Released December 21, 1991 Length 22:49 72826
(1991) Opiate
(1992) Release date 21 December 1991 | Recorded Spring/Summer 1991 Label Toolshed Music Artist Tool Producer Tool | |
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Genres Alternative metal, Alternative rock Similar Tool albums, Alternative metal albums | ||
72826 is a demo tape by American rock band Tool. It was released in 1991 in very limited quantities of 1500. Originally passed out at gigs and for sale through the mail for a fee of $5. Tool were rumoured to have pressed these themselves. However, they were actually made in New Jersey by a company called Richman Brothers. It is also referred to by the name Toolshed, or Tool.
Contents
There has been some speculations made about the name, some noting that '72826' spells 'Satan' on a telephone keypad. In fact when this demo cassette was made, Tool did not have '72826' in mind. Only when they hired Richman Brothers they were told they needed a label number for warehousing purposes. Maynard James Keenan had the idea to use '72826' because he knew it spelled 'SATAN' on a telephone keypad.
Album information
72826 was recorded between August 28 and September 5, 1991, in Tool's rehearsal room by band friend and former Minor Threat bassist Steve Hansgen on his Fostex 280 4-track and the band's DAT recorder. Further recording and mixing was done at Steve's home studio in North Hollywood, CA.
72826 features early versions of songs that reappeared in their later releases: from Opiate "Cold and Ugly", "Hush", "Part of Me" and "Jerk-Off", and from Undertow "Crawl Away" and "Sober". Also recorded at this session was an early version of the song "Maynard's Dick" which is the only song recorded in standard tuning, and was later re-recorded and included on the band's archival release Salival.
Track listing
All of the tracks were written and composed by Tool.
72826 features six tracks. Two of them, "Cold and Ugly" and "Jerk-Off", were never released as studio recordings outside this demo. Instead, they were re-recorded live at the Jello Loft on New Year's Eve 1991. The live recordings were featured on the band's next EP, Opiate.
Personnel
Songs
1Cold and Ugly3:47
2Hush2:38
3Part of Me2:57