From: "J.D.Sherill " (eeyore@getnet.com)
Subject: Tool Nov1/96(Mesa)


What a show!
        I missed The Cows which was a good thing from the looks of the
other reviews.
        The show started with about 3 minutes of intense throbbing bass
accompanied with a strobing movie of the AEnima cover(minus the eyes). The
band came out and started with third eye, which was undescribable to say
the least. As the set continued, the band played mostly new songs, Eulogy,
H, Jimmy, Hooker with a penis, etc. They were all great and sounded
perfect, like they were taken right off the album, besides a few minor
word changes("I am too, connected to you to, slip away" instead of
"connected to, slip away" and I believe he said "use you" instead of
"guide you" in opiate). Like mentioned in the other reviews, Tool did
start Sober with a breathtaking jam/drumsolo/intro. The pit was insane,
especially during opiate. During Sober, there was a video with the "Sober
guy" that was extremely different from the original Sober video. I went
crowd surfing after I had lost my breathe in the pit and found my self in
the security area in between the stage and the crowd, staring into
Maynards eyes, dumbfounded.
        All in all the concert was incredible. The highlight for me was
meeting the band about an hour and a half after the show. We talked to
Maynard and Danny mostly (Danny said that Adams excuse for not coming out
to sign autographs was that he was "playing video games"), and Danny
informed us that "Nard" was the one that moved to Arizona.  Danny was a
really cool guy. He chilled with us for about 40 minutes and just talked
to us, answering questions about the band and Harry Manback etc. Maynard
and Justin were really cool too, just a bit more reserved.

                eeyore

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