Them and a load other of those grunge era bands, (Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden) I used to listen to all that crap, but all I listen to now that's loosely related all that stuff is Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth.
The answer is the beatles and anyone who disagrees with me is wrong
metallica... kudai
Comus. Man, they're fucking overrated. "Oh you play guitar? Can you play us some Comus?" STFU.
10,000 Days is what fucked Tool for me.
ahhahahahah... i think you're right necropeth, it happens the same with me... everytime i play guitar i am always improvising, and when people ask me to play some fucking shit that they like, something "popular", or something they know... i say: fuck off... i'm playing