The ultimate Toolgasm

15 May 2020

A Toolgasm is a place in a Tool song or album where the listener achieves maximum listening pleasure. ― Urban Dictionary

Whenever I hear Tool playing, I still think back to the Tool show last summer at Rock Werchter. Specifically the whispering of Maynard ("hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey...") kicking off the show with Ænema, followed by a supercrisp guitar intro and very impressive lightning effects. The video below shows the start of that show.

That was a quite an impressive gig, probably the most impressive live performance I've ever seen (together with Pearl Jam in 2007 and Neil Young in 2008). Personally, I would classify the start of that show as a Toolgasm ?

I though it would be cool to share my personal Toolgasm top 5:

  1. Stinkfist (4:18)
  2. Right In Two (6:43)
  3. 7empest (14:15)
  4. Descending (7:07)
  5. Culling Voices (6:50)

Those last 3 songs are from the latest Tool album "Fear Inoculum", which is definitely worth a listen.

Caution: the links above will jump you straight to Toolgasm! For the best experience, listen to the songs from start to finish off course ?