Tool is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1990, the group's line-up includes drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones, and Maynard vocalist James Keenan. Justin Chancellor has been a bassist since 1995, replacing their original bassist, Paul D'Amour. The tool has won three Grammy Awards, toured worldwide, and produced an album that topped the charts in several countries.
The band emerged with a heavy metal voice on their first studio album, Undertow (1993), and subsequently became the dominant action in alternative metal movements, with the release of their second album, ÃÆ' â € nima in 1996. Their efforts to unite musical experiments, visual arts, and personal evolution messages continued, with Lateralus (2001) and the latest album, 10,000 Days (2006) , gain critical acclaim, and commercial success worldwide.
Due to the very long and complex merging of visual artwork and releases, the band is generally described as a transcending-style act and part of progressive rock, psychedelic rock, and rock art. The relationship between the band and the music industry is currently ambivalent, sometimes characterized by sensors, and the band's insistence on privacy.
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Awal tahun (1988-1992)
During the 1980s, every future Tool member moved to Los Angeles. Both Paul D'Amour and Adam Jones wanted to enter the film industry, while Maynard James Keenan found a pet shop renovation work after studying visual arts in Michigan. Danny Carey and Keenan perform for Green JellÃÆ'¿, and Carey plays with Carole King and Pigmy Love Circus.
Keenan and Jones met through a mutual friend in 1989. After Keenan played a recording for Jones from his previous band project, Jones was so impressed with his voice that he finally spoke with his friend to form their own band. They start playing together and are looking for drummers and bass players. Carey happened to live on top of Keenan and was introduced to Jones by Tom Morello, an old school friend of Jones and a former member of Electric Sheep. Carey started playing in their sessions because he "felt a bit sorry for them," because other invited musicians did not show up. The series of tools was completed when a friend of Jones introduced him to bass player D'Amour. Initially, the band composed the story they formed because of pseudophilosophy "lachrymology". Although "lachrymology" is also called the inspiration for the band's name, Keenan then explains their intentions differently: "Tool is exactly what it sounds like: It's a big dick.This is a wrench... we... your tools; use us as catalyst in your process to find whatever you need to find out, or whatever you're trying to achieve. "
After nearly two years of practicing and performing locally in the Los Angeles area, the band was approached by the record company, and eventually signed a record deal with Zoo Entertainment. In March 1992, Zoo released the band's first attempt, Opiate . Described by the band as "slam and bang" heavy music and "hardest sounding" of the six songs they wrote at the time, the EP included the singles "Hush" and "Opiate". The band's first music video, "Hush", promoted their different views on the leading Parent Music Resource Center and music sensor advocacy. This video shows naked band members with their genitals covered by parents' advisory stickers and their mouths covered by masking tape. The band began the tour with Rollins Band, Fishbone, Rage Against the Machine, White Zombie, and Corrosion of Conformity, for a positive response, to which Janiss Garza of RIP Magazine was summarized in September 1992 as "buzz" and " strong start ".
Undertow (1993-1995)
The following year, when alternative rock and grunge peaked, Tool released their first album, Undertow (1993). This shows a more varied dynamic than Opiate and includes songs the band chose to not publish in previous releases, when they picked heavier sounds. The band began touring again as planned, with the exception of May 1993. The device was scheduled to play at the Garden Pavilion in Hollywood but learned at the last minute that the venue belonged to L. Ron Hubbard's Church of Scientology, regarded as clashing with "band ethics about how one should not follow a belief system that constricts their development as human beings. " Keenan "spent most of the baa-ing show like sheep in the audience."
The tool then played several concerts during the Lollapalooza festival tour, and was moved from the second stage to the main stage by their manager and founder of the festival Ted Gardner. At Lollapalooza's last concert at Los Angeles Toolkit hometown, comedian Bill Hicks introduced the band. Hicks has become a friend of the band members and influences on them after being mentioned in the Undertow 'liner notes . He joked to ask the audience of 10,000 people to stand still and help him look for lost contact lenses. The increased popularity gained from these concerts helped Undertow be certified gold by the RIAA in September 1993 and to achieve platinum status in 1995, even though it was sold with album covers censored by distributors like Wal-Mart. The single "Sober" became a hit single in March 1994 and won Billboard's "Best Videos by Artist New" award for the stop motion music video that accompanied it.
With the release of the follow-up single "Prison Sex" Tool, the band became the target of censorship again. The lyrics and video of this song relate to child abuse, which triggers a controversial reaction; Keenan's lyrics begin with: "It took so long to remember what happened... I was so young and vestal then, you know it hurt me, but I breathe so I guess I am alive... I have my hands tied and my head to down and my eyes closed and my throat was wide open. "This video was made primarily by guitarist Adam Jones, who saw it as a" surrealist interpretation "of the subject matter. While some contemporary journalists praised the video and described the lyrics as "metaphorical", the American branch of MuchMusic asked Keenan to represent the band in court. This is considered a too graphic and indecent music video, and MTV stopped showing it after several shows.
In September 1995, the band began writing and recording their second studio album. At that time, Tool underwent a lineup change to date, with bassist D'Amour leaving the band peacefully to pursue other projects. According to Carey, D'Armour left the band because he wanted to play guitar rather than bass. Justin Chancellor, a former member of the Peach tour, eventually replaces D'Amour, who has been chosen more than rivals such as Kyuss's Ramser of Filters, Filters Frank Lavanaugh, Pigmy Love Circus E. Shepherd Stevenson, Eric's Ericiction of Jane, and ZAUM's Marco Fox.
ÃÆ' â € nima and Salival (1996-2000)
On September 17th, 1996, Tool released their second full album, ÃÆ'â € nima ("ON-ima"). It was certified triple platinum by the RIAA on March 4, 2003. D'Amour left Tool and the Chancellor came on board during the recording of the album. The band sought the help of producer David Bottrill, who has produced several albums of King Crimson, while Jones collaborated with Cam de Leon to create a nominated Grammy nomination work Æ'> € nima '.
The album is dedicated to stand-up comedian Bill Hicks, who died two and a half years earlier. The band is intended to raise awareness about Hicks material and ideas, as they feel that Tool and Hicks "resonate the same concept". Specifically, the last song of the Third Eye Æ' n did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H. the song "ÃÆ' â € nema" makes reference to the sketch of Hicks's Arizona Bay , where he contemplates the idea of ​​Los Angeles falling into the Pacific Ocean.
The first single, "Stinkfist", put together a limited play. Shortened by a radio programmer, MTV (USA) renamed the music video "Stinkfist" to "Track No.Ã, 1" because of its offensive connotation, and the song's lyrics were changed. Responding to fans' complaints about the censorship, Matt Pinfield of MTV 120 Minutes expressed regret in the air by waving his fist in front of his face as he introduced the video and explaining the name change.
The tour started in October 1996, two weeks after the release of ÃÆ' â € nima '. After numerous appearances in the United States and Europe, the Tool headed to Australia and New Zealand at the end of March 1997. April 1 of that year saw the first of several April Fool's thugs linked to the band. Kabir Akhtar, the semi-authorized fanpage webmaster of the band, The Tool Page, writes that "at least three bands are listed in critical condition" after a tourist bus accident on the highway. This hoax received widespread attention and was eventually exposed on radio and MTV. Akhtar then posted an apology, claiming that the Tool Pages "will not indulge in any strange jokes in the future" - a claim to be rejected by pranks later April Fools.
Finally back to the United States Tool appeared in Lollapalooza '97 in July, this time as a headliner, where they got critical acclaim from The New York Times:
The tool returned with a victory to Lollapalooza after appearing among the unclear bands on the smaller festival stage in 1993. Now the Tool is a major attraction for festivals fought to defend its purpose... The tool uses a reflection that violates the taboo for fire the melodious hell in a song that deviates from bitter criticism of nihilistic condemnation. The music has perfected all the grunge majesty of the problem.
ÃÆ' â € nima finally matching the successful debut album Tool in sales, and progressive influenced album landed the band in the head of the alternative metal genre. It featured the Grammy Award-winning "ÃÆ' â € nema" and appeared on some of the "Best Album 1996" lists, with notable examples being those from Kerrang! and Terrorizer .
Legal battles that began in the same year disrupted the band's work on other releases. Volcano Entertainment - the successor of the label by Zoo Entertainment - alleged breach of contract by Tool and filed a lawsuit. According to Volcano, Tool has broken their contracts when the band sees offers from other record labels. After the Tool filed a counter-claim stating that the Volcano has failed to use the renewal option in their contract, the parties are out of court. In December 1998, Tool approved a new contract, a joint venture agreement with three records. In 2000, the band fired their old manager Ted Gardner, who later sued the band for a commission on this lucrative deal.
During this time, Keenan joined the band A Perfect Circle, founded by Billy Howerdel's long-time Tool guitar tech, while Jones joined The Melvins 'Buzz Osborne and Carey drummed with Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra on a side project. Despite rumors that Tools broke up, Chancellor, Jones, and Carey were working on new material while waiting for Keenan to return. In 2000, the set of Salival boxes (CD/VHS or CD/DVD) was released, effectively ending the rumors. This CD contains a new original song, a cover of Led Zeppelin "No Quarter", a live version of Peach's "You Lied", and a revised version of the old song. VHS and DVDs each contain four music videos, plus a bonus music video for "Hush" on DVD. Although Salival did not produce singles, the hidden song "Maynard's Dick" (from the era of Opiate ) briefly found its way to FM radio when several DJs chose to play in the air under the title "Maynard's Dead".
Lateralus (2001-2005)
In January 2001, Tool announced a new album, Systema EncÃÆ' Â © phale , along with a 12-track list containing titles like "Riverchrist", "Numbereft", "Encephatalis", "Musick", and "Coeliacus". File-sharing networks like Napster are flooded with fake files with title names. At that time, Tool members were openly critical of file-sharing networks in general because of their impact on artists who rely on record sales to continue their careers. Keenan said during an interview with NY Rock in 2000, "I think there are many other industries out there that may be worth destroying.People who are hurt by MP3s are not so many companies or businesses, but the artists , people trying to write a song. "
A month later, the band revealed that the new album was actually titled Lateralus ; the name Systema EncÃÆ' Â © phale and the playlist has become a ruse. Lateralus and an appropriate tour will take the Tool a step further towards the art stone and progressive rock areas. Rolling Stone wrote in an attempt to summarize the album "Drums, bass and guitar moves in a hyperhowl rumble cycle and a near-silent death march... Long running times are largely Lateralus ' thirteen misleading tracks: entire album rolls up and treads with the right destination. "Joshua Klein from The AV Club expressed his opinion that Lateralus , with 79 minutes and relatively complex and long songs - topped off by ten-and-a-half-minute music videos for "Parabola" - posed a challenge for fans and programming music.
The album became a worldwide success, reaching No.1 on the US Billboard album chart 200 in its debut week. Tool received the second Grammy Award for best metal performance in 2001 for the song "Schism". During the band's acceptance speech, drummer Carey stated that he wanted to thank his parents (for being with him) and Satan, and the Chancellor's bassist concluded: "I want to thank my dad for doing my mother."
Extensive tours throughout 2001 and 2002 supported Lateralus and included personal highlights for the band: a 10-show mini-tour with King Crimson in August 2001. A comparison between the two was made, MTV described bands as " once king and future of progressive rock ". Keenan stated about minitour: "For me, being on stage with King Crimson like Lenny Kravitz playing with Led Zeppelin, or Britney Spears on stage with Debbie Gibson."
Although the end of the tour in November 2002 seemed to signal the beginning of another hiatus for the band, they did not become completely inactive. While Keenan recorded and toured with A Perfect Circle, other band members released interviews and recording new material, exclusive to fan clubs. On April 1, 2005, the Tools website officially announced that "Maynard has found Jesus" and will be temporarily leaving and possibly leaving the new Tools record. Kurt Loder from MTV contacted Keenan via email to request confirmation and received a nonchalant confirmation. When Loder asked again, Keenan's response was "heh heh." On April 7, the official website announced, "Good news, April cheats fans. Writing and recording is done."
Work continued on follow-up to Lateralus ; Meanwhile, the vinyl edition of Lateralus and two DVD singles were released, and the band's official website received a new sprock intro by artist Joshua Davis. The "double vinyl four-picture disc" edition of Lateralus was first released as a limited, exclusively signed edition available to fans of club members and released publicly on August 23, 2005. On December 20th, two DVDs were released , one containing the single "Schism" and the other "Parabola", remixed by Lustmord, and a music video with comments by David Yow and Jello Biafra.
10,000 Days (2006- 2007)
Fifteen years into the band's career, Tool has acquired what Dan Epstein from Revolver is portrayed as a faithful "devotee" follower, and as details about the band's next album appear, such as the influence of Lateralus Fantasy and Meshuggah tourmates, the controversy surrounding the new Tools album comes with speculation over the song title and pre-release of leaked song rumors. Speculation about the possibility of the album title being denied with a news item on the official site of Tool, announces that the new album name is 10,000 Days . However, speculation continues, with allegations that 10,000 Days is just a "bait" album to fool an audience. The rumor was proved wrong when a leaked copy of the album was distributed over a file sharing network a week before its official release.
The album's opener, "Vicarious", aired on US radio stations on April 17, 2006. The album premiered on May 2 in the US and debuted at the top of various international charts. 10,000 Days sold 564,000 copies in its first week in the US and became number one on the Billboard charts 200, doubling the sale of self-titled Pearl Jam album, its closest competitor.. However, 10,000 Days was received poorly by critics rather than its predecessor Lateralus .
Prior to the release of 10,000 Days , the tour began at Coachella on 30 April. The tour schedule is similar to the 2001 Lateralus tour of 2001; supporting actions are Isis and Mastodon. During a short break at the beginning of the following year, after a tour of Australia and New Zealand, Carey drummer experienced an eye bicep while battling with his girlfriend's dog, casting uncertainty on the upcoming band concert in North America. Carey underwent surgery on Feb. 21 and several performances had to be postponed. Back on the tour in April, Tool appeared on June 15 as a headliner at the Bonnaroo Music Festival with guest appearances from Rage Against the Machine Tom Morello on "Lateralus". Meanwhile, "Vicarious" is nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance and 10,000 Days won Best Recording Package at the 49th Grammy Awards. The music video for "Vicarious" was released on DVD on December 18th. Hiatus and forthcoming studio album fifth (2008-present)
The Chancellor stated in May 2007 that the band might continue their tour until early 2008 and then "take the time". He added that the band had written some new material and would definitely release another album at some point. He speculates on the possibility of a "band movie", something the band has long considered. Ideas range from "narrative stories in real fashion with as much money and special effects" to "the pockets of all that or something living or playing bands". Although Carey stated that the necessary knowledge was in hand because of the band's connection to the artist working in the film business, Jones dismissed the idea, saying "It's only talking now."
The band's summer 2009 tour starts on July 18th in Commerce City, Colorado, at the Mile High Music Festival. They titled Lollapalooza 2009 and the show on August 22 for the Epicenter Festival in Pomona, California. Their Winter Tour Tool plays in the United States and Canada in January and February 2012. The band plays at Ozzfest Japan on May 12, 2013. Meanwhile, Tool members have been pursuing their own music projects. Keenan has toured extensively with Puscifer, which he describes as involving a series of musical ideas, he has no chance to explore with the Tool or A Perfect Circle.
Keenan and Carey offer conflicting reports about whether or not their next album will appear in 2013, although Carey later admitted that "early 2014" seems more likely. In May 2013, Keenan stated that he has been actively following the writing process because enough instrumental material has been written. On March 6, 2014, Crave Online reported that Jones had said that the new album was completed and on track for release in 2014. The next day, the Tool released an official statement for Rolling Stone, explaining that Jones was joking.
On July 15, 2014, Carey and Jones informed Rolling Stone that family commitments and ongoing lawsuits were the main reason for the delayed fifth album. Carey told the music publication that an untitled song was "pretty much done" and explained in connection with the band's legal issues:
But the point is, we are fighting against the good... We will be tried and we want to destroy them [insurance companies]. But every time we approach the trial, it's delayed and we've wasted money and time and it's just draining our creative energy. We bought an insurance policy for peace of mind, but otherwise we would have been better off if we had never had it and only dealt with the original lawsuit.
In March 2015, Jones revealed that the lawsuit had been settled with band support, and thus, the band changed their focus on recording the album. He said that he hopes the album will be completed before the end of 2015 but stressed that the band will not rush to work to meet arbitrary deadlines.
In January 2016, Tool toured the United States.
Although it was reported in February 2017 that Keenan had entered the studio to work on vocals for the Fifth Instrument album, it was later reported that the album was not scheduled for release in 2017. However, the band announced a North American tour starting in May.. A month later, the Chancellor revealed that the new Tools album is "about 90 percent there", while Carey claims in a separate interview that it's "definitely" to be released in 2018. In February 2018, Jones revealed that Keenan was working on the lyrics for the album, and that the band will start recording in March.
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The style and influence of music
The tool was described by Patrick Donovan from The Age as a "thinking metal band." Cerebral and visceral, soft and heavy, melodic and rough, soft and brutal, intimate and strange, west and east, beautiful and ugly, toned but vast and epic, they are a tangled contradiction. "The tool has gained critical acclaim from the International Herald Tribune ' s CB Liddell for their complex and evolving voices. Describing their general voice, AllMusic calls them "grinding, post-Jane's Addiction heavy metal", and The New York Times sees similarities with "Led Zeppelin's breathless, fascinating guitar riffs and Middle Eastern fashions ". Their work in 2001 was Lateralus compared to Allmusic to Pink Floyd's Meddle (1971), but thirty years later and changed by "The impulse tool to cram every inch of infinity with guitar meat hard and absolute fear ". The tool has been labeled as post-metal in 1993 and 1996, as well as in 2006, after the term became popular.
Music style
A component of Song's song repertoire relies on the use of unusual timestamps. For example, the Chancellor describes the timing marks used on the first single of Lateralus , "Schism", as "six" and "six-and-a-half" and then "entered into all other types of times". Further examples include album title tracks, which also feature a shifting rhythm, as well as 10,000 Days : "Wings for Marie (Pt 1)" and "10,000 Days (Wings Pt 2)".
Beyond this aspect of the band's sound, every band member experiments in its vast musical sphere. Bass Player magazine describes Chancellor bass as "thick midrange tone, guitar-style technique, and elastic flexibility". For example, this magazine mentions the use of the wah effect by hammering "notes with the left hand and using the bass ring control to get a tone sweep", as in the song "The Patient", from Lateralus .
Complementing the band's rhythm section, Carey's drummer uses polyrhythms, tabla-style techniques, and the incorporation of custom electronic drum pads to trigger samples, such as recording tabla and previously recorded okoban.
Keenan's ability as a vocalist has been marked more subjective by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: After his performance during the Alice in Chains reunion concert in 2005, freelancer Travis Hay saw it as a "natural fit in replacing Layne Staley". Regarding his role in Perfect Circles and Tools, The New York Times writes that "both groups rely on Mr. Keenan's ability to appreciate emotions such as lust, anger and disgust, honey in his voice adds a touch of depth".
According to Guitar Player magazine, Jones does not rely on a single guitar playing technique but incorporates many techniques. For example, Allmusic writes that he "alternately uses power chords, harsh sounds, push arpeggio, and quiet minimalism" in "Sober". In addition, the band used forms of instrumental experiments, such as the use of a "bomb pipe microphone" (guitar pickup mounted inside a brass cylinder) and a guitar-box guitar solo in "Jambi".
The band emphasizes the sound of their songs and tries to reduce the lyrical effect on the perception of the song by not releasing the song lyrics with any album. The lyrical arrangements are often given special attention, as in "Lateralus". The number of syllables per line in the lyrics for "Lateralus" corresponds to the arrangement of Fibonacci numbers and the song "Jambi" uses and makes reference to the common frog's feet. The lyrics in ÃÆ'â € nima and Lateralus focus on philosophy and spirituality - special subjects ranging from organized religion in "OpiI", to Jung's evolution and psychology in "Forty Six & amp; 2 "and transcendence in" Lateralus ". On 10,000 Days , Keenan wants to explore more personal issues for him: the name of the album and the title track refers to the twenty-seven years in which his mother suffered a stroke complication until his death in 2003.
Influences
The band named the Melvins group as an influence on its development, but the most publicized influence was the progressive rock pioneer group, King Crimson. Longtime King Crimson member Robert Fripp has played down any influence his band has on the Tool. In an interview, Fripp touched on how the two bands interconnected each other, stating "Did you hear the effect? ​​There is only one figure where I hear influence, only one.That is the part we developed that we dropped. the figure is: three look at arpeggios with a certain accent of the guitar So I do not think you can hear it That's the only one. "He also said," I happen to be a tool buff, Tool members have been generous enough to show that Crimson has influenced them. Adam Jones asked me if I could detect it in their music, and I said I could not 'I can detect more tools in King Crimson than I can hear King Crimson in Tool.' In describing their various styles, critics have noted that they "influenced by Pink Floyd as by the Sex Pistols". Other reported influences from the band include Rush, Helmet, Faith No More and Jane's Addiction. In a 1993 interview, Adam Jones named Joni Mitchell, King Crimson, Depeche Mode and country music were among their influences.
The author of HP Newquist and Rich Maloof attributes to the Tool has an influence on modern metal in his book The New Metal Masters. Sean Richardson of The Boston Phoenix sees System of a Down, Deftones, and Korn as examples of "great influence" on the genre. Keenan's unique singing style has been seen as a very influential artist like Pete Loeffler from Chevelle, Benjamin Burnley from Breaking Benjamin, Will Martin from Earshot, and Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit.
Visual art
Part of the work tool as a band is to combine the influence of other artworks in their music videos, live performances, and album packaging. Adam Jones doubles as art director and director of their music video. Another expression of this is the official website "dedicated to art and influence" on the band.
Music videos
The band has released eight music videos but made a personal appearance only in the first two, which the band stated was to prevent people from "sticking to involved personalities rather than listening to music." With the exception of "Hush" and "Vicarious" all the video music features of the Tool stop motion animation to some extent. The video was made primarily by Adam Jones, often in collaboration with artists such as Chet Zar, Alex Gray, and Osseus Labyrint.
The music video "Sober" specifically attracts a lot of attention. Jones explains that it does not contain the storyline, but his intention is to invoke personal emotions with imagery. Rolling Stone describes this image as "an evil man dwelling in a dark prison with meat flowing through a pipe in the wall" and calling it an "innovative", "epic" clip. Billboard selected it "Best Videos by New Artist".
The video for "Vicarious" was released on DVD on December 18, 2007. This video is the first by the Tool to be fully manufactured through the use of CGI.
Album artwork
Jones is responsible for most concepts of band artwork. Their album Undertow features a ribcage statue by Jones on its cover and a photo donated by the band members. Subsequent albums include works by artists working together: ÃÆ'â € nima and Salival displayed by Cam de Leon; Lateralus and 10,000 Days were created with the help of Alex Gray. The release received a positive critical response, with an Associated Press music journalist linking the band's reputation for innovative album packaging.
Both nima and 10,000 Days were nominated for a Grammy Award for the Best Recording Package, but while the first failed to win in 1997, the latter did not win in 2007. Jones create packaging for 10,000 Days with a pair of stereoscopic lenses to view 3-D artwork and photos. Jones, a lifelong stereoscopic photography enthusiast, wants his packaging to be unique and reflects the artwork of the 1970s he values.
Live show
Following their first tour in the early 1990s, the Tool has appeared to be the main action in world tours and major festivals such as Lollapalooza (1997 and 2009), Coachella (1999 and 2006), Voodoo Fest (2001 and 2016), Download Festival (2006) ), Roskilde (2001 and 2006), Big Day Out (2007 and 2011), Bonnaroo (2007), All Points West Music & amp; Art Festival (2009), and Episenter (2009). They have joined on stage by many artists such as Buzz Osborne and Scott Reeder on several occasions; Tom Morello and Zack de la Rocha during their tour in 1991; Layne Staley in Hawaii, 1993; Tricky, Robert Fripp, Mike Patton, Dave Lombardo, Brann Dailor of Mastodon, and the experimental art duo of Osseus Labyrint during the 2001-02 Lateralus tour ; and Kirk Hammett, Phil Campbell, Serj Tankian, and Tom Morello during their 2006-07 tour. They have covered songs by Led Zeppelin, Ted Nugent, Peach, Kyuss, Dead Kennedys, and Ramones.
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