Your Last Concert
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- Morning_star7
I checked my watch and we we're 35 minutes into the show when they began the forth tune. Fuck me, I've seen these devils lots of times and they never cease to confound and amaze. The sound is a crisp, soul-quakeingly heavy, deep and heaving maelstrom.
That's Tool folks!
It was a great show, they played Lost Keys straight into Rosetta Stoned and it was magnificent. Flood and Intolerance from Undertow were a glorious reminder of how far they've come. Jambi, Descending, Fear Inoculum, The Grudge, Invincible all beautifully dark and embracing.
I guess age is a mind-set but I just don't know how many more times they'll perform live. Danny is 64 and at times was puffing and blowing like your mum on a Friday night at the docks. Maynards voice is still magnificent but it's his 60 year old voice trying to achieve what his 30 year old voice once did and I just don't know for how long it'll be possible.
It can be difficult to admit in polite society that you're a Tool fan. Side eyes, glares and 'oh really?' often follow the admission. Like heroin, any initial foray so often leads to an overwhelming immersion and perceived enlightenment. Particularly when you discover The Holy Gift sequence of Lateralus or the true identity of the Scarlet Lettermen. And like the Sex Pistols at Manchester Free Trade Hall EVERYONE was at the gig where Maynard fought a fan during Push It.
When you're outside looking in all these types of things are peak fan-boy wankery BUT they are the myth and lore of a group of men who's music product I will consume like the gluttony guy from Se7en.
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Hello everyone, my names Morning Star, and i'm a Tool fan.
- i've seen them 3 times i think, and the last time I didnt really liked it, something was off.. i told myself 'ok, this is the last time' Still love them.HAL9001
- Hi my name is fooler and I'm a Tool fan too.
More a fan of the music and visuals than Maynard and his side projects. I've seen them 4 times and its always greatfooler - The first Perfect Circle CD was great but I cant stand Puscifer or maynards silly outfits.fooler
- Hello everyone, my names skinny_puppy, and i'm a Tool fan.skinny_puppy
- Also a big fan, saw them here in Vegas in February. Seen them a couple times, always amazing experience. Also saw the Sessanta show in March this year.dasohr
- Hello, friends. I am nocomply and I like tool. The time I saw them (circa 2007) was a highly memorable, full-body experience. I regret not seeing them more.nocomply
- love you man, but ... Toolmonospaced
- I listen to them regularly but haven't seen them live since lateralus days. My daughter loves videos of Danny drumming.sausages
- The only thing I know about Tool is that hilarious video where the fan rushes the stage and the lead singer..garbage
- ..hip throws the fan, puts him an and RNC, and keeps singing the entire time. So fucking funny.garbage
- @garbage He's a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu and makes a decent but overpriced wine.fooler
- Makes sense, that was an automatic motion and he also had the wherewithal to not fully commit to the RNC in order to keep the show going.garbage
- If he didn't pull his punches that fan would have been out in a few seconds, dude looked beastly.garbage