Replicants: Tool & Failure's Hidden Gem

0:00On April 22, ever heard of replicants? It's this obscure side project from Tool and Failure folks that dropped just one album back in 1995, a cover's record hitting classics. From David Bowie, John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Gary Newman, and more. The line of featured failures Ken Andrews and Greg Edwards, tools bassist Paul Demore and Chris Pittman who was failure's sound guy at the time. They put it out through zoo entertainment and vanish without a trace, but 30 years later, it's a hidden gem for Prague Rockheads. It all kicked off in 1992 when Failure opened for tool on their opiate tour out west. The bands bonded over jamming and roasting each other, turning those sessions into replicants. Demore had just left tool that year, tired of the rules and craving fun, so the label jumped into fun the record. They tracked it piecemeal at Failure Studio, which got tedious since everyone was scattered. Fans dig the variety, kicking off with a fresh spin on the cars just what I needed,

1:00and closing on Pink Floyd's Deep Cut Ibiza bar. Tool listeners, especially geek out over Manor James Keenan, guesting on Wings' silly love songs, a cheeky nod to Paul McCartney clapping back at. Lennon Shade. Andrews called some tracks, Pure Love, Others Noble T-Vibes, with minimal tweaks out of laziness or stuck ideas. The buzz faded quick. By 1996, they split. Damor, Edwards, and Pittman formed loose with medicine's Brad Lainer, chasing looser, psychedelic jams like early public image limited. Pittman even added synths to tools third eye on Enema before jumping to guns and roses for 18 years, with Axel. Replicant stays that rare Curio, proving even big names drop wild one-offs that echo for decades in the underground. You've been listening to music news today, AI-powered music coverage.