Hi, I've been listing to Tool's album Aenima(Anima or something) recently and in particular trying listening to Justin Chancellor. I find his tone very good but is his playing that amazing? He seems to just follow the guitarist rather than do anything that intertwines harmonizes etc. What are some of your favourite lines by him on Aenima?

Thanks

IMO, with Justin it really isn't about complicated licks, it's about complicated rythms. The stuff he and the drummer come up with is crazy. There was an intersting article about Justin in Bass Player Mag a few months back.

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Forty Six and Two is one of my favorite basslines ever.

Check out Third Eye, H., and Hooker with a Penis.

But really, I think you should see them live, then reevaluate that question.

Justin is actually one of my bigger influences (I tend to play a lot of odd time signatures and meters). The complexity of the notes is there, there's a lot of multi-string plucking in many of his bass lines, as well as the random 7/4 to a 12/8 time signature change while hitting all of his notes with insane precision. On top of that, he's almost as accurate as a clock.

Anywho, what do you guys think of him, especially since he was the guitarist for Peach before he was the bassist in tool?

Anywho, what do you guys think of him, especially since he was the guitarist for Peach before he was the bassist in tool?

Nope...Justin - Bass, Ben Durling - Guitar

Ah, ok, I had incorrect information then. But that's nothing new.:hyper:

Giving Birth To A Stone is a great record. I haven't had a chance to check out Suns Of The Tundra's new record, though.

SOTT is more or less Peach 2.0

I find his tone very good but is his playing that amazing? He seems to just follow the guitarist rather than do anything that intertwines harmonizes etc.

You have just told me that you do not listen to nearly enough Tool.

Go out, and listen to more Tool. Start learning to play a lot of Tool songs on bass, you'll see.

Peach are: Justin Chancellor (bass/vocal), Ben Durling (guitar), Rob Havis (drums) and Simon Oaks? (guitar/vocal)

Suns of the Tundra are really awesome. A newer, revamped version of Peach. Very heavy and ethereal. You'd like it.

Justin is a great bass player. Paul was the ****, too. Aenima was split between Paul and Justin. I also think, for that reason among others, it's their best.

Forty Six and Two is one of my favorite basslines ever.

Check out Third Eye, H., and Hooker with a Penis.

But really, I think you should see them live, then reevaluate that question.
G13. Wait, Paul's not listed in the liner notes!

True. Surprising, considering he was with them when they wrote "Pushit," "Stinkfist," "Eulogy," and "Ænema." (Paul's omission makes me feel better that I wasn't listed either... hehe.)


i went and looked it up because it was bothering me i stand correcting myself those are the lines paul wrote myself i always preferred the basslines on stinkfist and eulogy :o

46@2 is prob the best bass line by him IMO

46@2 is prob the best bass line by him IMO

I think lots of awesome stuff from him on aenima,... H., pushit, aenima, third eye,... most of his best contributions actually come in on lateralus and 10,000 days in my opinion,... quite a few songs on lateralus and 10,000 days he lays down a bass line that follows basic drum beat then layers another bass line on top that compliments the whole band and meets back with the drum beat in the new bar,...
this also makes for excellent listening when hearing a song for the xxxxth time I STILL find things new,...

he pretty much convinced me to play bass :D

Tool does not write their music to be "awesome basslines" "or killer guitar licks", they are written to be whole complete peices of music, all things feeding off of each other.

That said, he does have some awesome sounding licks, but Tools main thing is the song, not the bassline...or guitarline, or whatever. If its good for the song for the bass so be doing such and such, then by golly it will be that way.

If we're going to extend this past AEnima, I'd say Intension from 10,000 Days.

Sounds easy, isn't easy.