Tool Biography

Biography

members in naked condition with parental guidance stickers covering their private parts while their mouths were sealed by duct tape. This subsequently gave the group enough confidence to launch a full-length album called “Undertow” in April 1993 and, thanks to the exposure at the year's Lollapalooza that the result wonderfully turned out to be more than satisfying. Included such blistering hit tracks as "Sober," also "Prison Sex", the album gloriously soared to the first rank of Billboard Heatseeker, boosting the troupe's profile in mainstream music scene for sure.

Amidst the success, however, the controversial matters still went on as MTV decided to stop the airing of “Prison Sex” music video because of its symbolic dealing with the sensitive subject of child abuse while the cover art of the album itself was considered insulting enough that it prompted Wal-Mart to present a picture of huge bar code instead. This was worsened by the departure of d'Amour in 1995 to pursue something more experimental out of the group yet thankfully the remaining members were quick to find his replacement in Justin Gunnar Walte Chancellor (born on November 19, 1971 in Kent, England, U.K), a former bassist of English band Peach. With this ...

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new formation, Tool indifferently went on to produce their third LP, "Ænima", which smoothly touched the market on October 1, 1996. Though had to see their video of the album's single, “Stinkfist”, encountered difficulty in gaining airplay due to the offensive connotations, the troupe really stuck harder this time when the record fantastically made its way to peak at number 2 on The Billboard 200.

Much to the four men's delight, the sweet outcome joyously proceeded to a greater attainment in 1998 when they satisfyingly obtained a Grammy Award in the category of Best Metal Performance through single "Ænema.” In the middle of this excitement, however, a legal problem shockingly occurred when the band faced a lawsuit alleging contract violations filed by their music label, Volcano Records, thereby putting the quartet into a great strain besides forcing them to delay the process on making their subsequent work, much to fans' disappointment. It was not until Tool reached settlement with the company several years later that the troupe ultimately threw out their fourth album, “Lateralus” (2001), into the market after previously launched a box set entitled “Salival” in 2000. Continuing the glory of "Ænima", it went right away to top The ...