THE Tool Thread

[ACID_FOX]

I only just started listening to his Puscifer stuff after getting put off by the album artwork and overall image, but it's pretty fucking good. Found it interesting how he has a song called "Moma Sed" which is very similar to Mama Said by Metallica.

[seasonsinthesky]

... the Metallica song is really awful. not seeing the comparison. do they have a similar acoustic riff or something? same key? the lyrics certainly aren't alike.

[Phoenix87x]

I only just started listening to his Puscifer stuff after getting put off by the album artwork and overall image, but it's pretty fucking good. Found it interesting how he has a song called "Moma Sed" which is very similar to Mama Said by Metallica.

For the longest time, I never took Puscifer seriously, and just for the hell of it I picked up Conditions of My parole and I honestly
love it.

My favorite tracks are the title track, Oceans and Horizons.

It really is a solid album and quite a pleasant surprise.

[Metal]

Some of Maynard's solo work is alright.  I've listened to most of the material he's put out in the last few years, and have enjoyed the majority of what I've heard.  However, it still doesn't satisfy me like Tool's music does.  His voice and lyrics are great, but keep in mind that he has been interviewed and basically said that the other 3 guys write almost all of the material, then he may rearrange it somewhat, and layer his vocals on top of the almost fully perfected pieces right before the recording.  It isn't so much that Tool isn't Tool without Maynard, as it is that Maynard doesn't seem to reach his full potential without Tool.

[Phoenix87x]

I need to vent for a second.

Just got my tickets for the January show and I just want to say that ticketmaster/livenation sucks.

I had 3 computers out at exactly 10am when the tickets went on sale and selected 2 tickets at best available/ any price, and 

This is what popped up on all 3 computers.



I tried every variation and still no luck.


after waiting 40 minutes of trying multiple times I was able to finally get tickets. Almost the very last row of the venue and the tickets were still in the most expensive tier, $89 dollars.

super lame, but at least I will get to see them. 

[Ben_Jamin]

I need to vent for a second.

Just got my tickets for the January show and I just want to say that ticketmaster/livenation sucks.

I had 3 computers out at exactly 10am when the tickets went on sale and selected 2 tickets at best available/ any price, and 

This is what popped up on all 3 computers.



I tried every variation and still no luck.


after waiting 40 minutes of trying multiple times I was able to finally get tickets. Almost the very last row of the venue and the tickets were still in the most expensive tier, $89 dollars.

super lame, but at least I will get to see them.

Damn. They're $75 here

[El Barto]

I need to vent for a second.

Just got my tickets for the January show and I just want to say that ticketmaster/livenation sucks.

I had 3 computers out at exactly 10am when the tickets went on sale and selected 2 tickets at best available/ any price, and 

This is what popped up on all 3 computers.



I tried every variation and still no luck.


after waiting 40 minutes of trying multiple times I was able to finally get tickets. Almost the very last row of the venue and the tickets were still in the most expensive tier, $89 dollars.

super lame, but at least I will get to see them. 

Had the same experience,  but with a non-TM outlet.  With AXS,  they dump everybody into a virtual waiting room, and then randomly assign slots in the line.  With 4 computers,  it was 10 minutes before any of us got an opportunity to buy tickets,  and we're in nosebleed, as well.  The other three never got the opportunity to buy our required 4 seats. 

Strangely,  I was actually cursing that we didn't have TM, for a change.  At least with TM,  they can accommodate all the traffic without having to queue everybody up for half an hour. 

[Ben_Jamin]

Got mine. No GA, it's floor seats but I got Row 13 seats 11-10 and 14-15.  Not bad I think, now can't wait.

[Birch Boy]

This is my first post here in prolly over a year... funny how I'm so excited to see Tool that I came back on the site to see if they were being discussed and the thread that I made is on the front page.

Anyway,

FEBRUARY 1ST CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH SECTION 120 ME AND TEN FRIENDS ARE GOING HOLY FUCK IT WILL BE AMAZING.

Carry on.

[black_biff_stadler]

Fuck you dude. Post here more frequently 

[Phoenix87x]

Wow, tickets have been on sale for 48 hours and my venue is already SOLD OUT.

Not that I'm surprised, but I'm just glad I didn't dilly daddle.

[Elsydeon]

fuck, tickets sold out within 30 minutes of going on sale....oh well, maybe I'll see symphony x

[Kosmo]

...oh well, maybe I'll see symphony x

I'm so sorry for you man.   

[Nekov]

...oh well, maybe I'll see symphony x

I'm so sorry for you man.   

 

[cyberdrummer]

UK dates please. Haven't seen these guys since 2006.

[Marvellous G]

UK dates please. Haven't seen these guys ever.

[ACID_FOX]

UK dates please. Haven't seen these guys ever.

[krands85]

UK dates please. Haven't seen these guys ever.

[DarkEternalNight]

I have yet to see ticket info for the Charlotte show

[WebRaider]

I have yet to see ticket info for the Charlotte show

Is there a Charlotte show listed?

[DarkEternalNight]

Yep, February 4th.

[El Barto]

Just had a repeat occurrence of the last Friday onsale for the recently announced second Dallas date.  Despite having five computers in the queue,  only two of them were offered tickets,  and in both cases they were upper 400s.  This is actually the first time I've lamented not having TM sale the tickets.  While I think they suck,  I've usually been able to do alright. 

[aparadoxindeed]

Anybody else going to see these guys in Boston?  I was luckily able to get a ticket before they sold out!

[senecadawg2]

Hello fellow DTF members!

So, I am a relatively new TOOL fan, and I especially like Lateralus and Aenima. I have been listening to them a lot the last couple weeks and so I was excited to see that TOOL would be coming to Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, NC on Feb. 4, only 2 hours from my house. I just had a couple questions which I hoped you good people could help answer for me.

1. How much have you guys paid for tool concert tickets in the past?
2. Is the tool show really as incredible as most say it is? What was your experience like?
3. There aren't a lot of good seats left in the box office, so I am planning on buying from the re-sale service of ticketliquidator. Have you ever used this before, had any problems with it?

Needless to say, I am very excited about this show and I would greatly appreciate any answers/advice.

Thanks!
Seneca

[lateralus88]

I've only seen Tool once (two summers ago) but I'll gladly answer these questions for you mang.

1. My friend and I ended up getting re-sale tickets for about $276 each (we got really, really fucking good seats.)
2. Yes, Tool's live performance is absolutely out of this world. You can't quite compare it to anything else, since they really do go above and beyond to make the show an experience. When I saw them, they had all the elements I had hoped for. Cool visuals and LASERS, excellent sounding quality and a very ominous stage presence.
3. Never used Ticketliquidator. We used whatever site that Ticketmaster sponsors for getting third party tickets. Hence the outrageous price we payed.


Goodluck on getting tickets mang, and I hope you have a good time. Tool are one of the best concerts I've ever been to.

[pain of occupation]

...oh well, maybe I'll see symphony x

I'm so sorry for you man.   

but symphony x are better than a 4 outta 10 live...or at least i assume they are. they better be, fuck, as i plan on getting tix

[black_biff_stadler]

^Seen 'em both. Even though I saw Symphony X play at this place in Dallas called Bronco Bowl (a hybrid bowling alley/pool hall/music venue which is about twice the size of the House of Blues in New Orleans by itself not counting the area occupied by the bowling alley and pool hall), I liked it much better than Tool which I saw at the Centroplex in Baton Rouge, a more traditional arena where the LSU Tigers basketball team plays.

I would've liked it better had they not had all the pageantry between songs. I know that's what makes some folks really dig it but it got very old very quickly (for me at least) to have constant synthesizer-dominant "atmospheric" interludes that have nothing to do with any of their actual music while lasers and smoke aimlessly meander about. Add to that, the fact that they played not even one song from either Undertow or Opiate yet had at least 20 minutes of show time to waste on the LSD-pandering nonsense and it was $60 right down the drain for this cat.

[senecadawg2]

I've only seen Tool once (two summers ago) but I'll gladly answer these questions for you mang.

1. My friend and I ended up getting re-sale tickets for about $276 each (we got really, really fucking good seats.)
2. Yes, Tool's live performance is absolutely out of this world. You can't quite compare it to anything else, since they really do go above and beyond to make the show an experience. When I saw them, they had all the elements I had hoped for. Cool visuals and LASERS, excellent sounding quality and a very ominous stage presence.
3. Never used Ticketliquidator. We used whatever site that Ticketmaster sponsors for getting third party tickets. Hence the outrageous price we payed.


Goodluck on getting tickets mang, and I hope you have a good time. Tool are one of the best concerts I've ever been to.

Thanks a lot for the reply! I am really looking forward to this.

[El Barto]

Wow.  That's quite a setlist. 

   
    Hooker With A Penis
    Jambi
    Stinkfist
    Ticks & Leeches
    Pushit
    Schism
    Intension
    Forty-Six & 2
    Lateralus
    The Pot
    Ænema

[Toolgirly]

Wow.  That's quite a setlist. 

   
    Hooker With A Penis
    Jambi
    Stinkfist
    Ticks & Leeches
    Pushit
    Schism
    Intension
    Forty-Six & 2
    Lateralus
    The Pot
    Ænema

Yeah, no shit. Can't wait.

[WindMaster]

I have yet to see ticket info for the Charlotte show

Check stubhub. Charlotte show tickets are about $80 ("worst ones") on there. (Of course, you're still going to a Tool show, so "worst" is virtually nonexistant).

Charlotte is only 2 hrs away from me. I hope I get to go.

[black_biff_stadler]

Wow.  That's quite a setlist. 

   
    Hooker With A Penis
    Jambi
    Stinkfist
    Ticks & Leeches
    Pushit
    Schism
    Intension
    Forty-Six & 2
    Lateralus
    The Pot
    Ænema

WTF? Are songs from Undertow retired permanently?

[lonestar]

My brother was at the Reno show, posted lots of great pics of the stage.  It looks fucking insane.  He said they were tight as fuck, and that it was a great show.  The one thing he didn't do was let me in on the fact that he was going to the show so I could've gone too, but seeing that I had no idea they were playing, a little heads up would have been appreciated.  Thanks bro, love you too.

[WindMaster]

Wow.  That's quite a setlist. 

   
    Hooker With A Penis
    Jambi
    Stinkfist
    Ticks & Leeches
    Pushit
    Schism
    Intension
    Forty-Six & 2
    Lateralus
    The Pot
    Ænema

WTF? Are songs from Undertow retired permanently?

They mights put one or two in for encore

[Sigz]

Man, this forum really needs spoiler tags.