Okay, so yesterday (November 6) was predictable yet generally devastating for many communities of people — but there is still some solace to be had. Case in point: one of life's great mysteries has finally been solved, with Tool's Maynard James Keenan at long last revealing what his favourite tool is.
Appearing on the latest episode of comedian Bert Kreischer's Bertcast podcast (quick sidebar: a single Google search reveals Kreischer's foremost Wikipedia factoid to be that he was named "the top partyer at the Number One Party School in the country" by Rolling Stone in 1997 while was attending Florida State University, so congrats to him), Keenan — known Mike Tyson trainer and phone camera-shy performer — gave the answer to perhaps the question Tool fans couldn't solve with the Fibonacci sequence.
Despite initially responding to Kreischer's probing (which came via his college-age daughter, Ila, who's a huge Tool fan) with a grimace and a mocking laugh, the musician conceded: "A battery-operated pneumatic nail gun."
Keenan elaborated, "I remember when it was like the canister and it would clog up and get all fucked up. The newer ones, you can charge the battery, and [mimics nail gun sound] you can get some shit done."
"You can build a house so much quicker," Kreischer concurred, before the Tool frontman added in conclusion, "Does that answer your fuckin' question?"
Yes, sir. Thank you, sir! Keenan discussed plenty more topics with Kreischer over the course of the 100-minute episode, which you can find in full below.