Originally Posted by Jester

Because people always LOVE to say something like, "YOU COULD NEVER WRITE A SONG AS DEEP AS STINKFIST!!!" Tool doesn't make very thoughtful or witty or complex metaphors like people seem to think, they're relatively simple metaphors and they really beat the **** out of dead horses. They try really, really hard to be "deep" or "different."

You know Maynard was a hilarious black comedian, right? I don't doubt that he left his comical abilities behind to become this all-serious, "deep" band leader.

Honestly, Isis and Neurosis have done more for metal than Tool will have ever done. Quite often, Tool plays a boring, up down up down three chord combinations. They're really monotonous.

Isis and Neurosis can both create dense, layered sonics that are a lot more powerful than Tool.