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^ 'Tool Chart History (Alternative Airplay)'.^ The Right Tool for a Video Job from the New York Daily News January 19, 1997.^ Loraine Gennaro (FebruaryвЂ“March 1997).Nu-Metal: The Next Generation of Rock and Punk. 'The 10 Best Alternative Metal Singles of the 1990s'.

Stinkfist 10', Picture Disc, Promo Released: The video was ranked at number six in a feature on Scuzz of viewer's top 50 music videos of all time, and number one in its list of the 'Top 10 Most F*cked Up Videos'. When introducing the video, video jockey Kennedy would also sniff her clenched fist dramatically before saying 'Track #1'. While he said 'if you don't know the name of the song, go out and buy the album,' he was waving his fist in front of his face. Matt Pinfield, the host of 120 Minutes, responded on air to the lot of email complaints received from fans by saying there was nothing he could do about it. MTV reasoned that 'Stinkfist' was too offensive for public consumption. The video achieved heavy rotation on MTV, although it was shown only with the title 'Track #1' instead of 'Stinkfist'. However, this song is their attempt at making a very aggressive and heavy song. I refuse to say that Tool has particularly weak songs (Lateralus is a flawless album from the Grudge to Faaip de Oiad). At least one reviewer compared the visuals to the works of H. Album Rating: 5.0 'Without a doubt, this is the weakest track on the entire album. Towards the end of the video, the main male character is seen from the back which reveals a tumor-like life form growing from his left shoulder.

#Tool aenima album last track vi skin#

At one point in the video one of the main characters is seen shaving and peeling off the sand skin revealing another layer of skin covered with tattoo-like designs covering the entire body. Another race of mutants has entrails that are plugged into a wall. They suck on tubes and swallow nails and wires that apparently hurt them and are ejected from their bodies, after which they are put into the jars and treasured. It focuses on two members, one male and one female, of a race of sand people. The video begins with a shot of an empty jar, electrical currents and a television screen covered in dust with the album cover 'Smoke Box' appearing on it. The music video for 'Stinkfist' was created with stop-motion animation techniques, and was directed by the band's guitarist Adam Jones (who had previous experience in art direction and animation). Keenan would introduce the song during the Г†nima tour as 'about choosing compassion over fear'. Instead, fist fucking is a metaphor for the real cause of ailment. Keenan said the use of the words 'stink' and 'fist' and the resulting perception of ' fist fucking' is actually symbolic in dealing with a friend of drummer Danny Carey who 'isn't afraid of getting his hands dirty' rather than a 'write-off' of the sexual term. The track has also been remixed by Skinny Puppy.

#Tool aenima album last track vi tv#

The song title, the lyrics and the perceived subject matter caused changes to be made to the originally released version by TV and radio programmers, who also shortened the track.