From: eulogy@ix.netcom.com (Daniel Lee Benson)


I found myself once again, in San Fransisco amongst the busy streets 
and tall buildings ready to enter the Warfield for Tool. The 
anticipation settled in and I soon noticed I had just sucked down my 
third cigarette in less than a couple minutes. I canít believe it,  Iím 
going to see Tool for the third time. Itís true, every time you see 
them you never know what kind of show itís going to be.
 I sat through the Cows wishing I had brought my ear plugs because that 
damn horn he was blowing was really getting to me. I donít know who the 
lead singer thought he was with his golden shower cap and all but this 
dude wasnít cutting it, sorry. After the Cows and the half an hour  
that followed it was time for Tool. 
When Maynard came out I noticed something was definitely weird. They 
started with Third Eye and once the lights came on, he was blue, it was 
pretty cool. Maynardís movements on  stage always get me into the 
music, itís like heís working his body into getting his vocals out. His 
voice sounds just like it does on the albums, if not better. I thought 
it was funny when Maynard asked the crowd if they liked the Cows, 
mostly all of their reactions were that of disgust. Maynard defended 
the Cows by saying "hey hey hey", pointing to one person in particular 
who responded to Maynardís question with a loud response. In one song, 
a think it was Jimmy I canít remember, he screwed up it seemed like. He 
started to sing a line a little early then stopped and waited for the 
right spot then started singing again. Either the guitars were a little 
slow or he just messed up. Like I care though. One cool thing was 
during one of their songs this light fixture came down on a cord with 
another cord hanging from it. Maynard grabbed on to it and swung it 
around vigorously, it was hella cool. I think that the new songs sound 
great live and donít mind that they play them more than the old ones. 
At the end of the concert the band walked off the stage all except 
Adam, who stayed on the stage. Soon Maynard came back out and had a few 
words with Adam then stood up to the mic. and said that Adam had just 
finished the new video for Stinkfist. They played the song while the 
video ran in the back ground. This was obviously the highlight of the 
show. The video was awsome. It was in a grayscale picture and featured 
people covered in what appeared to be ash. Some with their eyes sown 
shut. To go into great detail about the video would be impossible only 
because there was a lot going on in it. I canít wait for the next show.


                        (Thanks,
                                   Dan)