Notable Performances and Covers
- In August 2006 Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist of Metallica, joined Tool on stage while performing and jammed together with the band at a show in Hawaii.
- In January 2007, at the Big Day Out music festival in Auckland, New Zealand, System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian collaborated with Tool for an improvisational version of the song.
- Staind released a live acoustic cover version of the song on their 2006 compilation The Singles: 1996-2006. Another version, from the 2001 Family Values Tour, has also surfaced on YouTube.
- String Quartet Tribute did a classical cover of the song for the album String Quartet Tribute to Tool.
- Breaking Benjamin has performed the song many times live.
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