Tool isnβt that bad, they are above average. Tool fans arenβt even that bad either. This meme is just βpineapple pizza is evilβ for music
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As someone who was just caping for Tool here, I need to point out that Tool fans are fucking insufferable a good portion of the time. They are too fixated on pseudo-profound bullshit and numerological codes and peyote trips, and it's not like that wasn't facilitated by the band itself (Maynard especially).
I remember some Tool fan online telling me that the random high frequency noise in their latest album was them trying to send a message or something. Instead of the much more likely explanation that their hearing has suffered after years of performing, and they just didn't hear the high frequency stuff during production.
And that they are apparently too egotistical to let a mix engineer, producer, or master engineer fix it
Tool fans hearing static: 
an ARG?
Pretty much every band in existence has incredibly cringe fan aesthetics
Most bands do not have an equivalent to Lateralus fans, though a handful do. Being too fixated on peyote trips (or the like) is definitely common, but talking about how the timestamps of drum fills relates to alchemy or some other deliberately esoteric subject as a nebulous metaphor for . . . self-improvement? is definitely not something you'd find among whatever losers listen to Imagine Dragons.
Imagine Dragons and their fans are infinitely more reactionary and insufferable than acid smashed hippies talking about shared consciousness
imagine dragons fans are passive. they just listen to the music and care about how it makes em feel
tool fans are far from passive. they need to tell you why tool is good and maynard is a genius. how danny is the best drummer playing the most complex beats ever. this makes them annoying.
i should know, i am a tool fan
Not my experience. I had a gamer zoomer cousin who was obsessed with imagine dragons and would take over the car radio and play exclusively leagueoflegends-core and get really annoyed at anything else and call it boomer music if it had guitars
Guy I know is a big Tool fan and was talking about Numa and shared consciousness or something.
Sounds cool. I like hanging with acid blasted hippies, they are interesting even if their brains are fried
Spiritual people are by far the best hangs and it's not even close
Always hated the neo-reactionary thing in US culture of hating hippies. Sure, some of them are new-age crackpots, but most are more open, fun and interesting than the majority of people.
the only band I'd take Numa with is O-Zone
Iβm curious to know how many people here who hate tool fans are into metal or jazz and into those scenes? Tool is a lot of peopleβs only dip into the metal scene so maybe it seems like they are really uniquely mean or pretentious, but trust me you will find people exactly like that at every metal show
who are you to
point your finger you must
have been out your head
Must have been
Haaaaaiyeh Haaaaaaaaaiiiiiigh
i once went to a show that maynard did as puscifer. they had some little people wrestling in a lucha libre style which was really neat and some great performances all around. It was at a seated venue in an orchestra hall.
in between the show and the encore i texted my friends to say i'd meet them at the street corner to pick them up post-show. a guy behind me threatened to beat my head in and got belligerent because i had my phone out momentarily. guy got thrown out after he started pushing me, otherwise unprovoked
shithead was wearing a tool shirt. tool fans suck ass. i like the music though
lol yes and when they show you music videos
Tool concert was definitely one of the whitest places I ever went
You know the situation is bad when an MF Doom fan can say that another fan base is too white and be completely justified in saying it lmao
love screwdrivers
can confirm
It's not designed to be listened to sober
I think this is a little harsh, ime 46 & 2 gets the most radio play, and it's really pretentious but musically it's still pretty strong. Also I won't let anyone insult my large adult son, Stinkfist.
But if any station is playing their last album for some reason, throw those people under the bus. The only good tracks there are the ones Maynard isn't on.
Been a fan of their music since HS, it's interesting and dark. But I don't get obsessing over it, never understood people's drive to worship people like celebrity demi-gods. Maynard is a shit head too and I get bad vibes from him, like he's hurt people for fun.
He did however have a concert near a military base once and almost the whole crowd was military, I think it was shortly after the invasion of Iraq. Apparently all he did was bahh like a sleep at them for 40 minutes, kinda funny.
Haha yeah I only listen to good music 
I know a song that's lit
It has-an inter-esting beat. to. it.
See how the lyrics fit
Do-you-see-the me. a. ning?
Pure pretension
That's supposed
To get discussion
On Joe Rogan
Incels fellating turgid prose
To sublimate their masturbation
one of those memes where you can keep making different groups of people mad by simply changing one word in the top text
This but Dream Theater
Twist
Speaking as a musician - Tool is awesome artistically, the music is great, but for me personally the air of pretentiousness really turns me off. I make music to have fun and for my audience to have fun, and it's hard to do that if you're constantly wafting your own farts. There are plenty of "best in the world" musicians out there who are aware that they are unbelievably skilled and put on an incredible show, but still manage not to take themselves so seriously.