From: Val (jgoodman@wchat.on.ca)
Subject: TOOL at the Warehouse, Toronto 11/30/96 Status: O

All I have to say is that tool is one of the best bands, I've ever had 
the pleasure of seeing live. They are intense, deep, and full of meaning 
which leaves you asking yourself questions, that sometimes could never be 
answered. 

The opening band (Psychotica) were really good. Their music was really 
heavy, and the lead singer had a voice kinda like Marilyn Manson. I was 
surprised that they were so good, cos people were saying they suck and 
shit, so I didn't think they sucked and tool picked a good band to open 
for them. After Psychotica left, there was a long period of waiting for 
tool. After about a half and hour, people started getting rowdy and 
started to push and shove people. All of a sudden, the lights went out 
and the images on the screen behind the stage were the cover of Aenima. 
The music that was playing, was really weird, and trippy. When tool 
walked out, everyone was going off the wall, of course I was too. Maynard 
was half blue, half white with boxer shorts on, half blue, half white, 
which made him look naked. Adam was painted all blue, and Justin was all 
white sporting his little horns. Adam I guess dedcided to not join in on 
the painting. Maynard came to the mic and just stared out into the crowd, 
then he held up his arm and gave us a peace sign, everyone screamed and 
did it back to Maynard, like some sort of salute. Maynard's voice was in 
PERFECT shape, nothing wrong with it in my opinion. Anyway, they started 
with Third Eye, not a good opener, but they played it very well. After 
Third Eye, Maynard introduced us to Justin "this is Justin our new bass 
player. He's from the Polish part of Scotland" Justin ignoledged us with 
his beer, and they drove into Stinkfist. Here is the exact set list:

Third Eye
Stinkfist
Forty Six & 2
Cold and Ugly
Eulogy
Prison Sex
Pushit
H
Sober
Opiate
Anema

Before Prison Sex, Maynard said the usual about that song. He said 
something like "it's about facing that psycho in you, and beating it 
down." Also he said "this song caused a bit of contraversy on MuchMusic" 
the whole crowd was saying "FUCK MUCHMUSIC!!" it was quite funny, and 
Maynard said he didn't understand why they wouldn't play the vid. When 
they played Prison Sex, they showed on the screen parts of the vid and 
prison bars. There were elephants fucking, and lots of skeletons. Some 
monkeys, a camal on its back, and some weird lights and stuff. Before H 
he said the same thing about the Warner Bros. cartoons, he said that life 
isn't that easy and that this song is about making that decision for 
yourself. I was kinda disappointed that they didn't play Hooker With A 
Penis, but that was made up for by them playing Cold And Ugly. I was 
going crazy, that's one of my favourite songs. There was the most wicked 
jam before Sober, it really shone on Danny, he is amazing. Adam had his 
Gibson Les Paul right at the PA and Maynard was growling. After Opiate 
Maynard said quietly "goodnight" the crowd said "no!" then Maynard said 
"goodbye" the crowd said "no!" and they all got in a huddle before 
Danny's drum set, Maynard came back to the mic and said "ok we'll play 
one more" and they blasted into Anema. I would say that the best song of 
the night was Forty Six & 2, being one of my favourite songs. I was very 
surprised how tool sounds exactly like their cds. In between songs 
Maynard would just stop still and stare at the crowd. And before Anema he 
stopped and did the peace sign salute again, we all did it back, like we 
were saluting our master. And in a way, I think we were. 

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*why can't I decide	*
*why my feelings I hide?	*
*always screwing with my mind*
*a thorn in my spine	*
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~~~~~~~~~~~~KORN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"of course you don't have to do it if you don't want to, it's just a 
suggestion to make your experience more pleasurable for you"--Daniel 
Johns *SiLvErChAiR*