A Perfect Circle 8/2 @ 930

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
talented…or strategically marketed…

It must be the greatest focused marketing campaign ever. It's not like you see Tool appearing everywhere. Leads me to believe it must be organic.

well. . i thought tool put on a hell of a show when i saw them, granted, it was in 1994.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
That was kind of my point – although I didn't spell it out very well.

Tool isn't a gold or platinum selling artist, yet they can demand as high a concert fee as any Billboard #1 or TRL artist. So the fans must be pretty hardcore. Moreover, they don't seem to draw the backwards-baseball-cap wearing half-breeds that jump on the latest nu-Metal bandwagon. They appear to draw a more diverse crowd of traditional head-bangers, prog-rock enthusiasts, punks, and hard-rock fans. From this, I would assume they must be talented, despite the fact that I don't elect to listen to them.

exactly.. they aren't even close to bands like limp bizkit.. their fans are very hardcore, and their music goes much deeper than a lot of other bands's… in my opinion.

sure, they may be a little "weird" (aka maynard, the singer) but who cares? their lyrics and music are original, honest, and not nearly as shitty as bands like linkin park's.

These nu-metal comparisons are totally off…Tool are a prog rock band, pure and simple. Their sound is very heavy, but it is played by extremely accomplished musicians. If you really want to knock 'em, they're more like the metal version of Pink Floyd. Which still isn't a good thing in my book…but it's better than Linkin Park.

P.S. A Perfect Circle still kinda suck.

Tool make me want to killllllllllllllllll!!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

Of the 3, I'll take A Perfect Circle which I can actually like now and then.

Originally posted by walkman:
These nu-metal comparisons are totally off…Tool are a prog rock band, pure and simple. Their sound is very heavy, but it is played by extremely accomplished musicians. If you really want to knock 'em, they're more like the metal version of Pink Floyd. Which still isn't a good thing in my book…but it's better than Linkin Park.

P.S. A Perfect Circle still kinda suck.

well said, my dear. and hey – "Three Libras" is a great A Perfect Circle song.

Tool is brilliant as they made a lot of their own videos (the guitarist is an animator who did work for Disney),they have good lyrics that are funny even (one song in German on Aenima is actually a recipe for hash brownies), and have stuck to their guns. I own one of their albums and play it frequently. can not say that about any of the other so-called nu-metal bands.

Originally posted by paige:

Originally posted by walkman:
These nu-metal comparisons are totally off…Tool are a prog rock band, pure and simple. Their sound is very heavy, but it is played by extremely accomplished musicians. If you really want to knock 'em, they're more like the metal version of Pink Floyd. Which still isn't a good thing in my book…but it's better than Linkin Park.

P.S. A Perfect Circle still kinda suck.

well said, my dear. and hey – "Three Libras" is a great A Perfect Circle song.

To be quite honest, I've only heard the single…so I'll give a listen.

Originally posted by walkman:
To be quite honest, I've only heard the single…so I'll give a listen.

:D

Originally posted by paige:

ps recent news i heard said that twiggy (manson bassist) is out of APC…. not sure if that's true or not. i just really want to seee them live

Twiggy IS still in APC, but he is going by his real name (Jordie White, I think). Troy is no longer in APC…he is touring with Queens of the Stone Age. James Iha has replaced Troy.

Here is a review, posted by a fan on another forum, from the recent APC show…

they played a sound stage in burbank, CA called "Center Stage" off of Hollywood Way.

The show was very strict invite only. there was about 200 (maybe) people. James plays in the upper left hand corner back Maynard is in the middle upper part back and josh freeze is on the right upper . Twiggy (Jordy White) is in the front and Billy is in the front so they kind of form a star in a way….its pretty cool looking. The lights are all simple but look pretty badass. Its produced really well. They played 5 new songs plus a bunch of older songs. James seriously fits this band. he looked kickass up there tonight. Billy told me after the show that James has only practiced with the band for the past 11 days. All of Tool except Justin were there to partake. The new songs they played were Pet, The Weak and Powerless, The Package, The outsider and the Failure cover, something "Nurse". They played Hollow, magdalena,orestes, rose, thinking of you, thomas, & Judith. i might be forgeting sleeping beauty… James looks very well and very lost…hehe… as always… Maynard let him tell a joke. It was hilarious….and after James told the joke about meeting a bear here in Hollywood, maynard sarcastically said "chicago". that was really funny. Maynard would read a section out of a book he called "the book of seinfeld" in between songs.

James is definitely better….James was kickass… he played some really good riffs in the songs and after being in the band for only 11 days i thought it was amazing. James did do some sound effect type riffs but he was playing alot of the rocking riffs also….

maynard has a red long haired wig that had 2 pony tails

paige, you still looking for tickets?

if so email me at info@unformat.com

Originally posted by Robert Pollard:
paige, you still looking for tickets?

if so email me at info@unformat.com

you've got mail

Great show tonight. Maynard's voice was, of course, in fine form. The band sounded great. The new songs sound a bit harder than "Mer des Noms." Definitely looking forward to the new release now.

What can I say about Pygmy Love Circus? They are the AmericanTurbonegro.

Yep, it was definitely a great show. I really enjoyed the new songs. And James Iha was amazing! The highlights, for me, were "Rose" and "Judith".

As for the opening band… They, in my opinion, sucked ass.

So here is what I have as the set list:

Pet
Hollow
Magdalena
Weak
Orestes
Rose
Thinking of You
The Package
3 Libras
Thomas
The Outsider
Nurse
Judith