Favorite MJK Moment #5

My 2nd Tool show and it's in Tijuana on the roof of the cultural center that seemed to have been a parking garage at one point. If you read my story about the Police confiscating cigarettes and selling them inside, this is the same gig.

The stage was decorated with a huge oak tree that was back and bottom lit, I think it was painted white, it's not clear if the band had brought it or it was supplied by venue.

Prison Sex had just broken big and it was introduced as "a song you're going to hear in elevators soon"

Anyway, it turns out that MJK was pretty frisky that night and after a few songs he talked about just getting back from the UK where he met Morrissey.

It sounded legit at first, being a Smith's fan I was quite intrigued..

But soon the story took a turn.

"So I'm butttfucking Morrissey and I'm slamming him hard, bam bam"

"And then I start rabbit punching him in the back of the head as hard as I fucking can" BAM BAM BAM

Hes pretty demonstrative and acting the story out thrusting his hips and swinging clenched fists as he tagged the imaginary Moz in the head. Both fucking and beating the Pope of Mope at the same time.

The crowd reacted kind of stunned with an uncomfortable sort of laugh.

I was mesmerized standing watching from 30 feet away, having only heard Undertow and parts of Opiate (not gaping lotus, it was cut off my copy) I had no idea these cats were capable of having a sense of humor, albeit a dark and bizzaro one.

I've talked to other folks who heard similar versions of the story from previous dates on the tour so I'm pretty sure it wasn't an hallucination.

I believe the song they broke into was an early version of Stinkfist.

For many years after hearing the Morrissey story, I was certain that MJK was as gay as they come, and had to be convinced he wasn't.