Tool: Salival

When I heard Tool was making a box set back in 2000 I was psyched. They are my favorite band and I needed a fixing since their new CD wasnt due out for almost another year. The videos are among the best ever made and its a shame that too sensitive mommys and daddys got them pulled from MTV. They are dark, brooding, but incredible. The CD rocks as well. Great live tunes and covers that made this box set so worth it. The only other box set that I feel lives up to this is Metallica's Live Shit set. It gave you the most for your money. If youre into Tool and do not have this set yet, do yourself a favor and buy it now. Get the DVD version because there is a music video on that that is not on the VHS edition.

There isn't anything by tool that I don't like and if you have only heard a song once or only seen a video once; listen or watch again. each time you experience this band it gets better and better. I love a lot of bands very much but very few bands have been able to make me feel as if music had a physical texture that I could feel. From rhythm blending between instrument to unimaginable time signatures in this style of music, It just make me want to proclaim my love for this band from the roof tops. I know it is a little off topic considering I'm not addressing the actual title "salival" which I own but that is because my point to all of this is that the band used the box set to really give there fans something that they knew they would love. The live push it track is one of the most amazing live songs I have ever heard and then I was even blessed enough to hear that version in person. I was ear banged by TOOL and I wanted more. You know you have something special when a concert is so amazing that it feels surreal. The reason I am writing this kind of review is because TOOL actually changed my life from how I interact with the world to how I perceive it. I really feel like if I had never found this band that I would not be the person I am today. So, If you are some one out there who doesn't feel much emotion when you listen to TOOL or watch their videos; listen or watch again. It will pull you in like an undertow. I am a more confident person because of this band. Thank you TOOL.

With the possible exception of their first, "Hush", all of Tool's subsequent videos have raised the bar for artistic direction and creative visualization in the dwindling genre of music videos. This purchase is highly recommended for Tool fans, regardless of whether or not they've seen these videos before. Besides an aggravating DVD interface (which is to be expected from the likes of the band), the only down point of this video/CD set is that it no longer includes all of the band's videos, but they can be downloaded via the internet.

Surprisingly beautiful images arise from this collection of otherwise macabre videos. Recommended.

This video was a great reminder about why fans of Tool love them. I am one of them, and I have been one for some time (opium years), and never before have I felt a great appreciation for their art as a whole than when they released this collection of works. Sure the VHS owners (like myself) don't get to see the B&W film for an early song, but it still works my mind into a frenzy on how they came up with some of those images. Stinkfist and Prison Sex are two of my favorite, which I'm glad to have on there, and who care's if they keep releasing new videos that can't be on there? I love Schism and all, but this is about the evolution of the whole thing...you get the total experience of what their minds are like collectively, which is a great refreshment from modern-day metal and rock personalities all over.

Well, this review will be ridiculously biased due to the fact that I love Tool and believe that they can do no wrong. All their videos have unbelievable visuals and editing that would make Tim Burton and David Fincher giddy as schoolgirls. Adam Jones is the director and genius behind the videos, and it's no wonder he worked on big budget movies like Terminator 2 and Predator 2. The songs are wonderful of course, and the CD you get along with it is some of the best stuff I've ever heard. Their version of "No Quarter" by Led Zeppelin is goosebump inducing, and the live tracks are incredible. **** 10 outta 10 A+ 2 Thumbs Up!