Tool credits the grunge scene for their success

Tool may be one of the most recognizable names on the rock scene today, but that wasn't always the case. The band began on the west coast in the early '90s, but it took the success of Seattle's grunge scene to make Tool the international success that it is today.

We asked drummer Danny Carey what it was like breaking big at the same time as Nirvana and Rage Against The Machine: "It was a feeling of excitement just among all the bands and in the clubs that we knew that it was happening. People were just losing their minds and there was a great camaraderie going on between all of us too. You know, the friendships I formed in those days, say you know with Rage Against The Machine, they're still flourishing strong. I don't know, we felt like it was us against the world at that time and that bond that we had has never gone away."

Tool is currently in the middle of a massive European tour. They have tentatively set mid-March as the starting point of a North American tour.

Tool will be headlining the annual Big Day Out festival tour of Australia and New Zealand, beginning January 19th. The group will be joined by the Killers, Muse, My Chemical Romance and Jet on the two-week-long trek.
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