A Review of the Fall 1996 Tour

Date: November 23


From: jms446@psu.edu (Joe Staub) Subject: Philly concert review Well, what can I say but..........IT FUCKIN RULED!!!!! It was just as kick ass as I thought it would be.My friends and I arrived at the Electric Factory around 6:30.We were happy to see that the line to get in wasn't too long.The doors opened at 7:30 and we were quick to get right up front in the middle to get the best view.At 8:30 Phychostica(not sure of spelling) started their set.They SUCKED!! Well they mite be better if they try singing more then just yelling the whole time.The lead singer came out in a skin-tight white body suit with orange paint on his face.It got even worse when the second singer came out,we thought it was a guy until SHE turned to the side....AAAAAHHHHH. After playing for about 35 minutes and receiving many middle fingers and fuck you's, they left.There was about a 30 minute intermission before TooL came out.They were playing some kind of German music that sounded somewhat like Die Eier von Satan during the break.At about 9:30, TooL finally broke the silence and entered the stage area.Even though I was right up front, people were yelling and clapping but I still couldn't see them until I saw Danny walk over to his huge Sonar set.He was followed by Adam,who was painted blue, Justin,who was painted white then Maynard,who was painted half white and half blue.After the cheers died down they started into "Third Eye".This song was very good live,better then I thought it would be.People were going crazy and the pits started to grow larger as the song went on.The sound system at the Electric Factory wasn't the best but TooL made up for that.Their sound was tight and clear with a shit load of bass.Here are the song,but I'm not 100% sure of their order. Setlist: Third Eye Eulogy Stinkfist Opiate Forty-Six&Two Sober (with a 10 minute intro) Prison Sex Pushit H. Aenema I forget what song it was after but Maynard intorduced Justin as being from Polland not England,he just can't get it right can he? ;) Maynard said that he wasn't feeling too good over the last couple days so he wasn't his talkative self.One funny thing he did say was "did u ever have someone love you so much that they tried to kill you? (cheers) Me either".During Stinkfist and Eulogy,they showed some really fucked up things on the screens behind them.Like elephants and camels fucking,a guy wrapping wire around his head, and tribesmen dancing.The show all togethor ruled!!! Get out and see them Joe Staub