Tool -v- A Perfect Circle

Fuhrio

Who is the better band, the classic Tool, or A perfect Circle?

phreak

i like both bands alot but Tool are better imo.

PiE

About 2-3 weeks ago I'd have agreed with you about Tool being better but APC's new album has really grown on me since then, so now I'm not so sure...

Both feckin' good bands whatever way you look at it.

phreak

Originally posted by PiE
About 2-3 weeks ago I'd have agreed with you about Tool being better but APC's new album has really grown on me since then, so now I'm not so sure...

Both feckin' good bands whatever way you look at it.

haven't heard the new one. i'll have to borrow it off you.

Deadwing

Having heard stuff by both bands id have to go for APC. I think tool tend to write a handful of really good songs, a lot of filler, and cobble it together with a few "weird" bits and call it an album. And undertow is just a bad album, full stop. Ive enjoyed both APC albums tho, the new ones excellent.

jonhate

Tool i'd have to say....tbh ... I love APC as well though...There new album is really good, it takes a while to grow on you.

But two quality bands!

Sajan

I find it really strange that these bands get compared a lot. I have to say. That in my opinion, the similarities between these two bands starts and stops with Maynard James Keenan. I see the two as two completely different types of music. lyrically and musically they are at other ends of the creative spectrum.
But to answer the question. Tool by far. And I cant see A Perfect Circle lasting beyond this album.

quank

lol. it is true that both bands are basically different in the music scene. they are both great bands though. I would have to say Tool, better imo:ninja:

jonhate

The reason they get compared is cause Maynard is in both as Sajan said....

The bands are poles apart........ Its just Maynard is common link between both so people need the feeling to compare.

kano476

tool.

j0e9o

can a father love any one of his children more than the other??

mr_angry

They're very difficult to compare really - they play totally different styles of music. I'd say Tool are better at what they do though.

Mind you, before the second APC album, I would have voted for them easily. I thought "Thirteenth Step" was very disappointing. I voted for Tool now though.

quank

oh btw
does anybody know what "Mers de Noms" means? lol:ninja:

j0e9o

Originally posted by Deadwing
Having heard stuff by both bands id have to go for APC. I think tool tend to write a handful of really good songs, a lot of filler, and cobble it together with a few "weird" bits and call it an album. And undertow is just a bad album, full stop. Ive enjoyed both APC albums tho, the new ones excellent.

i know what u mean about the tool songs but think of it this way a good tool song is like a truffle so rare but once found it is like greatness in one single object where as the apc songs are like a slap up meal very nice the whole way thru but nothing quite as special as a truffle

colincarnate

I just wish that Tool songs would go on for a nice 3 minutes and not a boring 10-20 minutes, so i prefer Perfect becuase they're less boring.

Sajan

Sea of names. Thats what The Album means

quank

thnx sajan;)

Fuhrio

Its good that tool songs are long, most bands cd's are only 40 to 50 minutes long if even that, but tools are 80 minutes, so count urself lucky:)

DMT

The singer in Tool is better than the one in APC*.



Answer:
Tool



* :eek:

quank

...........
i dont get it....

mr_angry

niallith

tool r much better jus som of there songs r amazin like lateralus
ticks and leeches etc etc

Fuhrio

Tis true, but apc have some amazong songs too

Töpher

As MJK himself says, APC is Tool for your little sister. Now if I had a little sister, who listened to APC I'd think she was great, lol! Both are jaw-droppingly amazing, but Tool will hold it for me!

niallith

tool r brilliant live too seen them at ozzfest in punchestown however long that was aint seen perfec circle

Töpher

as amazing a gig as that was (OPIATE *dr00ls*) the SFX gig was even better! I was there VERY early, met justin and danny, missed maynard, and adam jones, being the *artiste* he is, told me and a few mates to **** off and that he didnt have time for us. nice chap. still a god tho!

j0e9o

Originally posted by niallith
tool r brilliant live too seen them at ozzfest in punchestown however long that was aint seen perfec circle

Had my maths GCSE the day sfter that so was unable to got RIPPIN!!

trilo

Tool are good ya. but a perfect circle now fantastic.

nesthead

Tool. no contest.

CrazyTalk

Originally posted by niallith
tool r brilliant live too seen them at ozzfest in punchestown however long that was aint seen perfec circle

u lucky prick...............:eek:

trilo

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hey crazytalk

went to ozzfest too in ounchestown... i think it was last year or the year before... i cant remember either...

system of a down were absolutely class... what a fantastic day it waws... would love to do it again.

CrazyTalk

and who be u exactly?
i actually quoted the wrong guy back there
i meant to quote the guy who met the members of tool(the lucky prick)
oh well
they all rule:D

thehomosuperior

Hmmmm...methinks Tool are far more innovative and are more substantial. Alot of APC sounds like poor imitations of Tool with a more commerical slant (eg Judith, Weak and Powerless) whilst other tunes veer from Billy Corgan-inspired goth puke (Magdelena) to nice, twee mush (3 Libras).

In summation, APC are too close imo to "moderate rawk" (said in Kurt Cobain-esque fashion) to be remotely the equals of Tool.
(That said, I ain't heard the new album yet...)

mr_angry

Funnily enough, had it been based just on APC's "Mer De Noms", I would have voted for them hands down. I love Judith, Magdelena, and 3 Libras. The new album totally put me off though.

Töpher

Heh, prick be me!
But what bugged the hell out of me was the fact that I found out a month later (when Blair issued newsletter on site) that they'd stayed in a hotel thats a 2 mins walk from my house! Arg! And some fan from dublin "apparently" spent the nite hanging out with em, and "apparently" instead of all the occult ****e he expected they played yahtzee all night.

I say "apparently" cuz noone knows when Blair's making it up or actually being serious!

AdMMM

No doubt about it, Tool!

Fuhrio

Well, it is true, aenima and lateralus would beat thirteenth step and mers de noms any day.

metalish

I've seen both bands live, Tool playing at Ozzfest last year & A Perfect Circle in London 2 years ago. Tool are amazing there's no other band like them , their live set is fantastic & music is very creative and just pure brillance.

razorfeather

2 of my all time favourite bandas they're both ****ing amazing. but overall i think tool are better. lateralus is possibly my favourite cd. and Mers de Noms is absolutely amazing... Three Libras is sooooo amazing the lyrics r just wowza....


omg what fantastic bands.

phreak

Originally posted by Phreak
i like both bands alot but Tool are better imo.

after getting my hands on the new APC album i'm gonna stick with my original opinion... APC are great but Tool are still better.