Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Mumakore ekuma1980, nhengo imwe neimwe yeTool yakatamira kuLos Angeles. Vaviri Paul D'Amour naAdam Jones vaida kupinda muindasitiri yemamuvhi, nepo Maynard James Keenan akawana basa rekugadzirisazve zvitoro zvezvipfuyo mushure mekunge adzidza hunyanzvi hwekuona muMichigan. Danny Carey naKeenan vakaita basa reGreen Jellÿ, uye Carey akaridza naCarole King uye Pigmy Love Circus.Keenan naJones vakasangana kuburikidza neshamwari yakabatana muna 1989. Pashure pokunge Keenan aridza tepi yaJones yebasa rake rekare reboka, Jones akafadzwa zvikuru nenzwi rake zvokuti pakupedzisira akakurudzira shamwari yake kuumba boka ravo. Vakatanga kuridza pamwe chete uye vakanga vachitsvaka muridzi wedhiramu nomuridzi webass. Carey akaitika kuti anogara pamusoro peKeenan uye akaiswa kuna Jones naTom Morello, shamwari yekare yechikoro chesekondari yaJones uye aimbova nhengo yeElectric Sheep. Carey akatanga kuridza muzvirongwa zvavo nokuti "akavanzwira tsitsi", sezvo vamwe vaimbi vakakokwa vakanga vasingauyi. Kugadzirwa kwechiridzwa kwakapedzwa apo shamwari yaJones yakavazivisa kune bassist D'Amour. Pakutanga, boka racho rakagadzira nhau yokuti rakaumbwa nemhaka youzivi hwekunyepedzera "lachrymology". Kunyange zvazvo "lachrymology" yakataurwawo sekufemerwa kwezita reboka racho, Keenan akazotsanangura vavariro dzavo zvakasiyana: "Chishandiso ndicho chaicho chinonzwika: Iyo hombe hombe. Chinhu chinokosha.... isu tiri... chishandiso chako; tishandise sechinhu chinokurudzira mukuita kwako kuti uzive chero chaunoda kuziva, kana chero chauri kuedza kuzadzisa. "Mushure memakore angangoita maviri ekudzidzira nekuita munharaunda yeLos Angeles, bhendi rakaswededzwa nemakambani ekurekodha, uye pakupedzisira rakasaina chibvumirano chekurekodha neZoo Entertainment. Muna March 1992, Zoo yakabudisa basa rokutanga rebhendi, Opiate. Yakarondedzerwa neboka se "slam uye bang" mimhanzi inorema uye "inonzwika zvakanyanya" nziyo nhanhatu dzavakange vanyora kusvika panguva iyoyo, iyo EP yaisanganisira ma singles "Hush" uye "Opiate". Vhidhiyo yokutanga yenziyo yeboka racho, "Hush", yakasimudzira maonero avo akasiyana pamusoro pevaimbova vakakurumbira Parents Music...  Mubvunzo: Chii chakazova mugumisiro wokurekodhwa kwatepi?
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