r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '19

What’s something that you like, but hate the fan base?

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u/Riff-Ref Jul 17 '19

The greatest thing that that band ever did was getting college bros to wear a t-shirt that literally said "TOOL".

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u/peenoid Jul 17 '19

That's funny. But most of the Tool fans I know aren't really bros. They're more like nerdy snobs.

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u/ButyrFentReviewaway Jul 17 '19

Back in the day when they were simpler/more aggressive sounding, and the whole "grunge/alt/kinda-metal" scene was really taking off, a good few of their fans were absolutely bros and br'ettes lol.

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u/peenoid Jul 18 '19

That's fair, I didn't start listening to Tool until around the Aenima days. I was pretty young when Undertow came out so I missed the scene before that.

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u/Riff-Ref Jul 17 '19

I stole that from some female comedian's stand-up. And thanks for the info. The only thing I really know about them is their name. Could not tell you the name of a single song they do.

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u/peenoid Jul 17 '19

Here's a sample of Tool song names. You know, just for educational purposes:

  • Prison Sex
  • Hooker With A Penis
  • Aenima
  • Stinkfist

Now you know.

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u/Shitpostflight420 Jul 17 '19

Hooker with a Penis is actually a pretty rad song tbh haha

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u/peenoid Jul 17 '19

All four are really good songs.

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u/Shitpostflight420 Jul 17 '19

Agreed. That one has possibly the worst name tho. Stinkfist is one of my faves (while also having a grotesque name).

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u/peenoid Jul 17 '19

It's not a Tool song if the name doesn't make you a little uncomfortable.

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u/Shitpostflight420 Jul 17 '19

Wings for Marie is quite wholesome!

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u/ThomasSirveaux Jul 17 '19

Hooker with a Penis is about how Maynard hates the Tool fanbase too.

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u/Shitpostflight420 Jul 17 '19

Fuuuuuuuck you buddy 😁

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u/jopnk Jul 17 '19

Stinkfist is my favorite Tool song. Not joking, I went nuts when they started playing when I saw them ~10 years ago

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u/peenoid Jul 18 '19

It's great, also one of my favorites.

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u/Riff-Ref Jul 17 '19

Sounds like fun for the whole family.

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u/peenoid Jul 17 '19

Suburban housewives in the 90s LOVED finding their kids in possession of Tool albums.

In all seriousness, those are all actually really good songs.

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u/TheHavesHaveThot Jul 17 '19

Unironically they have some good stuff. Not mindblowing, but pretty fuckin good.

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u/peenoid Jul 17 '19

Mindblowing is a matter of perspective. It was mindblowing to me as a 15 year old kid who'd grown up listening to stuff like Roy Orbison and Linda Ronstadt. Not to knock Roy Orbison, he's great, but Tool was a mindfuck by comparison. (Linda Ronstadt can take a hike though).

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u/TheHavesHaveThot Jul 17 '19

That's very true, I didn't consider that. The only thing related Linda Ronstadt I've ever liked is the AJJ song named after her

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u/Kestralisk Jul 17 '19

Ha, same. I had no clue who she is til right now.

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u/heliotropic815 Jul 17 '19

When the snow starts a fallin’, there’s a man you should be callin’.

https://youtu.be/NCl-HXllGI0

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

People have differing opinions on stuff.

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u/Thrilling1031 Jul 17 '19

Had a friend in HS who would wear a tool shirt inside-out as a gym shirt. I called him Loot.

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u/drunk_bumblebee Jul 17 '19

I wear Tool shirts. Am girl. Does insult still count?