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05/21/2002

Review written by: DJ BACOZZA (FILIPPO.FABBRI9@TIN.IT)
Review posted on: 05/19/02 07:21:14 ET

                                  ANGUILLE
ICONA DOLCE E NOVELLA DI AMPOLLA,
CORRI , POI FUGGI D'UN CANTO SOAVE CHE CON UNGHIE 
FELINE VEDO SCALFIRE LA VERNICE DEL MIO MASCHIO; 
RICORDO.
ORA RICORDO PER SFUGGIRE AL LAMENTO,
L'AURORA NEL TUO VOLTO CHE FULGIDO BRILLA,
POI CELA MESTIZIA.
E' ARDUO COMBATTERE I RUSCELLI DI NOTE DI UN FLAUTO 
CHE ALTRO NON SUONA SE NON LA POCHEZZA DELLA VITA 
FUNESTA, E POI A TERRA STRAMAZZA.
ASCOLTATE IL MIO TACITURNO CANTO, O ANGUILLE, NON SI 
CORICA MAI;  MISERRIMO ME, SCHIAVO DEL CANTO!
E OSCILLA, E ONDEGGIA, E RISTAGNA SALMASTRO E POI, 
PLUMBEO COME IL PIU' AMABILE DEGLI AUGELLI, AVVOLGE 
LA VITA IN UN VORTICE FITTIZIO DI SOSPIRI, TRASUDANDO 
TEPORE ED AMOR PERFETTO....IL GIUSTO SAPORE DELLA 
VITA,  O ANGUILLE.











Review written by: DO NOT DRINK (fattyboomcheeks@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 05/20/02 01:09:42 ET


This was this reviewer's ??? Tool show

  Hey you!  Read reviews already posted for your show to see 
if somebody already posted the setlist, jerkass.  Hey there, 
gl.  This was an amazing show of an appeal yet-to-be 
seen...you see, you people write in with these pick and peel 
stickers for reviews, there is no originality or layers upon 
thick and juicy layers of substance.  Maybe speaking of 
Adam bouncing his head to a new beat or cymbal change in 
The Patient would be a dispensable remark upon the band 
and her aura.  Anyways, looking forward to the Las Vegas 
show...will be wearing a shirt that says - A. Pissoff -









Review written by: Stone (stone_13@gmx.net)
Review posted on: 05/22/02 06:19:22 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show

  Great show, very impressing. 
It was my first and I was surprised how good they played 
those complex songs live. Especially the drummer did a 
great job.
I donīt remember the exact setlist, but they played 
everything from Lateralus except "The Patient" 
and "Parabol" plus "Stinkfist", "H." and "Aenima".








Review written by: passenger (fungus81@gmx.de)
Review posted on: 05/22/02 07:36:18 ET


This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show

  the show was perfect, they just totally impressed me again. 
after the support act pablo had left the stage a slow ambient 
music was played to get everyone in the right mood (though 
i bet this wasn't necessary :) ). the lights were still on as 
suddenly danny entered the stage with a basketball shirt to 
play a mini drum solo. while he was playing, justin entered, 
then adam already with his guitar in his hands. suddenly 
danny began to play the intro of ticks & leeches and the 
light show began.then maynard entered the stage, all blue 
with red spots all over his body. it seem that nearly 
everyone in the concert hall sang the words to it, the vibe 
was really amazing. they surprised me by improvising here 
and there during the concert with extended middle parts in 
ticks & leeches (different from the album version's middle 
part) and schism. when they played 4° and H they really got 
me, because i didn't expect to ever hear these songs live! 
another surprise was the missing parabol before parabola 
and the missing extended outro of reflection, because as 
soon as the actual song was finished, they left the stage 
quickly. then the usual parabol/parabola video was played, 
but unfortunately the sound was way too low. while the last 
20 seconds of the video were played, danny entered the 
stage again starting to play a little solo again which turned 
into the rhythm of triad. because the parabola video was 
quite low the live sound now seemed even louder and 
powerful than before and with the additional drumming of a 
person which maynard introduced as 'sascha, a former of 
uriah heep' ;), the song sounded almost better than on the 
album. i didn't know that this was possible! during ænema 
the crowd went crazy, singing and shouting all over the 
place. they finished their set with lateralus and the famous 
group hug, danny's arm was blue after hugging maynard! 
all in all the group's performance was perfect, like a 
clockwork, with no weak point at all (what can i say, it was a 
TOOL show!), whether in their playing nor in the setlist, which 
was by the way (in correct order):

01 - ticks & leeches (extended)
02 - the grudge
03 - 4°
-- (-) ions --
04 - stinkfist (extended)
05 - parabola (no parabol)
06 - schism (extended)
07 - H
08 - disposition
09 - reflection (no extended outro)
-- intermission: parabol/parabola video)
10 - triad (with additional drummer)
11 - ænema
12 - lateralus

my ears are still ringing. i reckon this was the last show in 
germany for a long time. i cannot hardly wait!








Review written by: Patrick (pwinsheimer@aol.com)
Review posted on: 05/23/02 07:01:10 ET


This was this reviewer's 20th Tool show

  Hi,

as to me this Tool show was something like a jubilee, i 
wanted to make it to the venue early so that i can get to the 
front row. So me and the guys that i have already 
mentioned in one or another review before (to round it up 
somehow i should mention that the Columbiahalle was the 
place i met those two for the first time almost one year ago) 
arrived there, coming from Braunschweig, at 4 am. We put 
out our sleeping bags and slept for a few hours, directly in 
front of the entrance door  (i know thatīs crazy, but hey, itīs 
for Tool...).
So finally i got to stand directly in front of Justin for the 
whole show, and itīs not that easy to find the right words to 
discribe what itīs like to be that close to the guys at a show.
They still make me stand there with open mouth, while i 
almost forget to breath, like it was when i saw them for the 
very first time back in 1993.
I could have just watched the expressions in Justinīs face 
(You really can see his skin move, mouth, chin and eyes) all 
the time, see him closing his eyes while playing or watching 
the faces in the crowd. 
Danny did his uncompareable drumming with closed eyes as 
well, from time to time, i think. And he really made me 
shake my body in some kind of spasmatic way from time to 
time,with his groove, i would say. Hope that doesnīt sound 
strange, i just try to describe my feelings somehow.
Maynard again was very active, beeing painted in purple with 
little pink dots glowing in the dark, only the right side of his 
body was spotted very lightly with blacklight.
Adam was quite like showing no expression at all, except for 
the moment, when Sasha left the stage after Triad. When 
they gave each other a hug, i saw Adam smile for a moment.
Tonight Maynard introduced Sasha as a former member of 
Uriah Heep, which made me laugh, because at Rock Am 
Ring he introduced him as the former backup drummer of 
Duran Duran and in Braunschweig it was Styxx.
This show was my last Tool clubshow for a few years, i think, 
and it was a very special one in a very beautiful venue, the 
first venue for me to see Tool play at twice, regarding last 
yearīs show at the Columbiahalle.
Driving all the way from Düsseldorf to Braunschweig then to 
Berlin and back without sleeping much was all worth it, i 
would do that every time again.

CU in Antwerpen

Patrick









Review written by: T+ry and read between the lines (giwan@gmx.de)
Review posted on: 05/23/02 16:22:37 ET


This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show

  Awesome. After two days, words still can not descibe my feelings, it was so familiar and overwhelmingly warm. 
Again I felt like they were only play for me. Thank you Tool. I love you. 









Review written by: Nadine (nadine.apel@tu-harburg.de)
Review posted on: 05/29/02 08:37:36 ET


This was this reviewer's 5th Tool show

  Cheerio Berlin!
I smiled way too often on this concert.
This music is just so good.
Makes me feel so happy.
Is this it?
This is it!
Please, keep it a habit of Tools returning here once a year.
I could get used to that.
Thank you.