“He will go down as one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. I can bring him a bass riff in seven-and-a-half and he’ll be right on it”: Justin Chancellor explains how bass fits into Tool’s challenging brand of prog

Tool Bassist Justin Chancellor with a 1963 Fender Precision Bass.

Some bands write music that is catchy, other bands write music that is intellectually challenging, but very few manage to successfully combine the two. Tool is one of that elite.

With their uncompromising blend of stop-start syncopation, brain-melting guitar riffs and formidable time signatures, singer Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones, bassist Justin Chancellor and drummer Danny Carey are among the most accomplished progressive rock musicians in the modern era.