Although we loathe being censored, we want your money we still want you to hear our music, so we took it out. It came to our attention recently that many stores across our fine and open minded nation would not stock Undertow because of our explicit artwork. This version of the album included a note from the band: The band reacted by releasing another version, which depicted a giant barcode on a white background. Photos in the liner notes of a nude obese woman, a nude thin man, and the band members with pins in the sides of their heads generated controversy, resulting in the album being removed from stores such as Kmart and Walmart. The album art was designed by Adam Jones. Since the incident, Tool has been approached by other bands claiming to have seen the shotgun holes left by them in the carpark wall. Apparently the woman running the studio was happy as long as they cleaned up the mess afterwards. Adam Jones recalls a story in which the band purchased two second-hand pianos with the intention of blasting them with shotguns in the indoor parking lot of Grand Master Studio and putting the resulting sounds to tape. Hicks's presence would feature prominently on Tool's next album, Ænima.Ĭhris Haskett, then with the Rollins Band, is credited in the liner notes with "sledge hammer", probably relating to the "three pianos and shotguns smashed with sledgehammers" on "Disgustipated".
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Undertow was Tool's only full album release with original bassist Paul D'Amour.Ĭomedian Bill Hicks is noted as "inspiration" in the liner notes, and Undertow is the only Tool album released while he was still alive. AllMusic saw the album's success in the "striking, haunting visuals that complemented the album's nihilistic yet wistful mood." Īs of 2020, Undertow has sold over three million copies in the United States, and is certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. It was released at a time when grunge was at the height of its popularity, and pop punk was slowly beginning to gather mainstream attention. This is their only album to feature original bassist Paul D'Amour.Īccording to AllMusic, Undertow helped heavy metal music remain prominent as a mainstream musical style, and allowed several later bands to break through to the mainstream. The album includes some tracks the band decided to not release on their debut EP Opiate. Produced by the band and Sylvia Massy, it was recorded from October to December 1992 at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys and Grandmaster Recorders in Hollywood. They're two sides of the same coin which cannot exist without the other.Undertow is the debut studio album by American rock band Tool, released on April 6, 1993, by Zoo Entertainment. My reason for this is that without those bad things and people, there would be no reason to write suck beautiful music like this, and if you think about it with no bad there would be no good. Most people would disagree with me when I say that I would keep everything that is bad about life in life. I think that for not taking a warning seriously, Maynard feels no sympathy for the people who are getting sucked in. Dancing in quicksand just signifies how you may be enjoying yourself in life but you don't realize you're digging yourself into a problem, even after being warned.
The thickness of the bog would probably be everything that is complicated in life, also showing how it would be easy to get lost in and of course there being no return. "no one even invited you in you still stumble in." This shows how the ignorant people in life are still born though uninvited. The "bog" being life, is easy to get lost in. I feel as though this song could be related to life. 'Cause you're a dumbass, belligerent fucker 'Cause you're a stupid, belligerent fucker I hope it sucks, I hope it suck, I hope it suck downĪnd you still stumble and suffocate, suffocate I hope it sucks, I hope it suck, I hope it suck When you're a stupid, dumb ass, belligerent fucker This bog is thick and easy to get lost in Why don't you watch where you're stumbling? Why don't you watch where you're wandering?
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