Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I nga tau 1980, ko nga mema o muri mai o Tool i neke ki Los Angeles. I hiahia a Paul D'Amour raua ko Adam Jones ki te uru atu ki te umanga kiriata, i te wa i kitea ai e Maynard James Keenan te mahi whakahou i nga toa kararehe i muri i tana ako i nga toi whakairoiro i Michigan. I mahi a Danny Carey raua ko Keenan mo Green Jellÿ, a i purei a Carey me Carole King me Pigmy Love Circus. I tutaki a Keenan raua ko Jones na tetahi hoa i te tau 1989. Whai muri i te whakatangitangi a Keenan i tetahi riipene riipene mo Jones mo tana kaupapa roopu o mua, i tino miharo a Jones ki tona reo i te mutunga ka korero ia ki tana hoa ki te whakatuu i ta raatau ake roopu. Ka tīmata rātau ki te whakatangi tahi, ā, ka rapu rātau i tētahi kaiwaiata puoro me tētahi kaiwaiata pahi. I noho a Carey ki runga ake i a Keenan, a, i whakauruhia ia ki a Jones e Tom Morello, he hoa tawhito o te kura tuarua o Jones me te mema o mua o Electric Sheep. I tiimata a Carey ki te purei i roto i a raatau huihuinga na te mea "i ahua pouri ia ki a raatau", na te mea kaore i tae mai etahi atu kaiwaiata i karangahia. I oti te rarangi o nga taputapu i te wa i whakauruhia ai e tetahi hoa o Jones ki te kaiwaiata D'Amour. I te timatanga, i hangaia e te roopu te korero i hangaia e ratou na te whakaaro "lachrymology". Ahakoa i whakahuatia hoki te "lachrymology" hei whakaaweawe mo te ingoa o te roopu, i whakamarama a Keenan i o raatau hiahia i muri mai: "Ko te taputapu he rite tonu ki te ahua: He nui te peke. He ki.... ko matou... to taputapu; whakamahia matou hei kaiwhakangungu i roto i to tukanga ki te rapu i nga mea katoa e hiahia ana koe ki te rapu, ki nga mea katoa ranei e ngana ana koe ki te whakatutuki. "Whai muri i te tata ki te rua tau o te mahi me te mahi i te rohe o Los Angeles, i whakatata atu te roopu ki nga kamupene rekoata, a ka hainahia he kirimana rekoata me Zoo Entertainment. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1992, i tukuna e Zoo te mahi tuatahi a te roopu, Opiate. I whakaahuatia e te roopu hei "slam and bang" puoro taumaha me te "tino tino uaua" e ono nga waiata i tuhia e ratou ki taua waa, kei roto i te EP nga takitahi "Hush" me "Opiate". Ko te riipene puoro tuatahi a te roopu, "Hush", i whakatairanga i o raatau tirohanga rereke mo te Waiata Matua rongonui o tera wa...  Pātai: He aha te mutunga o te rīpene?
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