Review written by: Valeria Salinas (v.salinas@mailexcite.com)
Review posted on: 08/21/97 13:02:38

So, my sometimes bestfriend and I(who seem to agree on nothing
other than worshiping TOOL) attended both Texas shows. Anyone 
that worships TOOL knows beforehand that their shows are going
to kick ass, right? Therefore, at the risk of boreing anyone who
might be reading this, and in an effort to cease from making TOOL
seem so mundane... I choose to refrain from writing about what they 
sang, or whom wore what. I mean, how many times do we want to read
about MAYNARD dressing in drag or ADAM wearing war paint? We all 
worship the ground they piss on and we're lucky the band exists to 
entertain us, but...I move to write about something other than set 
lists and mosh pitts. What about the aftermath of a TOOL show? 
We were lucky enough to participate. After the show, we went hung 
around back and watched Snoop and DANNY play basketball for about an 
hour. JUSTIN and MAYNARD just kinda hung out, I suppose they were 
waiting for their sandwiches from Subway... it was funny watching 
them lock their sandwiches in the bus...I guess some fans would go 
that far, huh? We witnessed ADAM totally shun these unsuspecting kids
who wanted nothing more than a hand shake. He blew one kid off as if 
the poor guy had jerked off minutes before and still had the remains 
of spew dripping from his fingers. The guy walked away looking  
pretty stupid and ADAM looked like a jerk. But, as they so often 
publicly admit... they "don't owe their fans anything".  We were 
pretty tired and decided we'd split the scene and head down south to 
get ready for tomorrow's show in Corpus Christi.  We staggered over 
to the car feeling tired as shit and hoping we wouldn't have to fight
to get out of the hole they played in. We bid Dallas a farewell and a 
fuck you for booking the show in the worst venue... and off we went 
in search of food, drink and a shitter. We headed south down 
Interstate 35... Melissa's complaining that she needs to find a pot 
to drop a load, so we pull over at this nasty ass truck stop in a 
peice of shit town called Waco. We do the deed, get back on the HWY 
and end up cruising at 75/80 mph next to TOOL's tour bus. There is a 
GOD and TOOL is his favorite band! So, we're cruising right, 
Melissa's driving, I'm navigating. I say to Melissa, "what I need 
right now is a big, fat, black magic marker." she says, "what", I say 
"a felt pin, a fuckin magic marker!" (See Pulp Fiction, adrenalins 
shot scene, writer: Q. Tarentino). Anyway, I write TOOL on a peice of 
paper, placed on the window and waited for the confirmation from the 
bus drivers. They nod, and we trip! The all too familiar request to 
show tits comes forth, so I pull myself out from the passenger's seat 
and pull up my shirt to reveal bare 38's. They signal in approval and 
seek assistance as the inner lights go on and JUSTIN's lifting his 
shirt and pointing at me in an ever so sweet requests to see my 
breasts. Happy to oblige, I lift my shirt as we're side by side and 
Melissa's hauling ass in an effort to have the bus driver speed up to 
see more. They do, and what's more, the lights go on again, and 
JUSTIN returns the favor as he turns around, pulls his pants down and 
bares all! At that point, I'm screaming up and down South I35 like a 
maniac at 2:00am! The driver maneuvers his way next to me and JUSTIN 
and I are trying to talk to eachother (he must have been smoking the 
same thing I was) at 80mph, how cool is that? We're screaming at one 
another... he's asking me "Where are you going, what are you doing", 
etc. and I'm going "WHAT!" I couldn't hear a thing, we gave up and 
just drove off into the moonlight with TOOL. By the way, Melissa was 
pissed because she was driving and she had to remain in total 
composure, that must have sucked. And then there was Corpus, do I 
really want to get in to that trip?


[Note from Kabir -- you read the neatest shit on this site.]
 






Review written by: Paul Sibley (jns451@pipeline.com)
Review posted on: 08/10/97 03:33:42

     When Tool came on stage, Keenan was dressed in full garb:
dainty-looking outfit (to say the least), face paint, wig.  They opened
with Hooker, an appropriate selection considering the venue, and the
audience.  As is perfectly usual, the beer-swilling crowd joyously
extended their middle digits during the chorus, never quite realizing the
irony of their actions.  They were just excited because "Maynard said a
dirty word."  Next, Tool played Stinkfist, another suitable choice.  If
you are in search of a set list then look elsewhere, because I son't
remeber the details, just one of the most brilliant artistic performances
I have ever seen.  As if the music alone wasn't enough to keep enraptured,
Keenan's visual mannerisms completed my mental seduction. 
 From the beginning, he performed a very artificial set of movements, in
hooker garb of course.  He would stomp marionette-like across the stage,
dodging random audience debris.  The whole thing was really just an
extension of Stinkfist.  A man being paid to perform highly exagerated
pelvic thrusts in front of thousands, while in that outfit, wasn't nearly
enough to shock the desensetized youth before him.  Since the patronizing
attitude was lost on the crowd, twice Keenan told us just how "special" we
were. The sarcasm was completely over their heads, and they cheered.  It
never ceases to amaze me how something so powerfully artistic can attract
such a philistine audience.  Regardless, it was an incredible show. 







Review written by: E2d (Sfrias)
Review posted on: 08/09/97 15:56:27

Tool was the best thing about Lollapalooza! they are the best live!!! just
wanted to thatnk ya' guys. KEEP ROCKIN'!!!!!!! 







Review written by: chris call (gwen11@swbell.net)
Review posted on: 08/06/97 10:52:53


  Well to begin with I was there for TOOL so I'm not going to talk about
any others. It was great as the smoke started coming out for the third
time it was coming out heaver this time and I saw adam walk out on the
stage I looked to the right and saw justin he was painted blue oh adam was
wereing A red & white collord shirt then I saw maynard wereing an orange
wemons jump suit with brown curly wig his face was painted white with a
black line around the outer edge of the white paint with red lipstic . I
was at the very front and i waved at adam during hooker and he gave me a
nod to aknowleg me . before they played opiate maynard said "we werent
going to play this song but you are just so special."he said it before no
quarter also. and before cold & ugly he said this is a song by rush.  I
saw them at the bronco bowl november 7 , 1996 . They were great then but
this show was better beceause I was closer. 






Review written by: Phil Gainer (philg@webtv.net)
Review posted on: 08/05/97 04:30:30


Lots of reviews for this one, so Ill try not to repeat whats already been
said--- First off, TOOL came on about 7:20 (which from what Ive read was
about an hour earlier than any other performance on this tour-which kinda
sucked since it was light out the entire performance)--- As soon as Tool
came on, large smoke bombs were being thrown around, and as soon as one
made the stage, Maynard stopped his 'dancing' (but the performance kept
on) All I thought about was Tool getting pissed at the trendies that were
there and stopping after they finished the song(but nothing was ever said
about it)--- Also during their little 'intermission' while Maynard was
sitting down, someone threw a frisbee to the stage and landed in his lap,
which he didnt even acknowledge that it was there.---


***EVERTHING ELSE*** In my opinoin this wasnt a good Lollapalooza, it was
a TOOL concert, but instead of 1 or 2 opening bands there were about
5-6--- I dint catch Failure on either stage, which I was looking forward
to-- Everthing else was pretty bad, I took a nap pretty much as soon as we
arrived---

**Tricky-who knows how he got on the bill, but cool music for the
"mind-expandingers" 

**Snoop-BIOOOOTCH!  The crowd actually said NO! when they asked if we
wanted to hear more, but "performed" a few more anyways

**Prodigy-pretty cool, although there isnt much to them other than music
and lights. (I can go up there and repeat one line over and over-but thats
techno, but I did enjoy their performance) 

**I you plan on going fuct-up, check out the garden tent or whatever its
called (it was by the second stage in Dallas) during the day, you'll enjoy
it. 

(Please email me if you know of any videos of TOOLs performance in Dallas
or any other shows, Dallas security sucked, so there might be a video
floating around out there.) 






Review written by: Master Reviewer (paschal4@mail.airmail.net)
Review posted on: 08/05/97 00:10:27

Tool took the show in Dallas Aug. 2 It would have probably been the 
best tool show that I have seen exept for two things they only played 
for like and hour and the sound quality at the coca-cola starplex in 
Dallas stinks. Manard came out in an Orange womans jump suit with 
"big tracks of land" and with a brown wig and his face was painted 
solid white for the rest of the band the bass player was painted 
solid blue and the other two were in plain cloths. I really enjoyed 
thier rendition of No Quarter by Led Zepplin it seemed like it lasted 
for 15 min. They also seemed to do lots of improvising while they 
were playing which add a lot to the show. I believe that if a band is 
headlining a show like Lollapaloza then they should be allowed to 
play a full set and not just for and hour or less I thought that 
really sucked. Oh yea we they also light a candle for one of the 
members of Korn which did not perform that day because he was sick 
which I thought was really nice of them. By the way Manard keeps a 
damn clean stage.






Review written by: john (unertl@airmail)
Review posted on: 08/04/97 16:47:21

Lolla '97 review.  The Marley's were great.  James was not.  I didn't 
watch the Tricky show.  Even though I despise most rap due to their 
lack of creativity, I was impressed immensely by the Snoop Doggy Dogg 
show.  Tool.  In a word, unbelievable.  I went to the show expecting 
to see the best show ever, and it far exceeded those expectations.  
Tool is by far the best band to grace the world of music.  The set 
Tool played was a great one. The extended outro on "Eulogy" was 
great.  As was the "Aenima" video.  The music behind Maynard's little 
story was great.  The posers in the crowd, and there were alot of 
them, sang along to "Sober" and had no clue during "Cold and Ugly", 
"Opiate", or "No Quarter".  I feel those who do not truly appreciate 
the music of Tool and go to their shows because they think it is 
"trendy" should be slapped and sterilized. To these: Crepa, pezzo di 
merda, e vai a sucare cazzi su un aereo!  Anyway, the show was 
inspiring.  The gong with the ritual circle on it was interesting.  
Maynard's outfit was genius.  People need to like a band for their 
sound, not their appearance.  Anyone who can honestly say they 
understand the music of Tool is one who has begun to understand 
themselves.    






Review written by: seth (jade7@bellsouth.net)
Review posted on: 08/04/97 15:28:17

maynard is the man. his outfit,his moves, 
the wat he hypnotizes the crowd with his 
voice, his tits...  Anyway,the music blew 
me away even after the second time 
seeing them. my first was right here in 
New Orleans.  they started with  hooker. 
never heard  it in concert before and i am 
now a changed man because of it; its one 
of my favorites. then they played 
stinkfist. then 46&2.  unbelievable 
song,especially after realizing the intro 
riff was done by justin and not adam.  
everyone was surprised by cold and ugly 
cept me. i heard in N.O. very cool song. 
Eulogy was their most moving song.  
Sober got the crowd in a huge uproar (I 
wonder why).WHEN THEY PLAYED NO 
QUARTER , IHAD TO GET ON MY KNEES 
AND WORSHIP THEM. MY FAVORITE 
ZEPPELIN SONG DONE BY MY FAVORITE 
BAND. THERE IS A GOD. opiate got the 
crowd moving again and the closing 
song,preceeded by MJK's hilarious 
bullshit story about danny's out of body/
sphinx nostril/apocalypse story was the 
best sounding and pumped the most 
adrenaline into everybody. incredible.                
 in closing,if you miss the chance to see 
tool, you dont deserve to listen to them.

bye,Seth







Review written by: David Gardner a.k.a Tricky the Clown (trickytheclown@mail.utexas.edu)
Review posted on: 08/04/97 12:44:57

"That dude's on something"--- This is a quote I overheard; someone 
trying to describe Maynard.  No... he's ON TO something, and you are 
in my seat!  Get out and go buy your t-shirt.  It was fitting that 
the boys opened with "Hooker".  And even more summed up with 
Maynard's own words during their opening song, "T-shirts and (other 
paraphenalia) are now available for sale in the courtyard."  The 
guy's considerately insulting the crowd... and they aren't even aware 
of it.  Tool 1, Dallas 0. This was my second time to see the boys up 
on the main stage at Lolla Land in Dallas, and despite the hoards of 
moronic MTV and radio fans screaming for Stinkfist, it still was one 
of the best shows I've seen them put on.  Funny, I don't remember all 
these people rushing the stage at the third Lolla..."No Quarter"... 
what can I say?  "Blessed" maybe?  Thanks guys!!!  I needed that.  
The crowd around me didn't seem too interested, but that's expected.  
After the song, Maynard asked of the crowd if anyone under the age of 
25 could tell him who wrote that one.  I didn't hear any responses. 
Tool 3, Dallas 0 (they scored their second point by playing "Cold and 
Ugly"... again, over the heads of the audience... not many knew that 
song either) A big healthy "YES" for Munky, to the tune of "-ions"...  
And also a white noise improv later on in the set...  I hope they 
guys stick with this little trick on stage.  I've found these 
sections to be very vision inducing.  A friend of mine expounded on 
the idea, the band isn't up there to whip the crowd into a screaming 
cheering mess, but performing is more of their way of telling a 
message...  I tend to agree.  Anyone else have their third eye 
opened?  In closing the set with Aenema, Maynard took time to tell a 
story of Danny's colonic cleansing session in which he conjured up 
the story of Arizona Bay...  Hey wait a sec!!! You guys are in Texas, 
and Brother Bill was born, raised, and buried here.  You can't pull 
that off on me!  I happen to know better.  But it was funny anyway.  
And at that time I stopped watching the band and focused on the video 
screens.  What a vision indeed...  Those of you wishing to see Lolla 
Land 97, check out Failure (both stages.... they play different 
sets).  James... I'm not much of a James fan, but they can play a 
hell of a set.  Demolition Doll Rod...  Two girls wearing bikini 
bottoms and nothing else, one guy wearing bikini bottoms and a bunch 
of makeup... entertaining for a good fifteen minutes.  Prodigy... 
flashing lights and screaming... YEAH!!!!   And alas there is that 
skinny little black guy from England...  Tricky  WHOA!  And I'm not 
just saying it because we share the same name.  Just watch the guy.  
Good luck to you all.  

---TRICKY







Review written by: Ario Jafarzadeh (Ario_Jafarzadeh@baylor.edu)
Review posted on: 08/04/97 11:52:23

Oh my gawd. That concert was so mind blowing.  We got there during 
Failure's set which wasn't anything except loud.  The Marley's were 
pretty cool but how many times must we hear Bob Marley's kids play "I 
shot the sheriff"?  James reminded me of U2 with their Las Vegas 
schtick (sequence shirts, etc).  They were pretty forgetable.  Tricky 
, who is one of my favorites was actually a little disappointing.  I 
knew he wasn't going to go nuts or anything, but the whole back 
turned to the crowd thing was kind of shitty.  The female singer did 
the same and even when she sang she looked down at the ground.  Lots 
of their set was just jamming some non-album song for 20 minutes 
straight.  I think for what Snoop does, he did it well and I had 
fun.  It was fun jumping around and it was cool when he lit that j up 
on stage.  Now for TOOL.  I had seen Tool once before during Lolla 
'93 but that was nothing compared to what we were about to see.  
Maynard and crew appeared on the stage, greeted by thousands of 
raging fans who had turned the place suddenly into a general 
admission show.  Maynard sported this tight orange outfit with tits 
and everything.  Those things looked pretty real.  It was so cool 
seeing this muscular, intense guy wearing something that would make 
most men blush.  Starting off with "Hooker" i thought was very 
fitting and also sent the message loud and clear about selling out.  
Stinkfist sounded great and their accuracy and performance of the 
songs just blew me away.  "46&2" just killed me, and then Maynard 
said we were "Special" since we got to hear "Cold & Ugly."  Eulogy, 
being my favorite song, was exceprtional powerful, and you know about 
sober.  Not really being into Led Zep too much, No Quarter confused 
me at first, but then I realized what it was and got into it.  
"Opiate" was cool, but I would rather heard some more stuff off of 
Undertoe.  Maynard crouched down for a lot of the song and didn't bat 
an eyelash when hit by a frisbee.  That smoke bomb thrown towards 
Danny was kind of scary since I thought it might set their curtain on 
fire.  Aenima was preceeded by that cool Danny, out of body 
experience story which was so bullshit it was funny.  The video for 
Aenima was excellent since it wasn't a literal interpretation of the 
song.  I would have been pissed to see some California earthquake 
video footage or something.  Another cool video they had was this AMP 
looking construction assembly line that was making sparks and such.  
After that song, they left the crowd wanting more, but I guess they 
did they best they could with the time constraints.  Maynard told the 
crowd to yell "Yes" for Korn's guitarist, Munky, who has viral 
meningitis.  After TOOL we "experienced" the Prodigy who were also 
excellent.  Keith and Maxim were going nuts as usual and Liam even 
left mid concert for a piss break!  "Their Law" was especially kick 
ass.  Overall a fantastic show.






Review written by: Cale Welborn (glenng@startext.net)
Review posted on: 08/03/97 20:09:43

After seeing the Lollapalooza tour only one thing could be spoken of, 
Tool's clear dominance of rock music.  As for the rest of the show 
Snoop was a badass(smoking the kind onstage), Tricky was cool, so was 
Prodigy but I was too worn out to stay for their entire set. Anyway 
here is my take on the Tool event.
Setlist:
1.Hooker with a penis
2.Stinkfist
3.46&2
4.Cold and Ugly
5.Eulogy
6.Sober
7.NO QUARTER
8.Opiate
9.Aenema

While Tool was having their stage set up my friends and I went to go 
get some water, which took forever and on the way back I heard 
Maynard talking so I made a mad dash for the grass.  I was totally 
enthralled by the power of Tool from then on.  They opened with 
Hooker (which was no surprise) one of my favorites from the new disc 
the concert version seemed to last way longer much to my delight.  
Next up was Stinkfist which included the extra bridge with the noises 
that start the song off.  Maynard(who was sporting his Lollapalooza 
outfit with the fake tits and dress) was dancing around like alunatic 
and I couldn't keep my eyes off of him the entire night, he is such a 
fuckin badass.  46&2 was next and Maynard introduced it as a song 
about subtle changes, Tool sounded especially heavy during this song. 
The next song was introduced as a song they hadn't played in a long 
time, and then they said it was a Rush song.  I turned to my friends 
very surprised until they started playing and I realized it was Cold 
and Ugly, one of Tool's most intense songs.  After hearing them play 
the old shit I was very happy, but I thought they probably would 
stick to the regular concert songs from the new disc after that.  
Little did I know what was in store for me later.  Eulogy was next 
with Maynard using some sort of device to change and distort his 
voice, the mosh pit seemed intense and it was beckoning my friend 
T-bone and I.  Sober was next which was cool, but I would have 
preferred Prison Sex.  Anyway the crowd really got into Sober, and my 
friends and I decided to heed Maynard's advice and not be sober.  
Then came the song that gave me tingles for the rest of the night 
Tool's magnificent cover of the Led Zeppelin classic NO QUARTER.  MJK 
said they played it because we were special, but it was sad how many 
people could not appreciate the song because all they listen to is 
ALTERNA-SHIT.  My friends and I being Zeppelin fans loved all 12 
minutes of it, Tool's take on the song is much different than 
Zeppelin's but is equally brilliant. Opiate was next and T-bone and I 
went to the mosh pit area. We were on the outside of the circle 
waiting for the shit to go down, when Tool exploded on the 2nd chorus 
and we found ourselves in the middle of the pit.  It was totally 
awesome I was hitting everybody near me even chicks.  Tool finished 
the show with Aenema another great song, but it was sucky because I 
knew that the show was over then.  But all in all to experience Tool 
live is something that words cannot describe it must be viewed by one 
and all.  Peace to my homboy Cito we kicked some ass for you.






Review written by: gabriel (cnfderectn@aol.com)
Review posted on: 08/03/97 15:31:21

WOW!!!!......that is all i have to say about my 4th lolla. Not to be
partial to the awesome shows that tool has played on this lolla but
as far as setlist's go...the dallas show may have been the best yet 
on lolla so far

1.Hooker with a penis
2.Stinkfist
3.46&2
4.Cold and ugly(yea, i could not believe it either, maynard said we 
were lucky cause they NEVER play that song)it was so awesome
5.Euology
6.Sober
7.NO Quarter
8.Opiate
9.AEnema

Maynard came out with the same wig i saw in st.louis and he had a 
peach colored dress on with the china doll/mime looking face paint. 
and another thing...i was not very pleased with the crowd in dallas 
throwing things.....such as smoke bombs.....which almost nailed 
carrey in the head...soo whoever you are fuck off and just let tool 
play in peace please!!!! anyways....tricky also turned in a good 
performance and i would highly recommend once again....checking them 
out.well that is it for me...no more tool till probably 2001..i doubt 
they will tour anymore after lolla.....enjoy everyone

later
gabe






Review written by: Daniel Trippett (trippett@worldnet.att.net)
Review posted on: 08/03/97 15:10:06

This was my third time to see Tool.  Once in Tulsa, once at the 
Kansis City Lolla, and Dallas.  The cool part about this one was 
during James I went over to the second stage, and Adam was hanging 
out in the Dr. Martin booth wearing a cool black Devo shirt and 
shades.  He was very cool and shook my hand and even stopped for a 
couple of pictures(hiding his face with a water bottle).  Tool was
great but not nearly as good as the Kansis City show.  This was due
in part to the sound at the Starplex and the fact that the crowd in
the lawn area set fire to the grass about 5 times.  Security kept
having to run back with fire extinguishers.  People were throwing 
stuff as usual(not as bad as the 20,000 Aquafina bottles in Kansis).
During the instrumental part, where Maynard sets down, I saw him get 
hit in the head with a frisbee and not even move.  This kind of shit 
really takes me out of the music, but still it was Tool and as always 
the were great.






Review written by: j.e (recreator@flash.net)
Review posted on: 08/03/97 04:50:46

Maynard WAS the "Hooker With a Penis" as far as i could tell.  
Dressed in full drag, he had passed the blue look on to Justin (the 
bassist).  The previous 2 reviewers were right on with the sound, but 
as usual, Tool made me forget all my troubles with their mind 
bending sounds.  After a MONSTROUS rush to the pit (over 5 huge 
groups), I was good to go about 10 feet from the stage.  Well that 
lasted about 3 songs worth, as I was near death just as I stumbled 
from the most hellacious pit I have ever seen (outside of Pantera in 
Dallas).  Maynard also told a cool story (right before aenima) about 
an out of body experience that Danny had in which he supposedly flew 
all the way to egypt, into the left nostril of the sphinx, through 
the sphinx's intestines, into an underground tunnel, over to the 
Great Pyramid, into a secret chamber where he saw visions of the end 
of the world which are the entire meaning behind the song Aenima (the 
visions).  Damn...what a run on.

----Nice tits Maynard.----






Review written by: jason (cheeze) (jmw0003@jove.acs.unt.edu)
Review posted on: 08/03/97 01:37:03

wow...that is all i have to say. well..ok..so i got more to say:
   - tool rocks
   - ummm...maynard cross dressing
   - i got lots of pics of tool, failure, and prodigy
   - sucks that it is about 12pm and i am home already, no korn means 
     more time with no music. 
   - i agree with the first reviewer, StarPlex sound sucks, the 2nd 
     stage sounded better

i should have the pics ready some time this week. e-mail me and i 
could maybe send some over. 

jason






Review written by: Victor Seiler (thule777@fastlane.net)
Review posted on: 08/02/97 23:22:13

This is the third time I have seen tool on this tour.  As always, 
every Dendrite in my head feels as if it is still firing.

The fist thing I noticed on stage was a functional tool, similiar to 
the one on page 98 of Book Four by Aleister Crowley.  I was trying to 
 read the inscription and hieroglyhic text on it, but was seeted to 
far away, and it was hastily removed after the show. But I definetly 
felt it's effect during the show. Nice work Maynard. 

I can die peacefully now that I heard "No Quarter" vibrated by a true
 master. Also, I have never heard "Cold And Ugly" live, and it is one 
of my favorites. As far as I can remember, this is the playlist:

1. Hooker With A Penis   
2. Stinkfist
3. Cold and Ugly
4. 46&2
5. Sober
6. No Quarter
7. Opiate
8. Aenema (I know, but screw the spelling)

(This list is prolbably out of order, and needs correcting.)

I hate the sound at Starplex, but Tool was still flowing through me 
like the pure and finely tuned art it is.  No one should ever miss a 
chance to see them, and connect in a way that is so much more than 
music. All members were once again in perfect sync. I have a personal 
fondness for the way Maynard can shift and move energy and matter 
with his voice, and will never miss a chance to hear him. 

On one last note, once again the storm troopers were having fun 
in the parking lot with some naked and bleeding guy. If anyone needs 
any witnesses to what happened, or has any more info, please E-Mail 
me, because I'm really sick of this fucking shit!