Enok from Toolarmy messaged me today to tell me about a Tool book he found on Amazon. Entitled Unleashed: The Story of Tool, the blurb tells us:
Tool are the Pink Floyd of the 21st Century. Far more than just a metal band, the California – based quartet of master – musicians – Maynard James Keenan, Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor and Adam Jones – have taken the concept of heavy music and completely redefined it. The intricate complex music which they make shouldn’t be successful in today’s culture of bland, corporate entertainment, and yet Tool have been the recipients of three Grammy awards and a shelfload of gold and platinum discs. Their rise to glory has been one of the stranger tales of our time, and Joel McIver’s new biography – the first Tool book ever written – delves into the mystery behind the music. McIver discusses the band members’ early lives and pre-fame occupations, the introduction of the bandmembers to each other, their videos, EPs and tours and it features hundreds of interviews.
Sounds like an unauthorised biography to me. Anyone own this and care to comment on it’s quality?
Lol. My girlfriend knows I like tool so she bought me this unauthorized CD biography called ‘Maximum Tool’ for my birthday.
I was expecting it to be shit and my god it was.
It was basically an hour of this woman reading random Tool facts off wikipedia and other websites, occasionally throwing in a short quotation from maynard off youtube every now and again. Nothing that the average fan wouldn’t know.
Very dull, having someone trying to explain something that you already understand.
Lets just say I wont be getting any more unauthorized tool biographies for quite a while.
[quote comment=””]Lol. My girlfriend knows I like tool so she bought me this unauthorized CD biography called ‘Maximum Tool’ for my birthday. I was expecting it to be shit and my god it was. It was basically an hour of this woman reading random Tool facts off wikipedia and other websites, occasionally throwing in a short quotation from maynard off youtube every now and again. Nothing that the average fan wouldn’t know. Very dull, having someone trying to explain something that you already understand. Lets just say I wont be getting any more unauthorized tool biographies for quite a while.[/quote] lol. i have… Read more »