While the buds in his ears let him communicate with folks on the ground, they also let him rock his climb with a playlist of ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Tool aren’t so much a rock band as – to paraphrase Winston Churchill – a mystery wrapped in an ...

For many TOOL obsessives, digging into Maynard James Keenan ’s broad body of poetry across the alt-metal band’s discography ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Rob Verhorst/Redferns Tool were the band who shouldn’t have made it. Their logo was a ...

Maynard James Keenan thinks one of Tool 's older songs is "stupid" now. The vocalist was the latest guest on Steve-O 's Wild ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Tool is one of the most commercially successful hard rock/metal ...

Tool is a band that is a bit hard to describe. They’re definitely an alternative metal band with progressive rock elements. However, their sound, lyricism, and concepts stray into the existential and ...

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio -- Blossom Music Center will play host to a triple shot of alt-rock royalty on Sunday when Tool singer Maynard J. Keenan, his buddies in Primus, along with two of his side ...

Tool are in full tease mode, it seems. Maynard James Keenan said he hopes the album will be released by May or June. We're guessing it's not May, since we would have likely heard something by now. But ...

In addition to its San Antonio performance, Puscifer will premiere two on-demand concert films on Friday, October 28. Credit: Travis Shinn If you’ve ever wanted a look inside Tool frontman Maynard ...