Jones' percussive guitar approach is pretty neat, being not quite djent but still filling those DB levels and all, but they're a bit of a one trick pony with their tension building.
I still tell this story to the youngsters:
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Originally Posted by Plankton
I've seen them twice. Each time was incredible. Once at Ozzfest '98, and another time when they were headliners, and Mastadon(? I think) opened.
Ozzfest '98 was pretty killer in itself, but Tool really stood out. They carried what looked like a blue plastic statue of Maynard out and it stood in the middle of the stage while the roadies did their thing, then the lights came down and a spotlight hit the plastic statue as Maynard came to life! He stood their motionless for about a half hour and it freaked the **** out of me. The music just pulsed and I was taken away on their journey. Incredible musicians.
At their headlining show, most of what I remember was three naked people hanging upside down from the rafters above the stage and writhing to the music for most of the night. I was like "Man, that would hurt!". But yeah, Tool was real tight. The opening act... not so much.
I think I saw them at Ozzfest '99 too, but that whole concert is pretty much a blur.
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The Old Joliet Prison people would love to have them throw a concert together there, but I doubt that'll ever happen. We'll see.