there are 2 types of Tool fans, the sane ones who can appreciate other banRAB and other who are so up Maynard's butt they can't see anything else that he doesn't mention first.
i got the EVILEST look by suggesting that the band had been influenced by Led Zeppelin from one of the latter type of fans once hahaha. no no no, Tool is pure originality, there are no others that compare. they emerged fully formed from the sheer will of the Maynard, born of a vacuum, devoid of past influences, the epitome of heavy music, the only band that truly gets it.