What do proggies think of TOOL and Mars Volta?

[kirk]

i have tool's first 2 cds, like them.
they've spawned a bunch of imitators,
influenced others, so they must be doing something right.
at their peak, they were playing "progressively",
much like radiohead.

i won't bad mouth any fellow artists that's
even remotely capable of calling themselves
progressive rock, but mars volta.....
IMO- give them some time.

p e a c e kirk/ zenpool