![]() ![]() ![]() Not thinking that way allows us to be purely creative. So we give it to the radio and they end up editing it themselves. Obviously, it's a bit challenging with the radio and stuff, because they wanna cut it down and give other things their fair amount of time, but we've never wanted that to restrict us. So, to us, there's never been an issue with a length of a song. It's almost like flying through space and suddenly you arrive at a planet. It creates a different kind of atmosphere full of surprises. WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE ADVANTAGES OF WORKING THAT WAY? So sometimes we just end up meandering around until we get to a place where it suddenly makes sense to drop this particular riff or piece into the song. Often we'll have a group of ideas that we've decided are gonna go together, and sometimes one of those ideas, we're convinced it should be in that group, but we don't know how to get to it, how to fit it in. That's a technique that people use, but I think we prefer to see where something goes and patiently follow the thread. You can be really good at making a pop song - you can have a hook and make it catchy. I'm a big Beethoven fan, and you'll struggle to find a three-minute song on any of his stuff. If you listen to classical music, it's more like that. I think that's an idea that's always appealed to us - to let something go where it wants to. YOU GUYS AREN'T STRANGERS TO LONGER SONGS, BUT DID YOU HAVE THE IDEA TO PUSH OR EXTEND THINGS AS FAR AS THEY COULD GO THIS TIME? You better call them back right now.' So I had to kind of crawl back with my tail between my legs and go, 'Actually, would you mind if I did come and try?'" But then my brother basically came over and just kicked my ass. "I made up some bullshit excuse like, 'I can't leave my dog,' or something like that. "I actually said no because I was terrified," he recalls with a laugh. The English musician was at his apartment in London when he got the call. Original bassist Paul D'Amour split in 1995, shortly before the recording of the group's landmark album Ænima, but the other members of Tool had been impressed by Chancellor's playing in Peach, the British art-metal band they'd just toured Europe with. You're just believing in what you've done and saying, 'This is what we did.' It's do or die."Ĭhancellor faced a similar situation nearly 25 years ago, when he was asked to audition to be Tool's new bass player. "So it was a little nerve-wracking but incredibly rewarding to be brave enough just to do that. "You're standing there with your trousers around your ankles the first time - at a festival in front of 40,000 people, playing a brand new song that's nine minutes long," he says. There he was, onstage in front of a massive audience, playing the new Tool song "Descending" for the first time. Justin Chancellor was hanging on for dear life. You can also grab the Tool issue and pre-order a limited-edition box set that includes four alternate covers via our webstore. Tool appear on the cover of Revolver's Aug/Sept issue, which is available on newsstands now. ![]()
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