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Review written by: R Sidey (sideyman@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/21/01 23:46:29 ETThis was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show
First of all heres the fukin wicked setlist The Grudge Stinkfist 46 & 2 Prison Sex Schism Pushit Disposition Reflection -------------------- Schism video -------------------- Sober Parabol Parabola Aenima Opiate Lateralus This was my first tool concert and I flew 1/2 the country to see it. I can say it was worth every penny. Fuck - never has a concert gone off as much as this in my experience. The crowd was intense. Maynard sang the second half of the show in his undies and even said to the chch crowd.. "I'm Thinkin' of moving here." Fingers crossed. I dont think it was sold out but the place was huge and there were shitloads of people. There shouldn't have been a single space left really. I meen - its Tool! The band sounded just like their recordings and you had to admire the gutarists and adams visualls. My highlight had to be Aenima but then its fukin impossible to pick one you didnt like.
Review written by: Richard (super_jump@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/22/01 00:48:29 ET
This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show
Well after a huge night last night iam just trying to gater my thoughts about the show, It was just perfect it all ways, the set list was the same as that for the Aucland show starting with the Grudge and ending with Lateralus with all and everthing in between. It was rather funny at this one point when some guy go up on stage during parabol the security gurads rushed at him but he dogged them and ran to the other side of the stage and jump in the croud every one cheered and Maynard said "too late" refering to the security guys. The visuls well realy cool i thought they fit the songs well, The band just plays every think so perfectly, they pladed a couple of different bits in a couple of songs namely prision sex they played the added interlude version and pushit was basicly the old vresion but with hints of the new version in it which made it a good mix. All in all a great show and i can wait intill they come back.
Review written by: Sarah James (drownsoda@thefragile.com) Review posted on: 07/22/01 00:59:02 ET
This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show
what can i say. the only word i can find to describe ilast night ia amazing. AMAZING. it was my second tool concert, and i have to say, it waskinda better.. unbelievable. The setlist was the same as the Auckland show, and it was jsut sooo amazing heh!.There were your average drunken louts, the teenyboppers only there to look cool, but then there were the diehards. the people who were there to see thedamn band and not hassle everyone and be generally annoying. it was bloody freezing outside and it was raining and everything, so lucky for us, when we got there at about 7, they were already letting people in.the search people were totally cool, especially if you were a girl(which i am heh) but they were kinda lax, y'know, as i have found with other concerts. so yes, once we were inside, the excitement began to mount as you'd expect. we got to keep our tickets, so that was wicked, we didn't get to last time. but yeah. so we got in, queued for AGES, and then once inside the stadium me and two others made our way into the pit, which wasn't that big at the time, so was fairly easy. we stood there waiting for TWO HOURS (come on guys, how long does it take to get ready ;>) ao to pass the time talked to other excited tool fans, quite an interesting experience. heh!. ok, so after two hours of listening to this godawful cd they were playing over THE GODDAMN HUGE speaker racks they had mounted on the roof, the lights finally dimmed and the croud went NUTS. like unbelieveably so. the band came on, and launched straight into THe Grudge. oh man. it was amazing.. everyone went insane, and the mosh pit was hella scary, but cool all the same heh. i stayed in the pit til the end of stinkfist, and by the time i'd been battered around for those few songs, i was ready to leave the pit, as i could tell i would just die, and would enjoy it much more if i actually got to see the band, and not jsut the roof. so i did, by the time 46 and two had started i had found myself a WICKED spot to the left, near Adam(yay!) and spent the rest of that song in awe bawling my eyes out like a wuss. it really moved me it was so amazing. so the concert went on, and continued to amaze. i sang my HEART out, my voice is rather hoarse today :D i don't know what else to say about the concert. i'm kinda at a loss for words to be honest. i was blown away. especially when they played Lateralus as the last song. i love that song,a nd they just played it so well. Tool are by far the most amazing musicians i have everr had the privelige to see live. Maynard said that he was thinking of moving here, which as you can imagine drove the croud WILD. ten at the end of the concert, he said that they'd be back soon. yay, i hope so! maybe the bdo? come on guys, come back soon! *tracklist*(if my memory serves me correctly, which it probably doesn't) The Grudge Stinkfist 46 & 2 Prison Sex Schism Pushit Disposition Reflection (Schism video) Sober Parabol Parabola Aenima Opiate Lateralus well worth the $73. go see tool they fucking rock.
Review written by: Mix Master Psilo (xtacyboy@yahoo.com) Review posted on: 07/22/01 02:11:14 ET
This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show
Ummm well yeah ... whats to be said that everyone else hasnt ? Hrrrm , well Im kinda surprised that nobody who has posted so far has said anything about the cover that Tool did of The Beatles - Seargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band ... to be quite honest that was the highlight for me ... also when they covered 'Mashed Potato' and 'Wake up Jeff' by The Wiggles I went fucking wild :) The visuals blew my mind , it was the most tripped out I have been for a LONG time while being sober ... I like the bit where it was in a room with a headless dude waving and wriggly things with nipples writhing about on the floor and then it went to the next room where a painting was hanging and it got closer until the woman in the painting turned into a skeleton and then in the next room the was a cyclope guy pulling a flushing mechanism for the toilet behind him and then the camera went down the toilet again and again .... I felt very dirty :) Also the most scary visual I saw was the weird machine arm stinger electric shock thing next to those two naked (painted) women and they were freaking the hell out because the arm thing was fucking them up .... ahhh , that scared the hells outta me :) The crowd was actually alot better than I expected , not too many drunken fuckheads starting fights , infact , I didnt see one fight the whole time I was there .... all in all , a kick ass concert !! Now , anyone know if Tool have realesed any singles for their Wiggles covers ?? ........... over and out .
Review written by: Gavin (smelly_aussie@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/22/01 02:20:26 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st Tool show
Okay, well it's the morning after, and I'm still thinking about the show. The crowd was pretty good, I didn't see any trouble at all, although there were a lot of guys who looked like rummies. There was a whole bunch of weed being smoked, it seemed like almost everyone had a quiet cone at some stage. The microphone was kind of fucked at some stages, which was a shame, but not enough to put you off. Maynard was not at all talkative at the start, after five songs he'd managed to say "Good evening", but after the intermission he was a lot chattier. They were awesome before the break, but afterwards it was just unreal. I hadn't seen the Schism video beforehand, but it was as weird as I'd expected. After the video ended, but before the band came back, I had a chat to some guy next to me who asked why I wasn't moshing. I told him I came to see the band, not jump up and down, but towards the end of the show I just couldn't help myself. I'm around six foot tall, and to my surprise that was enough to get a perfect view of the stage. It was a real bitch just trying to decide which member of the band to look at, let alone whether or not to watch the screen. In some songs, particularly Pushit and Prison Sex, things were a little different, but I couldn't decide whether they fucked up or just played it a little differently to keep themselves interested. The only two negative things were tiny, first they didn't play Third Eye, which would have been nice, but I suppose it's a little too long and they've played it a million times anyway, and second, when the lights came up at the end the guy next to me said to his mate, "fucking wankers don't even come out for an encore". Come on buddy, they were on stage for close on two-and-a-half hours, what more do you want?
Review written by: Nige (howdahell@whatthefuck.com) Review posted on: 07/22/01 07:32:41 ET
This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show
The band were just as awesome live 2nd time around as they were the first time I saw them, also in Chch. Much bigger venue this time, and it was pretty packed. The two hour wait for them to come on was a pain, but at least we didn't wait two hours, then have to put up with a support act. The pit went absolutely nuts for the first two songs (The Grudge and Stinkfist), and calmed down a bit after that. I was dead center a few rows back with my friends, would have been a great view if we weren't fighting to stand up :) By the time the Schism video came on, I had to get out of the pit, or I'd have collapsed. Thankfully they had free water fountains, all the drinks were ridiculously overpriced, as usual. The video screens were great, the music was as fantastic as ever, and all in all it was a great night. Well worth the 4 hour car trip there and another 4 hours back home. Maynard did the "repeat after me" bit after Opiate, and when he got to "promise not to blindly repeat what people tell you to say", most of the crowd laughed. Not too many thickos :) The highlights were Parabol/Parabola, and Aenima. Can't wait til next time.
Review written by: Mike (mikenth@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/22/01 07:43:44 ET
This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show
Okay...Gotta make this the best review. How how how??.. Okay it was pissing down with rain outside and I got to the HUGE venue with a friend of mine who had a dictophone stuck down his undies so he could record the whole concert. For some reason he thought it might be taken off him...they didnt find it and now I have the whole concert on tape..woohoo. Anyways we got to the venue, it was cold and pissing down and we had to line up in a mammoth line of a few hundred people waiting for fat security chicks to frisk us. After some anxious moments they finally let my friend and myself in. When I got in there I was overawed by how many people I saw with dreads. Man it sucked because I hate dorky mainstream people trying hard to look alternative. I bought a Tool t shirt which I happily bought even though I was ripped off. Inside was one of the hugest venues I had been to. I was stuck behind this fat sweaty guy with really long hair that kept getting in my nose and mouth. Chicks from either side of me spilt Beer on my trousers, and this was before the concert started. When Maynard and the crew finally came out I went fucking Berko! I am normally a together guy but I went like a madman when they came out and played. Opening with the Grudge then Stinkfist..throwing in a few Undertow songs such as prison sex..heaps of Lateralus songs a few Aenima songs and opiate to go with the mix. I was most utterly impressed by Maynards vocals with Pushit and Reflection. And I so dig the way he moved with the music. my head and neck hurts now from the manic trance like dancing that I was doing inbetween fat sweaty bodies. One of the great things to come out of it is that during part of the concert I was stuck behind a really hot blonde chick and Whoops!! It was'nt my fault that I was constantly rubbing up against her for about half an hour. But they concert was pure joy. I love Tool so much..I love the esoteric undertones, the rythmic moving of maynards body..and the damn wicked and seriously weird images in the background. Did I see an image of turd or a piece of intestine that had a face and it was in pain rolling around in agony? I still havent recovered from the concert sorry...waaaaaa I hate that its over.
Review written by: Shay (opaquesun@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/22/01 07:46:40 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show
I've been a Tool fan for sometime and regrettably missed the 96 show. I'd been waiting to see them since my brother ranted and raved about the 96 show. They played flawlessly as Tool always do. The sound Engineering could have been tighter but that's my fault for Being an audio wank and crap stadium acoustics. But in the end there they were, Justin, Adam, Danny and Maynard. My heart was pounding. Music and art are different things to different people so not to take away from those that were in pit but being thrown around and not being able to draw that from the music and push back I learnt I couldn't personally mosh to Tool. I left the pit after The Grudge and took in some fresh air outside, bewildered (:P) to what just happened as 46 & 2 started, I gathered my thoughts and returned as Prison Sex started. I found a spot where I could see them, all of the screen and let the music do to me what it does so well. Carry me away. Prison Sex concluded and the music continued to flow with Schism, and then it happened. I could of laughed at myself as my bottom lip begin to wobble. They started to play Push it. There they were in front of me, and I felt something I haven't felt in a while. True raw emotion. My wife and I have been living apart for almost a year now and I won't see her for another 3-5 months. I'm getting my greencard are currently separated due the behemoth of a bureaucracy run rampant known as the I.N.S. taking forever. Having felt defeated and ignoring my pain for the past 8 months and hearing those opening bars I could deny it no longer (more due to the fact that I love the song and was intensely happy to witness one of my dreams unfold rather than what I take from the song.). As I let out what I'd been bottling up all this time I felt a burden lifted and for that I thank them truly from the bottom of my heart. As the music continued to carry me to familiar places and some new ones I worried no longer about the beginning and took in the most amazing show I've ever seen. The show was absolutely amazing, well orchestrated, they played flawlessly and I would (and do) recommend them to anyone.
Review written by: steven (lateralus40@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/22/01 08:05:15 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show
o.k so last night i got to see the most amazing show of my life and the best band on the face of the planet. o.k so ive noticed from the other reviews that no one was at the front on the rail well i was and had to get pulled out by security guards half way through schism because i couldn't breath at all it was quite comfortable untill tool came on and everyone started pushing (the rail sounded like it cracked) but it was still worth it. after i got off the rail i went to the edge of the pit so i couldnt see the band better and was soon in the pit but i enjoyed the concert from there . maynard was a fucking madman on stage doing this reall cool stomp with his leg in the grudge. the only low point of the night was that they didnt play eulogy but i didnt care the high points were when parabol clicks into parabola and everyone just started jumping ie was so fuckin awesome and when the band was reall quite for a couple of minutes and maynard starts going HEY HEY HEY... and everyone went nuts all in all this was the best night of my life better then sex. i also got the setlist from the sound engineer and it reads like this The Grudge Stinkfist 46 n 2 (with a prison sex tease at the start) prison sex schism pushit disposition reflection schism video sober parabol/parabola aenema opiate lateralus also most of the people that started at the front had to be pulled out by security guards. TOOL FUCKIN RULE!!!!!!!!
Review written by: Ash (dunstanark@xtra.co.nz) Review posted on: 07/22/01 08:20:20 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st Tool show
Hey you! Read reviews already posted for your show to see if somebody already posted the setlist. If nobody has, you ought to. The less duplicated info, the easier it is for everyone to read these. Especially your mom. This was one wicked concert. I had 10 hours to get to it but I can honestly say it rates up there with the best days of my life. The atmosphere was cool and there seemed to be a mutual respect going round. The setlist was awesome and the band themselves were really intense, far more so than I was expecting (maynard was going nuts at the end of Lateralus, in his underpants). This was the shit. By the way if anyone has managed to get a bootleg of the concert could they please email me at dunstanark@xtra.co.nz and we can organize a price etc. If you haven't seen tool live do it....
Review written by: Hadleigh Brownieiewer (hfb17@student.canterbury.ac.nz) Review posted on: 07/22/01 11:43:37 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show
Hey you! Read reviews already posted for your show to see if somebody already posted the setlist. If nobody hI Deffinately think Tool made evryone at the Christchurch concert rediscover communication. We all rode the spiral to the end. It was a cold and wet Saturday night but ofcourse that didn't stop any of Christchurch's dedicated "Toolhedz" from paying their respects. After about 1 and a half hours after I entered the WestpacTrust Centre, Tool finally emerged to an ear rattling roar. No opening band, just Tool. They procceded to play an awesome set which consisted of: The Grudge Stinkfist 46 & 2 Prison Sex Schism Pushit Disposition/Reflection --------------------Schism video-------------------- Sober Parabol/Parabola Aenima Opiate Eon Blue Apocalypse Lateralus My personal favourite was Pushit which I thought was the most well palyed. The visuals on the big screens were mind- blowing. One fan at one point got up on the stage, did two thumbs up in front of the crowd, and the dived into the crowd before the security could grab him. Maynard's only comment was "lame". At one stage he made us recite a non-conformist oath which finished with the line "and never repeat anything anyone says" which was very amusing. At one point he said to the people of Christchurch "thankyou for your hospitality, thankyou for your alcahol, and thankyou for your blow-jobs!" He also commented on how he was thinking of moving here. And who could blame him, we have a great clean fresh country here in New Zealand. Anyway, it was a great concert and I cant wait for the next album and tour. Word up! Hadleigh Brownieas, you ought to. The less duplicated info, the easier it is for everyone to read these. Especially your mom.
Review written by: Brett (brett_s@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/22/01 12:54:04 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st Tool show
After arriving at the venue at 5.30 we managed to score front row spots against the barrier, slightly right of centre. When Tool came on the crowd went nuts, but it wasnt untill they kicked into Stinkfist that the pit went really nuts. Great view from the front, security were really good, being resonable, and standing back so we could see. We managed to stay at the front for the entire concert and I managed to score Adams setlist off the stage at the end. Justins volume swells combined with the wah were amazing, especially since we were right in front of him. The bands timing is amazing. With one of the best drummers around today. Overall a wicked concert, with a setlist that couldnt be better.
Review written by: George (Lhabia_@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/22/01 14:08:02 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show
I've been a fan of TOOL for about a year and a half now and have applied their songs to different aspects of my life and let them influence my moods and thoughts. As Maynard says 'music either moves you or it doesn't' and TOOL definitely move me, seeing them live was a fucking amazing experience. Oh how wonderful it would be to make a career of following them around, not missing a single show. The concert's been summarised pretty well already by everyone else so i'll just make a short note of agreeing with them in everything good they had to say. TOOL are in my opinion one of the/if not the best/most talented bands on the planet. Words can't express their prowess, you have to see and hear it for yourself. The band quietly made their way on stage as the Lateralus flames were projected onto the big movie screen and also onto a smaller screen behind where maynard stood on a small pedestal, they then launched into the Grudge, i couldn't stop smiling. Everything else to follow - which is listed in other reviews - was the best thing i have ever had the priviledge of listening to. Being a drummer, i found myself staring awe struck at Danny Carey throughout most of the show. If TOOL are touring near you, make sure you don't miss them, i would have paid ten times the amount i did to see them, even if you're not a fan after a live concert you'll be converted. The light show and visuals were excellant, really trippy and weird, keeping to TOOL's theme. The only complaint i do have is that i wish some people wouldn't go out of their way to dance like idiots and make sure they hit as many people as possible, a fuck you goes to the guy standing next to me with the glasses who was dancing like it was trance or something and making ignorant comments about the band. One guy managed to get on stage and grabbed Justin, after security guards had removed him Maynard either said "too late" or "lame" im not sure which. I later learned from two of his friends this was the same guy who had got on stage a few yrs ago at the last concert. A brilliant experience.
Review written by: charlie (hayesch3@msu.edu) Review posted on: 07/22/01 20:52:32 ET
This was this reviewer's 8th Tool show
Am I the only TooL fan that feels used because of the same damn setlist every night. Is the once joyious hope of a favorite oldie forever crushed. What the hell is going on!!!!!!! I have never in my 6 year TooL listening obsession been so pissed off. Man, I guess I will never hear Cold and Ugly or 4 degrees like I did in Detroit back in '96. Ah yes, the good ol' days. Oh yes, the show, good, not as good as the last tours though. Peace
Review written by: duckstab (duckstab@inet.net.nz) Review posted on: 07/22/01 21:38:23 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show
Never in my life have I seen so many people go crazy over a circle appearing on a screen. As soon as the house lights were killed at the start, a circle of multi colored eyes appeared on the 2 screens, and every single person in the crowd went totally fucking berzerk. The band came on and everyone kept cheering till 4 clicks from danny signaled the impending frenzy. Those first few notes and the line "wear the grudge like a crown" lit a fire up the ass of the crowd and we went absolutely stark raving mad. The mosh was totally insane, I could hardly stay up right and had trouble breathing. I got out of the mosh and up on the gallery area to get a good look at the crowd/visuals and was totall awe struck by what I saw, 6-7 thousand people jumping in unison to a squirming worm up on the screen (46 & 2). I can't really describe the feeling I had the entire concert, it was mostly admiration for the sheer musicianship they displayed, and the way they have got their live show down so so well with the lighting, visuals and sound. I will remember the experience for a very, very long time.
Review written by: Brad (mr.sifter@glo-racing.com) Review posted on: 07/22/01 22:42:33 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st Tool show
I had been waiting for tool for 5 years. I got hooked on NIMA and soon discovered the excellent early material. As the 5000 people in the Westpac Trust Centre all chanted TOOL, the lights suddenly dimmed and everybody cheered. The "Third eye circle projection came on screen as the band entered the stage and everybody cheered louded. The washing sounds of the grudge started to flow through the eager audience and when Maynard satrted to sing we all lifted the roof! After all the anticipation I was not disappointed, put simply TOOL Rock!! Through the highs of Parabola and Opiate to the lows of Parabol and Disposition TOOL didnt miss a beat. The played with the consistancy of the their recorded work only with a huge energy that was felt by everyone! The set list(listed above) was awesome, I couldnt think of a better history of TOOL. This was one of the bets experiences of my life and I urge anybody who gets a chance to see TOOL live. Thanks Maynard, Danny, Adam and Justin for an uplifting experience and I hope to see you "back very soon" as you said!
Review written by: Enoch (enochq@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/22/01 22:54:00 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show
GO TOOL!!! My first Tool show and did it rock!!! Thank you Tool for an unbelievable show. Come back soon!!!
Review written by: James (maynard_jt@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/23/01 00:52:06 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st Tool show
I got to the stadium at 5 there were around thirty people there already but i got to just about the front of one of the queues ,it was very cold but the wait was defenatly worth it. We got in about quarter to seven and then had to wait untill seven thirty to be let in to the actual arena.We could hear booms coming from inside where Tool must have been sound testing- which made me more anxious to get in. We were let in at last and i ran towards the front where i waited chatting to my friends about what they would open with. One a and a half hours later the lights went out Tool came on. The crowd went nuts as they lurched into the grudge.I was about five metres away from Justin. The mosh pit went wild so i got out after stinkfist ,so i could look at the other band members without being shoved around. It was totally amazing the music, the lighting, the visuals were all perfect and the schsim video looked brilliant on a huge screen. Overall it was all to much to take in at once so i hope they come back again. My highlights were Sober and Aenima. But the whole thing was mindblowing-best concert ever!
Review written by: Shane (defkrank@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/23/01 12:47:30 ET
This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show
Hey you! Read reviews already posted for your show to see if somebody already posted the setlist. If nobody has, you ought to. The less duplicated info, the easier it is for everyone to read these. Especially your mom. Even better than Auckland... Highlights in clude...the added part in 'Prison Sex', which was not included at the Auckland show...Maynard's beautiful chanting during an instrumental part of 'Stinkfist'...'Parabol/Parabola' - perhaps my favourite songs on Lateralus...the crowd singing the whole of 'Aenema' and 'Opiate'...and probably the best songs of the night for me, ' Reflection' and 'Lateralus'. The effect of Maynard ' spiralling out' in front of the spiral on the smaller of the two projector screens was hypnotising. The movement of the band was also captivating. Wow. Damn there is no band that compares live...
Review written by: Me (detroitfuck@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/23/01 12:49:17 ET
This was this reviewer's 7 Tool show
The coke snorter that wrote this review can go fuck himself cos he doesnt know how to take each experience and come out with a new and fresh vision on what he has just seen !!! Review written by: charlie (hayesch3@msu.edu) Review posted on: 07/22/01 20:52:32 ET Ive lived 7 of them and this one didnt compare to the rest cos it wasnt the rest U FUCK!!!! Go Back to Detroit !!!
Review written by: Ben (johnholmes56@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/24/01 02:23:26 ET
This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show
Best concert ive ever been to and one of the best times of my life! Lateralus went off and was fucking intense! Thanks Tool for coming to South Island NZ, hope u come again soon. You guys fucking rule!
Review written by: Varkk (varkk@thefragile.com) Review posted on: 07/24/01 04:53:41 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show
The Christchurch Tool gig on Saturday night was my first, as I missed the one here in 1997, and have regretted it ever since. So I was not about to make the same mistake twice. I was not disappointed; it was everything I expected and then some. The atmosphere was awesome, with the crowd already buzzing when I came in (the gate staff let everyone in earlier than 7:30 as it was stated on the tickets possibly due to the rain). But once inside the crap weather was forgotten. I managed to get a pretty good seat, near the front of the seating area just off to the left, which gave a great view of the band, the screen behind them and the crowd on the floor. When the house lights went out at about 9pm and then when the screens showed the flame with the eye in it and the first few chords of `The Grudge' were played, the crowd went mad. At times the lights would sweep across the crowd and all you could see was a jumping mass of arms. At times it was hard to decide whether to watch the band, the screen behind them, or what was happening around me. The lighting was great, at times all you could see was just a purple glow around the stage and at others it would highlight various colours on the band members or the audience, and the timing of everything was brilliant, the drums would light up at times when they were hit and the images on the screen would flash in time to the music. Some have complained about the same set list being used as in Auckland and other shows, but I think this allowed for the whole performance to work so well as a whole. Besides most people only would have been to one show. As far as the choice of songs played, I would have loved t have seen 'Eulogy' or 'My Third Eye' live but they can't play every song. Overall a great evening with no real problems with the crowd (one guy got on stage and dived into the audience) The security guys seemed to spend most of their time handing out cups of water. There were a couple of annoying points however: like the stupid guy with the Australian accent who sat a couple of rows behind me and kept trying to chat up some chick and was proceeding to tell her his life story during the concert. Also the fact that the taxi companies didn't think that they needed to send more than about a dozen cabs to the venue when it finished, meaning a long walk home in the rain for those not out in the first rush. The last few days have been spent speculating on what Maynard meant when he said that they would be back really soon just before they played their last track for the night. Also if anyone has any pictures of the show or anything else like that. Please email me; I would like to get a copy of them.
Review written by: Hayden (fgorone@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/24/01 07:36:24 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st Tool show
well what can i say.. words do not do it justice.. the previous reviews give a fair idea of what it was like so i wont repeat all of that again, just a few thoughts tho.. was sad not to b sold out but we r only a city of 300 000 so that can b expected.. sure sydney can sell out but they got 3 million.. do the maths... did something go wrong with justin's bass during pushit... from where i was (2nd row in the middle) he seemed to stop playing and look really closely at the strings or something.. i first thought he mite have broken one. He then went to the back of the stage and fiddled round for a bit and came back and finished the song.. did any1 else notice this.. im not a muso so have no idea wot it could have been... quite strange though i thought. When maynard said he was thinking about moving here or woteva.. pls every 1 dont think all of us christchurchians are complete hams and actually believd it as some reviewers obviously have... i personally think it was a dig at fred durst coz he seems to say that very very frequently....maybe.. maybe not.. who knows... so yeah theres my thoughts if u agree all well and good.. if u dont well thats ok too...
Review written by: Jess (d_jess@vodafone.net.nz) Review posted on: 07/24/01 08:28:28 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show
Hey, this was my first Tool concert and I was totally BLOWN away! I got totally crushed in the pit, and cause I was so much smaller than everyone else, I had to move back so I could see the band. It was so moving and amazing I don't think words can do them justice. If anyone has pics of the concert, could u please, please email them to me, I would be entirely grateful!
Review written by: Craig & Rowan (hole_in_my_tongue@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/24/01 10:56:36 ET
This was this reviewer's 1st Tool show
WE BOUGHT OUR TICKETS, WAITED FOR THREE WEEKS AND WERE NOT DISAPOINTED IN THE LEAST. IT WAS AN AWFULLY SURREAL EXPERIENCE, THERE WE WERE AFTER LISTENING TO THEM IN THE CAR ALL THE WAY TO THE CONCERT FOR 4 HOURS, WALK INTO THE EVENT CENTRE AND THERE THEY ARE LARGER THAN LIFE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. I HAD SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE!! I HAVE BEEN TO MANY CONCERTS BEFORE BUT NEVER HAD THE ANTICIPATION LIKE I HAD FOR THIS ONE. EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SHOW WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. THE SOUND QUALITY WAS IMPECABLE!! I COULD FEEL THE BASS IN MY THROAT. THE VISUALS WERE ALSO GREAT, ITS ABOUT TIME A BAND PUT VISUALS TO SONGS THAT ACTUALLY WORK WELL WITH THE SONGS. I HAVE READ MANY REVIEWS FROM THIS SITE AND MANY SAY THAT THE VISUALS DISRACTED FROM THE SHOW. WELL I SAY TO THEM "DID YOU GO TO THE SHOW TO WATCH A MOVIE OR TAKE IN THE WHOLE TOOL EXPERIENCE?" YOU ALL KNOW THE SETLIST, COULD IT HAVE BEEN ANY BETTER!! MY CONGATULATIONS GO OUT TO THE DUDE WHO MANAGED TO GET ON THE STAGE. MAYNARD SANG LIKE A WILD MAN POSSESSED BY DEMONS. ADAM & JUSTIN STOOD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STAGE LIKE IMPOSSING GARGOYLES THRASHING THEIR AXES WITH THE EASE THAT A TRUE CRAFTSMAN MAKES LOOK SO SIMPLE. AND LAST BUT BY NO MEANS LEAST THE GIFTED DANNY CARRY, HOW THE FUCK DOES HE DO THAT? DOES HE SUDDENLY GROW A THIRD ARM DURING HIS PERFORMANCE?. I FOUND MYSELF JUST STARRING AT HIM AT AWE. HE IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST DRUMMER ON THE PLANET!!. AS MAYNARD SAID, I HAVE TAKEN THE FEELING I HAD DURING THE SHOW, BY THE WAY MINE WAS A POSITIVE ONE, AND HAVEN'T STOPPED THINKING ABOUT HOW I WAS SO MOVED BY 4 TALENTED MEN PUTTING ON A ROCK CONCERT. P.S I ALSO WOULD APPRECIATE ANY PHOTOS TAKEN FROM THE SHOW EMAILED TO ME AS I GOT BUSTED AT THE DOOR WITH MY CAMERA.
Review written by: red dragon (mynwar@hotmail.com) Review posted on: 07/26/01 03:53:07 ET
This was this reviewer's 666t Tool show
hey! i felt like orgasm did yous guys thinks so, i mean, my penis was almost taller than the stage, dont you think? sorry about that bop on the head, maynard, ha ha. . still, he has mighty jaw and prolonged the climaxes till just after lateralus, on the last chord, then we all had to swim for it eh? just like in the song, digital bath. . pity it was the only song they played. that i was conscious for . boy was my face red. .