Tool scared the shit out of me in the 90"s. Had lots of friends who loved them,but they just didn't impress me at all. When Laterals came out in 2000, I had a buddy who forced me to listen to that album from begining to end and it literally changed my appreciation for music altogether. You may, or may not like them, but you can't deny that Laterals may be the cleanest, and most slickest produced albums ever recorded. Every sound was just sonic perfection.