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Was the singer hung over?

I have seen these guys many times, first in 1992 at a little club called Hammerjacks. Intense, energetic, and happy to be alive is how they were the first few times I saw them. Now? The guitarist and singer are practically comatose. The old days of Maynard being the over-caffeinated showman are gone. Now he dresses as a metrosexual and barely talks to the crowd. VERY sad. I had the same experience the last time I saw them 1 year and 3 years ago. The music was tight (it should be; its been the same playlist for years) but overall, they seem to be getting far too mellow and, really, just plain lazy. Latly, the laser show was circa 1974. KISS did the same laser show when I was 9 and I saw them at the Capitol Center in largo.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

total letdown

i was seriously let down by this concert. the songs they played were all their mainstream/sellout songs. every song we've all heard on the radio too many times. i don't know what i expected, but from what i've read and heard about the concerts they held as they were writing their music, this was not the same. it was a show for the band member worshipers. most everyone around me was a fanatic that would just as soon bow down and kiss the feet of every member of the band as they would see them.

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Tool in CB/NE

I love Tool. This is the 5th time I have seen them. The Midamerica Center is a small space for about 10,000 people. Perfect for a Tool show. However, only go if the place is sold out. Sound can be less than perfect at times.

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Tool @ Coachella 99 Concert Review

Tool proves once again why they are the most important band in rock.

Before I begin heres some basic info on the show itself. 

     -Maynard was painted blue and wearing what I would call a g-
string. 
     -He stood sort of behind the drum kit in front of a screen for 
80% of the set. 
     -Buzz from the melvins came and did 2 songs with them both by 
peach (You Lied and Stranglehold)
     -They played a really nice set.

There was hardly any delay in them going on and they opened the show 
with a little drum intro which broke into Intolerance, a very good 
intro. A giant screen played the usual very interesting and 
appropriate videos while a smaller screen directly in front of the 
large screen played the same video except this was the screen 
Maynard stood in front of. Hooker with a penis was the second song 
followed by 46+2. The set list gets a little fuzzy after this 
because I was sort of taken back by how well they sounded even 
though this is my 4th show and they have amazed me each time. The 
performace artists didnt come out till later in the set right before 
Stinkfist (not positive on that though). Their name is Osseous 
Labyrinth and in my opinion they were incredibly cool. This is where 
it goes from tool show review to Osseous Labyrinth review:

Two of them, a man and a women both naked and sitting in harnesses 
popped up from behind the smaller screen right as a song started. 
Then, climbed their harnesses to about 15 feet above tool. They sat 
idle through the first few minutes then slowly dropped until both 
were hanging upside down by their feet.  After the song ended and 
the next one began they both reached their arms to eachother and 
quickly snapped into an embrace. This was unexpected because of how 
slow they previously moved around. One thing to note about them was 
how similiar their body structures were to eachother. Both were 
totally bald and the same height. Throughout the next few songs they 
did small movement pieces suspended in air. I knew the blood would 
sit to idle in their heads after that long and sure enough during 
Ênema the female started flailing her upper body around (almost like 
the little fuzzy person in the stinkfist video). I didnt feel that 
these performance artists detracted from the show in any way at 
all.These artists fit into tools performance so nicely it almost 
makes wish Tool would take them on Tour. Even more so, I hope it 
opens the doors for more musicians to have performance artists on 
stage. 

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Tool Concert Review: I love Tool!

hey, im writing this review at 9:30pm sunday night the day of the 
show 
but i am not at the show i just got done watchin the webcast of Rage 
against the machine, i thought it was hella kool when Maynard came 
out and sang part of that song, i so wanted to go to the Coachella 
for mainly one reason, yes that is TOOL, they are my favorite band, i 
would of done anything to see them again, i have been patiently 
waiting and waiting for new music, news, ANYTHING, but i can 
understand that they are just trying to make there music perfect, its 
what there about. i cant wait to read bout all the reviews tommorow, 
i want to hear what songs they played and stuff, and Kabir, i give u 
hella props for keeping up this AWESOME webpage, i saw TOOL back in 
August 23rd of 98 when they came to Seattle, WA with the melvins and 
ever sence i cant get enough of them, all we can do from now is just 
wait and expect a great album in the future, i know im not supposed 
to be writing here cuz i didnt go to the show but i dont care i just 
wanted to say that TOOL is the best fuckin band out there...

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