly unique

💫💫💫spiral out! Tool is one of the best bands ever! Seen them 6 times live and loved every time! ❤️

Glad to see another Coloradan (in their 40's) enjoy the greatness of Tool Good pickup on the lyrics while giving a first (or second) listen

the drummer and bass player are both killer

Finding the head bob to tool songs is part of the fun. Danny is probably the best rock drummer alive today

Their art is indeed DMT inspired artwork. I've done it one time. Fantastic experience, I recommend it to everyone.

And you have to listen to Tool with high quality headphones. It’s a must.

The masters of odd time signatures 🤘🔥

So happy to see you reacting to Tool! Spiral out my friend 💜

Fact: Guitarist Adam Jones worked for Stan Winston Fx studios responsible for movies like: The Terminator series, Jurassic Park..etc.

Im a big hip hop head but watching a reactor go down the Tool rabbit hole is one of my favorite things. One of my all time favorite bands

I'm so excited for you to take the Tool journey, hope you stick with, spiral out!

Tool is definitely one of the best bands ever! Parabol/Parabola is one of my favorites to hear

Most of the time with TOOL, you don’t bang your head, you rock your body…

Spiral out with this band welcome to the Tool 🎉 rock on !

Tool is one of those bands where you miss so much of the complexity of the instruments and polyrhythms if you’re not using headphones. Seriously, it’s a whole different experience with good headphones!

YEESSSSSS! as one of my favorite reactors I really hope u enjoy them and start doing more, if u get into them their lyrics are life altering!

That feeling you felt is the point. Man I went through a court battle back in 2010 that included the rights to my daughter and or 50yrs in prison. This was my fight song right here. This and Jambi. Both on this album. First month without her all I could do was grieve and cry. Day after day was one long day of nothing but gut wrenching crying. This song pissed me off and lit the fire within me to stand and do what needed to be done. And so I did....

THE GRUDGE!!!! NOW!!!!

Welcome to the Tool party. Maynard James Keenan of Tool (Puscifer & A Perfect Circle) is a lyrical genius. Yes, he fronts 3 bands.... at once. Writes and sings for all 3. AND, runs his winery in Jerome AZ. Lateralus, Jambi, Descending, 7empest... the Tool list is long! Start off with "Pneuma, Danny cam live". The level of drumming you'll witness will leave you in awe. End of The Pot actually has it right there.... Danny Carey in the Boston jersey.

DEM POLYRHYTHMS!

They are all mathematical geniuses so they change time signatures in a brilliant way

this is the evolution of RUSH, the next evolution of TOOL will be nuts. Hope it happens in my lifetime

Greatest live band I have ever seen.

“You have to have an ear to make out all the lyrics in rock…” which is why you always ALWAYS *ALWAYS* pull up the lyrics *first*

Hell yah Tool!. Seeing them in Denver soon..saw them last leg in Colorado Springs. Great band!

BP, I'd love to see you react to Tool's songs "Wings For Marie" and "10,000 Days (Wings part 2)." They should be done together (Like Ren's Jenny and Screech). Maynard wrote these songs about the death of his mother after a long battle, and I think they would really resonate with you. If you do them, please find lyric videos or have the lyrics pulled up. Maynard's mother was paralyzed for many years. She always maintained strong faith throughout her life, even though her congregation was very cruel to her and implied that it was punishment for something she did wrong. Maynard was very angry about it as a younger man, but this is a more mature Maynard. It's a beautiful piece, and I think you would really love it.

This has to be my favorite band of ALL TIME! I would call them Alternative Rock. But they have so many GREAT albums! I love every song on their albums. Their lead singer Maynard James Keenan is an artist of genius proportions. He is so amazing with lyrics and the way he sings. In fact, look up a song called "Pneuma" where it only shows the drummer(Danny Carey) playing because he is known as "The Octopus" because he's such an amazing drummer! I love Tool! Please, if you haven't already, i was hoping you could do a reaction on "Pneuma" ? Thank you for all you do! Peace! 🩷🌷

So glad you're starting your TOOL journey. My favorite band. If possible I would recommend on the first listen of a song just listen and enjoy the music, TOOL has so much going on musically and lyrically that trying to do both during the first listen is difficult, and after the first listen delve into the lyrics. Also if possible use headphones there's so much depth.

Tool will blow your mind.

I’m about to go see tool on the 14,15 of this month here in Los Angeles can’t wait