Tool - The Ultimate Review - Full Documentary - Plus, a 2012 Live Show in Full

Tool has been one of the most innovative hard rock/art metal bands in the last 20 years. This documentary looks at the history of the band and their origins in the LA "hair metal" scene that revolved around Motley Crue and Guns and Roses.

Besides the raw emotion of their first full album, Undertow (1993), one of the things that grabbed my attention was the use of Brothers Quay style story-telling (created by Adam Jones) in videos for that album. The Brothers Quay are certainly among my favorite film-makers.

Here is the video for "Sober" from the album Undertow:


Tool have also had an on-going collaboration with visual artist Alex Grey, another intriguing artist.

 

Included after the documentary is a bonus live concert from 2012.

Tool - The Ultimate Review - Full Documentary (2008)

Published on Aug 24, 2012

The entire Ultimate Review documentary on one of the greatest bands of the last twenty years, Tool. Features samples and videos of some of Tool's defining songs as well as interviews with people that know and worked with the band well and the band members themselves. A must see for a Tool fan. Made in 2008.

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But wait . . . there's more!

Tool ~ Live 2012/01/31 [HD DVD - Full/Uncut Concert] @ Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT

Published on Jan 18, 2013

Tool concert. Performed Live @ Uncasville, CT, 01/31/2012. Physical Video Information: 1080 HD Quality/1:41:18 Minutes.

Documentary - Such Hawks Such Hounds

This is cool - some of this is music I had long ago forgotten about and some of it is music I have never even heard of, which is always a pleasure. The film features conversations with the following people, many of who I have never heard of:

Mario Lalli, Eddie Glass, Tom Davies, Greg Anderson, Stephen McCarthy , Geof O'Keefe, Al Cisneros, Chris Hakius, Lori S., Joey Osbourne, Mark Arm, Isaiah Mitchell, Scott Wino Weinrich, Mario Rubalcaba, Mike Eginton, Joe Preston, Scott Reeder, Tony Tornay, Larry Lalli, Brant Bjork, Matt Pike, Ethan Miller, Noel Von Harmonson, Ian Christe, Joe Carducci, Tony Presedo, Laurel Stearns, Chris Kosnik, Bob Pantella, Finn Ryan, Michael Gibbons, Jenny McGee, Billy Anderson, Arik Roper, Randy Huth, Josh Martin, Jason Simon, Steve Kille, Nicky Emmert, Stephen O'Malley, John Gibbons, Isobel Sollenberger

The official site is at Such Hawks Such Hounds. Enjoy!

Such Hawks Such Hounds (2008)

Such Hawks Such Hounds explores the music and musicians of the American hard rock underground circa 1970-2007, focusing on the psychedelic and ’70s proto-metal-derived styles that have in recent years formed a rich body of unclassifiable sounds.

This is a great documentary film by John Srebalus about heavy music of USA. Music , interviews, live and some of the heavy metal, stoner, doom and drone legends from 1970 till now. More than one hour of great music, historic point of views, attitude and great people.

Such Hawks, Such Hounds is a testament to the vitality of rock music. Relying only marginally on nostalgia, it says that at any point in history, the music being made is as worthy of attention as that of times past. It’s an introduction to an under-heralded sub-genre and a realization of its cinematic possibilities.

Watch the full documentary now