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As JDoe said, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles etc have the advantage of being the beginnings of rock, the founders even. Related to that is the fact that rock has branched out a lot more since those days - there are lots of subgenres and rock fans are spread out amongst those subgenres; peoples' tastes are more diverse, and because of that I can't see Tool, or any other band ever recapturing that sort of following and gaining that classic status.
What I think Tool are more likely to acheive is a similar status to Nirvana. They'll be remembered for some time, and possibly still have a good following 20+ years after they stop playing (I think Nirvana will still be popular after that long, it's been nearly 10 years already and they're still huge) but not for as long or by as many people as the other bands mentioned above.
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