The reason they took such a toll on the band however, was that their own insurance company also filed its own suit against the band, due to Tool being unhappy with the way they handled the claims filed by De Leon and their alleged refusal to deal with them. Those legal proceedings wrapped up at the beginning of this month with a court ruling in the bands favor. It reminds me of one of those ads you see on TV where a guy goes, ‘Have you been in a car wreck? Call us!’” But we’ve been discouraged and distracted by this major lawsuit, which is the worst thing that’s ever happened to us. We would have had an album out a long time ago, we would have been taking more tours. “When you try to be ethical and sleep well at night and try to do the right thing, and people around you are not doing the right thing and trying to take advantage of you, it really affects your creativity and your sleep and your relationships with people and everything you do. In a new interview with Yahoo, Tool guitarist Adam Jones summed up the long-running legal proceedings: De Leon had designed numerous artwork elements for the band at the time and felt he was unfairly paid for them and that the bands usage exceeded his licenses. You may recall that the first sign of trouble came when this suit was originally filed against the band in 2005 by visual artist Cam De Leon. While details were not disclosed, the court ruled in favor of band earlier this month.

Tool‘s eight-year lawsuit has come to a close in the bands favor.

Tool aenima album art