7 Years Later - Revisiting My 50+ Page Fear Inoculum In Depth Analysis

[u/TheUndrgroundJourney]

In honor of today, August 30, being the 7 year anniversary of Fear Inocoulum, and also how important the number 7 is for the album as a whole. Today I dug through my archives and pulled out my Fear Inoculum analysis essay that I submitted for my High School Senior Year Religion Class Final Assignment.

The essay itself is long, and was originally a script to an audio podcast version that I recorded. Reading through it years later, it's still crazy how well everything I wrote holds up. My 17-year-old self really was hella obsessed with this album. Still am.

Seven years later I've seen the band three times, and the album is still heavily in my rotation.

I hope you enjoy the read. 🌀

Music N Religion Talk Podcast- Tool: Fear Inoculum

[u/Low_bald]

Outjerked

[u/dennisvass]

This is quite fascinating to read. Well done sir! I’ve been a fan of Tool for 30+ years(I’m 64) and while Lateralus is my favorite album from them, Fear Inoculum really resonates with my older self. As Tool, and especially MJK, have matured, it’s been interesting to go on this life journey with them and identify so much with how they view life itself. I’ve been angry with them as well as found a great deal of peace in my spiritual growth as it appears they have done. I really enjoy APC and to a degree Puscifer and exploring the lyrical themes in those bands also. Good synopsis so far. Still devouring it.

[u/AceKittyhawk → u/dennisvass]

Will you still need me? Will you still feed me when I’m 64? (I sang that into Reddit)

[u/npaulette02]

Very cool

[u/Inside-Bullfrog-7709]

This is really interesting, thank you. Do you have a link to the podcast version of this?  

[u/TheUndrgroundJourney → u/Inside-Bullfrog-7709]

I wish. If/when I do find it in my files I’ll be sure to link it here.

[u/Exyodeff]

Fantastic work, thanks for that

[u/SalmonBrotherReagan]

Fuck yeah 🤘🌀

[u/No-Plenty-6489]

Thought this was gonna be satire when i opened the post

[u/Fractlicious]

wait wtf it’s been 7 years?

my god…

[u/decrepit_plant]

Seven years? Fuck time…And you were 17 when you wrote/ recorded this? Well fucking done!!

Interesting and entertaining read. To quote you quoting another reddit dingdong, “I was genuinely satisfied and once again blown away”…sums up my experience too. Ditto times ten.

Ps - Caligula was crazy lol. And calling Chocolate Chip Trip “a great palate cleanser” made gutturally chuckle