From: Travman26@aol.com
Subject: Tool in Washington D.C.

Well, last night I made my first venture to The Capitol Ballroom in
Washington D.C. to see Tool for my second time.  Tool was fantastic--The
Ballroom sucked!  Please Tool if you read this review "don't play the
Ballroom again".  It should be called the Capitol Gymnasium. The place is
in a bad section of Washington, it's impossible to see the band, and most
of all the acoustics suck.  It was great once I put my ear plugs in to
drown out Maynard's voice scraping against the cold walls of the place. 
There was no sign of Maynard having any vocal problems this night.  His
voice and the tightness of the band was incredible.  Hell, anything that
could make me forget about the crappy Capitol Ballroom had to be
incredible.  The only thing I was a little disappointed in from the band
was that they didn't play '4 Degrees' or 'Sweat'.  Two of my favorite Tool
songs.  I thought they sounded really good on "Eulogy", "Stinkfist",
"Sober", "Opiate" and "Aenema". 
 As many of the previous reviews say Tool played "Cold and Ugly", but not
in D.C.  Maynard was painted half in blue or black the entire show and
during certain songs he used two mics to get some awesome effects.  The
crowd seemed to pulsate with every snakelike movement of Maynards.  The
rest of the bands instruments were as amazing as Maynard's voice.  I
really miss drum sets like Danny's.  It's nice to see more than 3 drums
hooked together for a drummer, unlike most of the other suck bands with
their one beat in every song.  Adam's Les Paul sounded amazing.  Some of
the stuff he plays really shows his raw talent as a musician.  Justin, the
new bassist, really seemed to fit into what Tool is about and he really
seemed to enjoy playing.  Oh by the way, Psychotica opened, but since it
took us forever to get to the show I missed them---and I don't care
either.  Thanks Tool for not disappointing and hope to see you in the
Spring (Hopefully in Baltimore or the 9:30 Club and not the Capitol
Ballroom)  And also a special thanks to you, Kabir, for having a great
page to find tons of information.  Keep up the good work
guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!