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  Img Capt Tool performing live in 2006 Visible from left to right are: Adam Jones, Maynard James Keenan and Justin Chancellor
  Background group_or_band
  Origin Los Angeles , California , United States
  Genre <!--READ "#GENRE ALLUSIONS" BEFORE CHANGING GENRES--> Alternative Metal <br> Art Rock <br> Progressive Rock <br> Progressive Metal
  Years Active 1990–Present
  Associated Acts A Perfect Circle <br> Green Jellÿ <br> Peach <br> Pigmy Love Circus <br> Puscifer <br> Rage Against The Machine <br> Tapeworm
  Label Zoo Entertainment <br> Volcano II <br>Tool Dissectional
  URL Toolbandcom
  Current Members Danny Carey <br> Justin Chancellor <br> Maynard James Keenan <br> Adam Jones
  Past Members Paul D'Amour


Tool is an American Rock Band , formed during 1990 in Los Angeles , California , that consists of drummer Danny Carey , bassist Justin Chancellor , guitarist Adam Jones , and vocalist Maynard James Keenan .

Emerging with a Heavy Metal sound on their first release, when the genre was dominated by Thrash Metal , they were later seen at the top of the Alternative Metal movement with the release of their second full-length studio album '' Ænima '' in 1996. After an ongoing evolution of their sound and continuous efforts to unify musical experimentation, visual arts, and a message of personal evolution on '' Lateralus '' (2001), their most recent album '' 10,000 Days '' (2006), as well as respective tours, they are generally described as a style-transgressing act and part of Progressive and Art Rock .


HISTORY


Early years (1990–1992)

During the 1980s, the future members of Tool had all moved to Los Angeles. Both Paul D'Amour and Adam Jones wanted to enter the film industry, while Maynard James Keenan studied arts and later worked applying spatial design concepts to remodeling pet stores. Danny Carey performed as a drummer for Green Jellÿ ,4 was a studio drummer for Carole King , and played around Los Angeles with Pigmy Love Circus .5