There is in abundance of great singing in Tools catalog. This guy don't know what he's talking about. I could never single out 4 or 5 songs for the singing, Its an injustice to the full catalog. What about Invincible, descending, HWAP pushit Aenema Prison sex decsending pneuma stinkfist eulogy third eye and lots more. This dorks opinion is a joke.
Maynard is definitely more of a frontman in APC. In Tool, at least in the later albums, his voice is more like an instrument, being a part of the atmosphere instead of carrying it along. If you want to hear his best vocal work, I'd check out Pushit by Tool, or the live video of The Outsider by APC. There's also Puscifer, his other side project, where he basically just does whatever the hell he wants. Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's just weird.
Maynard has made several comments about how Tool is more of the male, aggressive approach to his vocalizing and APC is more of the melodic female approach.
Maynard's best vocal performance in Tool is in the song The Pot, its one of their catchiest too. More vocal-heavy songs are Parabola, Vicarious, Lateralus, The Grudge, Jambi.
Maynard has a unique ability to change his vocal delivery for almost every song he sings. Sometimes only subtle. He also has a third band called Puscifer which shows another side of him.
Your honor, I would like to make the argument that Pucifier is Maynard's real side project, as opposed to A Perfect Circle or Tool. It's far less known and far more weird (Which is why I like it more).
You really needed to start with some 'radio friendly' Tool like Vicarious or Sober. Thats how you get sucked in. A song like Pneuma was cathartic for hardcore Tool fans but sent newcomers away
Absolutely love this song - I get chills still and I’ve been jamming it foooorever. Maynard’s emotion comes through like crazy - there are some moments in the track that hit me so hard, tough to describe. This is going to get me in trouble but... APC is my favorite Maynard band.
Don't think anyones mentioned it in the comments yet, but this is also James Iha's (of Smashing Pumpkins) side band. He is an incredibly amazing musician who I feel like gets overlooked in APC, as Maynard and Billy Howerdel (guitarist and main song writer, the true brain child of APC) take the forefront. That being said, I would recommend listening to their new album, or any album, of theirs. They're similar but VERY different from TOOL. I love both bands for very different reasons!
@@tysonreesmusic Sorry I meant why don't you believe Fear Inoculum has good singing in it?By the way I have been a Tool fan since they started and seen them multiple times in concert.
@@rx7dude2006 I never said Fear Inoculum had bad singing, it just has less aggressive singing. On the video thumbnail it says “Where was this singing in Tool?” - I’m replying to that.
You need to watch a couple of things if you want to see how truly amazing Maynard is. The first is the video of the live performance of the ALT version of Pushit from Lewiston in 1998. The sound is not the greatest, but his voice cuts through. The other is the entire live performance from New Year's Eve 1995. Both are available on TH-cam. Both are absolutely incredible.
I hope by some miracle you do Drugged - Bass Communion - Steven Wilson, Robert Fripp For Tool I suggest Ænima, The Pot, Sober, which are more Vocal forward. I think Maynard James Keenan made the conscious decision to bring the vocals into the background in Fear Inoculum, maybe sooner.
@@RandyLott I only just found out about the project and barely made it past drugged 1 in the hour long triple piece before feeling the urge to go back and repeat what I just heard about 10 times. Just the way it turns from utter chaos into something resembling music in just a few minor changes is magical.
The drummer, Josh Freese is a phenomenal sessions drummer! The guitarist you mentioned with the slide is Billy Howerdel. He's the main songwriter in A Perfect Circle.
Side projects Down- stone the crow (phil anselmo) Team sleep- Blvd nights (chino moreno) A perfect circle- down and by the river Damageplan- soulbleed (the abbott brothers) Temple of the dog-say hello 2 heaven (chris Cornell and pearl jam) Audioslave- I am the highway (chris Cornell and rage against the machine) Mad season- River of deceit or wake up (layne staley) Birds of Tokyo- bakers son (Ian kenny) Other mentions (killer be killed) (twinzero) (mistaken element) (times of grace) (devildriver) ( devine heresy)
Man, I fucking love your shit, the real, the humanity, the musical knowledge. I get tons of new music via your channel but I also get to see a sweet dude doing his own awesome thang, thank you
It's really billy howerdell's baby (bald guy. Former guitar tech for Tool.) He had most of the first album written and he asked for maynard's opinion. Maynard liked it so much he wanted in.
On Tool's earlier albums vocals were more prominent. I would suggest Tool - Eulogy (love the vocal melodies in this one), Pushit (album version first), Bottom, The Grudge. Also A Perfect Circle - Orestes (live at Red Rocks).
Maynard does this the same as he does tool: the band works on the music until they have a final version, they then send that to Maynard, he writes about things the song makes him feel... he records his vocal. In the case of APC it's Billy Howerdell (lead guitar) who writes the music.
Also pneuma is new tool and Maynard has mellowed in his age early tool is more like this and this is off a perfect circles first album which is 20 years old now
I've always loved the drumming in this song. I guess when your lead singer usually plays with Danny Carey you've got something to prove! Also if you like his vocals here, try out earlier Tool, from Aenima or Undertow.
For Tool check out the live-video of Sober!!! Maynards performance is mind-blowing... And here a few other nice projects/collaborations of amazing artists from Jazz 'til Death... KING BUZZO „Housing, Luxury, Energy” (Solo project by Buzz Osborne (here with the amazing bassist Trevor Dunn), bandleader of The Melvins) LUNATIC SOUL „Pygmalion's Ladder” (Solo project by Mariusz Duda, bandleader/composer/singer/bassist of Riverside) OLOID „Oloid” (Amazing collaboration of two amazing artists -> Christian Zehnder, singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist & Gregor Hilbe, percussionist/multi-instrumentalist) GRIP INC. „Hostage To Heaven” (Following band of the drummer Dave Lombardo after he left Slayer, he is also a part of FANTÔMAS together with Mike Patton & Buzz Osborne!) BLACK TONGUE „Parting Soliloquy” (Another band project of Aaron Kitcher & Eddie Pickard, drummer & guitarist of Infant Anihilator) EX EYE „Xenolith; The Anvil” (Band project of the outstanding saxophonist Colin Stetson) BLACK PUDDING „Pentecostal” (Very nice collaboration of Mark Lanegan, composer/singer/bandleader & Duke Garwood, composer/multi-instrumentalist) MARVIN PONTIAC „I Am A Man” (Solo project by the Jazz saxophonist John Lurie where he sings) THE SPORTING LIFE „Skotoseme” (Collaboration of amazing vocal artist Diamanda Galás & Led Zeppelin’s bassist John Paul Jones) TOMAHAWK „God Hates A Coward (live)” (One of Mike Patton's many projects, best known as the singer of Faith No More, Fantômas, Mr. Bungle, Peeping Tom) PUSCIFER „Horizons” (Another project by Maynard James Keenan with more electronics in it) STORM CORROSION „Drag Ropes” (Band project by Mikael Åkerfeldt from Opeth & Steven Wilson from Porcupine Tree)
I love Maynard's voice and really loved his APC work. Puscifer - Potions is a real showcase of his stylings. Tool gets a bit too drifty for me sometimes.
Cool little trivia about this video, the director is David Fincher who's pretty famous in his own right. Also there's tons of Tool songs that have great dynamic range, but just not really on the new album much.
@@Daniel-xu6kd Nope. I've listened to it dozens of times. I really enjoy as well, but Maynard just isn't the same on the record. Which is fine honestly.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned, but it's worth mentioning that the guitarist/2nd vocalist Billy Howerdel was a sound engineer and guitar for Tool and various other famous bands I can imagine you've heard of lol
Hey brian, If you happen to read my comment, I do recommend to check out isyana - unlock the key, her recent single. It's prog rock with some opera-esque I think
Yup , opiate , undertow , aenima and lateralus all are when he had his epic prime powerhouse vocals amazingly in tune. I see tool live in 96 & 98 4 times and a perfect circle live in 2000 2 times.
you gotta check out Palms!! That band consists out of members of ISIS en Chino Moreno (lead singer from Deftones)!! Also, Tool has many amazing songs!! The Grudge for instance!
His vocal work in Pneuma is about 20 years after this song for example 😃 still, his work is diverse, Puscifer for example is another world again. And of course the band is different every time, so just like the music, the vocals are different aswell :)
Check out "Adrenaline Mob - Indifferent"...In that first Adrenaline Mob you have Russell Allen on vocals (Symphony X), Mike Portnoy on drums (ex Dream Theater and he's in a million projects now) the bassist from Disturbed, I don't remember his name and Mike Orlando on guitar (I don't know where this guy came from but he kills it)
Try Sordid Pink - Side Project of David Maxim Micic Chaostar - Side Symphonic (and/or folk) project of Christos Antoniou from SepticFlesh Some side project of Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) Mayan - Side project of the Epica's guitarist Jakub Zytecki's project (the guitarist of DisperSE)
The Tool song you did was from their new stuff, which isn't normal Tool. Try Tool - Stinkfist, Prison sex, H, anything off of Aenima. For A Perfect Circle try Passive, I really love Orestes, the Hollow, Weak and Powerless
The last album of tool is like a medidative composition all along, is a concept album build around the finity and mortality of everything. The previous album is very more like prog-metal. Lateralus is ... well, lateralus, aenima is awesome as well (with vocals OMG). Opiate and Undertow are filled with rage. A perfect circle also has many variations, from gotish to industrial. Now, the punchline, please check PUSCIFER, another side project, a mix of post-industrial, ambience rock and eletro-rock. Peace :)
What instruments do you play Bryan? Seen a lot of musicians react to videos and then break down aspects of the music on their preferred instrument, sounds like something you could do to emphasise what you like and dislike about a song.
Trumpet, which won't have much overlap here with the rock/metal focus that I've found myself in. 😅 I have focused a bit more on that instrument when we checked out bands like Brass Against and the handful of times we looked at some marching band / DCI performances.
@@CriticalReactions Riverside - Egoist Hedonist, a prog rock/metal tune with a brass section, including, I assume, trumpets! Or anything by Big Big Train like Folklore or Winkie, both live version have a full brass section with them that just give the music that extra dimension :D
Big Big Train was a pleasure to listen to and I'm down for anything that's metal with a brass section. Which reminds me that I need to get around to more The Dear Hunter music! I'll definitely give that Riverside track a listen.
I hope one of Dan Briggs' projects gets featured this week! Trioscapes, ORBS, and Nova Collective are great, but my favourite might be his solo stuff, Nightmare Scenario.
Nova Collective was in the vote. It didn't finish top 2 but did well so it will have to be the random top half pick or Bryan's pick. Bryan has checked out Trioscapes and Orbs previously if you weren't aware. I'd love to see Nova Collective as it's my personal favorite of Dan's side projects though.
@@thewhorocks515 I am also looking forward to Bryan experiencing Nova Collective. Out of all Briggs' stuff, Nightmare Scenario may be the most intriguing to Bryan. I'd like him to hear the entirety of Beyond What Is Real, plus The Writhing End of the Suffering Sky. 👌🏻
@@Penz0id I totally forgot about Nightmare Scenario! I think I heard one song and forgot to check out more. I remember it being super interesting. Thanks for the reminder!
SIDE PROJECTS WEEK??!!?!?! You have to check out the supergroup side project of Animals as Leaders, the Mars Volta, and Suicide Silence. It's like a groovy jazz fusion meets prog type thing. You will absolutely love it. Any track.
Nay, though I am near-ish to there and visit once a year with the family. I needed a sunsuit for our trip two years ago and grabbed this one since I love the baby blue aganist the black color scheme. Pretty cool hearing about other Floridians checking out the channel though!
@@CriticalReactions Weeell, I am not a “true” Floridian though. I wasn’t born here. Not even in this country, though I am a legal citizen. But it is just so rare to hear that anyone outside of Sarasota actually knows about it, much less has been or lives/has lived there.
I am a "true" Floridian but I have no idea what gods decided I should be. Both of my parents were born and mostly raised in the north part of the US haha
" so good to see you, I missed you so much. So glad it's over, I've missed you so much. Came out to watch you play, why are you running away?" It was there as a tool all along. That is a pun and a double entendre. You are welcome.
My contributions for this week's theme (or just music to keep in mind for the future, since I missed the poll): The Black Queen - Ice to Never th-cam.com/video/kj9-QKZVW54/w-d-xo.html or, The End Where We Start th-cam.com/video/L7gqlB0FW8k/w-d-xo.html (Greg Puciato, from Dillinger Escape Plan) The Creatures - Pluto Drive th-cam.com/video/qQk5J-bLEZ4/w-d-xo.html (Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie, from Siouxsie and the Banshees) OSI - Memory Daydreams Lapses th-cam.com/video/ts5TST4Qg0w/w-d-xo.html or, Guards th-cam.com/video/L2TvxE7h7ZY/w-d-xo.html (Kevin Moore (ex-Dream Theater, his main project is Chroma Key) & Jim Matheos of Fates Warning) note- Guards also has Gavin Harrison, which you've covered during drum week!
@@CriticalReactions Cheers. :) At the very least I think OSI will surprise you. They have the perfect mixture of metal, electronica and rock. They are (disappointingly) under the radar.
Well.. Another Maynard side project is "Puscifer" And as a taster, try "Conditions of my parole" - th-cam.com/video/7E-_J5WWkoc/w-d-xo.html After which you need to check "The Remedy" - th-cam.com/video/HivxFBB87-Y/w-d-xo.html Also A Perfect Circles "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish" is wort a listen - th-cam.com/video/UkHSmDxX1t4/w-d-xo.html
The new album from TOOL, in my opinion. The vocals are missing. If you check out TOOL's early stuff. The vocals are there, all the way up to Lateralus album. 10000 days has some songs with strong vocals. But anything before that. Is exactly what your looking for, or asked about.
I loved both APC's Mer de Noms and Thirteenth Step when they came out. Both beautifully produced albums with some of the best, most drool-worthy guitar tones ever and lots of killer songs. Very different from Tool, far more alternative rock but an extremely richly textured take on the genre. Judith is an excellent song but I have several from them I like even better. Tool definitely has some vocal-centric track that show off Maynard's range and power. In fact, there's a rather infamous live version of Sober that many vocal coaches react to. For a studio track, The Pot and The Grudge are two of his best, and the former is also perhaps their grooviest, "funnest" song too. APC was never all that progressive. The closest you'll get is probably a song like The Package that has something of Tool's "slow burn build up to explosive climax," though even it's done with greater simplicity than most anything in Tool.
You should maybe check out The Sound of Animals Fighting- you don’t need a witness. It was Anthony Green of Circa Survive side project way back in the day.
Maynard recorded this 2o years ago, so yeah I would expect the vocals to be a little more powerful than something he recorded last year at 55 years old. APC was the brainchild of the guitarist Billy Howerdel who used to be the guitar tech for Tool. He approached Maynard with some songs and another great band was born. Try The Outsider Live on Leno for a great Maynard vocal performance. Anything Tool before Fear Inoculum has fire vocals as well. Maynard James Keenan doesn't scream anymore for obvious reasons.
"the pot" would be a great Tool song to react too. It's more recent ( and complex than "sober" or "AEnema" it's also shorter than most of the other recommendations from 10,000 days or Lateralus.
Tool is a highly dynamic band in terms of sound. Give them another shot on a different song from a different album. I’d suggest The Patient personally, since that’s the song that finally won me over to this band, but i’d also go for Undertow, Parabol/Parabola, or H.
Vocal energy The Grudge or really any early Tool. Maynard is probably the best vocalist in rock. The new album with Pneuma comes at a time when he is trying to save as much range and power as possible (were all getting older). Grab anything from Aenima, Lateralus, 10,000 Days and you will hear the difference. The Grudge, The Patient, Jambi, 46&2. Or go back further to Sober. The live version will show you intensity, not just vocally but performance.
I love APC, but I love Tool even more! Brian's gotta listen to more Tool guys. He's missing out on the most amazing music ever! I've made many requests for Tool. The Grudge, wings for Marie 1&2. HAS TO BE BOTH! I love his vocals on Parabola & Parabola, LOST KEYS /ROSETTA STONED!!! That one takes you on a journey. You gotta listen to more Tool. They are a deep, talented and complex band. Genius work they put out.
Can you be serious for a minute ??!? Send me pls a live session where this guy is not singing off tune ...and not being drunk (such a disgrace ) Instrumental is good but nothing wow !! If you are looking for an instrumental band you should dig further
Tool's latest album wasn't really a showcase for Maynard's vocal ability, it was more of a technical album for the band as a whole. In their earlier albums he really pushed his limits in some songs.
Yeah, age has a lot to do with it as well. He's said recently that too much screaming in his younger days has left his voice in a bad spot now. It's like listening to Robert Plant sing now and then being surprised when you go back and listen to an LZ album.
To speak on the vocals, comparing Tools latest in Pneuma to an album that came out almost 20 years ago in APC’s 13th Step is difficult to do. There’s a lot of things he can’t hit anymore.
Not my original comment about tool but you can sum them up by saying they have a lead drummer and a background singer. I thought that was pretty on point for the most part. A perfect circle is def more rock than prog. A solid group of musicians throughout though.
I think its worth noting Judith is easily one of APC's most Tool sounding songs
actually Thirteen step is more toolish than mer de noms.
@@pablerry I did say "one of" but yes
True the rest is super soft
I always thought "Gravity" sounded the most TOOL
Tool - Vicarious, Rosetta Stoned, Culling Voices, Wings for Marie, The Pot, Right in Two
That's where that singing is 😁
There is in abundance of great singing in Tools catalog. This guy don't know what he's talking about. I could never single out 4 or 5 songs for the singing, Its an injustice to the full catalog. What about Invincible, descending, HWAP pushit Aenema Prison sex decsending pneuma stinkfist eulogy third eye and lots more. This dorks opinion is a joke.
I would also add "H" to that list. The dynamics he uses are awesome. Also "Push It".
Maynard without a doubt uses a lot more vocal technique in APC.
@@arch92 More? No. Different? Yes. IF you think hes not using varied vocal styles in Tool you haven't listened to much Tool.
@@arch92 APC is Tool light
Maynard is definitely more of a frontman in APC. In Tool, at least in the later albums, his voice is more like an instrument, being a part of the atmosphere instead of carrying it along. If you want to hear his best vocal work, I'd check out Pushit by Tool, or the live video of The Outsider by APC.
There's also Puscifer, his other side project, where he basically just does whatever the hell he wants. Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's just weird.
Puscufer's The Remedy is a great song.
I second everything said there... but I guess a like represents this message...
Pushit live is sooooooo good
He’s singing with such power and emotion because he’s singing about mom Judith Marie the unconditional one
A Perfect Circle - Weak and Powerless
Must listen from them!!!
Maynard has made several comments about how Tool is more of the male, aggressive approach to his vocalizing and APC is more of the melodic female approach.
Tool is Maynard's mind, TPC is his soul, and Puscifer is his body.
Maynard's best vocal performance in Tool is in the song The Pot, its one of their catchiest too.
More vocal-heavy songs are Parabola, Vicarious, Lateralus, The Grudge, Jambi.
These would all be solid choices for good Maynard vocals.
My vote for best vocal would be Pushit Salival version
@@mischageorgevich2582 Maybe but i wanted him to listen to peak tool , with good vocals too.
Vicarious and Lateralus are majestic (obviously, not only vocally).
Don't forget "The Patient" or "Wings for Marie"
Maynard has a unique ability to change his vocal delivery for almost every song he sings. Sometimes only subtle. He also has a third band called Puscifer which shows another side of him.
And strays even further from the tool sound, the closest is Remedy
Your honor, I would like to make the argument that Pucifier is Maynard's real side project, as opposed to A Perfect Circle or Tool. It's far less known and far more weird (Which is why I like it more).
You really needed to start with some 'radio friendly' Tool like Vicarious or Sober. Thats how you get sucked in. A song like Pneuma was cathartic for hardcore Tool fans but sent newcomers away
Exactly!
Absolutely love this song - I get chills still and I’ve been jamming it foooorever. Maynard’s emotion comes through like crazy - there are some moments in the track that hit me so hard, tough to describe. This is going to get me in trouble but... APC is my favorite Maynard band.
This is one of my favorite songs of all time. This song just bangs
Don't think anyones mentioned it in the comments yet, but this is also James Iha's (of Smashing Pumpkins) side band. He is an incredibly amazing musician who I feel like gets overlooked in APC, as Maynard and Billy Howerdel (guitarist and main song writer, the true brain child of APC) take the forefront.
That being said, I would recommend listening to their new album, or any album, of theirs. They're similar but VERY different from TOOL. I love both bands for very different reasons!
Where was this singing in Tool? Uhmm... Pretty much every Tool album besides Fear Inoculum bro
What besides Fear Inoculum?
@@rx7dude2006 Listen to
Ænima, Undertow or Lateralus.
@@tysonreesmusic Sorry I meant why don't you believe Fear Inoculum has good singing in it?By the way I have been a Tool fan since they started and seen them multiple times in concert.
@@rx7dude2006 I never said Fear Inoculum had bad singing, it just has less aggressive singing. On the video thumbnail it says “Where was this singing in Tool?” - I’m replying to that.
@@tysonreesmusic Oh gotcha, didn't know you meant more aggressive singing.
Now you need to check out Maynard's third band Puscifer with "The Remedy"
You need to watch a couple of things if you want to see how truly amazing Maynard is. The first is the video of the live performance of the ALT version of Pushit from Lewiston in 1998. The sound is not the greatest, but his voice cuts through. The other is the entire live performance from New Year's Eve 1995. Both are available on TH-cam. Both are absolutely incredible.
My favorite for passionate voices from Maynard is Sober. Some really interesting layers that were not really used before them.
With Tool, I should have said that.
@@vampileD and this live performance/video is amazing!!!!
for sure
I hope by some miracle you do Drugged - Bass Communion - Steven Wilson, Robert Fripp
For Tool I suggest Ænima, The Pot, Sober, which are more Vocal forward. I think Maynard James Keenan made the conscious decision to bring the vocals into the background in Fear Inoculum, maybe sooner.
I just commented Bass Communion, as well! Drugged 3 and Wide Open Killingfeld are my favorites.
@@RandyLott I only just found out about the project and barely made it past drugged 1 in the hour long triple piece before feeling the urge to go back and repeat what I just heard about 10 times. Just the way it turns from utter chaos into something resembling music in just a few minor changes is magical.
The drummer, Josh Freese is a phenomenal sessions drummer! The guitarist you mentioned with the slide is Billy Howerdel. He's the main songwriter in A Perfect Circle.
Exactly. Before I saw the video. so I thought Troy van Leeuwen from QOTSA was playing the slide guitar. It is his specialization :D
Josh Freese is so good, I love how animated he is
TOOL - Lateralus or the Grudge. You won't be disappointed. 😊
Side projects
Down- stone the crow (phil anselmo)
Team sleep- Blvd nights (chino moreno)
A perfect circle- down and by the river
Damageplan- soulbleed (the abbott brothers)
Temple of the dog-say hello 2 heaven (chris Cornell and pearl jam)
Audioslave- I am the highway (chris Cornell and rage against the machine)
Mad season- River of deceit or wake up (layne staley)
Birds of Tokyo- bakers son (Ian kenny)
Other mentions (killer be killed) (twinzero) (mistaken element) (times of grace) (devildriver) ( devine heresy)
Nailbomb
Old mans child
@@stizacraack9693 forgot about nailbomb not heard them in years
Man, I fucking love your shit, the real, the humanity, the musical knowledge. I get tons of new music via your channel but I also get to see a sweet dude doing his own awesome thang, thank you
Glad your enjoying it cuz I'm enjoying the ride through all of this cool, often times amazing, music!
This song is all about the lyrics.
For recent music week, check out soad new song: protect the land.
First release after 15 years.
I'm with you. Kinda. I think Genocidal Humanoidz was the much more interesting track though.
@@GrizzlyAt0ms Maybe.
Bryan, you need to hear The Package from them!
Try The Grudge from Tool, every member is express very equally in that song, yes also Maynard does not stay "behind".
It's really billy howerdell's baby (bald guy. Former guitar tech for Tool.) He had most of the first album written and he asked for maynard's opinion. Maynard liked it so much he wanted in.
Thank you. I was looking thru the comments to make sure someone knew. Thus dude could of have done some research. Props brother
If you want to check out Maynard's real side project, check out Puscifier, he covers Queen of all bands. This is his experimental solo stuff.
On Tool's earlier albums vocals were more prominent. I would suggest Tool - Eulogy (love the vocal melodies in this one), Pushit (album version first), Bottom, The Grudge.
Also A Perfect Circle - Orestes (live at Red Rocks).
Maynard does this the same as he does tool: the band works on the music until they have a final version, they then send that to Maynard, he writes about things the song makes him feel... he records his vocal. In the case of APC it's Billy Howerdell (lead guitar) who writes the music.
Also pneuma is new tool and Maynard has mellowed in his age early tool is more like this and this is off a perfect circles first album which is 20 years old now
I've always loved the drumming in this song. I guess when your lead singer usually plays with Danny Carey you've got something to prove!
Also if you like his vocals here, try out earlier Tool, from Aenima or Undertow.
The Grudge and Vicarious are good songs to see a bit more of Maynards vocal dynamic within Tool.
For Tool check out the live-video of Sober!!! Maynards performance is mind-blowing...
And here a few other nice projects/collaborations of amazing artists from Jazz 'til Death...
KING BUZZO „Housing, Luxury, Energy” (Solo project by Buzz Osborne (here with the amazing bassist Trevor Dunn), bandleader of The Melvins)
LUNATIC SOUL „Pygmalion's Ladder” (Solo project by Mariusz Duda, bandleader/composer/singer/bassist of Riverside)
OLOID „Oloid” (Amazing collaboration of two amazing artists -> Christian Zehnder, singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist & Gregor Hilbe, percussionist/multi-instrumentalist)
GRIP INC. „Hostage To Heaven” (Following band of the drummer Dave Lombardo after he left Slayer, he is also a part of FANTÔMAS together with Mike Patton & Buzz Osborne!)
BLACK TONGUE „Parting Soliloquy” (Another band project of Aaron Kitcher & Eddie Pickard, drummer & guitarist of Infant Anihilator)
EX EYE „Xenolith; The Anvil” (Band project of the outstanding saxophonist Colin Stetson)
BLACK PUDDING „Pentecostal” (Very nice collaboration of Mark Lanegan, composer/singer/bandleader & Duke Garwood, composer/multi-instrumentalist)
MARVIN PONTIAC „I Am A Man” (Solo project by the Jazz saxophonist John Lurie where he sings)
THE SPORTING LIFE „Skotoseme” (Collaboration of amazing vocal artist Diamanda Galás & Led Zeppelin’s bassist John Paul Jones)
TOMAHAWK „God Hates A Coward (live)” (One of Mike Patton's many projects, best known as the singer of Faith No More, Fantômas, Mr. Bungle, Peeping Tom)
PUSCIFER „Horizons” (Another project by Maynard James Keenan with more electronics in it)
STORM CORROSION „Drag Ropes” (Band project by Mikael Åkerfeldt from Opeth & Steven Wilson from Porcupine Tree)
I love Maynard's voice and really loved his APC work. Puscifer - Potions is a real showcase of his stylings. Tool gets a bit too drifty for me sometimes.
Cool little trivia about this video, the director is David Fincher who's pretty famous in his own right. Also there's tons of Tool songs that have great dynamic range, but just not really on the new album much.
lol, "pretty famous in his own right," is a bit of an understatement. Seven, Fight Club, Zodiac, and Gone Girl are so good.
@@liliIiliIilil you're right of course, but I'm always surprised about how little a lot of people know about directors for some reason.
Lol you still new to it then
@@Daniel-xu6kd Nope. I've listened to it dozens of times. I really enjoy as well, but Maynard just isn't the same on the record. Which is fine honestly.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned, but it's worth mentioning that the guitarist/2nd vocalist Billy Howerdel was a sound engineer and guitar for Tool and various other famous bands I can imagine you've heard of lol
Hey brian, If you happen to read my comment, I do recommend to check out isyana - unlock the key, her recent single. It's prog rock with some opera-esque I think
Sounds good. I'll check it out
What about Maynards other side project?
Puscifer?
The Mission! or Potions or the Humbling River or or or.....
I'd recommend you check out Weak and Powerless for another amazing APC tune which is a good example of Maynard's vocals, or Tool's The Pot
This singing wasn’t in TOOL because he was 55 when the album came out. The previous 4 tool records have this voice!
Yup , opiate , undertow , aenima and lateralus all are when he had his epic prime powerhouse vocals amazingly in tune. I see tool live in 96 & 98 4 times and a perfect circle live in 2000 2 times.
Bass Communion - Drugged III or Wide Open Killingfeld
This is Steven Wilson's soundscape/drone project.
you gotta check out Palms!! That band consists out of members of ISIS en Chino Moreno (lead singer from Deftones)!! Also, Tool has many amazing songs!! The Grudge for instance!
A great early Tool song for vocals is Eulogy. It's clearly from the 90s but much more experimental with instrument sounds than most 90s songs
A radio-friendly rock banger... Sometimes they get the job done! I enjoyed those higher pitched slides on the guitars!
Maynard also have a band called Puscifer, check it out
His vocal work in Pneuma is about 20 years after this song for example 😃 still, his work is diverse, Puscifer for example is another world again. And of course the band is different every time, so just like the music, the vocals are different aswell :)
Check out "Adrenaline Mob - Indifferent"...In that first Adrenaline Mob you have Russell Allen on vocals (Symphony X), Mike Portnoy on drums (ex Dream Theater and he's in a million projects now) the bassist from Disturbed, I don't remember his name and Mike Orlando on guitar (I don't know where this guy came from but he kills it)
Tool is Maynard's mind, TPC is his soul, and Puscifer is his body.
I stand alone by King Mothership, it is the side project of Spencer Sotelo of periphery and also features plini
Try Sordid Pink - Side Project of David Maxim Micic
Chaostar - Side Symphonic (and/or folk) project of Christos Antoniou from SepticFlesh
Some side project of Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon)
Mayan - Side project of the Epica's guitarist
Jakub Zytecki's project (the guitarist of DisperSE)
Sordid Pink / Destiny Potato is definitely an interest of mine. I'll check out the rest.
Best part of the video is Paz tying her hair back before thumping on the bass. Great song, album, band; an artist extraordinaire.
That part was such a mood.
The Tool song you did was from their new stuff, which isn't normal Tool. Try Tool - Stinkfist, Prison sex, H, anything off of Aenima. For A Perfect Circle try Passive, I really love Orestes, the Hollow, Weak and Powerless
The last album of tool is like a medidative composition all along, is a concept album build around the finity and mortality of everything. The previous album is very more like prog-metal. Lateralus is ... well, lateralus, aenima is awesome as well (with vocals OMG). Opiate and Undertow are filled with rage. A perfect circle also has many variations, from gotish to industrial. Now, the punchline, please check PUSCIFER, another side project, a mix of post-industrial, ambience rock and eletro-rock.
Peace :)
What instruments do you play Bryan? Seen a lot of musicians react to videos and then break down aspects of the music on their preferred instrument, sounds like something you could do to emphasise what you like and dislike about a song.
Trumpet, which won't have much overlap here with the rock/metal focus that I've found myself in. 😅 I have focused a bit more on that instrument when we checked out bands like Brass Against and the handful of times we looked at some marching band / DCI performances.
@@CriticalReactions Riverside - Egoist Hedonist, a prog rock/metal tune with a brass section, including, I assume, trumpets! Or anything by Big Big Train like Folklore or Winkie, both live version have a full brass section with them that just give the music that extra dimension :D
Big Big Train was a pleasure to listen to and I'm down for anything that's metal with a brass section. Which reminds me that I need to get around to more The Dear Hunter music! I'll definitely give that Riverside track a listen.
maynard has another side project called puscifer. also very good
Paz lenchantin,James Iha from The Smashing pumpkins ,Billy howerdal and Maynard James Keenan all singers.What a line up.
I hope one of Dan Briggs' projects gets featured this week! Trioscapes, ORBS, and Nova Collective are great, but my favourite might be his solo stuff, Nightmare Scenario.
Nova Collective was in the vote. It didn't finish top 2 but did well so it will have to be the random top half pick or Bryan's pick. Bryan has checked out Trioscapes and Orbs previously if you weren't aware. I'd love to see Nova Collective as it's my personal favorite of Dan's side projects though.
@@thewhorocks515 I am also looking forward to Bryan experiencing Nova Collective. Out of all Briggs' stuff, Nightmare Scenario may be the most intriguing to Bryan. I'd like him to hear the entirety of Beyond What Is Real, plus The Writhing End of the Suffering Sky. 👌🏻
@@Penz0id I totally forgot about Nightmare Scenario! I think I heard one song and forgot to check out more. I remember it being super interesting. Thanks for the reminder!
Tool's "Ticks & Leeches" vocals aren't subdued. . lol
Meh
Nice sir, saw APC in concert and it was very good 👍
I would check out Aenema, Sober or The Pot. Pneuma was not really a good showcase of Maynard as a vocalist
I would say Culling voices was a good clean maynard vocal performance off of tool's new album. Wings of marie had some nice singing too
SIDE PROJECTS WEEK??!!?!?! You have to check out the supergroup side project of Animals as Leaders, the Mars Volta, and Suicide Silence. It's like a groovy jazz fusion meets prog type thing. You will absolutely love it. Any track.
It's called T.R.A.M. and the one album is Lingua Franca.
Slipknot's singer, Corey Taylor also sings for STONE SOUR: "30/30-150"
"-149"
Holy shit, are you FROM Sarasota, FL? Cause I live there too and it's just really, really... really rare to see anyone from here lol.
Nay, though I am near-ish to there and visit once a year with the family. I needed a sunsuit for our trip two years ago and grabbed this one since I love the baby blue aganist the black color scheme. Pretty cool hearing about other Floridians checking out the channel though!
@@CriticalReactions Weeell, I am not a “true” Floridian though. I wasn’t born here. Not even in this country, though I am a legal citizen. But it is just so rare to hear that anyone outside of Sarasota actually knows about it, much less has been or lives/has lived there.
I am a "true" Floridian but I have no idea what gods decided I should be. Both of my parents were born and mostly raised in the north part of the US haha
" so good to see you, I missed you so much. So glad it's over, I've missed you so much. Came out to watch you play, why are you running away?"
It was there as a tool all along.
That is a pun and a double entendre. You are welcome.
My contributions for this week's theme (or just music to keep in mind for the future, since I missed the poll):
The Black Queen - Ice to Never th-cam.com/video/kj9-QKZVW54/w-d-xo.html or,
The End Where We Start th-cam.com/video/L7gqlB0FW8k/w-d-xo.html (Greg Puciato, from Dillinger Escape Plan)
The Creatures - Pluto Drive th-cam.com/video/qQk5J-bLEZ4/w-d-xo.html (Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie, from Siouxsie and the Banshees)
OSI - Memory Daydreams Lapses th-cam.com/video/ts5TST4Qg0w/w-d-xo.html or,
Guards th-cam.com/video/L2TvxE7h7ZY/w-d-xo.html (Kevin Moore (ex-Dream Theater, his main project is Chroma Key) & Jim Matheos of Fates Warning)
note- Guards also has Gavin Harrison, which you've covered during drum week!
I'll keep these my watch later and....uh....listen to them later :)
@@CriticalReactions Cheers. :) At the very least I think OSI will surprise you. They have the perfect mixture of metal, electronica and rock. They are (disappointingly) under the radar.
OSI makes me think of Venture Bros. so I might have to get around to them before the rest of those suggestions. :)
@@CriticalReactions Now I'm even more curious to see a reaction because I honestly wouldn't have made that connection. xD
Well.. Another Maynard side project is "Puscifer"
And as a taster, try "Conditions of my parole" - th-cam.com/video/7E-_J5WWkoc/w-d-xo.html
After which you need to check "The Remedy" - th-cam.com/video/HivxFBB87-Y/w-d-xo.html
Also A Perfect Circles "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish" is wort a listen - th-cam.com/video/UkHSmDxX1t4/w-d-xo.html
Such a beautiful bitterness!
And: Well chosen Charles!
The new album from TOOL, in my opinion. The vocals are missing. If you check out TOOL's early stuff. The vocals are there, all the way up to Lateralus album. 10000 days has some songs with strong vocals. But anything before that. Is exactly what your looking for, or asked about.
i love the way A Perfect circle reimagined "Imagine" :) So dark, phlegmatic, dramatic and atmospheric unlike the original version by Lennon
I loved both APC's Mer de Noms and Thirteenth Step when they came out. Both beautifully produced albums with some of the best, most drool-worthy guitar tones ever and lots of killer songs. Very different from Tool, far more alternative rock but an extremely richly textured take on the genre. Judith is an excellent song but I have several from them I like even better. Tool definitely has some vocal-centric track that show off Maynard's range and power. In fact, there's a rather infamous live version of Sober that many vocal coaches react to. For a studio track, The Pot and The Grudge are two of his best, and the former is also perhaps their grooviest, "funnest" song too. APC was never all that progressive. The closest you'll get is probably a song like The Package that has something of Tool's "slow burn build up to explosive climax," though even it's done with greater simplicity than most anything in Tool.
Listen to The Grudge by TOOL. You'll absolutely get all those things you talked about here.
You should maybe check out The Sound of Animals Fighting- you don’t need a witness. It was Anthony Green of Circa Survive side project way back in the day.
🖤 for Paz
Maynard recorded this 2o years ago, so yeah I would expect the vocals to be a little more powerful than something he recorded last year at 55 years old. APC was the brainchild of the guitarist Billy Howerdel who used to be the guitar tech for Tool. He approached Maynard with some songs and another great band was born. Try The Outsider Live on Leno for a great Maynard vocal performance. Anything Tool before Fear Inoculum has fire vocals as well. Maynard James Keenan doesn't scream anymore for obvious reasons.
"the pot" would be a great Tool song to react too. It's more recent ( and complex than "sober" or "AEnema" it's also shorter than most of the other recommendations from 10,000 days or Lateralus.
Tool is a highly dynamic band in terms of sound. Give them another shot on a different song from a different album. I’d suggest The Patient personally, since that’s the song that finally won me over to this band, but i’d also go for Undertow, Parabol/Parabola, or H.
The song is about his mothers stroke, and her belief in Christianity. Powerful song, definitely my favorite APC song (not saying much)
Vocal energy The Grudge or really any early Tool. Maynard is probably the best vocalist in rock. The new album with Pneuma comes at a time when he is trying to save as much range and power as possible (were all getting older). Grab anything from Aenima, Lateralus, 10,000 Days and you will hear the difference. The Grudge, The Patient, Jambi, 46&2. Or go back further to Sober. The live version will show you intensity, not just vocally but performance.
Jerry Cantrell's solo work is phenomenal. From Alice in Chains if you don't know who that is
I love APC, but I love Tool even more! Brian's gotta listen to more Tool guys. He's missing out on the most amazing music ever! I've made many requests for Tool. The Grudge, wings for Marie 1&2. HAS TO BE BOTH! I love his vocals on Parabola & Parabola, LOST KEYS /ROSETTA STONED!!! That one takes you on a journey. You gotta listen to more Tool. They are a deep, talented and complex band. Genius work they put out.
Tool: Parabola
Please react to the live version of Sober in 1993. Mind blowing performance and vocals by MJK. Must see!
Apparently you arent familiar with the song grudge by tool?
Can't say I've heard it. But I understand that Tool is a very deep rabbit hole and I'm sure there are tons of unique tracks out there by them.
To me, the music and the video are excellent!
I think Howerdel was Adam Jones' guitar tech way back
A Perfect Circle - The Package 😮
I'd love to see your reaction to The Offering by Sleep Token
I'd also love to know how else I can convince you to check them out :D
I've checked out Sleep Token twice and generally enjoy their music. I might end up looking at The Offering on my own time though.
@@CriticalReactions oh that's good to hear
Not entirely surprising either xD
Pneuma is much more instrumentally driven. If you want to hear impactful vocals, check out Tool’s first couple records
Have you done any tool?
Just Pnuema.
Also whenever you do special selections again, the renegade son by regarde les hommes tomber
PALMS- mission sunset. Chino Moreno from destines side project with much, much more instrumental depth/layering.
Can you be serious for a minute ??!?
Send me pls a live session where this guy is not singing off tune ...and not being drunk (such a disgrace )
Instrumental is good but nothing wow !!
If you are looking for an instrumental band you should dig further
Tool's latest album wasn't really a showcase for Maynard's vocal ability, it was more of a technical album for the band as a whole. In their earlier albums he really pushed his limits in some songs.
Yeah, age has a lot to do with it as well. He's said recently that too much screaming in his younger days has left his voice in a bad spot now. It's like listening to Robert Plant sing now and then being surprised when you go back and listen to an LZ album.
A sonic experience.
To speak on the vocals, comparing Tools latest in Pneuma to an album that came out almost 20 years ago in APC’s 13th Step is difficult to do. There’s a lot of things he can’t hit anymore.
This song is 20 years old, Pneuma barely a year, age plays a factor in Maynard’s more reserved modern style, he’s 56
Themata by karnivool - side project from the singer of birds of Tokyo
Karnivool is a side project!?
Hoju yeah
Fun fact, the drummer recorded this whole song in one take.... On the first take
Not my original comment about tool but you can sum them up by saying they have a lead drummer and a background singer. I thought that was pretty on point for the most part.
A perfect circle is def more rock than prog. A solid group of musicians throughout though.
Liquid tension experiment, side project of members of Dream Theater