A Review of the Fall 1996 Tour

Date: November 22


From: RuBysEyes2@aol.com Subject: New York, New York Nov 22 Hello out there in cyberland!!! Review of Tool shows take one! Alright I was there on Thursday the 21st. So was Your Pal Kabir, so I won't say too much about the show other than the crowd sucked. No offense Kabir man. I don't mean that in a bad way but you know how us New Yorkers are. The set was great, sound was good. Psychotica got it going. Oh by the way! Patrick Briggs is a homosexual. He's the lead singer of Psychotica. He's mad cool and he's got the second best voice in the world. Just wanted to let you all know that. I know that the tour is headed south so just warning all of you southerners, a Gay male from NYC is headed in your direction. With that out of the way we move onto Friday night. All I have to say is We should all just calm down a little when we see our favorite band, don't beat the crap out of each other, please I beg of you all. Tool is about unity and peace. However violent or loud or hard the music may be, please just let the energy of it move you phisically and emotionally. But please don't beat me, I just understand alright? But on Friday I dunno if Kabir was there or not but here's a review of it. setlist(perfect for the most part) Third Eye Stinkfist (ahem...Track #1...whoops) Forty Six and 2 Undertow Eulogy Prison Sex jimmy Cold and Ugly H. Opiate Aenema That's about it I think not like anyone gives a flying fuck! I might be wrong...they may have played one more song but at the moment I just can't recall. But before they played Cold and Ugly Maynard said "This is a Rush song" "Throwing you a curve ball tonight buddy." " This is Justin, Justin Chancellor. He's French Canadian. French Canadian, not to be confused with our manager, who's Belgian.""This is a song about martyrs. If you want to be a martyr, you have to be prepared to die like a martyr." What else, shit. As opposed to three years ago Maynard's dancing seemed more ritualistic rather than an outlet of physical hostilty. I believe it's because they are going through a black magic phase. He still writhed like a shaved hamster in Richard Gere's asshole, I think anyway. Oh well! Yarbles to you my friend! Love Always Your buddy Amon otherwise known as Patrick Dudgeon