The consequent 2001 Jubilee Tour featured largely the classics, alongside “Hungry” from Navarro’s Trust No One and “Happy Birthday Jubilee” from Song Yet to Be Sung . Fans were told to expect a “Sexual Psycho Circus… half-naked, penny rafters, guitar solos, and tribal drums…” Indeed, during ‘ Classic Girl ‘,…
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Later in 2001, numerous hip-hop artists including P. Diddy , Timbaland , Bubba Sparxxx , and Everlast remixed famous songs from the band into hip-hop versions, adding their own styles and modifications. The album was called New Old Songs .
The band took a break during the first part of 2001 before heading to a beachside mansion in Malibu, California , to record their follow-up album, which would later become known as Morning View .
In January 2001, Tool announced a new album, Systema Encéphale , along with a 12-song track list containing titles such as “Riverchrist”, “Numbereft”, “Encephatalis”, “Musick”, and “Coeliacus”. File-sharing networks such as Napster were flooded with bogus files bearing the titles’ names. A month later, the band revealed that the new…
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During a party in 2001, the band recorded a live Christmas album, A Very Arcade Xmas , which they are rumoured to have hand-distributed to their friends as a Christmas gift.
Thayil contributed guitar tracks to Steve Fisk ‘s 2001 album, 999 Levels of Undo
They toured as part of the Kerrang tour in 2001 alongside Sunna and Hell is For Heroes , followed by their first UK wide headline tour later on in the year. In 2003, the band retreated to the Linford Manor recording studio in Great Linford , Milton Keynes , England,…
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The group embarked on a European and American tour as the opening act for Godsmack and Deftones , and were a part of the Family Values 2001 tour , alongside Linkin Park , Stone Temple Pilots , and Staind .
Their third album, Risen (2001), was released via Everfine Records, an independent label created to release and promote the band’s music. It was produced by John Alagia . It debuted at 11th on the Billboard top internet sales chart and 66th on Billboard’s “Hot New Artists”.
The band also launched an independent tour to support the album in 2001.