Tool is finally recording new album!!

[Steev]

Originally Posted by Coma323

Another thing is that they almost always pick badass openers yet most of the crowd boos them.

Yeah my show had the Fantomas open, and atleast a handful of idiots were yelling about Weezer(who played the night before) which showed how much people were paying attention

[Natrlhi]

Originally Posted by El Gordo

I've never really thought Tool were a great live band

I'd venture a guess that you've never seen them live, then, because this statement is the exact opposite of why true TOOL fans love them. Their musicianship is impeccable live - they are just as tight on stage as they are on album - and the visuals are out of this fucking world. A TOOL show is almost a religious experience.

Originally Posted by Steev

they've become the band radio rock fans brag about liking

Originally Posted by Chris_M_S

it was like 12,000 meatheads shouting FUCKIN' TOOOOOL and PLAY THE SOBER SONG and moshing as hard as possible, so that shattered my reverie pretty quickly

Originally Posted by adamclark52

I actually like the band less because of those people. They are a genius band.

Originally Posted by Coma323

This.

Not liking a band because they have some dipshit fans is just about the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

[Chris_M_S]

Oh so having your experience marred by the ignorance of other people can just be easily written off, never mind, I take it all back

[Natrlhi]

Originally Posted by Chris_M_S

Oh so having your experience marred by the ignorance of other people can just be easily written off, never mind, I take it all back

Actually...yes.

You chose to focus on the meatheads rather than on the completely awesome band on the stage in front of you, the completely awesome sounds filling your ears, and the completely awesome visuals taking place all around you. Sounds rather weak, if you ask me. Know how I know this? Because you claimed that there were "12,000 meatheads" in the crowd. In other words, you let the shenanigans of a few folks get to you so badly, that you let your imagination run wild and multiplied those few meatheads times about a thousand. I realize you were just being figurative and it's not really about the numbers, but still dude. Really?

Personally, no amount of asshole fans - which every band has, by the way - could ever totally ruin a show for me. Piss me off, yes. Ruin the entire experience? No fucking way. Especially not something as monumental as a TOOL show.

Sorry to the other readers of this thread for the above rant, but I've just about had it up to here with people ripping on this band because they have a few douchebag fans. That's just stupid logic any way you slice it.

[Chris_M_S]

You're talking to the 17-year-old irrational, emotional Tool fan version of me, who doesn't give a fuck about your point. 28-year-old me is much different now and would be able to enjoy it just fine, but back then it ruined it

[Natrlhi]

Fair enough, but I'm sick of all the other fuckheads I constantly have to tolerate hating on TOOL because they have a few idiot fans. Like that's something new for any big band.

[Steev]

Originally Posted by Natrlhi

Fair enough, but I'm sick of all the other fuckheads I constantly have to tolerate hating on TOOL because they have a few idiot fans. Like that's something new for any big band.

When it comes to seeing them live the douches are a factor(as are set lists and ticket prices)

[MPF]

That works for me, I won't ever knock Tool for their fanbase....I've just never thought of them anymore than just a Meh type of band. They aren't doing anything that King Crimson didn't do better, just doing it in an era that would get them recognition.

Great musicians, but never been my bag.

[Coma323]

Originally Posted by Natrlhi

Not liking a band because they have some dipshit fans is just about the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Oh I'm not saying I don't like them. I'll see them multiple times within my area even with the same set if they come around.

[El Gordo]

Originally Posted by Natrlhi

I'd venture a guess that you've never seen them live, then, because this statement is the exact opposite of why true TOOL fans love them. Their musicianship is impeccable live - they are just as tight on stage as they are on album - and the visuals are out of this fucking world. A TOOL show is almost a religious experience.

I've seen them three times, dude. Each time I saw them it was basically the same damn thing. Everyone standing still, Maynard standing in front of a big screen with trippy shit going on. Yes they are tight as fuck and great musicians as well, but their performances have never done a whole lot for me. One of my older buddies said he had been to a few Tool shows in the mid-90's and said they were some of the craziest shows ever. It's fucked to think that they were all that crazy with the shit they do now. My wife went to one Tool show without me because it was on the same night as the Sacrifice reunion show. She said it was much different than usual and Maynard was all over the stage. I believe her but I'm glad I chose Sacrifice anyways.