From: "Dale Sauve" (DaleSauve@msn.com)
Subject: tool concert review

Hey Kabir! Here is my concert review for the Nov.19th show at the State. 


Well first I would just like to say that I was the 5th person in line for 
tickets and got the last 4. The State Theatre is pretty small and they 
were allowing 12 tickets as the limit per person. 
We arrived at the concert towards the end of Psychotica's set. Thank God 
I didn't have to sit through the whole thing....I personally think they 
suck! By the way, I got stuck with balcony seats, only the first 2 people 
in line got main floor, but that was ok because I got to watch the best 
band play, and if I had main floor I wouldn't have been able to see much. 
The lead singer of Psychotica was wearing that nasty ass tight silver 
suit.....how gross! After they were finished, we waited for a little bit, 
then people started setting up for tool and this guy informed us that it 
was Justin's birthday and when Maynard introduced him, we were to sing to 
him. The lights went out and the screen came down. Everyone in the pit 
was going ape shit and everyone in the balcony decided to stand up and 
stay there the entire show, so I stood on the arms of my chair the whole 
time! Anyways, the band came out and opened with third eye. After that, 
Maynard introduced everyone and we sang to Justin and they gave him 
flowers. Then they played stinkfist and I got a bunch of people to yell 
chicken weisel, but I dont think we were loud enough. The rest of the 
set: 46&2, swamp song, eulogy, prison sex (told everyone what it was 
about after then told about jimmy, which was next), pushit, sober with a 
very long intro, cold and ugly which he dedicated to Mike R. who ever 
that is, opiate which he said was the last song....off the first album, 
then last and probably the best played aenima. Prison sex had a little 
change in the lyrics towards the middle. The band was awsome! Maynard was 
painted half blue, and Justin had dots on his head. People through 
clothes up, and one time a shirt landed right on Maynard and he just 
removed it and continued. Maynard also told everyone that he once lived 
in a small town in Michigan called Scottsville. He said if he ever got 
enough money he was going to buy it and do all this crap to it. During 
the long intro to sober it looked like Maynard and Adam were drawing . 
The sound system was very loud for some reason so it was hard to hear him 
sometimes when he talked to the crowd. There were a few fights I saw in 
the mosh pit....after the show I saw a guy with a bloody neck. The band 
played the best concert I have ever seen!!!!!!! I was unhappy to leave! I 
was also harassed by homeless people outside. One guy told me that he 
wished I would get hit by a car because I had no money for him. I was 
offered $250 for 2 of my tickets, which I'm very glad I didn't sell! The 
concert was well worth the $20 I paid and I hope to see them again soon! 
By the way....I read someone's Detroit review who said they mat 
Adam......I hate you dammit! I didn't get to meet him!

Thanx for running a great site Kabir!

Kari Sauve