Over the past two years, I have grown to enjoy the music from the band Tool. Their music was truly revolutionary when they originally hit the music scene, and they are known for putting on one of the best live shows. A few weeks back I got a chance to see Tool live for the first time. Tool came on stage around 9:20pm, and opened the show with “Jambi.” This is a wicked cool tune, and like each song they played, it sounded absolutely amazing!!!! After Jambi, the band played “Stinkfist.” This tune also sounded incredible live, and it was amazing how the band sat back and let the music speak to the crowd.
Once the band finished up with Stinkfist, they played “46 & 2,” “Schism,” “Pushit,” “Lateralus,” “Lost Keys” and “Vicarious.” Each song was accompanied by a video that was playing on a number of monitors, as well as one of the coolest laser light shows I have ever seen. It’s a bummer the band didn’t play “Sober,” “The Pot” or some of their older hits, but the tunes they did play sounded magnificent! I have seen a LOT of shows in my day, and there aren’t many bands that sound better live than they do on CD. Tool is one such band, and I think this show was the best concert I have ever attended. Hopefully I can see them again in the near future!