First time I ever saw tool (and rage) they did this track together. Lollapalooza 93 at some big ass airfield in Rhode Island. I was 14. Such great shows back in the day... Alice In Chains were there too, while Layne was still pretty functional...
plus I feel like the way he says his lines sounds so much more emotionally connected with the song than the way Henry Rollins does it on the studio recording
so henry rollins is not a genuine artist? u might prefer one version over the other, thats called art, but dissing rollins??? u are a complete idiot!! i prefer almost anything maynard and zak have done over any of his stuff, but he has been creative in multiple genres of art . so i guess , since u say he is a sellout, then he is right on par with maynard, right? just listen to hooker with a penis, thats right maynard is a self-proclaimed sellout. anyway i am sure rollins would thank u for the complement
Just thought I should post this in case it's of help to anyone...this transcription is entirely based on my own listening (carefully, and having listened to endless hours of Zack's vocals over the last 15 years (point being, I know his voice)), not copy pasted from anywhere. Zack: I've grown to know you You, a tangle within myself And you held my head straight to face you, Though I twisted and winced to try to tear you away You got my eyes And I got your genes And I got your skin And I voice your screams I'm thrown, falling through a dark way And I can't find the bottom I panicked, and gnashed my teeth and I flailed But still I can't find the bottom It's only there That someone can tell me that it isn't what it seems Son you got my eyes And son you'll voice my screams I'm shameless now I'm nameless now I'm noone now I'm nothing now But my soul must be iron Because my fear is naked I'm naked and fearless And my fear is naked
A quick word on interpretation -- from my point of view, this is like, Zack talking to his shadow, which is represented at least partly through the figure of his father (or something along those lines, anyhow. If it sounds like star wars, that's because star wars was inspired by Jung too, and this stuff is all actually just a way of talking about how human selves are, so these dynamics pop up all over the place), and it talking back to him (the parts about, Son you got my eyes). If you think about it, it really puts a fine point on how deeply personal at least some of Rage's music is to him..especially the stuff that touches on latino/hispanic identity and history and fight for liberation.
Zack lyric interpretations: I’ve grown to know you You were tangled within myself And you held my head straight to face you Though I twisted it and winced to try to tear you away But you got my eyes And I got your genes And I got your skin And I voice your screams I’m thrown, falling through a dark hole And I can’t find the bottom I panicked, and gnashed my teeth and I flailed And STILL I can’t find the bottom Cause only there, someone could tell me that this isn’t what it seems Now son you got my eyes And son you’ll voice MY screams Shameless now Nameless now No one now I’m NOTHING now So my soul must be IRON Because my fear is NAKED I’m naked and FEARLESS And my fear is NAKED I’m DEAD I’m DEAD I’m DEAD I’m DEAD Nameless Shameless Nothing No one SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wish there was a studio recording of this version though. But they didn't have Zack de la Rocha do a part for it until after undertow had already been released. plus it's kind of out of tool's style to put two versions of one song on an album.
who gives a shit about Henry Rollins why don't you all shut up and enjoy this incredibly rare version of Bottom with Zach OMG at about 6 mins in he absolutely kills it. I can't believe someone found this thank you so much!! I am speechless.
lol Zack looks like "hey man... um... can I.. can I have the mic now?.." *maynard keeps the same facial expression, makes no eye contact and puts his arm towards him with the mic* Zack says "um.. so does that.. does that mean I can have it now for my part?"
there's more commonality here than i think some people realise, in the themes these two great bands explore(d). freedom is at the root of it. for tool, it is about psychic, mental freedom. for rage, it is about political freedom. but the two are not disconnected from each another. both are about liberation from oppression -- one, in the mind, in one's closest relationships, and the other in the political realm, but they share this link. something that the artists themselves are no doubt aware of
Wow.... this is the first time I've heard this(2022). I can't believe this collab existed between these bands that I've listened endlessly to for many many years. That part with Zach and Maynard screaming my soul MUST BE IRON! CUZ MY FEAR IS NAKED! I'M NAKED AND FEARLESS! HOLY FKJSDF&@#*(@&# it makes me cry so hard.
Burned this album to CD-R back in highschool. Ended up with this version of Bottom and it’s been my preferred one ever since listening to that CD over and over 😎
Amazing... this brings back memories. I was at that show in NJ. 19 years old and seeing my favorite bands: Rage, Tool, and Primus. Tool was on the side stage with maybe 100 people. 30 years later I am going to see Rage with my daughter in August. Cannot wait.
also, thanks a bunch for uploading this! -- the quality is soooo much better than the bootleg that i had of it. you can actually hear zack (i'm a huge RATM fan as well as being a huge Tool fan so this track is pretty awesome for me)
Really wish Zack did more stuff with Tool, even for a quick guest verse on one of their albums. Besides anger he also deals with themes of spirituality and personal struggles, which fit with the band incredibly well.
also, i've noticed that if you turn up the treble a bit (or i guess you could fiddle with your equalizer) it cleans the sound up a bit more, makes it less distorted/bassy.
Brad Wilk the drummer from Rage Against The Machine ? You say he is playing bass and not Tim C. who is the bass player from RATM * Audioslave (yuck!) & the shameful Profits Of Rage? BTW....Profits Of Rage are ridiculous. They are literally profiting off of RATM tracks without the writer of the lyrics and who originally performed all those tracks they basically just do live covers of...
He is using feedback, i.e. turning his guitars mics towards the speakers of his amplifiers so the signal loops, together with a fretted note on the guitar
Zach is always cooler than Henry Rollins. Don't believe me? Where is Henry Rollins now? A sellout on a TV show. How cute, a punk icon. Zach has faded into obscurity as he should.
This is the most powerful performance of Bottom in my opinion.
Agreed. Zack stole the show here. He also got Maynard fired up with his lyrics. Amazing
You're 100 % right
agreed
I've nothing against Henry Rollins but I totally agree
First time I ever saw tool (and rage) they did this track together. Lollapalooza 93 at some big ass airfield in Rhode Island. I was 14. Such great shows back in the day... Alice In Chains were there too, while Layne was still pretty functional...
mola55e5 I would kill to have been there...
I'd pay to turn back time to see that happen in person
I only got into tool from '99 but this is the performance of Bottom I always come back to. Glad you got to enjoy it live👍
Primus too
I love how Zach makes changes to the breakdown verse/poem to something close to him and his own life struggles. Sounded pretty wicked. Thanks for this
plus I feel like the way he says his lines sounds so much more emotionally connected with the song than the way Henry Rollins does it on the studio recording
Totally. Rollins is a sellout liberal dipshit. Zach and Maynard are genuine artists.
so henry rollins is not a genuine artist? u might prefer one version over the other, thats called art, but dissing rollins??? u are a complete idiot!! i prefer almost anything maynard and zak have done over any of his stuff, but he has been creative in multiple genres of art . so i guess , since u say he is a sellout, then he is right on par with maynard, right? just listen to hooker with a penis, thats right maynard is a self-proclaimed sellout. anyway i am sure rollins would thank u for the complement
Lukestar1991 Zach certainly leans to the left politically the far left at that.
@@yamihere80 HE SOLD HIS SOUL LONG BEFORE YOU HEARD HIM
Just thought I should post this in case it's of help to anyone...this transcription is entirely based on my own listening (carefully, and having listened to endless hours of Zack's vocals over the last 15 years (point being, I know his voice)), not copy pasted from anywhere.
Zack:
I've grown to know you
You, a tangle within myself
And you held my head straight to face you,
Though I twisted and winced to try to tear you away
You got my eyes
And I got your genes
And I got your skin
And I voice your screams
I'm thrown, falling through a dark way
And I can't find the bottom
I panicked, and gnashed my teeth and I flailed
But still I can't find the bottom
It's only there
That someone can tell me that it isn't what it seems
Son you got my eyes
And son you'll voice my screams
I'm shameless now
I'm nameless now
I'm noone now
I'm nothing now
But my soul must be iron
Because my fear is naked
I'm naked and fearless
And my fear is naked
A quick word on interpretation -- from my point of view, this is like, Zack talking to his shadow, which is represented at least partly through the figure of his father (or something along those lines, anyhow. If it sounds like star wars, that's because star wars was inspired by Jung too, and this stuff is all actually just a way of talking about how human selves are, so these dynamics pop up all over the place), and it talking back to him (the parts about, Son you got my eyes). If you think about it, it really puts a fine point on how deeply personal at least some of Rage's music is to him..especially the stuff that touches on latino/hispanic identity and history and fight for liberation.
Anymore?......
THANK YOU SO MUCH
@@jiminy_cricket777 You'll understand it all when you learn about his abusive father. Born of a Broken Man is similar
Zack lyric interpretations:
I’ve grown to know you
You were tangled within myself
And you held my head straight to face you
Though I twisted it and winced to try to tear you away
But you got my eyes
And I got your genes
And I got your skin
And I voice your screams
I’m thrown, falling through a dark hole
And I can’t find the bottom
I panicked, and gnashed my teeth and I flailed
And STILL I can’t find the bottom
Cause only there, someone could tell me that this isn’t what it seems
Now son you got my eyes
And son you’ll voice MY screams
Shameless now
Nameless now
No one now
I’m NOTHING now
So my soul must be IRON
Because my fear is NAKED
I’m naked and FEARLESS
And my fear is NAKED
I’m DEAD
I’m DEAD
I’m DEAD
I’m DEAD
Nameless
Shameless
Nothing
No one
SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!
for reason i hear "falling through a dark room" might just be me lol :)
I like both versions with Henry Rollins and Zach de la Rocha
same
I wish there was a studio recording of this version though. But they didn't have Zack de la Rocha do a part for it until after undertow had already been released. plus it's kind of out of tool's style to put two versions of one song on an album.
zacks part literally made me tear up i have no idea why. i really wish there was a studio version on this.
God damn I miss the 90s!
The 90's, when everything was still possible.
Zach's part fit in so well but made it about his struggles. Amazing!
Whoever captured this you are my hero
I got chills from "My soul must be iron" onwards.
DEEEEAAAAAADDDDD IINNSSIIDDEEEE OH DEAR LORD THIS ROCKED MY SOUL AT 0632 HOURS
We all did 🔥🔥
who gives a shit about Henry Rollins why don't you all shut up and enjoy this incredibly rare version of Bottom with Zach OMG at about 6 mins in he absolutely kills it. I can't believe someone found this thank you so much!! I am speechless.
there is only one video of this, and it is cut by the first part, it only appears from the zach side to the front. Pity.
this is pure musical history GOLD dude. this is precious man !
love that picture
lol Zack looks like "hey man... um... can I.. can I have the mic now?.." *maynard keeps the same facial expression, makes no eye contact and puts his arm towards him with the mic* Zack says "um.. so does that.. does that mean I can have it now for my part?"
Holy shit, I've never heard this before!
Thanks for sharing such a wicked track.
there's more commonality here than i think some people realise, in the themes these two great bands explore(d). freedom is at the root of it. for tool, it is about psychic, mental freedom. for rage, it is about political freedom. but the two are not disconnected from each another. both are about liberation from oppression -- one, in the mind, in one's closest relationships, and the other in the political realm, but they share this link. something that the artists themselves are no doubt aware of
One sold out and one went full hippie.
@@speedking7224 yeah.. sucks doesn't it.. at least he kept making music. But I agree with your point.
@@speedking7224 correction; both are badass still but some listeners are now comprehending lyrics
Wow.... this is the first time I've heard this(2022). I can't believe this collab existed between these bands that I've listened endlessly to for many many years. That part with Zach and Maynard screaming my soul MUST BE IRON! CUZ MY FEAR IS NAKED! I'M NAKED AND FEARLESS! HOLY FKJSDF&@#*(@&# it makes me cry so hard.
Fav Tool song, probably not something to admit in public, thanks all the same, Fox Gon.
At 4:30 i can imagine Zach and the crowd going apeshit!
A mate gave me this on a cassette tape back in 1999...lost that tape since then so whoever posted this, thx a trillion
Exactly what I wanted to hear.
Zach would come on stage with TOOL or Maynard would appear on stage with Rage ... both , i have seen happened back in 94 95
Burned this album to CD-R back in highschool. Ended up with this version of Bottom and it’s been my preferred one ever since listening to that CD over and over 😎
Once you fully understand the message James is saying, Zack's becomes all the more clear.
the guitar sounds great in this version
Amazing... this brings back memories. I was at that show in NJ. 19 years old and seeing my favorite bands: Rage, Tool, and Primus. Tool was on the side stage with maybe 100 people. 30 years later I am going to see Rage with my daughter in August. Cannot wait.
also, thanks a bunch for uploading this! -- the quality is soooo much better than the bootleg that i had of it. you can actually hear zack (i'm a huge RATM fan as well as being a huge Tool fan so this track is pretty awesome for me)
Has anyone heard/brought/been gifted the 'Tools Power/Power Tools" B Sides CD? Was the best gift, ever.
holy shit this is so good. thank you
Jesus fucking christ I'm about to cry dude that was STRONG.
Full of soul and ruthless.... almost sounds like a muddy studio cut. OFP (on fucking point)
Je me sens tout vieux !! Mais c'était tellement bien ! Et ca l'est toujours.
La chance d'avoir pu vivre ça, j'envie peu de gens mais là je dois bien avoué que je vous envie !
The live video of this is sick.
There’s live video of this?👀👀
@@cheothegeo2742 ruclips.net/video/bOitVSqHCF4/видео.htmlsi=gWb51Ih3uYU8v1-R
Stanhope NJ Lollapalooza '93....I was there....
Aka Waterloo! So was I 😂
Remember the big dick water hose?? Lol
This is cool to hear a soundboard cause I have the audience taped version!
Share this please, if its not private!? Would be very cool to see! If its a tape that is
This is so cool!
POWERFULLY
Mierda..se me puso la piel de gallina!
Jaime Carabajal tu like jsjsj XD no se quien eres pero te aprecio
@@andrestoledo9722 y yo a ustedes dos xd :'v
Legendaire !!
cool version! :)
Hell Yeah!!
How so. Henry is fucking awesome. Zack too.
Chills
Really wish Zack did more stuff with Tool, even for a quick guest verse on one of their albums. Besides anger he also deals with themes of spirituality and personal struggles, which fit with the band incredibly well.
Yep.
I was n this crowd at 17. Waterloo New Jersey lol
i saw a good movie today
1:42 Maaaaan, that groovy, stoned, sludgy part fits perfectly
also, i've noticed that if you turn up the treble a bit (or i guess you could fiddle with your equalizer) it cleans the sound up a bit more, makes it less distorted/bassy.
Maynard had done some chorus/vocal work for rage on albums.. they go back ✊
Adam Jones and Tom Morello went to high school together
Holy Shit! That was epic! Was Tim playing bass too? Definitely sounded like his pace!
Brad Wilk is playing bass.
Brad Wilk the drummer from Rage Against The Machine ? You say he is playing bass and not Tim C. who is the bass player from RATM * Audioslave (yuck!) & the shameful Profits Of Rage?
BTW....Profits Of Rage are ridiculous. They are literally profiting off of RATM tracks without the writer of the lyrics and who originally performed all those tracks they basically just do live covers of...
No and no that's Tool. Featuring Zach de la Rocha
@@gargnar9493 I like how no one asked you your opinion on this band that is almost completely irrelevant to the conversation.
The picture more than likely is from Maynard singing with Rage on Know Your Enemy
I WAS AT THIS DAM SHOW!!!
4:57 is so sick
HQ indeed (atari intesifies)
I'm still looking for the video of this subject with zach and keenan together, but I can not find this one.
ruclips.net/video/bOitVSqHCF4/видео.html
😲 This is fucking great! Kinda wish this was on Undertow instead of the Henry Rollins version. I love Henry Rollins but this is raw as hell.
this is the shit
I was there that day. RATM Tool Front 424 Alice in Chains Fishbone Arrested Development Dinosaur Jr. and Primus
LEIDER GEIL.
Onkel, bist du's
@@trichogaster1183 glaub ned, dass wir verwandt sind....😁
I can see Maynard’s psychedelic halo
Shit adds up
Anyone know what t shirt Zack is wearing ?
"Black Wave Los Angeles"
Shit does add up at the bottom
§ 2:39 trop bon, 2 la bomb BB ! OH YEAAHHH §
2:26, How does Adam make that eerie sound on his guitar?
Neil Parker Jr he let’s the note ring
Ugly Bean Alright, but how do you let the note ring?
@@coolguy2873 You just hold the note you were fretting lmao. I think in this case he also messes with his volume to change how the feedback sounds
He is using feedback, i.e. turning his guitars mics towards the speakers of his amplifiers so the signal loops, together with a fretted note on the guitar
Rollins did probably more stuffs with his heart and guts that u could ever bring on the table . So , pretentious maybe means " accomplished " . thanks
why is everyone hating of Henry Rollins? LOL!
Jan Kristian Paulin
Because people are stupid
Zach is always cooler than Henry Rollins. Don't believe me? Where is Henry Rollins now? A sellout on a TV show. How cute, a punk icon. Zach has faded into obscurity as he should.
No!!! Bring Zach back! Tool is working on new material. Where is the rest of these good bands?? KoRn is working on new material as well.
infjard you're right. my attitude has shifted a bit since posting this probably a year ago.
Holy moly, common decency on the internet? [TWILIGHT ZONE INTENSIFIES]
George Sansbury I don’t know. Rollins is bad ass. Where is Zach? Ruined rage. Fuck zack and fuck you
this doesn't make sense..
Buuut in the original song was Henry Rollins wasn´t he?
It was cool, but Rollins had this one, he was the original anyway, so cool beans to both.
Maynard had lyrics to that part first
love both versions. Rollins much better, but fans of both
a hot shower.
Henry rollings is better broh
well that was awkward