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09/07/2002

Review written by: TALON (TALON48@YAHOO.COM)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 01:26:43 ET


This was this reviewer's 4TH Tool show

  GREAT SHOW. I WONDERED IF THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING 
SPECIAL, OR PLAY A DIFFERENT SET LIST SINCE IT WAS THE 
LAST SHOW AND ALL. WELL, IT WAS NOTHING TOO 
DIFFERENT EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING:

SET LIST

INTRODUCTION WITH STATIC
SOBER [ NOTHING NEW ABOUT IT. ALBUM VERSION ]
THE GRUDGE [ 20 SECOND SCREAM. NOT 40 SECOND ]
STINFIST [ NO EXTENTION ] 
46/2 [ W/ DRUM SOLO!!!!! ABOUT 8 MINUTE SOLO, I KEPT 
TIME ]
PARABOLA [ NO PARABOL ] 
OPIATE [ SOMEWHAT OF A SURPRISE ] 
AENEMA [ HUGE SURPRISE SINCE THEY PLAYED OPIATE AS 
WELL ] 

INTERMISSION [ MORE STATIC. LIKE INTRODUCTION ] 

DISPOSITION
REFLECTION
THE PATIENT [ SURPRISE. EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WOULD 
BE TRIAD ]
LATERALUS


PRETTY MUCH A DIFFERENT SETLIST

THEY PLAYED 46/2 INSTEAD OF H. 
BOTH AENIMA AND OPIATE BUT NO PARABOL
AND PATIENT INSTEAD OF TRIAD


MAYNARD DIDDN'T UNDRESS OR FACE THE CROWD AT ALL 
DURING THE SHOW, WHICH IS A SIGN OF DISRESPECT TO 
ME AND ALL OTHER FANS. 

HE GAVE HIS LITTLE SPEECH AT THE END BUT SAID NOTHING 
ELSE DURING THE SHOW EXCEPT GOOD EVENING. 

OH YA, TOMAHAWK SUCKED ASS!!
WORST LIVE BAN D I'VE EVER SEEN!!


ANYWAYS, THEY PLAYED ABOUT A 3 HOUR SET LIST, LONGER 
THEN THE USUAL 2.5

WELL WORTH THE 7 HOUR DRIVE!

GO SEE THIS BAND LIVE, BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.....

"I MUST PERSUADE YOU ANOTHER WAY!!!!!!"








Review written by: Suphlatus (ssalyard@knox.edu)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 01:53:43 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  Okay. First of all the last reviewer is full of shit. They did 
NOT play the patient, and they DID do the extended pushit. 
This show was rather short, but I wouldn't hold it against the 
guys. After two months of this shit they're probably 
exhausted. Maynard rocked the baptist preacher outfit for 
the first time in ages during Tomahawk's set, which, by the 
way, was the ONLY good part about their set. Here's the real 
setlist from the Tool portion of the evening....

1.Weird cover song that I didn't rocognize. If you know what 
it was, please tell me.
2.Sober
3.The Grudge
4.Stinkfist
5.Schism
6.Parabol/Parabola
7.Aenema
8.Triad(2 guest percussionists. The guy from Tomahawk and 
one crazy guy that I didn't recognize)
9.Lateralus

Like I said. Short and sweet(Hope I didn't leave anything 
out). I wish the guys the best on their break. Bedtime.








Review written by: Suphlatus (hpsalyar@tcgcs.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 01:56:10 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  Doh!!! Major typo! I meant that they did the extended 
STINKFIST....ugh....need.....sleep.








Review written by: mulud (vrgmentor@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 02:00:49 ET


This was this reviewer's 3st? Tool show

  The above stuff is very imaginative but never happened.

Much to my delight I enjoyed Tomahawk a LOT. 
They were way way better than most of the chuffs
who post here seem to think.  The were  musically
strong, vocally strong and uniquely strong. They 
were probably the highlight of the show for me.  The mood
their music emitted meshed well with Tool's lights.
They were very good I will have to look into them a bit more.

Tool

Commando
Sober
The Grudge
some random jamming here i think
Stinkfist (exteded)
Parabol
Parabola
Tomahawk (Mike Patton sings his ass off to the tune of
a slow sexy jazz tune, could have been a cover but I don't
know what it was, very funny and quite good!)
Schism (way extendo very cool)
Aenima
Triad all band members from Tomahawk and Tool
for a sweet jam OUTSTANDING
Lateralus

short show Maynard rest your voice man my hats off to you 
to sing what you do for so many days in a row.

Adam your tone is delicious and sweet (played a song with 
Tomahawk while they were being rained down on by random 
shit thrown by cro-magnon's in the audience) to those 
throwing things at the bands may you someday perform in 
front of an audience baring your soul -- and then get hit in 
the face by a shoe-- Saturn comes around 

Justin your tone and hair are both shaggy drippy and spot on
gorgeous.  I love your bass playing and your gyrations.  You 
are a legend on the low end in my op.

Maynard, preacher outfit from Aenima tour during Tomahawk 
song, played a bit of guitar 3 weeks of masturbation to 
Cinemax eh. Don't forget to change hands man and rest 
those vocords.

Danny you are undoubtedly the finest drummer I have 
witnessed.  I really can't say enough to compliment your 
excellence.. The random jamming during songs was very 
nice.

The backdrops were out of this world especially with the 
masterful lighting accenting every detail.

Kudos tool thanks for 3 great shows the last year.
Peace 








Review written by: Josh Smith (killersarequiet08@mchsi.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 02:27:01 ET


This was this reviewer's 5th Tool show

  I, luckily, walked in just as Tomahawk finished.  Tool was 
better lastnight in Ames and played more songs.  I was 
upset with this setlist.  All in all, worth $40, but they could've 
played longer.








Review written by: APC4TOOL (boomerisnotgay@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 02:30:52 ET


This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show

  well I just got back form tool and I have several things to 
say fuck smiley glad hands with hidden agendas and it was 
fucking amazing I also have something 2 bitch about they 
only had medium shirts by the time the concert was over so 
I have 2 squeeze my fat as into 2 of them also some 
psycho cunt on the floor bit my arm witch sucked also some 
funny things I was taking pictures as I planned and like the 
second picture I took the security guards saw me and try 2 
point at me and tell me 2 go 2 them so they would steal my 
camera so as I was walking backwards form the second row I 
gave them the finger and continued taking pictures ha ha 
wankers I almost lots my shoes 2 times and I fell down like 
4 times also I hate meat heads the people that push there 
way around u because they are bigger I know that is the 
object of the floor 2 get the best view possible but I mean 
come on I also hate when they sing the lyrics in ur ear and 
they don't even know the words and the amount of people 
that prolly only went cuz they have heard just schism I also 
have noted that potheads are worthless I have no idea how 
many times I heard dude light up that joint dude come dude 
if u got a joint smoke it dude potheads are dumb an I am 
now going 2 quit smoking pot also if any1 would like pictures 
of tool after I get them developed if they turn on decent I 
will make a web site or you can e-mail me and if u have 
somethin a small somethin i return i will send them 2 u and 
have the pics on there i missed tomahawk and the reverend 
so im not sure whta he said at all or if tomhawk was any 
good also fuck all u junkies and fuck ur short memories 
set list as well as i can remember it may not have all songs 
or be in the right order

ramones cover
sober
the grudge
stinkfist
aenema
triad with tomahawk
lateralus

i know im missing alot so if u know the real setlist e-mail 
that guy b4 me had no clue what he was talkin about and 
his story doesnt add up










Review written by: Shakes (Idshakes@aol)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 02:40:38 ET


This was this reviewer's 5th Tool show

  What a rip off.  All you new Tool fools don't know what you 
missed when this band had some balls.  The production was 
great; cool lights, back drops etc... All that's pointless if MJK 
can't step up cuz his voice is cashed.  If you can't bring it to 
every show, don't play that many shows.  Mike sang circles 
around the Rev tonight.  Thank Satan Tomahawk saved the 
night.  I'm sure some dope is going to say how this show 
changed their lives and that I'm just a jaded pig fucker...but 
that says more about you than me.  That short show fucking 
sucked. Don't be distracted by hype and just take what they 
give you. Worst Tool show ever.  Danny, you fucking rock.








Review written by: nicole (yellowbird369@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 02:56:52 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show

  hey kids! the concert was so awesome, this was my first 
show! they sounded fabulous! openning the with the 
ramones cover was great. maynard was out of control with 
his bible in hand preaching during tomahawk. tomahawk 
wasn't as bad as i was expecting but still not my cup of tea. 
The lead singer did sound great during his little jazz 
performance! the best time of my life by far...i hope 
maynard has fun whackin it for three weeks! because i can't 
wait to see them in october!








Review written by: Larry (lobo329@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 03:02:01 ET


This was this reviewer's 4th Tool show

  Well, as a few others have said, somewhat of a letdown 
show, I saw them in Chicago and Milwuakee, this was clearly 
the worst show.  Maynard clearly didn't have it.  During the 
grudge he didn't even attempt a growl at the end, no h., he 
left parts out of schism and parabola.  Playing for the 4th 
night in a row was probabally too much for his voice.  They 
were definetely trying to cover his voice up too, the other 
instruments volume was way up over the other shows.  He 
wasn't very animated, he seemed to want to finish the show 
and go rest, who can blame him.  A good show, but 
definetely the worst show i've seen them have.  When they 
come around next time, i'm sure it will be better.








Review written by: Master Reviewer (grammar_nazi@yermom.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 03:11:09 ET


This was this reviewer's 0001 Tool show

  Hey APCTool, learn some fucking punctuation. There is not 
one period or comma in your entire review. You're giving us 
Tool fans a bad name. This is the reason I am embarrassed 
to be a Tool fan sometimes. The illiteracy, which you have 
so graciously exhibited is prominent among Tool fans, 
coupled with the constant prevalent drinking/moshing/rolling 
at shows. Get a clue.








Review written by: that guy there (mrazny@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 03:15:21 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st Tool show

  couple notes, that guy in dress clothes and blue skin was 
freakin' me out, anyways, it wasn't really the crowd throwing 
stuff at Tomahawk, i think backstage people started it, it 
kept coming from the areas with no seating.  Did anyone 
else notice the hand actually move between tomahawk and 
tool?  I could've sworn it flicked me off.  If this was their 
worst show, truly no band in the world holds a candle.  It was 
a version of mantra before schism, and danny is amazing








Review written by: LRRH (lrrh462@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 03:15:35 ET


This was this reviewer's 4th Tool show

  Well...it was a drive to see them from Chicago.  I was NOT 
able to see them last week when they were here.  They 
opened with the cover tune which is apparently, The 
Ramones.  Then Sober....nice n clean not lots of screaming.  
The grudge was really nice, it sounded very good and MJK's 
voice was doing OK.  Stinkfyst was good.....it did have the 
extended outro but no extra lyrics(was hoping for the 3rd 
show in a row that there would be....).  Schism had a kewl 
introduction, but Maynard had to skip a few lines.  
Parabol/Parabola...very GOOD...MJK sounded pretty good 
one this one. He even screamed out "ALIIIIIIIIIIIVE" pretty 
well(but still shorter than it could have been.  They went into 
Aenima and i was pretty dissapointed because I've never 
seen "H" live before and they had been playing it alot 
recently.  Oh well.  INTERMISSION.  Triad w/ 
Tomohawk....rocked.  Very good!  They skipped 
Disposition/Reflection and closed with Lateralus.  Another 
sad moment.  Hoped for a second they would close with 
something crazy for the tour.....but not today.

Long drive home....but still a very good show.  Maynard 
sang very well considering all things.  Can any of you sing 
that well???  Hmm..

As always....hats off to Danny....who amazes me every time 
I see him play.  Adam also played very well tonight.  Really 
liked him jamming on Triad.  Justin drove as usual.

I saw a funny sign in back of the stage...it said "You go 
home now".

enjoy your rest Tool.  Sick and still rockin.








Review written by: Mostresticator (cenglish50@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 03:25:38 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  Ok, I'll admit...I walked out of the Mark dissapointed 
tonight. But as I got to thinking...it's not MJK's fault that his 
voice wasn't up to par...that man was singing SMART tonight. 
And by doing that we got a rare chance see what makes our 
favorite band so good...it's not all MJK, sorry Ladies and 
Gents but there are FOUR members to this band, and with 
out the other three, MJK would be singing solo and then 
everyone would be bitching about that! Realize that Tool is a 
four-person UNIT! MJK's voice is merely another instrument 
contributing to the sound and moment that makes their 
music. I find some of the more moving parts of their songs 
to be the parts where he is not singing. So give it a rest and 
realize that just because we all like to think that the greatest 
band ever is perfect, but they really arent. So give him a 
break, what they did was smart, professional, and tasteful. 
If you dissagree with this, but yet still wonder, "Gee, how do 
they come up with such great hard songs like Hooker with a 
Penis or Ticks and Leeches..." Take a damn look in the 
mirror...(Shakes)
Also, I'd like to add that while Tomahawk was not my cup of 
tea either, I still respected what they have done and thought 
that they were very good in getting the crowd ready for the 
show.
Which takes me to another point...'Meat Heads' as a fellow 
reviewer put it...are incredibly stupid and need to go to a 
Slipknot concert to do their moshing and shit....








Review written by: derek (derekrarnold@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 03:36:36 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  Mike Patton rules.  Crowd couldn't handle their homophobia 
being challenged.  They needed the mic turned up, though.

Maynard seemed kind of lazy on this last night, but hey, saw 
them twice before already, so no biggie.  

Some retard actually thought dope would be a good opener. 
uggh.

Danny's drumming was better than ever.  The visual stimuli 
was also more present compared to my last two shows.  I'm 
trying to figure out the molecules, considering I couldn't see 
strings and they were turning end over end.

I saw some moron wearing a strokes t-shirt.

outta here.

p.s.  Tool's 100% great, but 90% of the fans are imbeciles.  
just in case you're a member of the 90% that needs to be 
clued in.








Review written by: Master Reviewer (tdka@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 04:22:47 ET


This was this reviewer's 10 Tool show

  YOU GUYS ARE ALL PUSSYS!!!! YOU ALL MAKE TOOL LOOK 
BAD!!!! TOOL ISN'T WHAT THEY USE TO BE!!!!!! ALL YOU 
OGT'S KNOW WHAT I MEAN!!!!!!








Review written by: psygnostic (psygnostic@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 04:49:58 ET


This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show

  3 weeks of masturbating to Cinemax.  Three weeks not 
worrying about YOUR needs.  3 weeks of eating whenever we 
want.  Great show, totally different than last Oct. in Cedar 
Rapids, IA.  Sound a little muddier, but everyone sounds 
better in CR.  Even with muddy sound, Tomahawk was 
amazing.  I've seen Patton with most of his outfits (FNM, Mr. 
Bungle, Tomahawk) and he still has it.  If you're not into 
that, then whatever, I thought it was great (and certainly ran 
circles around DJ Tricky in Oct.)  Solid Tool show....not the 
best, but better than anyone else out there today in this 
genre.








Review written by: . (distik@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 04:53:10 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  I dont know where to start with this review. First of all you've 
seen the setlist. Admitting to my self that this show was bad 
was just a terrible thing that needed to be done. I had seen 
them last night in Ames and that completely topped tonite. 
Maynard did his thing last night, so I don't know wheather 
he was just pissed at the audiance tonite or just still having 
throat problems. They REALLY shorted this show song wise 
which is dissapointing.
I seen some things these last two nights that really 
disturbed me too. After the ames show I awaited for the 
presence of a band member with maybe only 30 other 
people. As we all stood there we could watch young girls walk 
in and out of the bus non stop. We happened to see a girl 
get asked if she wants to meet maynard and she 
replied "whose maynard?" Then she is told who he is and 
she gets to meet him. Im sure this turned the stomaches of 
everyone else last night standing out side too. Its sad to 
see A member not giving a shit about the true fans at all.
After losing all hope the man him self (Danny) comes out 
and is thanking the fans for coming to the show. Probly the 
nicest famous musician i've ever met. Danny Rules.
Justin happened to come out tonite and sign autographs 
which rulled.
Also as we where starring into a bus waiting for one of them 
to come out the curtain flew open and we could see maynard 
sitting with a glass of wine. After he looks out at the fans he 
seems to stand up and yank the curtain closed in disguist.
end








Review written by: mike mullins (michaelamullins@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 05:13:20 ET


This was this reviewer's 6th Tool show

  DAY THREE: Down Goes the Deer

Arrived in Moline around 5:30, not a bad looking town (lots better 
than what I expected).  Way to go Quad Cities!  Rah, rah...

Anyway, I ended up with an extra ticket, managed to get that sold 
right away.  Security was nuts...first they made us go back outside, 
then they did reeeeal thorough patdowns...they made me show them my 
CHANGE, for pete's sake.  Is there a ban on Canadian currency at The 
Mark or something?  The slow line kept me from getting a rail spot, 
but considering the crowd this evening, being one row back was just 
fine.  

As I had been hoping, this show was full of all kinds of "last night 
of the tour" hijinx and shenanigans.  Tomahawk kicked it off at around 
7:30.  After two songs, two "rednecks" (I think it was Danny C. and 
someone else in cognito) ran out onto the back of the stage and beat 
the holy shit out of the foam deer with micstands or something 
similar.  (If you didn't go to a show on this tour, T-hawk puts a foam 
deer - the kind you'd use for hunting practice - up on the platform 
where MJK stands later in the evening.  The deer has its own mic, but 
I'm not sure if it had ever chosen to contribute vocally...).  The 
deer was demolished, which I thought was absolutely hilarious.  I 
think it was more funny for the folks (like myself) who had been to 
other shows and seen the deer in its full glory - to the folks that 
only went to the Moline show, no, this doesn't happen every night.  So 
consider yourselves honored, or something.

More treats for the fans: after the demise of the once-mighty buck, 
Danny AND Adam joined T-hawk onstage for a little jamming.  It was 
cool.

Somewhere along the line, hot dog buns started raining down on the 
stage.  At first I couldn't figure out what the fuck was going on, 
figured people were throwing shit from the crowd like in Omaha.  But 
people weren't really booing or anything, so I was a little confused.  
Then I saw Danny over behind some speakers on stage right (there's a 
sound board there I think) shooting some hot dog bun hoops at the 
drummer.  I don't think D.C. was the only one to blame, however.  
Apparently everyone was feeling a little mischievous tonight...oh 
goody.

Next up were the dancing roadies.  I guess the band bought all the 
stage hands some black shorts with:

  TOOL
 HAD ME
2001-2002

printed in white letters on the ass for their last night.  T-hawk had 
two of these fellows -- one extremely skinny, one with a little belly 
-- come out on stage and stand on the speaker stacks on either side of 
the stage.  At first they just kind of stood there, but later on they 
started a little sexy dance action (thanks, fellows).  Both guys got 
pantsed by other stage members at some point during the routine 
(thanks again).  Again, just a little bizarre, but pretty funny.  And 
again, not an every-night occurance.

The biggest pre-tool treat was an appearance by the Reverend himself.  
Fully decked out in a light grey suit, a white wig, and a fresh copy 
of "our" holy bible, the Rev. gave a reading from the good book 
(Revelations 22 I think he said, but he might have just been b.s.ing 
that), then led us in chants of "amen", "hallelujah", and "jesus 
fucking christ!".  Really quite funny, and I think he had a lot of 
people fooled as to who he really was (at first at least).  

I think that was about it for T-hawk debauchery.  M.P. had "TOOL" 
written on his belly, and tried to convince everyone that, since he 
likes tool and tool likes Moline, then Moline must like Tomahawk!  
Right?  Right?  

Tool came on and opened, NOT with Sober as the dumbass in the first 
review wrote, but with that Ramones cover (Commando, right?).  Moline, 
feel very fortunate: unless I'm mistaken, tool has only played that 
one other time, at Radio City Music Hall.  Congrats.

The rest of the show was just alright, definitely not as wonderful as 
the two previous gigs I saw.  I agree with the other (real) reviewers: 
I'm sure they were just kind of worn out, ready to take a break and 
party party.  MJK mentioned that, after tonite, they were going to all 
"masturbate for two weeks while watching Cinemax" (been there myself, 
buddy).  

During the usual intermission pause, Tomahawk came/snuck back out on 
stage with tool's instruments (take it easy on that '79 Silverburst) 
and sang a cozy little ditty.  It's the same song they closed their 
set in Omaha with, I think (except this time they weren't getting 
pelted by coins and bottles).  It was a little weird, but whatever.  

Then tool came out and started right in on Triad.  The Tomahawk crew 
(well, three of them) came back out to jam along, but in a just a 
matter of minutes two of them had managed to change from street 
clothes into very Maynard-esqe bras and panties (Patton's panties were 
stuffed with very large tube socks).  Again, more last-night horsing 
around, very very entertaining, the men of tool seemed to get a kick 
out of it.

After that, there was (surprisingly) no disposition/reflection, which 
was really too bad.  I think triad really feeds off of those two (I 
think I remember reading somewhere that they may have originally 
intended the three as one big megasong...).  Kinda like Parabola with 
no Parabol.  Oh well, I got two good nights' worth, so I won't bitch 
too much.  They closed with Lateralus, which was nice as usual, and 
that was it.  A really short setlist, about a half hour shorter than 
the two previous nights.  But with all the other stuff going on, still 
very much worth my while.

About the crowd: Moline beware, there are a number of morons in your 
midst.  There were some nice folks in the crowd, but the numbnuts-to-
niceguys quotient was much higher here than at past shows I've been 
to.  A couple of examples:

*Sir Thrash-a-Lot: during T-hawk, there was this one guy who opened up 
his own personal moshpit right behind me.  I've got no problem if a 
guy wants to dance around a bit, but the continous punches and elbows 
to the back got old real fast...especially when he was the only one 
doing it.  Hey dude, look up the definitions of "personal space" and 
"appropriate times to mosh" in the...oh nevermind, you can't read, 
much less figure out how to use a dictionary.  I'm sure you'll get 
past "A B C Duhhh" one of these days, keep trying.  Until then, take 
fewer drugs.

*King Hippo: Right when Triad started, this 300 lb tub-o'-lard starts 
sharing waaaaay too much of his lard with me.  Sure, the crowd is 
tight, but this fucknut is waving his big fat arms all around, getting 
his armpit slop all over my face and elbowing me in the head, again 
and again.  Then, he starts passing out on top of me, repeatedly 
losing and regaining consciousness.  THEN, he ripped up my "Etsel and 
Mo Say Hi" sign.  You fat piece of retarded inbred dogshit.  Doctor's 
orders: get the fuck off the floor, boy.  The last thing I need is a 
big fat hot sweaty dead guy pinning me to the floor (think about the 
photos in the Undertow liner notes, at least that was art).  I guess 
it was appropriate that the sign he destroyed was dealing with pigs, 
though...go have another cheeseburger, tubs.

*Queen Bodyblow: Well, this one wasn't too bad in and of itself...she 
just kept jabbing me in the gut with her elbows.  Usually that would 
be no problem -- I know what I'm in for when I stand that close to the 
stage -- but with all the other shit that was going on I just kind of 
snapped...I turned to her and screamed "FUCK OFF!" right in her ear.  
I felt like a real ass right after it happened and apologized, but I 
think it was a little late at that point, so I felt a little stupid 
the rest of the show.  Next time I'll ask if the person could maybe 
shift that arm a bit.  If you're reading this, again I'm sorry, but 
maybe remember what Molly Moshpit says "Elbows Down, Lest I Frown".  

Ok, well that's about it for the crowd, except for one nice person who 
stands at the center of this short little parable:

Karma in Action: At the beginning of the evening, I found myself 
standing behind a nice (and cute!) girl who had somehow managed to 
score a backstage pass.  I heard her mention something about it, and 
saw the thing just kind of flopping out of her back pocket.  Now, 
while being crushed up against her during the show, the thought 
briefly flashed through my head that I could probably slip that thing 
right out of there without her noticing, then vanish back into the 
crowd.  I mean, it would be a dream come true, backstage with the 
fellows, especially on the last night of the tour...but it would have 
been a sour victory -- as cool as it would have been to gone 
backstage, I would probably have been sentencing myself to an eternity 
of 2x4 ass-reamings in hell, and it would have totally ruined her 
night too.  So good mike won that fight. 

Here's where the karma kicks in, so I figure.  No, Buddha did not 
descend from on high and reward my resistance of temptation with my 
very own lifetime backstage pass, but I DID manage to catch a 
waterbottle thrown out by one particular bald-headed, face-painted 
lead singer at the end of the show!  Maybe Buddha just put that pass 
of mine in the mail...

Speaking of backstage passes, I found out a really good way to get one 
tonight: show everyone your thingies.  A lot.  One woman behind me in 
the crowd did just that; I think she got the idea in between sets from 
a crew member that had:

"SHOW
 YOUR
 TITS"

written on his shirt.  After she did this, a guy came out from 
backstage and gave her a pass!  Fuck!  I tried showing my thingies, 
but noone gave me shit (except a few disgusted looks).  Bastards.  
Maybe it's because I really only have teets, not tits, or maybe I 
didn't jiggle them just so...anyway, if you have no self-respect and 
enjoy activities like sucking cock for money, then yes you too might 
be able to get backstage!

For the record, the girl I was talking about in the earlier story (the 
one I thought about swiping her pass from) received her pass through a 
legitimate, non-self-demeaning avenue.  So I guess maybe you don't 
HAVE to suck cock for money...

That's the end of my story (review?!?).  It's 4:30 am, and man am I 
fucking tired.  Three days of tool, well worth every cent spent on 
gas, tickets, spandex* (wait, that was free), etc.  For my efforts, I 
have three ticket stubs, two wrist bracelets, one half empty water 
bottle, and zero backstage passes.  Time to build an altar!  So long, 
thanks for reading all this crap, see you again soon.

mike (now officially a "fool for tool")


*did that reference lose you?  read my review from Ames for 
enlightenment about the wonders of skin-tight clothing...









Review written by: julie (soopercute212@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 10:08:38 ET


This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show

  tomahawk was excellent, despite the auditorium's horrible 
sound, they really are an exciting band to see.  i heard 
complainers in front and behind about the band, but you 
would have to first blame the bad sound travel in that 
place.  the music is really fresh, creative, full of this crazy, 
hyperactive energy that is always good for the crowd.  and 
mike patton, amazing singer!!
tool?  what else can i say that anyone else hasnt?  brilliant!
i didnt care about maynard not facing the crowd the whole 
time.  some people found that to be "rude", but i saw it as 
maynard singing to the art of the show.  i didnt go to 
worship the band and look at their stage presence, i went for 
the music and visuals.  i hardly even looked at the stage the 
whole time!  i think it is exactly what tool had in mind, less 
looking at stage, more at the screen.  how can anyone 
enjoy "stage presence" when you in an auditorium anyway?  

it's so funny that like half of the crowd that went to this show 
are the same dipshits that tool is making fun of in their 
songs!  and you would never know it until you look at 
yourselves:)  i hope that tool's next album is quiet so the 
metal heads out there can find some other concerts to go to.








Review written by: unexperienced golfer (Uniology@backslap.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 10:52:59 ET


This was this reviewer's 3 Tool show

  Ah, what a show. ive seen all sides of the TOOL tour 
spectrum: beginning show, middle show and end show so ive 
seen the best of TOOL and shows when you know that TOOL 
is tired and wants to go home.  Can't say that it was the 
best of TOOL ive ever seen but a great show none the less.  
im sure someone else posted the setlist but if not, TOOL 
dropped disposition and reflection for tonite.  that kinda 
sucked but i can understand, im sure they are just sick of 
touring and wanted to get the hell home so they could 
masturbate to cinimax, eat, and not worry about our needs 
for the next 3 weeks.  we did get commando though!  and 
we also got the reverend. thats right, reverend maynard 
came out durring tommahawk to give us our saturday 
sermon.  we also saw danny the drum tech rush out on 
stage after mike knocked over one of the drum mics.  
tommahawk also took a break in one of their songs to pay 
tribute to TOOL by playing a bit of SOBER.  we yet again saw 
them at half time of the concert, they came out and played 
what sounded like a show tune but dont quote me cause i 
have no idea what the song was.  a lot of jamming tonite by 
TOOL, a lot of it soudned the same but it was cool with 
maynard whispering in the back ground.  Triad, kicked all 
forms of ass, and aenima, awesome.  three weeks off then 
well see if TOOL comes back around these areas.








Review written by: Andria (damselfire@cs.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 11:37:47 ET


This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show

  Well... this was the worst, most disgusting, appalling concert 
I have ever been to, and it had nothing to do with the band, 
but everything with the people.  I'm from St. Louis, and went 
to the Oct. 19th show last year, which was awesome, so I 
could not believe some of the things that went on tonight.  
First of all there were probably about 1500 people or more 
on the floor that shouldn't have been there... I can't believe 
security wasn't more tight like it was at the St. Louis show. 

Moline is a scary scary town and apparently the kids here 
never have anything to do, so whenever something like this 
happens they go fucking CRAZY.  I should have known I was 
in for it whenever being in the second row, between 
Tomahawk and Tool while the roadies were changing 
equipment some fool started moshing.  One of their flailing 
hands punched me right in the face.  Then the whole "SHOW 
YOUR TITS" thing, which I thought was so ridiculous.  There 
were these two kids in front of me, who I was really pissed 
that they got in the front row, much because they probably 
got there at about 4:30pm when I had been waiting since 
11am (fucking ticket takers at the Mark made us go back 
outside to pat us down so we all lost our spots, which would 
never have happened in St. Louis)  So anyway, these two 
kids looked about 14, and kept saying "Hey, show us your 
titties! Over here!  Suck on each other's titties!"   I just got 
so mad and said "Grow the fuck up.. why don't you rent a 
fucking porno, assholes."  

I couldn't believe those whores that actually did show their 
breasts, ESPECIALLY  the one who got a backstage pass, 
(which really made me lose a lot of respect for the crew and 
other people associated with Tool).  I heard a girl behind me 
say "Too bad I have too much fucking self RESPECT than to 
do that..." and I thought "No kidding."   I will give that whore 
one thing though... when the guys that looked about 14 in 
front of me yell to her "Hey, over here!  Show us!"  she 
shook her head and goes "You look like you're about 12 
years old!!"   and that gave me a good laugh.

Once Tool started, the pit got so violent, I could not believe 
what the hell was happening.  There were way too many 
people on the floor, and most of them were totally fucked 
up and just pushing people as hard as they could... During 
about the second song I was getting so crushed that I 
couldn't even concentrate on the music because I was 
seriously concerned about falling and getting trampled 
because I wasn't even standing on the floor, people had 
pushed my legs so much, and I was pushed so hard against 
everybody in all directions, my lungs felt like they didn't 
even have any room to expand... I couldn't breathe and I 
thought "you know, this is fucking ridiculous.  I came to this 
concert to hear my favorite band, not to worry about my 
safety with a bunch of fucking crazy lunatics"  so I waved to 
a security guard and got pulled out,

I walked over to the side, and it was so much better over 
there.. I could see everything, and since Maynard wasn't 
even facing us most of the time I really didn't miss out of 
facial expressions or anything.. and there was so much 
space.  I could actually enjoy the show instead of just 
worrying about being able to BREATHE. I was in the front row 
of the St. louis show in Oct last year, and this show's pit was 
100 times worse and more violent, these people are fucking 
crazy.

Even after being on the side, some fucking idiots from the 
pit threw an almost full cup of beer near where I was 
standing, with enough force that when it hit my hand, it 
broke the skin.  Stupid bastards.

I was pretty disappointed with the shortened setlist... the 
reason I went to see Tool again so soon after the last 
concert was because H. is my favorite Tool song ever and I 
saw it on some early setlists... I was so disappointed that 
they didn't play it, especially because of everything that had 
happened previously that night.  

I will definitely never return to Moline or the Mark ever 
again, people there are fucking crazy and almost ruined a 
night I paid $45 for with my favorite band, and for poor 
college students, $45 lasts you a long time.  All I have to 
show for it is a cut hand, sore ribs, a bruise on my face and 
a lot of disgust and disappointment for what went on.








Review written by: Chris Stamer (jabba46n3@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 13:34:20 ET


This was this reviewer's 6th Tool show

  Great show, horrible crowd. I'm from St. Louis, and I'll never 
go to Moline again. The day started good enough. We got to 
Moline early, and while walking around, I saw Justin riding 
his bike behind the Mark. I think his laminate said "Feed 
Me". When he passed me, I said "Justin?", but he didn't 
look up. I can't say I blame him. I get inside, and I have to 
say, I miss the old days, when they played places like The 
American Theater in St. Louis, and the shirts were a LOT 
cheaper. I really miss the smaller venues. Tomohawk was 
okay. The worst Tool opener ever was The Cows, on the first 
Aenima tour. I was a little dissapointed that they didn't play 
anything off of Opiate, and only Sober off of Undertow. I was 
also looking forward to hearing H. But  it being their 4th 
show in 4 nights, I can't be upset. Sorry Moline, I'm sure not 
all of you are bad, but the majority sucked. I've never heard 
so much bitching about intros, and people saying, "Get on 
with it!". And every one was sitting on their ass! And please, 
don't scream the only parts you know off of Sober, Stinkfist, 
and Aenema. I did enjoy Tomohawk coming out during the 
middle of Tools set. But I think everyone thought it was still 
Tool. Whenever Mike sang, the crowd erupted in cheer. Still 
worth the drive, but next time if we get shafted in St. Louis, 
I'm going to Chicago.








Review written by: stevil (stkalapis@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 14:00:01 ET


This was this reviewer's 5th Tool show

  What the f#$K was that ?! That had to be the worst tool 
show ever, Im a huge tool fan and have seen 5 shows this 
tour and I have to say that  that sucked. MJK sounded like 
his voice was going out, The show was like an hour and 
twenty min., they only played 8 songs. I do have to say that 
the ramones cover was great and I thought it would be a 
good start to a great night , but I was very dissapointed. 
Those boys have blown me away before and Im sure they 
will again, but next time maybe they should take some 
more time off between tours. And by the way if you were in 
sec. 110 you all sucked, who sits down at a TOOL show?









Review written by: Master RJosh Hoffmaneviewer (muska267@aol.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 14:31:26 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st Tool show

  
Let me start out by saying this was the most amazing 
experience of my life, and I don't think any concrt could ever 
come close to being this life-changing ever again. 
Now let me tell you about this show. Tomahawk opened up, 
and they were fuckin great. When I heard they were touring 
with Tool, and Iheard Mike Patton was the frontman, Iwent 
out and bought the CD. It seemed like it waxs just me and 
one other guy that were diggin' it though, and the whole tim 
I was lookin' Mike Patton in the eye, singin' all the lyrics, it 
was great. Halfway through God Hates a Coward Mike started 
singing Sober, and that got the crowd kind of  worked up. 
Then mike ripped off his cop-top and under that he had a 
pink beater on and a Tool logo tatooed on his stomach and 
he said something along the lines of "maybe tool will love 
me now!" Then, I couldn't believe this, he said "Who's ready 
to get pregnanat!" and Adam Jones came on stage and 
played guitar with them on one of their songs, it was great.. 
By then people were throwing shit at Tomahawk, and I was 
getting real pissed off. After that the most amazing thing 
happened. Mike called "reverend Maynard" out on stage, 
and here maynard comes, dressed in a white suit with a 
white hair wig on, carrying a bible, and he starts chanting 
verses from the bible out into the crowd. He chants for a 
while and gets the crowd to say along with him "Jesus 
Fucking Christ", and then hethrew the Bible. I touched it but 
I didn't get it. The rest of the Tomahawk showwas fine, but I 
was getting anxious for Tool to start. Tomahawk eneded and 
that's when the pushing started. That really pissed me off 
cuz the fuckin music hasn't even started yet people. chill 
out. Of course women started showing themselves fr 
meaning less attention...TAnd then it was finally time for 
Tool. They came out on stage, Maynard's face white with a 
blackstripe down the middle. This is when the crowd got real 
bad and I lost both my shoes. I didn't give a fuck though, I 
stayted. They opened with Sober, which was pretty damn 
amazing. The crowd chilled out finally. The Grudge was next 
and this was definitley  a high point of the show, they played 
it so tight and all the back drops and lighting effects just 
made chills run up my spine and into my head. Maynard of 
course never faced the crowd, although that was no big deal. 
After the Grudge they played Stinkfist with an extra 
extended section that was fuckin  amazing. Schism came 
next and was played very well except for the fact that I had 
heard the song 1000 fuckin times and was pretty bored with 
it.  after that there was a little soft interlude and then they 
started playing Parabol. They brought down these2 fuckin 
huge bubbles from the video and they floated above their 
heads during the songs. It was awesome.I was sooo ready 
for this song to start, It was my favorite Tool song on 
Lateralus. When Parabol was just about over a guy next to 
me said, "ready?" and I said, fuck yes. Parabola started and 
the crowd went nuts. everyone was jumping up and down and 
I was freakin out. They played it as tight as can be and it 
amazed me, especially Maynards scream. After that came 
Aenema...and oh my god, that fucking blew me away. I 
didn't think they were gonna play it but they did, and the 
crowd responded wonderfully. Everyone knew the lyrics and 
was singingAenmema there was an interlude where Mike 
patton  came out and,  played a jazzy number that was 
pretty sweet. After that , Tool came back out and played the 
rest of their set, where the along , especially at the  fuck 
everything part. After that there was an interlude where mike 
patton came out and played a jazzy number, which was 
pretty sweet.. Tool came back out and played the rest of 
their set. They brought down the human body pictures and a 
big pentagram. I was throughly amazed. They brought 
Tomahawk out for one of their songs (sorry i always forget 
the names of all those songs at the end of lateralus)and 
they played it amazingly with tons of extra percussion and 
such. They let Tomahawk leave and then finally Maynard 
spoke. He said, "As you all know, this is our last stop on this 
leg of the tour. We have 3 weeks to masturbate to Cinemax 
porn after tonight. Thank you all so much for cming out, it's 
always a pleasure, never a chore." then they thanked 
Tomahawk and played Lateralus, which was God damn 
amazing. I was sooo pumped by that song I just closed my 
eyes and couldnt't believe I was seeing them. They playted 
it as tight as can be, then they finished. They hugged each 
other in a circle , then started throwin shit out into the crowd, 
Danny actually threw his drum head. 
If you get the chance to see Tool, fucking go see them, 
even if you only know one song. You will not be dissapointed 
I guarnatee you, they put on the most amazing live show 
you will ever see. My life is changed because I have seen 
them. 








Review written by: hektik (hektik6@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 14:37:29 ET


This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show

  I thought pretty highly of Tool fans after we saw Tool at Red 
Rocks with King Crimson opening, who received a good 
amount of respect from the crowd.  Tomahawk did not.  
Some people were cheering, mainly my friends and I, but 
the rest of the Tool fans showed their vast immaturity by 
throwing things at the stage and not giving a band a chance 
that Tool picked themselves to open up.  I guess you can't 
expect trend hoppers like most Tool fans to appreciate good 
music that isn't on MTV.








Review written by: todd (timidthefrog@aol.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 14:44:21 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st Tool show

  the setlist has already been posted.  this was my TOOL de-
virginizing, and i came out a little disappointed.  i had been 
counting down the days ever since i camped out in line all 
night for tickets.  i didn't like tomahawk, but the bread being 
heaved at them was hilarious.  i was a little upset that i 
didn't get to hear anything from opiate (once i got in the 
car, i popped that cd in) and a little more upset that i didn't 
get to hear flood, H., or anything else that they had been 
playing.

i will definately see them again (i'm debating on a 6 hour 
drive to kalamazoo or indianapolis) but i felt a little 
disappointed that they didn't do anything spectacular.  i'm 
glad i got to see the Reverend, as i knew it was MJK when i 
first saw him (apparently i was one of the few that knew 
that).  i envy the devil that got the bible.

not a bad show, but i was expecting more.  i just can't wait 
until the next time i see them and they're fresh.








Review written by: maynardjamesDEVRIES (andrew-devries@uiowa.edu)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 15:20:20 ET


This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show

  First off I'd like to thank the good Reverand Maynard for 
making an appearance despite his busy schedule. 

Tomahawk, although not my style, performed wonderfully 
and provided a perfect transition for TOOL, which is what I 
think an opening band is for.

Commando as an opener was a terrific surprise, as was 
aenima, a song i wasn't priveleged to hear last year.

Mike Patton during the intermission was nice, was that Frank 
Sinatra? Someone let me know.

Triad was definately the highlight of the show. Lateralus was 
as always amazing, too.

Thanks








Review written by: APerfectTool77 (aperfecttool77@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 15:44:29 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st Tool show

  Since Tool canceled their Normal IL show, this one was to be 
my first.  I've been a fan for many years but this was the 
first time they have come close enough for me to make it.  
My expectations for both Tomahawk and Tool were high and 
yet they still managed to surpass my wildest thoughts.

My friends and I had floor and managed to get all the way 
up front for the start of the show.  Tomahawk was good but 
not great.  They came dressed as police but soon Patton 
stripped down to a pink little girl's shirt.  He riled up the 
crowd by calling everyone rednecks.  He even went as far to 
insult a guy in the front row, telling him that it was ok to love 
another man. They changed the second verse of "God Hates 
A Coward" to Sober.  Jones and Danny came out and did a 
song with them as well.  We even got a visit from Reverend 
Maynard.  He told us God abandoned us and that we should 
do the same.

Then between bands they had a tech come out.  He was 
wearing a Tool shirt that had written "Show Your Tits" on it.  
A girl behind me responded by doing so, and he came down 
and geve her a backstage pass!  The crowd was pushing 
hard to get up front so it was incredibly packed where we 
were.

Finally Tool came out  and the place went apeshit.  They 
opened with what I guess was the Ramones cover(?).  They 
played for a solid two hours, including the extended Stinkfist 
and Schism versions.  Danny's drumming was simply 
amazing.  Seeing him play The Grudge was mindblowing.

Maynard told us that if we come away learning only one 
thing from this experience, that it is that we shouldn't wear a 
condom on the first date.  He told us since this was the last 
show of this leg, they were all headed home to masturbate 
to Cinemax for two weeks and eat foods they shouldn't.

I do have a few gripes.  Not about the band but the fans.  I 
understand enjoying yourself at a show but a few people 
took it a bit too far.  Is it really necessary to start a mosh 
for Parabol? I heard the same guy that started it 
complaining that Maynard was standing in back the whole 
time. It just seemed like some where there more for the 
title of being at a Tool show more than they were there for 
the music...

Anyway, music was great. Visuals were great.  It wasn't a 
concert as much as it was an experience.  I will most 
definately be seeing them again.








Review written by: DickDown (pbbruner@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 16:20:00 ET


This was this reviewer's 8th Tool show

  Hello Toolband,

Long time reader, first time offender.  Well to start it off, I 
think the band may have been too ambitious with this 
second-tier city tour. Maynard is tired, his voice was wavering 
during certain high moments of the songs, sometimes they 
skipped the powerful moments all together ie the scream in 
the Grudge, and the ballsy rock vocal in Schism. But 
Maynard isn't a jukebox, nor the rest of the group and if you 
tour as much as they have you are going to get a bad night. 
Well shit...I've seen a lot of shows, and I think we got one. 

They cut out several songs from their set, though they did 
do the Ramone's cover and noodled for longer periods at 
the beginning of the songs, which was mind blowing. Oh ya, 
they played Aenima as well. The shame is that the Moline 
crowd really wanted this show and were feeling the spirit, but 
the guys were maybe thinking about going home and 
humping their women betwixt silk sheets. Mike Patton came 
out mid-set and sang a showtune or something that was 
gourgeous. So that was something. Oh well. We will see 
them shine again soon. They truly are the best band going 
and it is fortunate for younger fans to get to see that it is 
possble to put art and integrity into rock, and not be a neo-
rap metal band of today's clime. Okay. Viva Tool.

Considerate Hooker

















Review written by: EYEagainstEYE (against888@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 17:44:09 ET


This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show

  last night was characterized by two aspects: tool playing an 
amazing, artistic show, and the assholes in the crowd.  i 
thought the visuals were incredible and the band played 
tight. a shortened set seemed inevitable as the band must 
have been exausted. they played the best they could, and i 
feel like i still "felt" them. the dude-bros in the crowd were 
dicks. im all for moving to the music, and spirit electricity, 
and whatnot, but when youre throwing forearms like they 
aint no thang, its a prob. the whole "show your tits" thing 
was fucked up. ladies should know that since they live in a 
world of hedonistic baboons, they shouldnt provoke some 
dude to feel em up. i thought tomahawk did a great job, 
patton's got a great voice. i especially enjoyed the 
integration between the two bands (coming on to perform 
during the other bands songs). other than danny, fans (and 
i use the term loosely) were pretty disrespectful. but fuck 
that static. i enjoyed the Rev's sermon, and triad was 
rocking. anyway, ill hopefully catch a more refreshed tool on 
the next leg. oh yea, all you faggots (i can say what i want 
to even if im not serious) out there: TOOL DOESN'T OWE 
YOU ANYTHING, YOU OWE TOOL SOMETHING. remember 
that.  i want to have david cross' baby. peace out








Review written by: the dude in the grey shirt  (Emmerym2@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 17:49:45 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show

  The setlist im not even sure about-it was such a daze

Commando
Sober
The Grudge
some random jamming here i think
Stinkfist (exteded)
Parabol
Parabola
Tomahawk (Mike Patton sings his ass off to the tune of
a slow sexy jazz tune, could have been a cover but I don't
know what it was, very funny and quite good!)
Schism (way extendo very cool)
Aenima
Triad all band members from Tomahawk and Tool
for a sweet jam OUTSTANDING
Lateralus

That might be it right there but again im not sure.
The opener sucked. tool blew them off the stage.
99.9% of the crowd loved the show, and if that was not a 
good tool show then i dont know what is. it was my first 
concert and it was amazing to. The drugs and moshing were 
great and i was in the front most of the tool part-even tho 
my ticket had me in the upper bowl ;) who else hopped the 
little rail thing? 
dint belive any one who said the first band was the highlight, 
they didnt see the show. they sounded like crap, un audable 
vocals, trying to bible bash and shit to make the fans like 
them. the shit that was hitting the stage i think was part of 
there lame act, and other people did thro shit at them. No 
pit exept for like 5 people attemting to mosh. They were 
crap. if you liked them good for you but, your a moron. 
maynard didnt look at us no. hes an asshole every one 
knows that. 
Some dude had a cezure after the show. 

thanks to the dude named josh for selling me a ticket for 20 
bucks, saved 15$  The two dudes in the slayer shirts were 
cool. And that one dude in the grey shirt from...shit i forget
you all were cool email me if you read this. i was the skinny 
dude in the pit. with the grey shirt. It was my first concert 
and i was in no way let down, well exept by that shitty 
opener. and some dude gave me a cd for some shitty 
numetal band.
im rambling and misspelled every thing, sue me:)
im off to masterbate to cinimax now........








Review written by: **** (avogel80@cs.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 17:52:28 ET


This was this reviewer's 5th Tool show

  I always enjoy Tool and never thought it would be possible 
to leave a show feeling let down.  Don't get me wrong...i 
enjoyed them last night but they could/should have played 
more.  I understand they've played their asses off this tour 
but come on..8 songs??  If they would have played just a 
few more songs i would have left 100% satisfied...but i think 
i left feeling 70% satisfied.  I was soooo eager to hear H.  
even if that was the only other song they played i woud have 
been happy.  But i still had fun.  I was completely 
entertained w/ MJK's Reverand skit during Tomahawk.  That 
was great.  Triad rocked too.  I have to say of all the shows 
i've seen that was the best version of that song.  Maybe 
after they masturbate for 3weeks to cinemax they'll come 
back and give a performance that will blow me away.  I'm 
happy i went...one live tool song is better than none so i 
guess we can't complain.








Review written by: Tangerine (Smack@YourAss.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 18:24:54 ET


This was this reviewer's 0th Tool show

  My ass itches.








Review written by: genius (genius@genius.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 19:53:49 ET


This was this reviewer's 99th Tool show

  Tool should quit.  The fanbase is full of idiot numetal wannabes.  Nobody's having fun anymore.  at least the way it looks.

SIDE PROJECT TIME!

the molecules were the only really cool part.








Review written by: Adam (cooper9934@hotmail)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 19:55:27 ET


This was this reviewer's ??? Tool show

  

           MY VOTE FOR BEST SHOW AND SETLIST GOES TO 

  THE SACRAMENTO SHOW.   ONLY SHOW WITH TICKS - H - 

OPIATE - CHECK OUT THE REVIEWS 








Review written by: Kris (bizkorn592@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 20:13:21 ET


This was this reviewer's 5th Tool show

  Very disapointed.  I drove from Chicago and I feel ripped 
off.  Like one fan said before, if Maynard wasn't feeling up 
to singing then he should have stayed home.  You guys that 
thought this was a good show haven't seen a good TooL 
show.  Look at the previous set lists, we got screwed out of 
atleast 3 songs.  The Ramones cover doesn't count as a 
song.  Last year's shows were a lot better than this.

Hopefully within the next three weeks they will come up with 
a new set list that will include a little from Lateralus, 
Aenema, Undertow, and Opiate.

Have a good break guys and good luck trying to please fans 
on the next leg of your summer/fall tour.








Review written by: james (james9382yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 21:02:57 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  Hmmm, what to say? I left this show with mixed feelings. To 
be honest the sound really blowed goats, defenitly have 
heard a lot better, but what the hell it was the last show of 
this leg of the tour and I'm sure they must have been 
exhuasted (maybe that's why it was cut so short?). Many 
things made up for the poor sound quality though; first 
during Tomahawk Maynard come on stage as Reverend 
Maynard, which was a great surprise, he had bible in hand 
and screamed something about Jesus Christ several times
(couldn't really understand it, again due to the shitty sound).
The next unexpected event was the opener, can't say what it 
was others say ramones but i'm not sure since i don't listen 
to the ramones. Stinkfist was different, quite a lot actually. 
The Grudge was the same, basically, I don't remember 
hearing the long scream in the begining though, a clue to 
Maynard's malfunctioning vocal cords. Then what, Schism I 
believe, this was also different the song and the visuals on 
the screens. Parabol and Parabola were the same except Mr. 
Keenan's vocals were again lacking. After intermission Mike 
Patton came out and sang some lounge music (a sound test 
if I'm not mistaken). Then Triad, some guy jammed on a 
bongo, which sounded great, some say he was from 
Tomahawk but I don't remember a guy with long brown hair 
in Tomahawk. After Triad Maynard James Keenan told us 
they were goin home to jerk off to Cinemax for 3 weeks and 
not think about us (the fans), at which point I hollered very 
loudly (during an odd silence) because, well because they 
deserve it. They told us it was always a pleasure, never a 
chore and never use a condom on the first date. After being 
told to meet him on the other side Lateralus began, very 
good performance probably, no idefinitly, the best of the 
night. Everything was right on (even MJK's handicapped 
voice). They ended the show with the usual group hug and 
throwing various items it to the crowd , who were great  by 
the way. Very diverse, which is always nice to see white, 
black, red, yellow, young and old putting aside our petty 
differnces for a night of great music. So even with the sound 
it was still a pretty good show.WE all owe thanks to Adam, 
Danny Justin and Maynard ( thanks not obsession, 
remember were all preople, all capable of greatness in some 
way) for over a year of inspiring music.








Review written by: dictator (dictator@one-eleven.net)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 21:41:14 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  ok, I finally seized the opportunity to see Tool this year. 
Would have seen them in Normal, but, poor Maynard had a 
throat illness. So I was glad to attend the show. I think the 
third setlist way above is the most accurate, including 
the "jazz" tidbit by Mr. Patton. 
      First of all, Tomahawk sucks!!! I at least thought they 
would be okay, boy was I wrong! In my opinion, I actually 
think it is clever to have such a band like Tomahawk open 
for Tool-meaning the fact that they suck makes hearing & 
seeing Tool next a great experience! Really makes Tool for 
what they are. 
       I very much so agree with others that Tool seemed to 
not play as many songs and was a short night. After all, it 
was their last show for the tour and everyone is tired. It 
would have been nice to hear a little 46&2 or H. They even 
had me believe that they were starting with Triad, then going 
to Reflection, and then to Disposition, all reversed for the 
last show! They only played Triad, which was soooo greatly 
done with the help from other percussionists-indeed the 
highlight of my night. I have to say that Parabola was the 
most intense as well as clear song I heard. I guess where I 
was standing, to me it seemed that Justin's bass riffs were 
just overtaking the rest of the band's input. But of course, 
Danny's magic on the drums was ever so great that it did 
not matter after a while!!! I like all members of Tool, but 
man, Danny is the most talented! I won't say much about 
the lights and effects other than of course they were mind-
blowing as always. The funniest moment was when The 
preacher, Maynard that is, came out and did the skit with 
Tomahawk- "Jesus Fuckin' Christ, Jesus Fuckin' 
Christ!" "Amen!" Then chucked the bible to the floor crowd. I 
laughed hard because of Maynard's arm gestures, very 
funny shit! 
         Then when the spiraling was all said and done, like in 
the past, all of them threw the water bottles to the crowd, 
Danny's drumsticks, Danny's makeshift frisbee drumhead
(s)? They all did a group hug, bowed, and waved their way 
off the stage, from the last summer tour show. 
      I almost forgot. My friend that came with me asked 
during the middle of the show, "why is Maynard not facing 
the crowd when singing?" He thinks it is stage frieght! I said 
it has to be his style. would someone please answer, 
unless "Kabir" already has in his "updated faqs!" Thank you. 









Review written by: Tool Fan (toolfan@aol.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 22:09:38 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  First off, Tool is the greatest band in the entire universe. So 
if they only play for an hour and a half, don't fucking bitch. 
Who has the fucking balls to say a tool show sucked? These 
guys have been touring for over a fucking year and a half, if 
they wanna play less songs, they're gonna, and I'm gonna 
happy to see them play regardless, you dirty jaded pig 
fucker. I saw them on wednesday in MN, and I must say it 
was better, but this show kicked ass just the same, they did 
aenima, which they didn't do on wednesday, which was 
fucking amazing, as usual. Next time I hear someone 
bitching about how a tool show was too short, I'm going to 
stab them with a rusty fork. 

But anyways......

Danny was great as always, I watched him more than 
anything else on the stage, the end of the grudge is the 
most amazing thing I've ever seen or heard played on the 
drums. Maynard was holding back tonight, but I can't say I 
blame him, he still kicked ass. Glad these guys are finally 
getting a well deserved break, hope they enjoy it and come 
back on the fall tour fully rested and kicking ass.








Review written by: dude in the grey shirt (Emmerym2@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 23:42:21 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show

  i understand alot of you thought that sucked but no one 
said that shit last night, remember all of us cheering as we 
were leaving? i was one of the shirtless assholes by the door 
screaming ''fucking tool man''

the concert was my first and it was awesome-i got in for 20 
bucks
some dude gave me these light spectim glasses that made 
the shit on stage twice as wicked. 
i got my ass kicked in the pit and kicked ass myself

sober was the most intence i thought.

the whole concert was badass(exept fucking tomahawk- no 
one listen to the people who say they were good they 
sounded like shiiiit)

lateralus was my favorate song of the night
and it was capped off by that kid who had a sezure

man i saw some fag in a crazy town shirt
i hope he got his asskicked









Review written by: disneylandsucks (disneylandsucks2003@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 23:46:45 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show

  wait let me get this right the crew working for tool had shirts 
saying "show us your tits"? If so that is really sad and the 
fact someone got a backstage pass for that, even sadder, 
sorta makes you wonder about the band.








Review written by: Hunter22 (dlmkirk@earthlink.net)
Review posted on: 09/08/02 23:59:15 ET


This was this reviewer's 7th Tool show

  We're not supposed to use this forum to "attack" other 
reviews, but I have to agree with many of the posts already 
submitted for last night's show.  TOOL (unfortunately) has 
attracted many fans that are preceisely the subjects of their 
ridiculing songs.  There are too many dumbasses posting 
reviews that CAN'T SPELL or punctuate.  Grammar_nazi, you 
are right on.  Mike Mullins, EXCELLENT review, one of the 
best ever posted.  Andria, I'm from St. Louis also and drove 
up for the show Saturday afternoon with three friends.  Sorry 
about your experience, glad you're okay.  This show in no 
way could compare with last year's St. Louis show October 
19th at Savvis Center.  But when you have those incredible 
contortionists from their videos touring with you (like they 
did then), well, that just adds another dimension to the show 
that can't be matched without their presence.  However, this 
was still TOOL and the best band your money can buy.  It 
was not a bad show, but even those people like myself who 
have seen this band many times over the years have to 
admit that this band is better than ever.  Yes, they were 
tired.  Or at least Maynard and his voice were tired.  I, too, 
missed the 30-second scream at the end of The Grudge.  I 
knew as soon as it didn't happen that we were in for a short 
night.  Apparently, Disposition is a tough one for him to sing 
with aching chords, so I can understand why they didn't do 
it.  But, jeez, an extra five minutes is all it would have taken 
to play H.  However, still trying to not be disappointed.  They 
had played 9 shows in the previous 11 days and that has to 
be grueling.  They deserve this break.  But I agree with 
some other reviews that they should space their shows out a 
bit more if voice strength is going to be an issue.


Moline, you guys kinda suck.  The Mark is a well laid out 
venue, but its sound was not the greatest and you people 
obviously don't have much to do in your free time.  I invite 
you all to come to St. Louis the next time TOOL is here to 
show you how a truly respectful crowd behaves.  I will not be 
returning to the Quad Cities to see anything.  And the way 
your streets are structured is the screwiest thing I've ever 
seen.  But overall, TOOL was better last night than any other 
band we could all pay money to see.  There is no 
comparison.  Aenima was awesome and the backdrops were 
incredible, as well as some of the new stuff on the video 
screens.  It really is an experience to see them, and I can't 
say it was exactly that way back in 1993 when I attended my 
first and second TOOL shows.  This band has evolved over 
the years beyond my wildest imagination.  I honestly believe 
that they have surprised themselves as well and there is no 
telling what the future holds for them, and us as fans, with 
their music.  As a musician myself, it still blows me away to 
this day that two guitars, vocals, and drums (and some nice 
effects) can make all of that music.  We as TOOL fans are a 
blessed community and we need to appreciate anything and 
everything they do, provided they remain true to 
themselves.  Can they do a better show than last night?  
Hell yes.  Many of you saw better shows in Ames and 
Omaha.  But did it beat whatever else you would have been 
doing that night?  i.e. pounding your pud to Cinemax porn.  
I would surely hope so.  What other band can play eight 
awesome songs and fill up 100 minutes?  None other that I 
know of.  There aren't many bands left in the world that 
even have eight great songs.  As an aside, for anyone who 
doesn't own Justin's old band's CD, Peach-Giving Birth to a 
Stone, do yourself a favor and go get it.  You can easily 
hear why TOOL had to have this guy over all the other 
American bass players that would have killed to get the job.  
Paul D'Amour cannot hold a candle to him.  I have never 
seen Justin as animated as in Aenima last night.  He was 
clearly having fun and that was good to see.  Danny, WOW, 
what can you say?  As the first reviewer of the Ames show 
says, there are no words....  Adam is the most original and 
creative guitar player going today.  And none of it would be 
what it is if they didn't have a true artist like Maynard 
blasting out the words.  Do you Molineites realize that, 
besides Justin, this is a Midwestern-bred band????????  
Danny's from Kansas, Adam from Libertyville, and Maynard 
from Michigan.  They are probably ashamed of you and 
that's why all that they were interested in was your tits.  Tan, 
round titties was the best thing I saw in your town.  But I am 
glad they came to your town and gave those natives not 
willing or able to road-trip a chance to see them.  Truly an 
amazing experience regardless of the length of their show.  
They are the modern day Pink Floyd, pushing the envelope, 
watching it bend.  Spiral out, keep on going.........








Review written by: NC (theopiate27@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 00:04:23 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. 









Review written by: Master Reviewer (kylieM@aol.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 00:15:35 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show

  i just wanted to say that i don't care if maynard doesn't face 
the crowd,or adam doesn't seem into it,etc...just glad that 
you guys are still together and that you can rock out...i think 
i would be really depressed if you broke up.if it happens i 
hope its not in my lifetime,and i plan on living for a 
while...so thank you for coming to our city and playing for us.









Review written by: Luke (luke82@charter.net)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 00:51:49 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  The set list below with The Ramones cover listed is pretty 
much correct, though I seem to remember bits and pieces of 
(-) Ions and Eon Blue Apocalypse being played.  Also, Danny 
played some sort of jam (right before Schism I believe) that 
was something of a drum solo, something of a band jam.  

Anyways, this is the worst show I'd seen by them, but that 
does not mean in any way that it was a bad show.  
Maynard's voice was pretty much gone, he didn't sing any of 
the harsher parts (notably during Stinkfist, Parabola, and 
Schism)... However, the band sounded VERY sharp and, as 
always, Danny blew me the hell out of the water.  The little 
intro to Schism was very nice as was the extended intro and 
hearing them play "Commando" was most excellent.

I wish they would've played more songs, but damn, they've 
been touring forever.  Take a break, rest, relax, masturbate 
at the same time as everyone else (heh), and then I'll see 
you all in Kansas City.










Review written by: Darek (dkusn@aol.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 00:59:00 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  First off, I have to agree with a previous poster.  Use this 
forum as an ability to write a review about the show, and 
don't attack people as if they have personally damaged your 
life.

Of the three shows I have seen Tool perform in (Chicago 
and Milwaukee were the first two), I would have to also 
agree that they seemed a bit off.  I also contribute this the 
long tour they've been on...we all get tired!  The statement 
one poster had put about Maynard shutting the curtain on 
the bus was somewhat disappointing, but can you imagine 
what it's like when you're only privacy is either on a tour bus 
or hotel room?  I can't blame him, but it would have been 
cool if he just threw up a quick peace sign or just waved.

Even though the other two shows I saw were better, I still 
thought this was worth the money I paid for tickets and the 
3 hour drive from Chicago.  Their music, along with the 
energy that flows during their shows, has in fact given me a 
new motivation and new outlook on things.  Maynard, Justin, 
Danny, Adam...you guys rock!  Go home, enjoy your three 
weeks of Cinemax, and see you guys in Seattle!








Review written by: Dave (hardcoretool@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 01:06:31 ET


This was this reviewer's 4th Tool show

  we missed tool's first song cuz we showed up late.  we were 
so wasted that we couldn't find our seats for about 20 
minutes.  it's such a big fucking place.  oh my god, though, 
i'll tell ya what, my girlfriend beat out all you other flashers 
at the show.  she showed her tits off over ten times for you 
lucky ladies and gents.  after we had sex during tool's set in 
the bathroom, i got lost and scored myself a sweet position 
on the floor.  soon after, parabol came so I started throwing 
punches and kicking people in the shins.  some poor 
teenage girl had to leave the show but my girlfriend thought 
it was hilarious.  i think i remember hearing schism, because 
i've heard it on the radio before.  but besides for that I don't 
have a clue what the setlist was.  in all, i thought it was a 
good show, but i wish they would have played "judith"
tool kicks ass and so does moline.  








Review written by: Magnetic or Mosaic (shawn@magneticormosaic.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 01:53:57 ET


This was this reviewer's 4th Tool show

  So, I'll keep this short. At the webmaster's request, I won't 
waste a lot of space talking about the moron's who can't 
properly identify the songs that were played. Just be aware 
that it is happening.

A very short show... at least 5 songs less than when I saw 
them in Denver. Once you're over that, however.... very 
impressive. Even at half strength, you can't bitch much 
about MJK's performance. 

BTW: Am I the only one who suspects that it might have 
been TOOL throwing shit at Tomahawk?

Anyway, I would say the following: if this was your first show, 
go to another; if you have seen 'em before... let's not forget 
the schedule these guys keep. 

Thanks to the band. Not the best Tool show ever, but still 
better than any non-tool show I've ever seen.....









Review written by: Mike King (suicide.king@attbi.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 04:29:05 ET


This was this reviewer's 4th Tool show

  a great show.  i could tell it was the last of this leg.  the 
band seemed much more laid back.  i'm glad that the show 
was this way.  it made it interesting.

i'm not going to say a whole lot, other than I am the lucky 
bastard who caught the bible that reverend maynard threw....


let the rabbits wear glasses...

thanks tomahawk; thanks tool.

mike.








Review written by: Master Bator (perfectorb@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 05:05:05 ET


This was this reviewer's 5TNT Tool show

  Ok to start off this show was a Bullshit TOOL show. This was 
my fifth and man was I pissed after. I drove 2 and a half 
hours to see some bullshit halfass setlist. I mean Ive seen 
Tool in way better shape. They should have axed this tour 
long ago if Maynards voice was in such a shitty state. I 
mean I cant blame the guy for quiting cuz of bad vocals, but 
come on end the tour beforehand. Before people get pissed. 
TOmohawk was such shit just random noise and screams. 
Adam did join them up on stage for some kick ass jam and 
Maynard did rock the preacher  outfit (hell yeah). But this is 
where the show went downhill after this point. Here is the 
setlist and what went down for real allready:

1] Commando : Ramones cover. Pretty cool if TOOL was a 
punk band but seemingly pretty pointless. But Ill give them 
some credit for being original.

2] Sober : Kick ass to hear it twice in a week. (I was at the 
chicago show)

3] The Grudge : The same kick ass song as always no 
complaints here.

4] Stinkfist : Extended version. Cool but did notice 
something here that there were no Elvis lyrics in the 
extended parts. Hmn? Something brewing in the throat 
department??

5] Schism : GOing good until Maynard started missing some 
lyrics. What is going on. Damn it his vocals are starting to 
fuck up at the show I go to ! FUCK!

6] Parabola : The shit hits the fan when Maynard just doesnt 
sing the high parts high and misses the last line and then 
completely got off th stage.

7] Ill call this the Maynard isnt here Jam: This is where the 
rest of the band is like fuck and they just start jamming on 
random things. Then after about five minutes Maynard 
reapears and then:

8] Aenima : Great song but all enthusiam was lost when you 
realize his voice is going apeshit. 

9] Intermission : Cool and Tomohawk evem came out and 
sang some high pitched song to display Mike Pattons 
Womanly high notes. At least Disposition, Triad, and 
reflection will be next right!

10] Triad: Wrong the band totally forgets disp and refle and 
just launches into triad. Which ruled except all enthusiasm 
was lost again realizing they wernt playing relfection.

11] Lateralus : Maynard makes some comments about 
mastburbation and you realize the show is over allready. 
The vocals were off and the guitar solo by Adam was just 
nasty. ( Ive seen him fuck up never before so that sucked)

Over all still better than most bands but just a shitty TOOL 
show. If you saw the Chi Town show you would feel much 
better considering they played H and Sober. But overall I 
dont blame them Maynards throat had to be killing and Im 
sure the band just wasnt into it, better luck next time. Still 
thank you for the music as much as it was hard to get into it 
you guys still rule. 

******** AND FUCK YOU TO ALL THE FANS ABOVE WHO SAY 
THIS WAS THE BEST SHOW AND BLA BLA BLA, YOU HAVE 
NEVER SEEN TOOL IN THERE FINEST FORM GOODNIGHT ALL 
***********************************************










Review written by: revolver (red_goat20@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 09:11:04 ET


This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show

       The show was great i loved it I think it would be best if i posted the whole thing 
short and sweet!

-Tomahawk great band live, loved them, great small appearances from adam, 
maynard, and danny.
- Intermission long.......
-Girls showed breats.
-Pathetic retarded homo-erotic moshers moshing to un-moshable music.
-TOOL comes on stage opens show with a punk-song cover! loved it! might have been 
the same Ramones cover they did at the Radio City show
-maynard lacks the vocal punch he usually carries with him every show  HUGE let 
down.
-drugged up slut showing breasts during parabol...... no wonder maynard didint even 
look at the people through out most of the show.
-AEnema highlight song of the night because thats what mynard and the band felt 
like doing  drowning the audience.
-TRIad, Mike Patton and his Drummer come out in bras with some bongo guy and 
jam  the most jamming jam in the history of jamming!
-Lateralus finishing song  no description needed.

Over all i think the show wasnt one of thier better shows judging from what ive seen 
and heard and the retards didnt make the experience any better,  Im still looking 
foward to seeing them again!

OPEN UP AND LET IT ALL IN M








Review written by: Alex Mayonnaise (PryOpen3rdEye@aol.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 10:55:04 ET


This was this reviewer's 4th Tool show

  I am pissed.  I would not have come all the way from 
Dayton, OH to see this show had I known it would have been 
so (relatively) disappointing.  Maynard's voice was, for lack 
of a better word, subpar, and the setlist was remarkably 
short.  I agree with a previous reviewer--TOOL shouldn't be 
doing 5 shows in 5 days if Maynard's voice isn't up to the 
task.

At least I got to see the Bears game in Champaign 
yesterday.  That almost made the trip worth it.








Review written by: third eye open (paterm@student.gvsu.edu)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 11:48:17 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  I thought this was the best performance I have seen yet! 
They took me to the otherside--again-- but on a much 
deeper level. They opened with some song I haven't heard 
before, but that set a mood that they were here to play for 
the fans and go out with a bang. mjk didn't seem to face 
the crowd much and he stopped singing in a few different 
songs. I thought that this let the other musicans in the band 
really show how talented they are. It seemed like they were 
just rocking out and dragging out certain chords for what 
seemed like forever, but it gave the whole show a different 
feel.  I don't think mjk did this to be rude, but to allow the 
others to just rip it up! And boy did they, WOW It was also a 
treat to hear aenema in the set. Also during intermission we 
were treated to a little lounge gig with what i thought was 
mike patton from tomahawk. It was definetly an interesting 
act. In all I'm glad we made the road trip to see these guys 
perform before their 3 week break. They surely played with 
thier best

spiral out








Review written by: third eye open (paterm@student.gvsu.edu)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 11:48:35 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  I thought this was the best performance I have seen yet! 
They took me to the otherside--again-- but on a much 
deeper level. They opened with some song I haven't heard 
before, but that set a mood that they were here to play for 
the fans and go out with a bang. mjk didn't seem to face 
the crowd much and he stopped singing in a few different 
songs. I thought that this let the other musicans in the band 
really show how talented they are. It seemed like they were 
just rocking out and dragging out certain chords for what 
seemed like forever, but it gave the whole show a different 
feel.  I don't think mjk did this to be rude, but to allow the 
others to just rip it up! And boy did they, WOW It was also a 
treat to hear aenema in the set. Also during intermission we 
were treated to a little lounge gig with what i thought was 
mike patton from tomahawk. It was definetly an interesting 
act. In all I'm glad we made the road trip to see these guys 
perform before their 3 week break. They surely played with 
thier best

spiral out








Review written by: SUPERNAUT_00 (SUPERNAUT6011@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 12:01:03 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  First of all I must agree with the others who have said this 
was clearly a bad representation of a good Tool concert.  
Anyone who had chance to see them last night in Ames 
definetly know what I am talking about.  I mean the set was 
short as hell and from looking at past reviews and setllists I 
was expecting to hear different songs different nights... but 
none of this happened.  A plus though was that I thought 
Triad was done a lot better tonight and I believe it lasted 
longer. All and all I think it was a decent show but once 
again I think the Mark got fucked again when it comes to 
good bands doing shitty shows (ex. Pantera 1996) because 
of overtouring and the Quad Cities getting the short stick of 
all of it.









Review written by: DegenerateSodomiteBastard (DSB@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 13:17:22 ET


This was this reviewer's 12th Tool show

  Ok all you pissants, listen up and listen close.  I don't have 
the time or energy to personally email each of you to ream 
out your narrow-minded assholes for what you have said.  
On that note I will tell all of you that you suck, if it were up 
to me I would rip out your eyes and shit in the sockets, 
maybe then you would realize what you are saying.  This 
band is harder working than any in the business today.  Just 
because they skipped a couple of songs doesn't make them 
shitty or not worth listening to.  You are LUCKY that they 
ever decided to play in a shithole like Moline in the first 
place, so just for that fact you should be grateful.  
Furthermore, Maynard is MORTAL, he is not some sort of 
god like most of you worship him as.  He is flesh and bone 
like all of us, and I would go out on a limb and guess that 
most of you can't even sing half the shit he does.  It is not 
like he sat on stage and spoke the lyrics, he skipped two 
parts of two songs, that is it.  To think that you dissidents 
left thinking they let you down, you let them down.  I 
haven't seen that much inbreeding since I was in West 
Virginia.  The crowd sucked, especially the floor, go home 
and take off your goth clothes and try to be yourself for 
once, instead of jumping on another bandwagon.  Moshing 
was cool in Seattle back in 92, but not now.  Most of you 
haven't even seen tool more than twice, so what gives you 
the right to talk shit.  "All you know about me is what I sold 
you, dumbfuck I sold out long before you ever even knew 
my name........"  You will still buy anything they release, and 
I would guess that you will still go see them again.  So stop 
living your own paradox and think for yourselves.  Fuckers.

By the way, the show was great, not the best of the 12 I 
have seen, but in no way the worst.  Thanks guys, you rock. 

Feeling the release, DSB








Review written by: nuttree (yup@yup.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 14:09:22 ET


This was this reviewer's 4th Tool show

  i think i saw about 500 people running onto the floor before 
tool played. the floor looked packed with meatheads so i 
avoided it. tool transported us elsewhere for about 2 hours. 
triad was mind blowing. maynard dindt sing alot of the 
word..no prob more attention for the other members. some 
people were booing and cussing tomahawk. to you people i 
say...fuck you. you closed minded worthless fucks, you 
obviously dont even understand what tool is all about. stay 
at home and listen to your limpbizkit cds next time. 
tomahawk was awesome and their spot during tools set was 
too sweet. i was in section 113 and i think just about every 
person around me was smoking pot with no 
repercussions....very nice.....until next time thanks again 
tool 









Review written by: Master Reviewer (.)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 14:26:02 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. 









Review written by: Tomasso (tomatoms2@hotmale.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 14:49:59 ET


This was this reviewer's 6th? Tool show

  Personally, after seeing the 29th and 31st shows, this show was very refreshing.  Like 
many others out there, it would have been incredibly cool to here something very 
unique for the tour, I think we got that in small, conspicuous doses, but some older 
shit or maybe no quarter would have been splended.  I enjoyed this show to a tee.  

I know its late to be reviewing now, but I have no computer, so suck my balls

I was on the floor, one of the taller ones,(above the crowd) with a butt crack on my 
head of hair,  and rather close to the ones I love.  The masters of my universe.  
When I was expecting sober to erupt, lo and behold and punkish grunge song erupts, 
maynard sings the verses to this cover in a Claypool-esque flavor.  I enjoyed it, 
though desperately trying to take it all in.  It certainly was something different for the 
tooleys.  They should have dubbed it cover-night and done no quarter.  Curse 
everyone in the process.  Maynard could have gotten his whispering shit-talkin' done 
there, like he does on the studio version, instead of  whispering during the 
instrumental prelude to Schism, for what seemed like 3-5 minutes.  I was trying to 
catch what he was saying, and I picked up a few little segments.  sounded like a lot 
of "sh" pronounciations, and near the end, he kind of leaned into the make and 
repeated either "sock it to me" or "suck it tommy...suck it."  I grinned a little grin and 
yelled out "whats my name....bitch."  haha. It was a very heated time for me, this 
prelude of riddles, because I know in my own little world of wonder, that it was meant 
for me.  How? 

 They didn't play disposition.  I would have liked reflection....i love the moans in the 
beginning and all the little additions they put into that song with a passion.  And the 
ending riff I personally could listen to for an hour and in the process get a lot of 
thinking and reflecting done. It makes my meloncholy shine like the sun.  I luv it. 
during the cinci show I yelled out and asked adam if he would play that riff for 2 
hours at my funeral.  that would be special.

I love this BAND with all of my soul, their credibility as artists is limitless and awe 
inspiring. by band , I mean Adam, danny, and justin.   I would be incredible ecstatic if 
they released just an instrumental little cd, justn the 3 of 'em, with stuff similar to the 
jams they did this concert.  It would be a great companion for me when im at the 
drawing board.   damn.  That patton song after the intermission was quite good.  I 
actually thought he was maynard for a second and a half.  It took me back to the 
FNM days, when I was barely alive.  But I had who cares a lot, and it had a sound like 
that lionel richie cover, which cracks me up.  Anyone who disrespects patton or 
tomahawk disgusts me.  

girls were showin their tits before the show, which was pretty neat but made me long 
for a nice romp with any ol' snatchelpuss.  Being pathetically single, I didn't expect it 
though.  

Yes, the show was shorter, but the vibe seemed darker and more foreboding than the 
others I had seen, i don't know why.  The way tool executed every single song 
pleased me to the highest degree.  I wish my life had a rewind button, or they 
release a dvd of something from this tour.  I don't feel like going into the mundane 
details, because in order to know you really have to be there for yourself.  Words 
don't do these symphonies justice.  My last epic paragraph is dedicated to my 
mission in coming here, my desire for peace of mind and understanding of why 
portions of my life are broadcast to the mind of Maynardo.  

If he ever reads these reviews, and gets to the bottom (which is no doubt where I will 
be until the end of time) know that this was your only chance.  I wonder if he knew I 
was there, or if he would have done the whispering for 3 minutes if i wasn't.  I know 
the pieces fit myself, they fit too well for me to go on with this big ass question mark 
imprinted on my head.  Maynard, I stayed after the show by the gates where your 
buddies Danny and justin came out and gave autographs.  I remember I was sitting 
down on the curb when my friend told me you entered the bus and shut the drapes.
And i waited till the bus left. I talked to justin, got his autograph (he was all wasted 
and I was jealous) and shook danny's hand as well, and told him "sometimes my 
lateralis hurts"  he kinda smiled.  not my desired effect, but hey. I felt I did my part 
to close the deal, and you didn't do yours, so that was it.  I'll try to keep trudgin' on 
with this knowledge you have given me of my position, and ignore it as best i can.  It 
was then or never.  or, you could read your emails and respond (understanding i grow 
on a day to day basis) and write me and schedule a meeting in chicaca, a lovely city.  
yeah, like that'll happen. I heard the entire whispering verse in no quarter, I know the 
true meaning of 3 libras, thomas, thinking of you (perv) and all that shit.  Now I need 
to know why you care, and where the signal comes from.   I think we would get along 
pretty damn well, that night I just felt like relaxing and maybe gettin some head from 
a groupie slut or sumthin, but no. I'll have to continue to twirl around with this familiar 
parable, and spin and weave around each "new" dreamed experience.  It's all on you 
now, cuz you should now I tried, I tried to stand tall and be above, I guess you don't 
care.  fuckall.  At cinci, satan wanted to go home and fought my desire to stand by 
the fleet, and he won, that stubborn beligerant prick.  Fuckit.  Im a sick sick bastard.  
Live long and prosper, my musicians of wonder and magick-keep enriching my soul

Mot Smada the Automator                                11:00

p.s. if any pretty girls out there wanna get together and hang out in the chicaca area, 
mail me. 









Review written by: Lindsay (Lindsay_Hanshaw02@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 17:58:16 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show

  Oh shit everyone the TOOL show rocked... that band b4 tool 
 sux and they really shouldnt come back to Moline ever 
though. I love Maynard's voice and have loved TOOL sience 
the first time I heard them...thanks to all my friends I was 
able to finally see them live. Let me just say that was the 
most beautiful and amazing thing I have ever seen in my 
entire life!!! Anyone who hasn't seen TOOL live do your self 
a favor and go see the next show.
    Maynard, you have the most amazing voice I have ever 
heard and probably ever will hear. 
   I think the only 2 bad parts of the concert was the band b 
4 TOOL and the 2 people next to me that did not know each 
other were practicly scroggin' (sex) right there... GROSS!! 
Any way I have to go now. 
 TOOL enjoy your resting time I hope you guys come back 
to Moline soon..........Peace Out









Review written by: exit (exit@91siccness.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 21:59:20 ET


This was this reviewer's    S Tool show

  I wasn't there for the last show. But I was there for the first. One week later Tucson. 
Here's to TOOL. *clap clap clap clap clap clap clap...*









Review written by: at0m71 (at0m71@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/09/02 22:20:12 ET


This was this reviewer's 4th Tool show

  alright.  no need for the setlist, as it's up here 10 times 
already.  but it was cool to see TOOL open with a ramone's 
cover...  dig it!  tomahawk is a great band, i enjoyed them 
more tonight than on other nights of this particular tour, but 
that's only because i was just so impatient for TOOL to come 
out before.  mike patton is great.  not to mention crazy (in 
all the right ways).  And it's always a treat to get a sermon 
from the Rev.

everything that i wanted to comment on about this show has 
already been said.  i hope the guys in TOOL get some 
quality R & R in the next weeks.  judging from maynard's 
comments, they will.  reflection and disposistion were 
missed.  but i'd want to get the fuck home if i were in the 
band's shoes as well.  

the last thing that i want to comment on is that moline 
fucking sucks.  what a shithole.  full of assholes and the 
Mark had the most anal security i've ever encountered... it 
was like i wandered into a time-warp and emerged at 
Altimont with a bunch of angry hell's angels wearing red 
security shirts... and to the dickhead that patted me down, 
i'd like to extend a "fuck you!" to you.  it takes a certain 
breed to be that type of power-tripping security gaurd (or 
cop, etc.) and i'd like all the women who have the potential 
to raise these assholes to have their legs sewn together 
before they can breed.  i'm definatly staying the fuck out of 
moline in the future.

but of course the band made up for the horrible 
accomidations by doing what they do best.  thanks guys!

right... i'm done bitching now.  wait, no i'm not:  fuck you 
moline!  there.  now i'm done.  really.








Review written by: harrymanback (hgggg@hhj.com)
Review posted on: 09/10/02 00:31:36 ET


This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show

  Hey you!  Read reviews already posted for your show to see 
if somebody already posted the setlist. 
plain and simple, this was the most amazing experience 
ever, i won't go into to much detail to avoid ruining it for a 
tool concert virgin. but, let's just say TOOL has once again 
shown that they are masters at combining visual and audle 
art. i felt a million feelings and thought a million thoughts. 
iv'e never seen so many people flood from there seats to 
the floor and simply stand , stare andlisten. it was amazing. 
it's also go to see that alex grey has some beautiful new 
paintings. he's a wonderful artist








Review written by: mike (melombar@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/10/02 12:19:33 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show

  After being let down by the Chicago show, I wasn't really 
sure what to expect in Moline. My friends and I arrived 
around 1pm and were lucky enough to be able to wait in 
front of the box office in the air conditioning all day. We also 
got some leftover pizza from some nice girls next to us in 
line.

After soundcheck (Stinkfist, Sober w/o vocals, and 2 
instrumental jams) and a long day of waiting, we were let 
into the arena and sat on the floor waiting for Tomahawk. 
I've been a big fan of Mike Patton for a long time and it was 
nice to finally see him perform. It was a little rough to make 
out what he said, but Mike had the crowd boo Maynard at 
some point. Shortly after that, people from the sides of the 
stage - either crew or members of tool -  began throwing ice, 
food, and whatever else they could at Tomahawk.

Adam and Danny made appearances on stage and shortly 
after that, Mike Patton said that Tomahawk is a sensitive 
band and that they've been on tour with tool for 2 months 
and that he hasn't gotten a single kiss from Maynard. He 
then said something like, maybe he'll like this outfit. Mike 
took off his police uniform and was sporting a pink JLo half 
shirt and had written TOOL on his stomach. Not too long 
after that, Rev. Maynard made his appearance, Tomahawk 
finished up, and tool took the stage.

The set was a bit shorter than the usual because they left 
out disposition and reflection. I was thrilled about that. I'm 
not particularly in to reflection and I could do without hearing 
it live ever again. I'm not sure why its in the set every night 
but that really isn't my decision to make. Anyhow, they 
switched around the order of things in the set a bit and it 
was nice to have to keep guessing at what was coming. The 
tricky extended intros really added to the show, I think. It 
was also nice not to get the same 'think for yourself' speech 
that is given every night. It seemed a bit contradictory to me 
that those same words were delivered every night. 

I'd have to say the best song of the night was Aenema. I 
was't expecting to hear it since it was played the 3 previous 
nights, so I freaked. I remember, though, when I saw Tool 
back in the day that Aenema was one of my least favorites 
to hear.  I like the new stuff but I miss hearing the old stuff 
live. A change of pace would be nice but every fan and every 
band has faced this dilemma. This isn't a new problem.

This show was great, not the best tool show I've seen and 
not the worst. I don't think I'm going to catch them on the 
next leg of touring. If maynard can't sing his best now, I 
don't think it will be that much better in 3 weeks. I don't 
imagine that they'll be practicing much at all during the 
break, let alone practicing songs that they didn't do on this 
tour. I've had my fill for now.








Review written by: killerbee (kevintbeard@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/10/02 16:36:40 ET

  I just stopped into the internet cafe in Costa Rica to read 
the reviews of the final show of tyhe summer tour. I must 
say that I have seen Tool many times starting as far back 
as the 1993 Lollapoloza shows, and for all you first and 
second timers, quit praising the band when the show sucks. 
Give credit where credit is due, but my god, this is a rock 
band playing rock concerts. It's not some orgasmic, life 
altering event. IT'S A FUCKING CONCERT. Don't get me 
wrong, I love Tool and have seen them a countless number 
of times, but when the show is bad, say so. Hopefully the 
band will read some of the postings and learn something 
from them. If you simply praise them each time they have a 
bad night, they will feel no need for improvement.  I think 
they should play fewer shows with longer breaks between 
each one in order to maximize the potential of each show, 
but what the fuck do I know, I'm just a fan. If it sounds like 
I'm disgruntled, it's because I am. I'm tired of everyone 
kissing the bands ass (especially Maynards) when the 
performance sucks and the setlist has all of 8 songs on it. I 
think they could go out and play just one song for the night 
and some of you fucking idiots would still say the show 
changed your life or some bullshit of the sort. The only lives 
being altered by these shows are the the ones of Adam, 
Justin, Danny, and Maynard due to the forty fucking dollars 
per ticket their charging us to see them. Come on wisen up 
a little, and keep in mind how much travel time, money, and 
overall effort goes into making it possible for us to see this 
band play live. Oh yeah, and what about the same fucking 
setlist being played night after fucking night with maybe the 
rotation of Stinkfist and 46 & 2. Whats that shit all about? If 
you read these reviews for any of the prior shows, then you 
know exactly what to expect. I think that sucks. I always felt 
that bands loose something along the way as they get older, 
more famous, more commercial, and more stuck up! I only 
hope that this is not happening to Tool. The guys really 
need to revisit the old days and ask themselves why they do 
this in the first place. I heard Maynard say at the Austin 
show "you remind me why we do this" and then I read that 
he said the exact same thing at anothe show a few days 
later. Whats with that? Is he as repetative with his 
comments to the audience as he is in writing the setlist. 
Wake up people. I know I don't sound like much of a Tool 
fan right now, but believe me, I am. I want this to be taken 
as constructive criticism, nothing more. I just want more of 
what made me like Tool in the first place, thats all. Oh yeah, 
to the guy who wrote the review earlier, and said he wishes 
they would have played "Judith"?, IT'S A PERFECT CIRCLE 
SONG YOU STUPID FUCKING ASSHOLE. ITS PEOPLE LIKE YOU 
THAT GIVE TOOL A BAD NAME. Anyway, I hope the real 
OGT'S can identify with what i am saying. If yu can't, then 
fuck you anyway, you have no business at a Tool show in 
the first place! People, please quit quoting Tool lyrics in your 
reviews, it's getting really fucking old. For example Spiral out 
at the end of your posting. Come on, remember Tool 
promotes people thinking for themselves. Be original, and 
make your own way!









Review written by: Killerbee (kevintbeard@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/10/02 16:47:58 ET

  I just want to say I am sorry to all you spelling and grammar 
freaks. I know the above posting has a few mistakes in it. I 
wrote it with a passion, and in a fuckin' hurry as well. 
Anyway, take care and to any future objections to my 
posting, let me just say in advance FUCK OFF! Later.









Review written by: Jesus (jesuslizard9@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/10/02 20:01:35 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show

  Alright.....  The show was magnificent.  I loved it and it was 
something to remember.  I don't think I will complain about 
the shows shortness because... what the fuck?  All I have to 
say is Jesus fucking Christ!








Review written by: Cynthia (drcynthia@ivnet.com)
Review posted on: 09/10/02 21:21:30 ET


This was this reviewer's 5th Tool show

  I saw Tool in Chicago on August 29, and it was an awesome damned
show. believe you me!!!  And I'm glad I did, because the Moline show
was disappointing.  The band members were tired--this was their last
show of the summer tour--and it showed.  Further, Maynard was either
not feeling well or had strained his voice to the breaking point.  He
could barely sing, and in fact, left many of the lyrics to most of
the songs completely unsung.  I knew something was awry when he
didn't do his "Maynard Scream" on "The Grudge," which was the show
opener.  I was certain Maynard wasn't up to par when he stayed in his
warm-up suit for the entire concert; it is highly unusual for Maynard
to remain dressed for a concert.  The show lasted perhaps 90 minutes,
as compared to the two and a half hour show I saw in Chicago.  The
graphics and the projected art were beautiful as always, but I just
couldn't feel any energy in the music.  It was as if all the steam
had run out of the tour. 

Tomahawk, whom I do not like, was more energetic than when they were
in Chicago.  Adam played a song with them and Maynard came out toward
the end of the set dressed like a storefront preacher and hollering
to the audience while waving a "Bible."  

I hope the boys recapture their energy and start their fall tour with
elan.  As Maynard said:  "We're all going to go home and masturbate
to Cinemax for three weeks."  Here's hoping they did!









Review written by: me (Gingibear2002@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/10/02 22:06:06 ET


This was this reviewer's 1st? Tool show

   Okay well to whoever said Moline sux fuck you! We dont 
want your ass here anyway. And about the show....short, but 
sweet as hell. I got knocked down and dropped alot but hey 
what could I expect right? Tomahawk sux ass and should be 
shot.. no I geuss they wern't that bad, not my taste though. 
Maynard and the rest of the guys: I hope you all come back 
to Moline soon...if you don't I will just have to travel. I love 
you all, have a good rest. I would put the setlist but as you 
all can see I dont need to. HA HA HE HE! FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!









Review written by: MITCH CUMSTEEN (kg_peter_parker@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/11/02 23:23:15 ET


This was this reviewer's 11 Tool show

  e.e. cummings. One for all you jerkoffs who think that tool 
doesmt like us. thats soo much bullshit, one for all you who 
are think that james doesent face the crowd because of the 
fans, well take some time and use that brain of yours. The 
reason i believe that he stays in the "shadows" is that he 
doesnt want you sheep to start putting the spotlight on what 
he's doing while he singing or what he looks like or what 
kind of hair he has. he wants you to foucus on the music. 
There are three other guys on stage who work just as hard 
or harder than mr james keenan, soo i mean dont get 
pissed because they have to cancel a show and start 
thinking that they dont like your town, they put on the best 
show, day in and day out. so just let it be...........








Review written by: Master Reviewer (kabir@dotnet)
Review posted on: 09/12/02 02:05:51 ET


This was this reviewer's 3rd Tool show

  yeah, this is for mitch cumsteen.... I think we all agree that 
you are the jerk off! you need to focus on spelling focus 
right, among other errors. have a nice day :) 









Review written by: ronnie dobbs (apc417@msn.com)
Review posted on: 09/12/02 05:06:19 ET


This was this reviewer's 6th Tool show

  this was a good tool show for me. i must set the record 
straight that tomahawk did not suck. all the visuals and 
sounds are just overwhelming. the stage backdrop was 
amazing. triaad was mind blowing. 

now, i must say that im tired of going to concerts because i 
cannot fully appreciate them anymore thanks to children who 
cant stop throwing shit at bands and booing them and acting 
fools. if you dont want to see an opening band then dont 
fuckin see the opening band, that simple. some of us dont 
need to hear your bullshit spews while trying to listen to 
music we happen to want to hear. after all, we did pay 
money to see these people which is something you dont 
seem to understand. and im tired of all the pussies out 
there who think its cool to get loaded up on drugs they 
obviously cant handle. i saw some dude so fucked up he 
couldnt even possibly be enjoying himself, head down the 
whole time. if you need drugs while listening to tool then you 
dont need to listen to tool in my opinion. the whole fuckin 
point is being missed by most people and it will never 
connect. people need to seriously open their fuckin eyes and 
try enjoying life and stop fuckin with other peoples good 
times. im tired of feeling the need to express these feelings 
of mine but people are idiots and maybe some day it will set 
in. relax, turn around and think about someone elses point 
of view for a couple minutes or so for a change.  listen to 
more bill hicks or something. 

peace.










Review written by: Erika (Strangekitty21@yahool.com)
Review posted on: 09/14/02 02:22:18 ET


This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show

  I know a lot of people bitched that Maynard just didnt have 
it in him, but have some compassion for a voice that 
screams the lyrics of this wonderful art over and over again.  
My first Tool show, last year in Cedar Rapids Iowa, was the 
best experience I have ever had, so I know the capabilities 
of this band.  I cannot say this show was a letdown by any 
means, I was still as into it as always....and where we were 
sitting, there was no one around us, and since maynard 
wasnt singing to the crowd, he was singing in our 
direction....so it was like a lil personal concert.  I hope the 
band enjoys their well deserved break, and come back 
strong this fall tour!!








Review written by: celina wood (domestikated@hotmail.com)
Review posted on: 09/14/02 03:32:10 ET


This was this reviewer's 4th Tool show

  all right, i wanna say thanks to the two big guys who nearly 
killed me and my group by deciding that it would be so cool 
and stimulating to just suddently start throwing their bodies 
around. yeah, real cute. and what's with the fucks who were 
booing tomahawk? what kind of reagan wet dream are we 
living in? as apc stated, if you dont' wanna see the opening 
band, go outside or something. oh wait, you might lose your 
spot in the pit where you'll just get high on drugs you don't 
have nuts or tits to handle or didn't bother checking out who 
fucking gave you the drugs anyway. or you'll just pay for 
overpriced beer that you're just going to wind up spilling 
anyway because people STILL find it entertaining to throw 
their weight around, screaming like babies, "tool rocks, 
dude!!!" i don't care if you're 100 pounds or 500 pounds, it 
can hurt people. 

maybe maynard didn't face the crowd because some of 
crowd was quite rude to the opening act. not quite as rude 
as they were when tricky opened up for them in cedar rapids, 
but on the floor, the comments and boos i heard were 
disheartening. maybe maynard didn't want to talk to those 
in the crowd who put down his friends.

as for tool,  the show seemed pretty short to me (maybe 
because of the whole pit ordeal), but it was 
extremely...sweet. it felt lovely, in a way. plus, the visuals 
were outstanding. i love the alex grey banners, though i did 
miss the body contortionists. and as always, i loved the 
group hug at the end.  i'm sure there are plenty of people 
who would have rather seen them bang each other around 
because hugging is for pussies, right?









Review written by: Nicole (nicolekirk99@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/14/02 20:34:36 ET


This was this reviewer's 2nd Tool show

  ok, I just want to say that if you are gonna go to a concert, 
and then bitch about it afterward, then don't go at all!!! take 
it for what it's worth, and just enjoy what you are having the 
privilage to see!  Tool is soooo awesome in person, and 
anyone who has the chance to see them should!  I can say 
that the acoustics were much better in Cedar Rapids last 
year, and you could hear the words better.  The Mark is just 
too big for that kind of sound, the reverberations 
overpowered the voice.  Other then that, the concert was 
awesome!  And to those of you who feel the need to take 
offense to Maynard not looking at the audience, he never 
looks at the audience.  He is just too involved in the music, 
to pay attention to the people flailing around on the floor.  
OK, I'm gonna get off my soap box now....LOL








Review written by: bob (bobby@yahoo.com)
Review posted on: 09/15/02 02:58:49 ET


This was this reviewer's 5th Tool show

  Hey TALON, the first person who posted---

You're a moron.  You said, "Maynard never faced the crowd 
or said anything, he was disresectful towards you and the 
crowd".


...

Are you being sarcastic or something?

You answered your own question in the same sentence.

The reason he did not face you or the crowd was becuase 
YOU were disrespectful towards the opening band.

Get it?

I bet you moshed during the patient.

Fag.