That album is the missing link.
IMO nothing stands up to the face melting Buzzo signature solo on "Divorced"
I'll have to listen again, but I always assumed that was Adam Jones. "Revolve" has a perfect solo too, sort of Fripp-esque. I recently listened to "Instant Larry". The shredding on there has to be Mark D.? Sounds way too Vai-ish to be Buzz. 
There's an Adam Jones solo, AND a Buzzo solo...they go at it back to back, It's a really incredible recording...one band is the left channel of the mix and the other is the right.
How did you figure out that Buzz and Adam play solos on that Dumpster? Good ears.
I know basically Zero about The Tool Setup, or What Adam uses for his rig but he's got a very unique sounding quality in his guitar tone and playing, whatever his setup is...It's a lot more melodic and laid back than what Buzz does. His sound has a very distinct almost organic feel to it, almost like he uses a wah pedal that's been set to a certain mid-range setting that muffles out some of the harmonics or like there's a notch filter or some kind of sustain box he's using, the guitar on that track sounds a lot like it did on most of the undertow album, and I'm guessing they did eventually get together in the same room to record the track or it would have been a lot more time consuming to work on it at different times and places, I want to say that it sounds like the Tool guys place, they maybe used their gear and board to cut the track on.
when I first bought the Crybaby I was Just starting to learn how to play guitar and drums...That Album had Just come out, I was anticipating it... Maggot was an album that got my full un-divided attention...put it that way.
Do you remember what It was like when you smoked pot as a teenager? a little goes a long way still...
I'd lie in bed and put my headphones on and really go deep into the music, and the crybaby was a real life experience for me at the time..I cared about every note and when you're 16 you look up to your musical heroes and believe in them so deeply..nothing about that admiration and respect has ever lessened.
My singer gave me a Tool mix tape and I'd been listening to that a lot too around that time so I was really excited about the collaborative Track on the crybaby, it was Epic, massive and Just sounded like it was such an undertaking to write and record Divorced.
I'd sometimes listen to one side of the mix and then the other Just to hear each band individually...
The LFO pulse that starts the whole thing off rumbling into a nice choppy staccato sequence at the beginning of the track, is the meter to which the drums start to use for their timing and then the bass kicks in and gets the ball rolling...I could have listened to a whole album of Just that Synthesizer Stuff, someone told me Danny Carry Had a nice collection of vintage Synths so presumably it's some of his toys they used for the intro.
When the Catchy little hook drops in that song the tool side has a weird child-like demon voice chanting, and the Melvins side sounds like Teresa Screaming, it always made the hair on my arms stand up it was so goddamn diabolical.
Tool is dark and mysterious, that really lends itself to the overall effect...something about that track, a lot of care went into it...it's the closest thing you can get to perfection.
Like when you're almost *too* good at your Job and it's a little scary actually.
that Feedback really seals the deal...It's really original..no one has ever had the sheer audacity to do something like that and it's perfect.
Dale's drum solo is another thing, sitting there in the dark lying in my bed with the headphones blasting while I'm burning out...
Dale is the reason I picked up a pair of Sticks in the first place.
Even then the totally fucked up thing about that track is none of the Tool fans I knew at the time Acknowledged the Melvins and their rapport with the Tool Boys...
It still makes no fucking sense...the Tool fans never warmed up to the Melvins like they should know what's good for em..
Well that's fine, *I* know how great the Melvins are....I know Tool *gets* them.
