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leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical, and you will come to find, that we are all one mind, and capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable...
sorry, got carried away there. It's my 2nd favourite song of all time, behind Pushit (especially the live version on Salival) and ahead of Third Eye.
Tool do have a habit of dragging out a song as far as it can go, like Ticks and Leeches, and then some more, but that's one of the main reasons I love them so much.
I first got into Tool in 95 when someone gave me a tape that had King for a day... on one side and Undertow on the other. Neither album fit completely on the tape, but I was into both those bands from that moment on. I copied the tape, and I still have it to this day. It hangs around in my car and on my desk at work.
When Aenima first came out, I can't say i got into it straight away. I was only 16, and a big Nirvana fan, so they were a little inaccessible for me. I didn't even get into Stinkfist for some strange reason. I'm glad, though, because i was able to get into it properly when I became more musically mature. This didn't really happen 'til I was 19 or 20.
As for Soundgarden, they were never really a grunge band. They were more of a metal band that just happened to come from Seattle, and put out a rather brilliant and successful album the same year as Ten and Nevermind came out. I thought DOTUS was rather underrated, too. I can listen to it from start to finish and enjoy pretty much every song, especially Pretty Noose, Overfloater, and Boot Camp. The latter is probably a tad too short though. It would be better if it lasted longer.
Aah, well, nothing lasts forever, eh?
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