Okay, so I just wanted to let you guys know how the concert was!
Here's my overall review:
The opening band ("Tweak Bird") was decent. Their music had a lot of generic elements, but they had a clarinet as part of it. For metal, a clarinet is awesome. Gotta say.
They went for the first forty minutes or so, and it took about 20 minutes for Tool to hop on stage.
Between each of Tool's songs, they took long only instrumental breaks, so I only got to hear something like 7 Tool songs, and only one that I really love (but it was Schism, so that's uber).
On the up-side, they had an amazing laser light show, and Maynard is just as good in concert as he is on CD (not an easy task, mind!).
On the down side, there was no encore, not a lot of songs, and our seats were way in the back of who-knows-where.
It was a free concert for me, and I got to go with my brother, and now I get to say that I've seen Maynard perform. By all means, it was worth it, and I'm glad I went! BUT -- if I had to buy tickets myself the next time they were in . . . I'd be really skeptical about spending more than $20 per ticket.
Here's my overall review:
The opening band ("Tweak Bird") was decent. Their music had a lot of generic elements, but they had a clarinet as part of it. For metal, a clarinet is awesome. Gotta say.
They went for the first forty minutes or so, and it took about 20 minutes for Tool to hop on stage.
Between each of Tool's songs, they took long only instrumental breaks, so I only got to hear something like 7 Tool songs, and only one that I really love (but it was Schism, so that's uber).
On the up-side, they had an amazing laser light show, and Maynard is just as good in concert as he is on CD (not an easy task, mind!).
On the down side, there was no encore, not a lot of songs, and our seats were way in the back of who-knows-where.
It was a free concert for me, and I got to go with my brother, and now I get to say that I've seen Maynard perform. By all means, it was worth it, and I'm glad I went! BUT -- if I had to buy tickets myself the next time they were in . . . I'd be really skeptical about spending more than $20 per ticket.
