T O O L

[Krista]

I love Tool. They make my top five favorite bands.

They are so abstract and definitely, in my opinion, one of the best bands of the last two decades. I'm big on Aenema, but I'm HUUUUUGE on Lateralus. I'm an acid-eater at heart... but they've got some very hard songs, and on the side, some very beautiful songs. My favorites are Lateralus (the song), 46 & 2, Aenema (the song), Opiate (the song), Eulogy,and best for last Disposition/Reflection/Triad. Puts me in awe everytime.

I saw Tool last year, and it was by far one of the best concerts I've attended. The show was amazing. As you can see from the pictures, we were pretty far back and it was still amazing. They practically did a laser show. They filled the entire arena up with this smokey stuff. I can't even put into words how great it was. Then for Wings For Marie/10,000 Days, they did the whole thunderstorm theme... man. I wish I could go back again.

Not to mention the great claymation that Adam Jones (their guitarist) does for their music videos and the art Alex Grey does for them... agh.


Kinda hard to imagine, but the red lights sort of fanning out were literally above our heads. There were lots of other beams of light mixed in with that, and at one point it looked like there was literally a solid sheet of different colors two feet above our heads.


End of the show, the big lights were turned on.

Now before I go off on more of a tangent than I already have... any other fans?

[vanhagar3000]

Tool is definately awesome. They've got a great sound. I remember during the summer, virtually everyone I knew went to the Tool concert in Minneapolis the day before the Fourth. Almost all of my current roomates, their former roomates, the girl I was kinda dating at the time all went, while three basically stayed behind and just got drunk or stoned, can't remember. It was lame, but tickets were gone before I had money. I can't form a total opinion on them, because I haven't heard all their full albums yet, and I like to do that, because it's how the artist intends the music to be heard. It's hard to dispute they're best band in the last twenty years. I'm sure if I was more sober, I might be able to make an argument for someone else, (Maybe, RHCP, Rancid, or someone else) but right now I'm drawing more blanks than a scientist studying uranium.

[Krista]

I agree with RHPC being one of the great bands of the last two decads. 'Fo 'sho.

Glad to see some other fans though! Too bad ya didn't go it was cool! Tickets were quite expensive, though. I'm glad my boyfriend paid, though I felt awful about it. He wouldnt let me pay. So just enjoy it I guess? Well I sure did. If you ever get the chance to see Tool I highly recommend it!

[Mod City]

Weird to think I haven't listened to Tool since Opiate and Undertow. Where has the time gone?

[mistermister]

They were cool until they decided to re-release Lateralus with different song titles. I think they called it 10,000 Days or something lame like that.

[Krista]

I actually like 10,000 Days. I think Wings For Marie/10,000 Days (wings pt. 2) are absolutely fantastic. And even though Lost Keys (Blame Hoffmann) is a bunch of feedback, I also think it's great. But hey! To each his own =]