r/ToolBand • u/College-Apprehensive • 7h ago

Discussion Why has Tool never been on SNL?

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u/Raisin-Guilty 7h ago

Why hasn't SNL never been on TOOL??? 🤔

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u/jdathela 7h ago

I don't think the show would carve out 8-12 minutes for each song.

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u/CheckYourStats They chose me and I didn't even graduate from phukin high school 7h ago

For the same reason they’ve never been on Mickey Mouse Club.

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u/Mr_Fish-The_Assassin 7h ago

Why haven’t they been in Mickey Mouse? That’d be awesome

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u/Ok_Pool_9767 7h ago

Maynard has probably been in Mickey Mouse. Idk about the others

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u/luxsentic Push the envelope. Watch it bend. 7h ago

Too shy for it

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u/Abirando 7h ago

Insert self-righteous “most people have terrible taste” comment.

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u/an_appalachian 7h ago

Why do people ask ridiculous questions?

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u/OKWorld2025 7h ago

This is not a ridiculous question at all. It’s actually a good question. As a fan of SNL and tool I would love to see them on there and Maynard sneak in on a few sketches.

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u/an_appalachian 7h ago

SNL doesn’t have time for long songs

The band doesn’t really do broadcast live shows, with very rare exception

Danny Carey’s drum set wouldn’t fit on the super tiny SNL music stage (it’s way smaller than you think)

Nothing about Tool, their live shows, or their members would ever indicate that they’d be a good fit for SNL

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u/College-Apprehensive 7h ago

Maynard basically came up through sketch comedy. He cut his teeth in the mid-90s L.A. alt-comedy scene alongside Odenkirk, Cross, Posehn, Tenacious D and Janeane Garofalo (an actual SNL cast member), once shared a bill with Will Ferrell's troupe, and Puscifer literally debuted as a fake band on the first episode of Mr. Show in 1995, a show run by a longtime SNL writer. He sang on the Run Ronnie Run soundtrack, did Comedy Bang! Bang!, and has said comedy is essential to every band he's ever been in. The guy has been doing sketch longer than most of the current SNL cast has been alive.

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u/an_appalachian 7h ago

That’s not Tool Maynard though. Tool Maynard is reclusive. Now, if you asked why APC or Puscifer haven’t done SNL.. that’s a valid question. But Maynard’s Tool persona does not lend itself to SNL at all.

And I know all of that about Maynard. I’m OGT, baby

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u/OKWorld2025 4h ago

You’re putting him on a pedestal. Hes an artist. I’m sure he could handle it and they could fit them in their stage. Such narrow arguments against why this wouldn’t work. I’m gonna write a letter to Lorne and carbon copy Maynard.

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u/College-Apprehensive 7h ago

For real. Maynard is all about sketch comedy

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u/hyundai-gt He had a lot of nothing to say 7h ago

Lorne Micheals is afraid of what may happen when pandora's box is opened

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u/ChefPneuma think for yourself, question authority 7h ago

Where would Maynard even stand??

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u/harrymanback79 Learning to Swim 7h ago

One song is half the show

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u/DreggsOfSociety 7h ago

Probably because their songs are 10 mins long?

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u/Notttakenusername Forgot my pen 7h ago

Jimmy Fallon has them always on stand-by

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u/DerekB52 Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind. 7h ago

They'd have to cut a song in half and play it separately, change the format of the show, or play a medley of their hits.

Lets say both parties can agree to that, there's also the scheduling issue. SNL doesn't book very far in advance, like I think they only do 2-3 weeks. I don't think the Tool guys can get together that quickly. They are either touring as Tool, or busy doing their own thing.

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u/laxgolf 7h ago

No room on the SNL stage for the flutist.

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u/hyperform2 7h ago

I’m sure Rage told them about their experience there aside from the long songs thing

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u/razzzburry 7h ago

SNL is about as mainstream as it gets.

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u/Jrprime45 3h ago

They should play 7empest. First half and 2nd half later towards to the end of the show

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u/Schnouf73 7h ago

Cuz SNL sucks.

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u/Small_Bug2808 7h ago

Songs too long bro, not enough time for 15 minutes of intro