Tool Live Show 2016

Tool has been a very influential band over the last 20 years not only for bands, but aspiring artists. With a different approach to old concepts, their music holds a very mysterious independence to it that many other bands to to capture, but fall short with. Starting out as a heavy early 1990's metal band, they started to venture more into an Art Rock style that seems to have stuck around and made them who they are today as a band. While an album as not been released by them in 11 years, their live shows are a constant reminder that they are around and here to stay for a while longer.

The show I will be covering is from their tour in 2016. They hadn't toured in a couple years and it was a very hot subject not only among Tool fans, but the music scene in general. Tool is greatly known for their visual shows, and earlier on, Maynard James Keenan's (Lead Singer) Jim Morrison type "Shaman Dance" antics. This show brought screen effects and laser/lighting effects and made for an amazing pair that intertwined with the music. This band has managed to replicate their sound from the studio almost exactly but Maynard's vocals has its own live finesse to it. He doesn't exactly sound like he does in the studio albums, but rather lets his voice add and mingle with the rest of the bands parts.

The experience of this show really changed my perspective on the band. While I was a huge fan in high school, the live performance grounded my expectations in realism. They are an amazing band and their godly statures I held them to as a teenager were only supported by how well they enveloped the audience in their sense of community and one-ness. Tool paired with Les Claypool's Primus was out of this world and I definitely recommend seeing them if you ever have the extra cash and want to experience something different.

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