1991
A Lotus, A Prophet, A Beginning

Notes on Year:
Everything has to have a beginning. Out of the hair-metal saturated, pre-grunge mainstream "rock" of the 1980's emerged a band without borders, pretense or categorical crucifixion of it's musical style. From the first gigs at the Green Jello Loft (remember "Three Little Pigs"?), Tool's early performances are surprisingly polished but yet with an underlying layer of raw, moving and paradigm-attacking aggressiveness that was both intense + melodic in the subtleties, textures & feelings evoked. In 1991, the band attained a record deal, recorded an album & the lead singer was able to leave his job at Hell's Pizza. Adam was able to focus his creative talents not on special effects such as in Terminator 2 where he did effects but no the overall visual image of the band.
Notes on live recordings/sources:
All recordings on this site are sourced from CD, cassette or DVD/VHS. The recordings found on this site are not sourced from FLAC, SHN, APE, etc.  or sourced from downloadable video files. All recordings have as much legitimate source & lineage history as possible. CU.org does have information pertaining to download sizes of sources. You can not download any complete recording on this site; only 1 minute (or less)  MP3 samples are provided to give the collector a reference for the source. This entire website is for referential & archival use only & in no way is to be used for commercial gain of any kind. 

Definitive Recordings:
xx.xx.91 - Los Angeles, CA, USA @ Unknown Studio (demo) (CD)
12.31.91 - Los Angeles, CA, USA @ The Jello Loft (CD)