Quote Originally Posted by Plug Drugs View Post
I think Tool's "image" (in the way you define it) is completely skewed and it doesn't reflect their music very well. When I first listened to Tool, I thought they were a bunch of "heavy rock" bozos who were just trying to sound bad ass intentionally.
Then as they grew on me, I started listening to the music a little more closely and started thinking "holy shit, these guys have talent that not many other bands have". There is a deeper philosophical mindset hidden in Tool's music that doesn't show up at all in the band's image. They put on an image only secondary, "because they have to", because its expected of a rock band, hence why Danny wears a sports jersey on stage despite their music being the complete opposite of "jock music".
If they were all about the music you wouldn't know their names. They want to be celebrities. There's nothing wrong with that.


if I were trying to act way too cool to be a rock star I would have thought of something cooler than a sport's jersey
Hardcore drinking the kool-aid on this one