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Tool

American metal band
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Summary

Tool is a musical group[1]. Tool ranks in the top 0.31% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,995 views/month, #63 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: progressive rock[3], progressive metal[4], art rock[5], psychedelic rock[6], alternative metal[7]
  • Record label: Volcano Entertainment[8]
  • Discography: Tool discography[9]
  • Commons category: Tool (band)[10]
  • Country of origin: United States[11]
  • Has part(s): Danny Carey[12], Adam Jones[13], Maynard James Keenan[14], Justin Chancellor[15]
  • Website account on: PureVolume[16]
  • Inception: January 1, 1990[17]
  • Location of formation: Los Angeles[18]
  • Official website: https://toolband.com/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tool (band)[20]
  • Email address: mailto:ta.membership.support@toolband.com[21]
  • Topic has template: Template:Tool (band)[22]
  • Official name: Tool[23]
  • Native label: Tool[24]
  • Different from: Toul[25]
  • Start of work period: 1990[26]
  • Member category: Category:Tool (band) members[27]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1990[30]

  • Genre(s): alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, electronic, metal, post-metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock[31]

  • Community tags: alternative metal, alternative rock, american, art rock, electronic, headphones, metal, post-metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 66fc5bf8-daa4-4241-b378-9bc9077939d2[33]

Why It Matters

Tool has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Tool is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Tool has been cited as an influence by Limp Bizkit[36], a musical group[37], founded in 1994[38]; Deftones[39], a rock band[40], founded in 1988[41]; and Nickelback[42], a rock band[43], founded in 1995[44].

FAQs

Who did Tool influence?

Tool has been cited as an influence by Limp Bizkit[36], Deftones[39], and Nickelback[42].

Related Entities

Danny Carey Limp Bizkit Los Angeles Maynard James Keenan United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . toolband.com. toolband.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Start of work period → +1990-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inception → +1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Genre → progressive rock, progressive metal, art rock +2
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