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MovingPictures07 
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Joined: January 09 2008
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 Posted: October 03 2008 at 15:52 |
This poll is SOOOO easy for me.  The Mars Volta.
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Zargus
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Posted: October 03 2008 at 17:45 |
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Love both 2 of my favorite modern bands, but i will have to give my vote to Mars Volta, cant realy explain why but they have a litle edge over tool. i gues its caus tools music can get a bit too depresing at times.
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Hercules
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Posted: October 03 2008 at 17:54 |
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Tool are perfectly OK, though nothing special. The Mars Volta are just awful - if it was a choice of sticking a lit stick of dynamite down the front of my pants or listening to any of their albums again I would have to think hard.
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A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
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el böthy
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Joined: April 27 2005
Location: Argentina
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Posted: October 03 2008 at 22:07 |
Why not make it an album v album thing instead of comparing their whole cathalog? Undertow vs De loused - De loused wins! Aenima vs Frances the mute - Frances the mute wins! Lateralus vs Amputechture - LATERALUS BY FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!! 10,000 days vs Bedlam in Goliath - 10,000 days wins! So... for me it´s not possible to vote 
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Dim
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Joined: April 17 2007
Location: Austin TX
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Posted: October 03 2008 at 23:52 |
Tool easily...
THe mars volta makes just too much noise, while Tool makes almost perfect noise.
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TalmLikeABalm
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Joined: August 25 2007
Location: United States
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Posted: October 04 2008 at 02:55 |
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I enjoy them both very much but i definitely have to go with tool. While TMV occasionally bores me Tool is always amazing. They havn't disappointed me yet.
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toolcreamsmyjeans
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Posted: June 25 2009 at 00:28 |
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From what I've heard of TMV they suck hard but I might be misjudging Tool is the first band I fell in love with so they get my vote.
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Spiral out
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Stooge
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Joined: April 09 2009
Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: June 25 2009 at 11:07 |
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I only just bought TMV's first album yesterday (my first of theirs), so I cannot vote. Tool will be hard to topple, eventhough I liked De-loused.
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SaltyJon
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Posted: June 25 2009 at 14:32 |
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I voted Tool, mainly on the strength of the last album by each. Bedlam kind of gets on my nerves at times, and 10,000 Days doesn't.
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Raff
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Posted: June 25 2009 at 14:55 |
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What I heard from Tool didn't rock my world, while I fell in love with TMV the first time I heard them. So, my vote is really a no-brainer - though this doesn't mean that I think Tool are bad.
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jammun
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Joined: July 14 2007
Location: United States
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Posted: June 25 2009 at 19:08 |
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Hmm, I voted and posted a response but it's gone now. Second time that occurred yesterday. I think I voted for Tool, but it's somewhat possible I voted for TMV. Only the ether knows at this point.
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Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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JLocke
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Joined: November 18 2007
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Posted: June 25 2009 at 19:13 |
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Well, three of Tool's four records are masterpieces, and one-and-a-half of TMV's albums are even halfway decent.
Gotta be Tool.
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keiser willhelm
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Location: United States
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Posted: June 25 2009 at 19:59 |
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meh, hard to chose. the only album by either of these bands i still listen to with any sort of regularity is deloused which is a 5 star album so that give TMV points.
on the other hand, if you go album to album i think tool wins. tools best vs. mars volta's best matches up like this.
deloused vs. laturalus. oh man too close to call.
frances vs. aenima. again, wow. at times id chose one, other time id chose the other. but i think im giving the edge to frances. but just for the opener and the closer. (45 minutes of music or close) but then i love a lot off of aenima. man.
tool wins the next two no contest.
tool wins album to album but its too close to call.
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Conor Fynes
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Posted: June 25 2009 at 20:30 |
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While Amputechture and The Bedlam In Goliath definately didn't blow me away, nothing from Tool (barring the songs Rosetta Stoned and Schism) has ever left a big impression on me. The first two TMV albums however, are masterpieces. TMV, without a doubt.
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The Sleepwalker
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Location: The Netherlands
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Posted: June 26 2009 at 13:57 |
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Tool easily, I can't really get into TMV.
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meptune
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Location: United States
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Posted: June 26 2009 at 14:56 |
 el böthy wrote:
Undertow vs De loused - De loused wins!
Aenima vs Frances the mute - Frances the mute wins!
Lateralus vs Amputechture - LATERALUS BY FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
10,000 days vs Bedlam in Goliath - 10,000 days wins!
So... for me it´s not possible to vote
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I tend to agree with you. I think Tool has gotten better with each disc, while (IMO) TMV have gone down hill. But I think, because of that, I can vote. Tool.
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"Arf, she said"
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crimhead
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Posted: June 26 2009 at 15:00 |
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Tool. Any band that tours with King Crimson gets my vote. I do like their stuff as well, more than Mars.
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angelmk
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Posted: June 26 2009 at 15:34 |
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altough i like The MArs Volta . I love Tool more. i voted for them
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Tool_Stratt
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Posted: February 16 2010 at 21:31 |
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UndercoverBoy
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Posted: February 16 2010 at 21:34 |
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I actually haven't listened to a full album by either, but from what I've heard, The Mars Volta is far superior to Tool.
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Tool VS The Mars Volta, First 4 albums
