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Originally Posted by kangaroobixcube
The concert was quite amazing, definitely better than the show back in September at the Target Center. Partly due to the fact that the sound was just plain better in Xcel. The drum solo during the end of Lateralus that ended up being 5 minutes in itself was really cool and intresting. But someone besides Danny Carey was also playing a smaller set of drums during this. I am not sure who it was because of the seat I was in. My guese is that he is the drummer from the opening act Big Business. Is anyone not impressed with the opening bands for this show and the last one at Target Center? Isis and Big Business both were not at all enjoyable to me. Its like Tool either thinks its funny to make us listen to it, or that in comparison to that it makes them look even more amazing. I would usually say it was just me but the people next to me were openly booing Big Business while they were on stage. And the drums for Big Business was really the only thing you could hear coming from them. The lasers were nothing new, nearly the same stuff from the September show. They did use some interesting light effects during the "black and white.....red and yellow" segments in Lateralus. I was suprised to not hear The Pot, Ænima, or Sober. Especially when it came to The Pot because it was one of the 3 better known songs off of 10,000 Days (the other two being Vicarious and Jambi.) Before Stinkfist a segment of (-) Ions was used as an intro which I thought was really cool. And last but not least Maynard talking about having to discontinue playing music for us because he had internet porn to get to. Over all the best concert that I have personally seen (out of the unbelievable 4 that I have been to.)
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I completely agree with you on this. This show was MUCH better than the target center show back in september.
And as for Isis and Big Business, they all go back to when tool was touring in the early 90's. All somehow connected through The Melvins. Isis's singer owns Hydrahead Records, which has a lot of similar music to the Melvins, and Big Business is signed with Hydrahead. So I'm sure that's how they got involved with tool. Also it's not that tool thinks it's funny for us to watch less known bands before they play, it's that they believe that their audience will enjoy sludge metal, which for the most part I think is true. As for Isis you really have to listen into them to enjoy them, check out their recorded albums Oceanic, Panopticon, and In The Absence of Truth.
The drummer was the guy from Big Business, his name is Coady Willis. I think it's awesome that he was playing the same, if not better on his little drumset compared to danny on his amazing set.
Favorite part of the show, for sure, was the extension of lateralus. Coady Willis is amazing, and so is danny carey, them together for a fucking 5 minute drum solo was unbelievable.
Best show I've been to, but the sound was a bit sketchy, as all arenas are.