A lokacin 1980s, kowane daga cikin mambobin nan gaba na Tool ya koma Los Angeles. Dukansu Paul D'Amour da Adam Jones sun so su shiga masana'antar fim, yayin da Maynard James Keenan ya sami aikin gyaran kantin sayar da dabbobi bayan ya yi karatun zane-zane a Michigan. Danny Carey da Keenan sun yi wa Green Jellÿ, kuma Carey ya yi wasa tare da Carole King da Pigmy Love Circus.Keenan da Jones sun hadu ne ta hanyar aboki na juna a shekarar 1989. Bayan Keenan ya buga wa Jones wani rikodin rikodi na aikinsa na baya, Jones ya burge shi da muryarsa wanda daga bisani ya yi magana da abokinsa don kafa ƙungiyarsu. Sun fara yin wasa tare kuma suna neman dan wasan drummer da bass.
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