Editing Tool (band) (section)

===Influences===
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In 1997, Tool named [[King Crimson]], [[Melvins]], and [[Peter Gabriel]]'s ''[[Passion (Peter Gabriel album)|Passion]]'' as influences.<ref name="pettigrew1997" />{{refn|group=note|Tool tried out several well known producers for ''Ænima'', before they settled on David Bottrill based on his wide-ranging work with King Crimson and Peter Gabriel.{{sfn|McIver|2009|p = 99}} Bottrill reprised his role on ''Lateralus'', followed by Joe Barresi on the next two records because of Tool's admiration for his production on ''[[Stag (Melvins album)|Stag]]'' and ''[[Honky (album)|Honky]]'' by the Melvins.<ref name="Forlenza 2006"/>}} In describing their wide range of styles, critics have noted that they are "influenced as much by [[Pink Floyd]] as by the [[Sex Pistols]]."<ref name="bgl06">{{cite news |last=Morse |first=Steve |title=Sonic evolution with the use of Tool |date=November 15, 1996 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |page=D14}}</ref> In a 1993 interview, Adam Jones mentioned [[Joni Mitchell]], King Crimson, [[Depeche Mode]], and [[country music]] as being among their inspirations.<ref name="rs">{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/tools-undertow-10-things-you-didnt-know-w518463 |title=Tool's 'Undertow': 10 Things You Didn't Know |last=Epstein |first=Dan |date=April 6, 2018 |website=[[rollingstone.com]] |access-date=April 6, 2018 |archive-date=April 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406161412/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/tools-undertow-10-things-you-didnt-know-w518463 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1997, Maynard James Keenan named ''[[Hejira (album)|Hejira]]'' by Joni Mitchell, ''[[Holy Money]]''/''[[Greed (Swans album)|Greed]]'' by [[Swans (band)|Swans]], ''[[Physical Graffiti]]'' by Led Zeppelin, ''[[Red (King Crimson album)|Red]]'' by King Crimson, and ''Passion'' by Peter Gabriel as his five favorite records.<ref name="j">{{cite AV media|date=1997|title=High Five – Maynard James Keenan|publisher=[[Triple J]]|work=The J-Files|author-link=Richard Kingsmill|first=Richard |last=Kingsmill|location=Australia}}</ref> Danny Carey cited [[Neil Peart]] from Rush, [[Bill Bruford]] and [[Alan White (Yes drummer)|Alan White]] of [[Yes (band)|Yes]] as his biggest rock influences,<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tool-primus-members-pay-tribute-to-yes/|publication-date=July 31, 2002|title=TOOL, PRIMUS Members Pay Tribute To YES|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=July 31, 2002|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015183559/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/tool-primus-members-pay-tribute-to-yes/|archive-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref> in addition to Bruford's adventurousness in electronic drums.<ref>{{cite web | access-date = February 23, 2021 | url = http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/1321251-handyman--danny-carey-tools-drummer-talks-to-dis | title = Handyman: Danny Carey, Tool's drummer, talks to DiS | first = Jane | last = Oriel | date = November 21, 2006 | website = [[Drowned in Sound]] | archive-date = December 11, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091211074448/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/1321251-handyman--danny-carey-tools-drummer-talks-to-dis | url-status = dead }}</ref> In the same way, Jones stated that [[Robert Fripp]]'s performances with King Crimson caused him to "wake up" to music as a teen. Furthermore, he acknowledged the other King Crimson guitarists, [[Adrian Belew]] and [[Trey Gunn]], along with [[Buzz Osborne]] from the Melvins, as his biggest influences.<ref name=gw>{{cite web | url = http://www.guitarworld.com/adam-jones-adams-jones | access-date = February 23, 2021| title = Tool's Adam Jones: My 10 Favorite Guitarists | first = Brad | last = Angle | date = April 2009 | magazine = [[Guitar World]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607212324/http://www.guitarworld.com/adam-jones-adams-jones|archive-date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref>

Tool have constantly expressed the massive impact that progressive rock pioneers King Crimson have had on their music; on a 2001 tour with them, Keenan joked: "Now you know who we ripped off. Just don't tell anyone, especially the members of King Crimson."<ref name="Blake September 2001"/> Carey said that listening to the ''[[Discipline (King Crimson album)|Discipline]]'' album upon its 1981 release "revolutionized" his musical perspective in terms of polyrhythms and the balance between the instruments.<ref>{{cite book|publication-date=June 13, 2017|title=The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock|date=August 1997|first=David |last=Weigel|publisher=National Geographic Books |author-link=David Weigel|isbn=9780393242256|quote=}}<br />''Note'': [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsxSm1xCR-E Link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214024754/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsxSm1xCR-E |date=December 14, 2020 }} to the Danny Carey interview that was paraphrased in the book. It was originally broadcast on the now-defunct [[Nederlandse Programma Stichting]].</ref> In 1997, Keenan explained how the composition process of Tool reflected that of King Crimson: "They're very much into listening to each other; even though they might have a basic structure that they're following, it's about fitting themselves in with each other."<ref name=j/> Contrary to these statements, longtime King Crimson member Robert Fripp has downplayed any influence his band had on Tool. In an interview, Fripp touched on how the two bands relate to each other, stating "Do you hear the influence? There's just one figure where I hear an influence, just one. It was a piece we were developing that we dropped. And it's almost exactly the same figure: three note arpeggio with a particular accent from the guitar. So I do not think you could have heard it. That's the only thing."<ref name="Tool Army interview" /> He also said, {{cquote|I happen to be a Tool fan. The members of Tool have been generous enough to suggest that Crimson has been an influence on them. Adam Jones asked me if I could detect it in their music, and I said I couldn't. I can detect more Tool influence in King Crimson than I can hear King Crimson in Tool.<ref name="Cleveland 2003" />{{refn|group=note|Fripp's self-effacing attitude toward his legacy is not rare; English musician [[Steven Wilson]] stated that after "ripping off" an entire section of "Lizard" by King Crimson in his song "Raider II", everyone picked up on it, except Fripp.<ref>{{cite web | title = Steven Wilson: I Can't Emphasise How Much I Learned Working With King Crimson | url = https://www.loudersound.com/features/steven-wilson-i-cant-emphasise-how-much-i-learned-working-with-king-crimsom | access-date = February 23, 2021 | publication-date = September 26, 2016 | first = Grant | last = Moon | magazine = [[Prog (magazine)|Prog]] | issue = 20 | publisher = LouderSound | date = October 2011 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927123105/http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-09-26/steven-wilson-i-cant-emphasise-how-much-i-learned-working-with-king-crimsom|archive-date=September 27, 2016}}</ref>}}}}

The band's long build-ups of intensity were largely inspired by the Melvins.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/kirk-hammett-adam-jones-bad-religion|publication-date=May 4, 2009 |title=Kirk Hammett & Adam Jones: Bad Religion|first=Brad |last=Angle |website=[[Guitar World]]|date=May 4, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203083108/https://www.guitarworld.com/features/kirk-hammett-adam-jones-bad-religion|archive-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> The latter's influence on Tool is most explicit in ''Undertow'', and some authors have described Tool's music as a [[progressive music|progressive]] take on Melvins.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/12137-tool-undertow-anniversary|publication-date=April 30, 2013|title=Dancing In Quicksand: Tool's Undertow Revisited|first=Matt|last=Evans|website=[[The Quietus]]|archive-date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210222231949/https://thequietus.com/articles/12137-tool-undertow-anniversary|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2006/06/18/tool-anima-progressive-energia-post-rock.html|publication-date=June 18, 2006|title=Tool L' anima progressive e l' energia post-rock di grunge e nu-metal|first=Felice|last=Liperi|website=[[la Repubblica]]|language=it|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019170715/https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2006/06/18/tool-anima-progressive-energia-post-rock.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On the other hand, Keenan's exotic modulations were influenced by [[world music]]; in his twenties, the singer was immersed in that type of music, thus when Peter Gabriel reunited several musicians whom Keenan already knew of for ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ (film)|The Last Temptation of Christ]]'' soundtrack, which mixed their traditional styles with modern [[ambient music]], it became a major revelation for him.<ref name=passion>{{cite magazine|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/a-perfect-circles-maynard-james-keenan-billy-howerdel-talk-first-lp-in-14-years-126308/|publication-date=February 5, 2018|title=A Perfect Circle's Maynard James Keenan, Billy Howerdel Talk First LP in 14 Years |first=Kory |last=Grow|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 5, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305072950/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/a-perfect-circles-maynard-james-keenan-billy-howerdel-talk-first-lp-in-14-years-126308/|archive-date=March 5, 2019 }}</ref>

Other reported influences of Tool include [[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]],<ref name="mtvhammer" /> [[Devo]],<ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://consequence.net/2016/11/five-surprising-things-we-learned-from-maynard-james-keenans-authorized-biography/2/|publication-date=November 8, 2016|title=Five Surprising Things We Learned from Maynard James Keenan's Authorized Biography|first=Wren |last=Graves|website=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=November 8, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111121439/https://consequence.net/2016/11/five-surprising-things-we-learned-from-maynard-james-keenans-authorized-biography/2|archive-date=November 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=February 23, 2021|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/tool-perfect-circles-maynard-james-keenan-reveals-albums-most-influenced-him|publication-date=December 3, 2018 |title=Tool, A Perfect Circle's Maynard James Keenan Reveals Albums That Most Influenced Him|first=Kelsey |last=Chapstick|magazine=Revolver|date=December 3, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108124837/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/tool-perfect-circles-maynard-james-keenan-reveals-albums-most-influenced-him|archive-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref> [[Bill Hicks]],<ref name="Garza 1997"/> [[Rush (band)|Rush]],<ref>{{cite web|title = Geddy Lee On How Rush Finally Made It Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame|url = http://radio.com/2013/04/24/geddy-lee-on-how-rush-finally-made-it-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/|access-date = January 25, 2016|first = Brian|last = Ives|archive-date = July 18, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150718132903/http://radio.com/2013/04/24/geddy-lee-on-how-rush-finally-made-it-into-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/|url-status = live}}</ref> [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Page Hamilton On Collapse Of Helmet's Classic Lineup: 'Money Kind Of Came In And Changed Things'|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/page-hamilton-on-collapse-of-helmets-classic-lineup-money-kind-of-came-in-and-changed-things/|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=February 22, 2020|access-date=March 3, 2021|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925235943/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/page-hamilton-on-collapse-of-helmets-classic-lineup-money-kind-of-came-in-and-changed-things/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Faith No More]],<ref name="AllMusic Biography"/> [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]],<ref>{{cite news |author1=Lina Lecaro |title=Back From the Dead: Bauhaus Reunited |url=https://www.laweekly.com/back-from-the-dead-bauhaus-reunited/ |website=LA Weekly |access-date=October 30, 2019 |date=October 30, 2019 |quote=“As contradictory as this may seem, Bauhaus being, in my opinion, the Godfathers of Goth: they were a bright artistic light in a vast wasteland of crappy pop darkness. They showed me the way.” – Maynard James Keenan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030173845/https://www.laweekly.com/back-from-the-dead-bauhaus-reunited/ |archive-date=30 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Meshuggah]],<ref name="mtvhammer" /> [[David Bowie]],<ref name=j/> [[Mike Patton]],<ref name="mtvhammer" /> [[Dave Lombardo]],<ref name="mtvhammer" /> and [[Jane's Addiction]].<ref name="AllMusic Biography"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060706/news_lz1w06helmet.html|title=Helmet heir: Hamilton's reconstituted band still shaping heavy metal|last=Nixon|first=Chris|date=July 6, 2006|work=San Diego Union-Tribune|publisher=Union-Tribune Publishing|access-date=September 11, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911140925/http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060706/news_lz1w06helmet.html|archive-date=September 11, 2014}}</ref>