Tool (band)

Tool is an American rock band. Their music has been heavily influenced by King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Rush, among several others. Their overall sound has been described as "grinding, post-Jane's Addiction heavy metal" http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3r62mpb39ffo~T1 as well as "a primal sound as distinct as it is disturbing" http://www.rollingstone.com/artist/bio/_/id/213/tool?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=artistHeader ? most simplified categorizations of the band's genre are often dismissed (see: Arguments About Genre & Categorization).

Reading list

Tool have listed the following books as recommended reading in their official newsletter. Reading these books is encouraged by the band as they provide a stronger insight to Tool's music and inspiration, and the philosophies used in their music.

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• Behold!!! the Protong by Stanislav Szukalski (ISBN 0867195193)
• Ægypt by John Crowley (ISBN 0553374303)
• Love and Sleep by John Crowley (ISBN 0553374680)
• And the Ass Saw the Angel Nick Cave (ISBN 1880985721)
• The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (ISBN 0349101779)
• Squeak the Mouse by Massimo Mattioli (ISBN 0874160707)
• Nothing in This Book Is True, But It's Exactly How Things Are by Bob Frissell (ISBN 1583940677)
• Earth by David Brin (ISBN 055329024X)
• Art and Physics by Leonard Shlain (ISBN 0688123058)
• Diary of a Genius by Salvador Dali (ISBN 1871592763)
• Interior Design with Feng Shui by Sarah Rossbach (ISBN 0140196080)
• Archaic Revival by Terence McKenna (ISBN 0062506137)
• Hearts Aflame by Johanna Lindsey (ISBN 0380899825)
• The Dancing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukav (ISBN 055326382X)
• The Mayan Prophecies: Unlocking the Secrets of a Lost Civilization by Adrian Gilbert & Maurice Cotterell (ISBN 1852309067)
• The Legacy of the Beast by Gerald Suster (ISBN 0491034466)
• The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine (ISBN 0806505494)
• Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baignet, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln (ISBN 0440136482)
• What The Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula (ISBN 0802130313)
• Fourth Way by P. D. Ouspensky (ISBN 0394716728)
• Four Treatises Of Theophratus Von Hohenheim Called Paracelus by Paracelsus (ISBN 0801855233)
• The Origin Of Satan by Elaine Pagels (ISBN 0679731180)
• Dune by Frank Herbert (ISBN 0441172717)
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (ISBN 0060531045)
• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (ISBN 0553211757)
• Black Spring by Henry Miller (ISBN 0802131824)
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (ISBN 0679735771)
• Hellboy: The Lost Army by Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden (ISBN 0743462823)
• High Priest by Timothy Leary (ISBN 0914171801)