This story originally appeared in the June 2001 issue of Spin. As Tool readies their first album in 13 years, we’re republishing it here. Sometimes, singing songs about choking infants, swallowing ...

You are reading this story because you want to know what inspires the four members of Los Angeles band Tool. What motivates the band—guitarist Adam Jones, drummer Danny Carey, singer Maynard James ...

Tool are known for relentlessly combing over every nuance of their music before it's been released, but you have to wonder if the guys ever considered a full-fledged horn section for their 2006 single ...

Deep cuts from the Undertow, Ænima and 10,000 Days albums found their way back onto the setlist as the prog metal icons ...

Tool fans, prepare to be impressed. One of the band's signature tracks, 'Lateralus,' which we recently named the greatest metal song of the 21st century, has been covered acoustically by musician ...

Tool‘s only scheduled tour date of 2015 – a headlining set at Tempe, Arizona’s Monster Mash – happened to fall on Halloween, so the dormant group celebrated the occasion by resurrecting their cover of ...