Metal Anarchy

During a recent interview with Guitar Player, Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale named Tool‘s “Lateralus“ as one of the ten albums that changed her life. While discussing the record, she also revealed that she once dumped a date for falling asleep during a Tool concert.

Hale said the following:

“My little bro Arejay was getting really good on the drums. He had learned Tool’s song ‘Schism’ from the radio, so I thought that I should get him the whole album for his birthday. We just devoured it. I ended up getting really into it myself. Listening to their music was just like watching a horror film.

I had a shitty waitress job, and I got us tickets to see Tool at Hershey Park. I was so stoked. Then Arejay did something to piss off our parents, so they wouldn’t allow him to go. I thought, Okay, this could be an opportunity to ask somebody out on a date, which I did. I asked this guy Nate, and he said yes. I was like, Sweet! We didn’t have great seats, but it didn’t matter — the show was amazing. I was singing every world. Halfway through, I looked at my date and saw that he had fallen asleep — total deal-breaker for me.

So in a weird way, Tool’s ‘Lateralus’ was a life-changer. My brother still teases me about it: ‘I wouldn’t have fallen asleep.’”