From: "Kris" (kzawadka@magmacom.com)
Subject: Montreal, 29th nov '96 Concert Review

Montreal, 29th of November 1996

The show was moved to another location to make place for 500 more tool
fans. The Medley was to small so they moved it to the Metropolis.  I
was more than happy after that change.  The acoustics are so much
better.

I got in a little late but at 9:00, Psychotica opened up the show and
played for 30 minutes.  I was not impressed but was happy that the
cows were left in the fields. :) The signer was in a unatractive latex
suit and bashed his head like a seasure prone freak.  He screamed so
often and was gettin on one to many nerves.  When they finished
bashing their instruments a 30 minute wait greated us and the
anticipation was unreal. Just past 10:00, the 2 drapes fell to the
ground to reveal the most impressive projection screans.  The 'nima
logo was glowing and moving. (That Square thing).

I thought that they would open the show with Stinkfist but the
familiar sounds of Third Eye proved me wrong.  Just the first minute 
told me that this was going to be one hell of a show.

Maynard : (Center Stage)
          He coughed a few times but that didn't affect much.  His vocals
          were dead on and I couldn't believe his voice.  During Pushit,
          missed one of his screams by 1/8 of a note.  Besides that, no 
          mistakes.  He was holding two microphones, one normal one for 
          signing, and one red one for distorted vocals. He was dressed in 
          his boxers and had his left side painted blue, and right side
          painted white.

Adam     : (Left of stage)
          He was painted blue and had a special paint on his nose and chin
         that would glow pink when a blacklight was activated.  He would
         stare in the crowd and almost never look at his guitar, not even
         for solo's or such things.   His guitar skills were more than
         impressive and he reproduced every sound like in the CD.

Justin     : (Right Stage)
           He was painted white and was looking like his devilish self once
           again.  His hair was spiked to represent the horns of Satan. He
           showed us that he is a better player than Paul, and he fits in
           as if has always been with Tool. 

Danny     : (Back Center)
           He put on the best drumming show I have ever seen.  His solo's
           were amazing and he could do things only few drummers could.
He
           improved his CD beats with more variations and better solo's. 
           Excellent drummer.

Maynard didn't talk much.  After the first song he said "Montreal". 
Before Prison Sex, he talked about the cycles of abuse.  Prison Sex
represents the first one and that there is a second one.(Jimmy is the
second but he didn't say that) During Prison Sex right before the
solo, they played a Jimmy extract for 10 seconds then hoped back in
Prison Sex.  Was Cool.  The intro to Sober lasted almost 10
minutes and the beginning to Cold and Ugly was totally different.

The Best: 'nema and Pushit
The Worst:  The slam was a little rough but not as bad as other shows.
The Weird:  Seeing Maynard blowing through this thinga ma jiggy in
Eulogy

The Set List: (Most likely wrong order)

Third Eye, Forty Six & 2, Stinkfist, Eulogy, Cold and Ugly, Sober,
Prison Sex, Pushit, Opiate, 'nema 

Kristopher Zawadka