Review by:  Aaron Alderson (dread@oz.sunflower.org)     

        After an hour drive from Blue Springs to downtown KCK, and three
wrong turns later we arrived at Memorial Hall.  The lights went down at
7:30 and The Cows came out.  The crowd treated them relatively harsh.
Cheers of "fuck you", "get off the stage", and "you suck" filled the air.
They came out played five songs and then took the advice of the crowd and
got off the stage.  All together they weren't completely bad it's just
that they weren't TOOL.  At 8:30 the lights went out again and the real
fun began.          
        
        On the two screens behind the bands setup, the picture of the
cover for AENIMA was being shown (the same trippy effect of flames coming
from some great white unknown) as a deep bass line was being repeated for
about five minutes.  Suddenly all hell broke loose as Maynard James
Keenen, Danny Carey, Adam Jones, and Justin Chancellor their new bassist
walked onto the stage.  Maynard, painted blue from head to toe on his
right side and white on his left immediately started the electricity when
the band broke into the set with Third Eye.  His rhythmic movements
created by what seemed like an endless supply of energy.      
        
       
        The best live band I've ever heard rocked Memorial Hall as they
started Stinkfist, the pit broke into a frenzy and for the next two hours
TOOL astounded the crowd.  With Keenen's trippy dancing and with the crowd
surfing out of control you knew that this was what you paid for.  The set
went something like this:                        
                        
                        Third Eye
                        Stinkfist
                        Forty Six & 2
                        Prison Sex
                        Eulogy
                        H.
                        Hooker with a Penis
                        Cold and Ugly
                        jimmy
                        Sober
                        Opiate
			Aenema
                        
        I know the first two songs are in the right order, as well as, the
last but during the middle I was too busy moshing to remember exactly.
Keenan was always talking to us, the first thing he said was "it's good to
be home" right before they started Stinkfist (he used to live in Kansas
during his childhood).  After Opiate reverend did a little preaching as he
talked about what the song meant.  "Just to clear up that last song, you
see every religion has a certain cycle to it, certain beliefs.  The basic
principles behind them are right.  Buddah, Christ, and Ghandi all meant
well for us, it was the people who came after them, that fucked it up.
They started thinking their way was the only way.  Maybe that's why this
world is so fucked up."  The crowd seemed to agree as screams of "YEA"
broke out from everywhere.  The set ended with my personal favorite 
Parts of this review were contributed by Jeff Moehle.
(jm150019@mail.idt.net)                
 The lights went down at 7:30 and The Cows came out.