In a recent interview on AV Club, George Clinton (not Bill) talks about all kinds of funky stuff, including Tool:
AVC: Who do you think will carry on the torch of funk?
GC: There’re no young bands. Most of us have been around a while, but most of the hip-hop and rappers have bands now that are really pretty funky. Eminem, even though we’ve known him for years, when he was 14 or 15, Mystikal–he was getting ready to be the shit. Then you got some funky groups like [Red Hot] Chili Peppers. Though they’re like some R&B acts: When you get a few hits, you end up on the pop side of it. They could easily flip it. They have that kind of mentality. Then you’ve got a lot of metal-punk bands that’re really, really funky. Tool and groups like that. That’s some funky shit. They be playing with time and like jazz, but it’s straight off the punk-rock scene.
Nice interview. In other news just at hand the AV Club also interviewed Maynard!
when has tool ever been considered punk? lol
its the one true interview!
punk? yea, I think he has his genres all mixed up. But I do agree with the JAZZ part. When he says tool is “FUNKY”, I think he listened to some songs off of 10,000 days such as Jambi and The Pot. I really get a funky vibe off of those two songs.
The Maynard interview is from 2006
[quote comment=””]The Maynard interview is from 2006[/quote]
Sorry, only Toolarmy members will really get that joke…
But a dog is a dog… is a dog  is a dog; unlike the wolf who made a widower of grandpa.
Yeah, Jambi has got a lot of funk. The grooves in that song make for one great boogie.
“Smell my finga!”
G.Clinton