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** "Rosetta Stoned" was one of the top 10 most-played songs in concert after the release of ''10,000 Days'' in 2006, but has only been played four times since 2009 and not at all since the release of ''Fear Inoculum'' in 2019. The distorted, rapid-fire, almost stream-of-consciousness lyrics plus ''seven'' changes in [[UncommonTime time signature]] and inclusion of unconventional percussion instruments make it one of the most challenging songs in the catalogue for each band member, likely contributing to its decline in performances.
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** "Rosetta Stoned" was one of the top 10 most-played songs in concert after the release of ''10,000 Days'' in 2006, but has only been played four times since from 2009 to 2023, when the track was resurrected for the band's Fall 2023 and not at all since the release of ''Fear Inoculum'' in 2019.Winter 2024 tours. The distorted, rapid-fire, almost stream-of-consciousness lyrics plus ''seven'' changes in [[UncommonTime time signature]] and inclusion of unconventional percussion instruments make it one of the most challenging songs in the catalogue for each band member, likely contributing to its decline in performances.
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* RarelyPerformedSong: "Ticks & Leeches" from ''Lateralus'' features a ''lot'' of screaming, and its recording actually wrecked Maynard's voice for a couple of weeks. As a result, they very rarely play it live, and on the occasions that it is played, heavy electronic effects are added over Maynard's voice so he can sing it relatively normally but maintain its intensity.
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** "Ticks & Leeches" from ''Lateralus'' features a ''lot'' of screaming, and its recording actually wrecked Maynard's voice for a couple of weeks. As a result, they very rarely play it live, and on the occasions that it is played, heavy electronic effects are added over Maynard's voice so he can sing it relatively normally but maintain itsintensity.intensity.
** "Rosetta Stoned" was one of the top 10 most-played songs in concert after the release of ''10,000 Days'' in 2006, but has only been played four times since 2009 and not at all since the release of ''Fear Inoculum'' in 2019. The distorted, rapid-fire, almost stream-of-consciousness lyrics plus ''seven'' changes in [[UncommonTime time signature]] and inclusion of unconventional percussion instruments make it one of the most challenging songs in the catalogue for each band member, likely contributing to its decline in performances.
** "Ticks & Leeches" from ''Lateralus'' features a ''lot'' of screaming, and its recording actually wrecked Maynard's voice for a couple of weeks. As a result, they very rarely play it live, and on the occasions that it is played, heavy electronic effects are added over Maynard's voice so he can sing it relatively normally but maintain its
** "Rosetta Stoned" was one of the top 10 most-played songs in concert after the release of ''10,000 Days'' in 2006, but has only been played four times since 2009 and not at all since the release of ''Fear Inoculum'' in 2019. The distorted, rapid-fire, almost stream-of-consciousness lyrics plus ''seven'' changes in [[UncommonTime time signature]] and inclusion of unconventional percussion instruments make it one of the most challenging songs in the catalogue for each band member, likely contributing to its decline in performances.
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* ReclusiveArtist: The band rarely make public appearances outside of live performances, Maynard in particular because he hates how famous musicians are deified and also because he's not particularly comfortable with fame to begin with. This has, among other things, resulted in him chasing stalkers off his property with paintball guns.
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* ReclusiveArtist: The band rarely make public appearances outside of live performances, Maynard in particular because he hates how famous musicians are deified and also because he's not particularly comfortable with fame to begin with. This has, among other things, resulted He takes this so far that in him chasing stalkers off his property with paintball guns.later tours, he tends to perform while standing at the back of the stage, silhouetted against a video screen.
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* TyopOnTheCover: The dust jacket cover for the CD release of ''Lateralus'' which carries the track list spells the title track as "Lateralis". Unfortunately it's not a clever subversion of expectations, it's just a typo.
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* TyopOnTheCover: The dust jacket cover for the CD release of ''Lateralus'' which carries the track list spells the title track as "Lateralis". Unfortunately it's not a clever subversion of expectations, expectations (like "[=Æ=]nema" from ''[=Æ=]nima''), it's just a typo.
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** Maynard was rather candid about the reason that "Maynard's Dick" is a hidden track on their live album ''Salival'' is because it's not good enough to get a real album release.
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** Maynard was rather candid about the reason that "Maynard's Dick" is a hidden track on their live album box set ''Salival'' is because it's not good enough to get a real album release.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Neither the 72826 EP, nor the Salival box set have been released on streaming services when the band put their studio albums and Opiate EP in commemoration of ''Fear Inoculum''.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Neither the 72826 EP, ''72826'' demo nor the Salival ''Salival'' box set have been released on streaming services when the band put their studio albums and Opiate ''Opiate'' EP in commemoration of ''Fear Inoculum''.
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* TheWalrusWasPaul: This is a fundamental tenet of the band's output, and one of the main reasons why they don't release lyrics with the albums.
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** After Maynard blew out his voice recording "Ticks and Leeches", he said that he would never perform it live. Since then, it ''has'' been played a few times, using heavy vocal effects that keep Maynard from having to strain his voice with the actual screams.
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** After Maynard blew out his voice recording "Ticks and & Leeches", he said that he would never perform it live. Since then, it ''has'' been [[RarelyPerformedSong played a few times, times]], using heavy vocal effects that keep Maynard from having to strain his voice with the actual screams.
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* RarelyPerformedSong: "Ticks & Leeches" from ''Lateralus'' features a ''lot'' of screaming, and its recording actually wrecked Maynard's voice for a couple of weeks. As a result, they very rarely play it live, and on the occasions that it is played, heavy electronic effects are added over Maynard's voice so he can sing it relatively normally but maintain its intensity.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "Hooker With a Penis" was obviously written before the age of online file sharing. There's no guarantee that any fan of a musical artist has ever paid a dime to listen to their music.
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* TyopOnTheCover: The dust jacket cover for the CD release of ''Lateralus'' which carries the track list spells the title track as "Lateralis". Unfortunately it's not a clever subversion of expectations, it's just a typo.
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* HeAlsoDid: Adam Jones worked with visual effects in movies such as ''Film/GhostbustersII'', ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'', ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' and ''Film/JurassicPark1993'', an expertise he also employed in Tool's music videos.
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* FanNickname: Danny Carey is called "The Octopus" by some fans because of his awe-inspiring ability to play a different rhythm with each limb simultaneously.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to a 2013 interview with Keenan [[http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_416_-_maynard_james_keenan on Marc Maron's podcast]], he had befriended Creator/BillHicks in 1993. If not for Hicks's subsequent cancer diagnosis and eventual death, Hicks might've toured with Tool.
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* FanNickname: Danny Carey is called "The Octopus" by some fans because of his awe-inspiring ability to play a different rhythm with each limb simultaneously.
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* ReclusiveArtist: The band rarely make public appearances outside of live performances, Maynard in particular because he hates how famous musicians are deified and also because he's not particularly comfortable with fame to begin with. This has, among other things, resulted in him chasing stalkers off his property [[CrazyAwesome with paintball guns]].
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* ReclusiveArtist: The band rarely make public appearances outside of live performances, Maynard in particular because he hates how famous musicians are deified and also because he's not particularly comfortable with fame to begin with. This has, among other things, resulted in him chasing stalkers off his property [[CrazyAwesome with paintball guns]].guns.
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* DenialOfDigitalDistribution: The band initially resisted releasing their catalogue to streaming services, although in 2017 they were reported to be considering it, and finally did release their albums digitally in August 2019, just before the debut of ''Fear Inoculum''.
