Tool gig tonight - 13/05/2002

Posted by: Goose on 13 May 2002

Tool are playing at London Brixton Academy tonight.

Will post review tomorrow if my head /ears have stopped bleeding, and I can hear other people talking to me. :-)

Goose
Posted on: 22 May 2002 by Matt Gear
goose

i went to the gig on the sunday night, and it was fantastic. hope you enjoyed the monday night gig...

cheers

matt
Posted on: 22 May 2002 by Goose
Sorry about the late review for any of those interested :-)

For those who don't know Tool's music, they are heavy 'industrial' and 'angular' riffing band with complex rhythmns and longer compositions, I wouldn't say 'prog' or 'heavy metal'. They are heavy

The gig was a Brixton Academy, and this time I was downstairs. The previous Tool gig was there too, but I was upstairs, and the sound was awful. Downstairs, seems to be much more controlled sound, and good to listen to.

Unbiased comments: Very tight, very mechanical sounding, but played with 100% passion. A lot of songs sound very similar,
unless you know them..Chugging riffs, drum patterns, bass lead lines, and in similar chords. Great animations and backdrop, good visual show.

Personal comments: Bloody hell, now that's what I call LOUD HEAVY ROCK. Totally blew me away. All songs executed
perfectly..I was hooked for the 2 hours. They played mostly songs from Lateralis, but a few others from Aenima and Undertow. The highlight for me was the end tune Lateralis, and got me jumping. Musicianship was great, second only to KC :-) It made me think why I am I not creating music at the moment, so I got my brothers 4 track!!

Maynard the singer always says "take the energy, and create something positive", which is so true. The previous time he said to 'go and make some creative music ' ( or along those lines!)

I recommend them highly as a live band, if you like heavy riffing..But really to fully appreciate them, know some of the music first.......

Cheers
Goose
Posted on: 23 May 2002 by Alex S.
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It made me think why I am I not creating music at the moment, so I got my brothers 4 track!!
Given your taste in music, I fear the worst :-)

Alex
Posted on: 23 May 2002 by Goose
Don't worry Alex, i'll send you a pre release copy first.... :-)
My bro can do the Ozrics sounds and i can do the rest!

Cheers
Goose