All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.
There's always the influence of music, film, art and the other things that drive me. I'm usually inspired by my environment and whatever is making me happy or mad.
Fine art is really something I want to get into.
I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.
I'm not a good guitar player.
That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
We wanted to take as much time and effort making the video as we did the song.
Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
In the time between records, I always have lots of stuff going on. I shoot photography, make little sculptures, play video games.
With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.
We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.
But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.
I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.
If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.
Everyone in Tool is interested in how we present our music. We write a group of songs that have a vibe, energy and feeling, and then we try to pick an image to capture that and communicate a feeling. We want something that adds to the connection with...
I've always been involved in the visual arts and music.
When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.
