You could be forgiven for never having heard of, much less ever listened to, Replicants, the Tool / Failure side project. The band released just one album, a covers collection featuring interpretations of songs by David Bowie, John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Gary Numan and more, and promptly dissolved without any fanfare. But thirty years on, it remains an interesting 'lost' curio for fans of its parent bands.
The connection between Tool and Failure dates back to 1992, when Failure supported Tool at some US west coast club shows on their Opiate tour.
"We would just make fun of them constantly and they did the
same," Failure frontman Ken Andrews recalled in a 1996 interview. "It was good."
