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kanaduh
06-24-2012, 08:59 AM
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Adam fucked up the intro to Jambi. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I'm pretty sure it was his fault because he looked pissed off. Maynard's first words of the night were, "Let's try this again." Adam got Jambi off to a better start the second time.

The sound quality was outstanding for an outdoor festival. I could clearly hear the drums, guitar and bass and the balance was almost perfect. Most surprisingly would be that I could also hear Maynard for pretty much the entire show. Of course he doesn't hit the massive screaming notes like he did many years ago, but he still nails pretty much every song. Considering the man is nearly 50 years old, he did a damn fine job at it.
The highlight of the night for me was Parabola, which I have only heard live once before. Adam teased a little bit of the Parabol intro before bursting into the heavy riff. The vocals were crisp and perfect for the entire song.

The visuals, lights and lasers were exactly what anyone would expect them to be for a Tool show: ridiculous, trippy and mind blowing. I'm surprised they went all-out with the full visual show for just a single festival show with no tour. Cheers to Tool for that.
During Lateralus, they had a guy come on the stage juggling a cube-sphere device that lit up in different colours as he moved/threw it around. This was actually pretty insane and a great change from the usual extended-drum session they have done in the past. After he got off the stage, Maynard declared, "That's either some really good acid, or there was a juggler on stage. Or both."

The setlist was short, but that was to be expected. Maynard invited the crowd to check out Puscifer on Sunday, and concluded with Aenema.

Here was the really fucking cool part: The lights did not go back on after the show. As soon as the band left the stage, they started blasting techno-rave music very loudly. Soon after, the Tool laser guy started having fun with his toys and lasers were blasting in every single direction, with bass-heavy rave music pounding my ears.

Let me preface this by saying that I HATE dance music. I HATE clubbing. I HATE raves.
Yet suddenly, mere seconds after the Tool show had ended, while intoxicated and certainly high, I found myself in the middle of a Tool-inspired rave. It was BEAUTIFUL! I hope other people who were there post about this experience as well, because I think it was an absolutely fucking brilliant way to transition from the Tool show. I am now going to want every single Tool concert I ever go to to end with a massive dance rave party with lasers.

Well folks, that is all for now. Gonna check out the Puscifer show today at the same festival, although I'm not sure if I'll stick around for headliner.

Still got a longggggg drive back to Toronto ahead of me!

Thanks to the toolshed/fourtheye posters I met yesterday. As always, you guys make these trips worth it. A lot of friends I meet from this site I end up keeping in touch with for a very long time. And Cheers to Tool for pulling off another brilliant show.

-Kanaduh

Setting up the stage: http://i45.tinypic.com/kd0ia1.jpg

HWAP: http://i45.tinypic.com/2ebyb6x.jpg

"Juggler" during Lateralus: http://i47.tinypic.com/mkkitv.jpg

Finale: http://i48.tinypic.com/rho2kw.jpg
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Re: REVIEW THREAD: Rivers Edge Music Festival

Adam fucked up the intro to Jambi. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I'm pretty sure it was his fault because he looked pissed off. Maynard's first words of the night were, "Let's try this again." Adam got Jambi off to a better start the second time.

The sound quality was outstanding for an outdoor festival. I could clearly hear the drums, guitar and bass and the balance was almost perfect. Most surprisingly would be that I could also hear Maynard for pretty much the entire show. Of course he doesn't hit the massive screaming notes like he did many years ago, but he still nails pretty much every song. Considering the man is nearly 50 years old, he did a damn fine job at it.
The highlight of the night for me was Parabola, which I have only heard live once before. Adam teased a little bit of the Parabol intro before bursting into the heavy riff. The vocals were crisp and perfect for the entire song.

The visuals, lights and lasers were exactly what anyone would expect them to be for a Tool show: ridiculous, trippy and mind blowing. I'm surprised they went all-out with the full visual show for just a single festival show with no tour. Cheers to Tool for that.
During Lateralus, they had a guy come on the stage juggling a cube-sphere device that lit up in different colours as he moved/threw it around. This was actually pretty insane and a great change from the usual extended-drum session they have done in the past. After he got off the stage, Maynard declared, "That's either some really good acid, or there was a juggler on stage. Or both."

The setlist was short, but that was to be expected. Maynard invited the crowd to check out Puscifer on Sunday, and concluded with Aenema.

Here was the really fucking cool part: The lights did not go back on after the show. As soon as the band left the stage, they started blasting techno-rave music very loudly. Soon after, the Tool laser guy started having fun with his toys and lasers were blasting in every single direction, with bass-heavy rave music pounding my ears.

Let me preface this by saying that I HATE dance music. I HATE clubbing. I HATE raves.
Yet suddenly, mere seconds after the Tool show had ended, while intoxicated and certainly high, I found myself in the middle of a Tool-inspired rave. It was BEAUTIFUL! I hope other people who were there post about this experience as well, because I think it was an absolutely fucking brilliant way to transition from the Tool show. I am now going to want every single Tool concert I ever go to to end with a massive dance rave party with lasers.

Well folks, that is all for now. Gonna check out the Puscifer show today at the same festival, although I'm not sure if I'll stick around for headliner.

Still got a longggggg drive back to Toronto ahead of me!

Thanks to the toolshed/fourtheye posters I met yesterday. As always, you guys make these trips worth it. A lot of friends I meet from this site I end up keeping in touch with for a very long time. And Cheers to Tool for pulling off another brilliant show.

-Kanaduh

Setting up the stage: http://i45.tinypic.com/kd0ia1.jpg

HWAP: http://i45.tinypic.com/2ebyb6x.jpg

"Juggler" during Lateralus: http://i47.tinypic.com/mkkitv.jpg

Finale: http://i48.tinypic.com/rho2kw.jpg
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