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  • can't say I like the vocal or drumming interpretation by this band for this song.....sorry.

  • i hate when bands cover tool, i have the urge to do it with my band but still.. it never sounds right. only tool can be tool.

  • More than anything with his voice..

    The timing seems off. Like, muddy.

  • none of you haters realise that ben has had various problems with his throat. he sounds much better usually.

  • AW HEWW NOO.. NOT TOOL!!! RATM WAS BAD BUT THIS!??!

  • he had respiratory problems most of this tour, including an infection. He sounds way different normally.

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  • Haters gonna hate

  • obviusly TooL is better...but its cool to hear other bands cover other bands..Stop taking it so serious..

  • This actually a good cover. no where near as good as the original of course, but still good.

  • Dear hipsters, Anyone can cover anything by anyone, regardless of whether or not you approve

  • @brendanc00k Do you even know what a hipster is? tard

  • @wonderwall135 Words can mean so many different things and in the grand scheme of things does it really even matter??

  • This video should be re-titled , "Elvis impersonator covers TOOL."

  • @paradoxicalparabola

    Yes, an evil intergalactic Elvis invading Earth under a supernatural geas demanding the eating of the brains of the members of the band Primus. Descending on the back of an impossibly large diamond-studded toilet through a wormhole above Area 51, unbeknownst to anyone except high ranking members of the military and, unfortunately, Les Claypool.

  • Tool can cover Led Zeppelin.

    No one can cover Tool.

    Except Tool.

  • Wow. They can't cover Tool, just stop.

  • hahaha...horrible

  • BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

  • just so no one tells me the definition of "cover" i know the style and so on and so forth, but his "style" is so fucking bad for this song

  • When it comes to Breaking Benjamin and Tool................Tool is lightyears ahead of them. Sorry, but it's the truth.

  • well...at least they have good music tastes.

  • @Meatsparkle no shit, I mean he sounds like a wounded goat pleading for help, I will give it one thing, the ways they do the instruments I can apreciate, thats about as generous as I can be..

  • It's good they cover the great bands !

  • NOBODY CAN REMAKE TOOL. TOOL WILL NEVER COVER ANY OF THIS HORRIBLE BULLSHIT. Like honestly...

  • rofl

  • Do these guys ever come up with anything Original? I always see them covering other people's shit HORRIBLY. The singer sounds like he's choking on water while he's singing.

  • @OriginalFroggyStyle I could never imagine Tool singing BB, imagine Maynard singing Give Me A Sign????? LOL

  • your right you shouldnt try to sound like the original! this sound good,compared to limp dick shit cover of opiate

  • Dude check out their other covers. The singer covers the songs VERY well.

  • Now damn, I would like Breaking Benjamin if their music wasn't shit and sounded like Tool, sorta.

  • good version kind of sounds like danzig or that guy from creed signing while doign a vibrato not bad im just so used to tool and mjk

    but i think this sounds good on its own

    nice

  • If I had anything to do with Tool I would find a way to file a lawsuit against this

  • chorus was good but tht was about it

  • vocals just dont get the quality that the music does,  maynard owns THIS one

  • LOOOOOOOOOL....they tried

  • why....

  • any shaggy haired motherfucker can pick up a guitar and pound out power chords and play some puddle of mud sounding shit... just because youve got sponsors and a les paul doesnt mean you should try playing music. stick to the bullshit pre-packaged product that you sell to high school students... dont try to satisfy us tool fans by butchering the hell out of it. cut that vocalists fucking balls off so he never sings again.

  • @creativevz And I thought I had issues. Jesus Christ you demented fuck.

  • @creativevz hey you. FUCK OFF you stupid simple minded fuck. you look up the definition of a COVER. Ben is an awesome vocalist you can't deny that and if by "bullshit pre-packaged product" your trying to make your choice of music better thats plain retarded. you sound fucking twelve years old, putting other people's choices down just for your personal gain. im not a fan boy of any band and i personally think tool sucks but im not gonna compair or contrast Bb and tool now am i? no. so stfu.

  • @creativevz Shaggy haired motherfucker? last time i checked ben wasn't shaggy haired or a mother fucking. and power-cords? BB doesn't play power-cords cause of their tuning. 2. BB sounds nothing like shitty puddle of mud  3'd ben plays PRS guitars so ha ;) and as for bullshit pre-packaged music. dude grow up you sound like 12 years old putting down a different band cause it's not exactly what you like. i personally think tool a load of shite but im not gonna rave on the internet.

  • well came here to see if they did Tool justice. was a good try but its nothing special.

  • stevie nicks sounding motherfucker, fourth time in.....this band sucks!

  • @bigbabypratt Breaking Benjamin is best f***ing band in history but i agree they should not do covers of other bands they have there own style they should just keep it to making there own songs but that means they cant make covers maybe they make one when there bored or something

  • ive often said that covers are open to the talents own interpretation but that doesnt make them good covers however it is pretty rad to know that there are other tool heads out there with talent good or bad thats your decision

  • After reading through the comments, I've decided that tool fans are kinda crazy.

  • @hundredand yes....yes we are

  • Breaking Benjamin is the only one that can cover Tool right.

  • Please, F*ck off all you Breaking Benjamin haters. Get your ass out of their videos, PLEASE! Just f*ckin' PLEASE!

  • hahahah his vocals suck ass billy goat style, along with the rest of it. this band should NEVER be able to attempt a tool song again

  • Well at least this is better than limp bizkit, by about 200 percent.

  • Without listening this is what we call auto-fail. At no point should anyone ever try to pretend they can cover Tool. When MJK wrote the Bible he clearly stated that no one should pretend they are Him - that is, God. This is blasphemy and they all will suffer a fate no one wishes on any man.

    Plus, they are cunts.

  • @miasma1616 wow, i can't belive i just read this comment. Bible-cunt, way to use those words in the same breath dick. and this is an admirable attempt at the song. BB is a tight group just because they screwed this up a bit, doesn't call for dissing. Listen to their cover of Godsmack's Whatever. They don't give a fuck about ur comments dude-dudette whoever-whatever you are.

  • Hmmm...it's ok. The singer was a bit late with the lyrics at the end and the drummer is medicore at best. Unfortunately a drummer can make or break a song and it very well may have happened here. His voice is low but I still think he can pull it off IF they practised more. Either way it's better than other stuff I've heard on here.

  • WTF why did BB cover this stupid song?

    LOL that goes for all you haters =P

    BB is the best!

  • @nesz719 yea don't hate on him if u hate him why yoo listening bitch

  • @nesz719 If your a 13yo fag.

  • @nesz719 Stupid song?? Are you retarded or just don't know beautiful music when you hear it? Is it the fact that the song isn't constantly at a up beat tempo?

  • hahaha ur "best band"  is one of the worst bands to someone who actually knows what the fuck they are talking about. he...he...he...he LEARN TO SWIM

  • Covers are called covers for a reason. It's breaking Benjamin version of the song it's not gonna be the same as the original so stop trolling coz ur jealous u can't sing at all and start praising bands. Srsly it's not hard

  • bullshit fucktards shouldn't be allowed to cover TOOL

  • AMEN!

  • singer cannot sing for shit,

  • breaking benjamin is the only band that can Actually pull off a tool song, and even then its not even that great, but the aenima cover was pretty sick

  • what the FUCK is this bullshit ... they totally ruined it.

  • imitating maynard should be a sin. this is awful

  • I love both bands, but he really can't get the Maynard vibe, but otherwise, I really like this

  • Wow, terrible, it doesn't suck that he sounds nothing like Maynard, it sucks because he sounds like complete shit.

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  • i dont like it

  • It isn't bad; just different.

  • Horrible! Some bands just shouldn't be covered.

  • yuck

  • Breaking Benjamin is a good band but if they would just lose the singer they'll be a great band. Really bad vocals here.. It actually made me laugh dude

  • this got me into tool

  • Damn they just raped that song.

  • props to 'em.... this is a damn good cover...... sounds rough like the opiate album.... all those vetting them against tool are morons anyway... covering a song is about their reinterpretation of that song...

  • The instruments have a nice garage feel to them. They don't sound that bad, but the singer sounds like fucking Mr. Ed

  • hahaha..

  • I've heard worse.

  • The only problem I have with this cover is the audio, and his voice at the very beginning. Besides that, this is a decent cover. Not as good as their Aenima cover, but a helluva lot better than Limp Bizkit's *attempt* at Opiate.

  • FUCKING HORRIBLE, serioulsy I wouldent look at somebody elses art and paint it, just the way I dont think bands like fucking breaking benjamin should cover music that is everhthing better and more artistic than anything they can ever be, its a big injustice in my mind, there not many bands out there who you can say have artistic value. Tool is one of very few

  • The best part about reading comments is everyone thinks they are a critic about what a band does, and how they cover a song, everyone is entitled to their opinions, but you don't have to like "diss" the cover jesus its their choice what they sing and record fuck off jeez

  • @TheOneWhoIsNotChosen it doesnt take a musician to tell a good cover from a bad one. and if the cover cant b as good as the original then y cover it? unless of course its a new band with ppl that cnt write their own music

  • I consider myself an obsessive Tool fan. Limp Dipshit's cover of Opiate was a tragedy and it should've ended with him being raped on stage. Or shot.

    This however is a damn good cover. Is it that hard to accept the fact that every singer has their own range and tone? If Ben tried to sound exactly like Maynard in every one of his own songs that would be retarded. But the band pulled off the song perfectly, and Ben did an incredible job using his own range.

    Don't be so damn dogmatic about it.

  • dogmatic huh i like that. i woulda said dont have such esoteric thoughts about a cover just enjoy it if its good. but bizkits cover of opiate was horrible to say the least.

  • too deep of a voice...

  • I must admit this. If I ever had to go to a Breaking Benjamen show it would probably suck balls. However even though I think this is a horrible interpretation of Tool's undertow I would be stoked to hear it. At least this band has good taste in music. Main problems, singer needs to use his own voice and drummer needs to learn some fucking technique and realize the song isn't in 4/4. It could be a lot better with those improvements and be something that puts their own elements into it.

  • this realy sucks it sounds like he is signing through a fan

  • lol so true

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  • i dont like it.

  • ppl quit dissing bb for tryin to pull this off. its a cover and for those of u who apperently dnt knw wat that is it is THEIR VERSION of the song.

    keep rocking BB

  • Not to down you, and I don't want to get in a war of opinions, but, I think Breaking Benjamin's version of Tool's song is horrible. They need to just stick with their own music.

  • im still stickin to my opinion man. and i dont wanna get in a war of opinions either so whatever. either way it doesnt really matter

  • like i said i dont want to get into some big argument so lets just drop it. i was just stating my opinion and you were just stating yours

  • There version fucking sucks because it destroys the structure of the song. Things become rushed because they are trying to play it like it is wrote in 4/4 time signature. That drummer has to be the shittiest drummer who has ever lived. This is blasphemy. I'm glad they enjoy good music but for this band who represents such a shitty cross section of rock at the moment is just insulting.

  • fucking horrible. so bad. just dreadful. grotesque. makes me sick to hear shit like this.

    don't try to cover Tool. it will not work.

  • At what point in their careers did they decide, 'Hey, let's see how many awe-inspiring bands we can taint with our good-awful SPUNK'?

  • dude its THEIR version of the song they weren't aiming to get it 100% there were doing it there own way and you should respect that they like tool enough to do a cover of one of their songs

    Rock On BB!!!

  • Sounds like a singing goat being raped. The music itself is pretty decent though, just get rid of goat-boy.

  • maybe if he didn't try to sound exactly like maynard this cover would be somewhat good

  • I think this is actually pretty tight. not easy at all to pull off, and this definitely had moments of aaaallgoodness. not saying the rest was shit either. not a bad job at all imo. and to those putting words in maynard's mouth.. baaa baaa baaaaa.

  • But I like the Toolversion much more.

  • holy shit this song cover sucks. FUCK!

  • You guys don't understand that when you cover a song you can add your own style to it and the vocals don't have to sound the same.

  • @AllYourFriendz they shouldn't sound the same! Thats why tool can only be covered good if the singer doesn't try to sound like Maynard, which is why this is a good cover.

  • everyone who is knocking ben burley is a moron, and i can comfortably say that as tool is hands down my favorite band ever; ben is probably doing 5x better (at least) than any of you punks (who are knocking his singing) could at tryin to sing like maynard.

  • WTF???? He sounds like he's fuckin constipated, this is disgusting, YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!Maynard is ashamed of you and doesnt want you to ever sing this again, FUCKFACE!!!!!!

  • Their cover of Aenema is much better than this.

  • jesus what the hell did tool ever do to them for these assholes to ruin their song like that??

  • fucking disgusting.

  • guitar is great....of course he doesnt sound like maynard...but come on, covers arent always all about sounding EXACTLY like the band you're covering....Maynard is probably almost impossible to replicate. But I thought it was pretty cool....Nothing like the real thing though ; )

  • Ofcourse the cover will never sound EXACTLY the same, but jesus. Don't get me wrong I like breaking benjamin, but, they need to stick to their own songs.

  • @mikelobdell913 who can sound like maynard anyways he's so good

  • @mikelobdell913 Couldn't agree more, besides doing a cover like this song! They could've picked any Tool song but they chose this one! It takes balls to do something like this.

  • better than limp bizkit, but he tried to hard to make his voice deep and all, i didnt enjoy this at all

  • I agree with RHunterGN. they also do that with Enjoy the Silence. But one cover they sound great in is Who Wants To Live Forever by Queen.

  • haha horrible vocals omg

  • yeah, it just doesn't seem to fit the song as well in parts. especially the beginning. it was kinda weird.

  • this aint all that great

  • I love Breaking Benjamin to death, but Maynard's voice is untouchable and like no other. No band should ever do a TOOL song because u just can't even come close to Maynard's voice...it's impossible.

  • the person who posts these videos REALLY needs to include the date these were recorded because its from 2001 before their first album was released (saturate 2002). this is BEFORE they had money for good equipment so thats why the guitars sound like shit. bens also playing a strat. i think if everyone knew this was from 01 they wouldnt be fucking bitching as much about the quality! BB has come a long way and its great to hear them before they got huge. bens pourig his heart into these early songs

  • Thanks for clearing this up. I wish that people would look into things before running their mouths. Pisses me off. Ben is a brilliant musician, as are his bandmates. I guess no ones Mom's taught them if they don't have anything nice to say then to shut their fucking mouths. lol

  • dude this vocalist is gay as hell

  • Well, I mean at least they picked one of there lesser known songs, and the instrumental isn't bad.

  • read deeper into the comments youll see many that state he doesnt sound like maynard...I love ALL of maynards music(although i cant stand his cynical too good ass) but i also love breaking benjamin and when you love a band you love to hear something new especially when it takes 3 years per album so although this isnt the greatest cover its still sweet to me...

  • Being a huge b.b. fan til death i say fuck all of you cuz i cant understand why you would expect them to sound like tool? if you want to hear someone sound like tool listen to a perfect circle...or better yet listen to tool!

  • yeah listen to perfect circle cause maynards in that band to

  • It's not that we wanted them to sound like TOOL it's that we wanted them to not suck, but i guess thats too much to ask from BB

  • Listen up. I am the HUGEST Breaking Benjamin fan, and I love Tool. And as is stated above, This is from 2001, before BB had money for equipment. It is still a good cover. The whole reasoning for commenting, is to say something nice, not slam people. Let's see you get up there and play this... Nevermind, I don't care to listen to shit.

  • the instruments are fine, the vocals are what are killing the song....so unless he got vocal surgery for better "equipment" I don't understand what you could be talking about.

  • I completely agree. And I am sick to death of coming on here to watch videos and people just running Breaking Benjamin into the ground. If you don't like em, don't watch them. Right? lol Benheads gotta stick together! lol

  • I didn't come here to slam Breaking Benjamin I came here expecting to hear a good cover of a great song, I thought they could pull it off but i was wrong.

  • Stop covering Tool!! you sound like a goat is being raped. (And yes i do know what that sounds like, j.k., but seriously, baaaaaah!!)

  • Shut up!!! stupit fannatic wannabe!

  • Just stop it already.....this is horrible.

    Tool is a phenomenal band, perhaps the best ever. They are my favorite of all-time that is for sure. I'm sure Maynard hates this.

    I've seen Breaking Benjamin live at Pointfest in St. Louis and the lead singer gives off this really weird "I'm a pedophile" vibe and constantly humps his guitar as he plays. I liked them much more before seeing them live, lol.

  • Um, I've seen Breaking Benjamin live like 13 times. Never once have I seen Ben hump a guitar. And as for the pedophile comment, that was just uncalled for.

  • lol i like how the drums suck worse then the vocals

  • He sounds like a damn goat. For all living things and their sake, quit covering good music.

  • Hahahaha!

  • poopy

  • i am a huge tool fan

    they are easily my favorite band

    and theother covers theyve done

    are horrible

    but this

    still being pretty bad

    is better than the others

  • their Aemia was better.

  • Ænema

    correct spelling

    option+shift+"=Æ

    jsun

    :)

  • ... and the plot thickens.

  • omg. suck suck suck, never try to cover tool songs!

  • This band took greatness and probably unitentionaly shit on it and themselves.

    He can barely sing his own songs live Andragon90

  • These guys cover too many great songs...badly. Enough of this aural vandalism.

  • I just wish Ben would've sung this in his OWN style of singing and not trying to sound like THE Maynard. Otherwise, pretty good. At least they listened to great music.

  • i think its a lot better then you people think it is. btw i love tool and have all their albums.

  • For christ sake, someone just shoot him. Even breaking benjamin fans have to agree this is a terrible cover.

  • This is sad. Breaking Benjamin need to be executed for attemting this. Watch Tool's performance of undertow in London.

  • why does every fucking singer from every fucking band nowadays try to sound like eddie vedder? and btw, anyone attempting to cover tool should be shot and killed

  • could someone make them stop covering tool, they are ruining them,

  • Makes me want to shove corroded batteries up my dirt star and dive in a baby pool of period blood and AIDS come while masturbating to pictures of prolapsed rectums.

  • .......... seek help..... please.

  • youre my hero.

  • wtf? this isnt even music. his voice is ear rape

  • Failed. Learn to Tool, please.

  • singer sucks

  • at points it almost sounds like type 0 negative doing an elvis take on a tool song :p

  • I can just see the kids in the seats asking "Is this from their new album?"

  • hahaha...sounds like elvis came back to life and murdered a tool song...seriously...why are they covering so many tool songs? I respect that they like them...and I'll give them a song to cover cause I've always wanted to cover a tool song as well...but don't do every damn song they have...especially since their singer can't even begin to match maynard...I know his style is different...but damn...talk about ripping off elvis hardcore

  • I have to respect BB for trying. xD But leave Tool to Tool. Perhaps they would have done better with A Perfect Circle? Same lead singer, but it's a differnt music. *shrug*

    I think BB should stick with their music, take a step farther away from Tool covers. x3

  • what the fuck made these people think they can cover tool? This fucking sucks. Leave tool up to maynard and the boys. You guys lost all of my respect. Can't you hear that you suck at covering tool???????

  • sounds like a high school band covering tool with the singer from creed.