Argh.. lucky bastards getting to see them.
I can't complain though I saw them when they were here last. '02 I think?
Hope they come back here..

^ Lateralus is quite the experience live, lifts everyones mood, very inspiring.
When I saw them that was what they finished with and they all hugged at the end. hehe. Awesome.

Slightly off topic.. but, does anyone else think that 10,000 Days is brilliant to walk/ride/drive around to?
I love walking around when it's cold and overcast.. for me, it intensifies the listen and sets great mood.

[QUOTE=penelope weird hands]Argh.. lucky bastards getting to see them.
Slightly off topic.. but, does anyone else think that 10,000 Days is brilliant to walk/ride/drive around to?
I love walking around when it's cold and overcast.. for me, it intensifies the listen and sets great mood.[/QUOTE]

very true, vicarious is my favourite driving song. Jambi is my favourite walking song. I love that album :)

[QUOTE=Matter]For the hell of it... [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir-w0SoPSs0[/url][/QUOTE]
Matter your awsome. Always impressive.

[QUOTE=Samm]They could have gone into a 2 hour jam session, for all I care, AS LONG AS THEY PLAYED LATERALUS. It was so incredible, I was almost in tears.[/QUOTE]
Tool's set at Download was the only time I have ever cried watching a band play live. It seriously moved me, Lateralus being the peak.

[QUOTE=Matter]For the hell of it... [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir-w0SoPSs0[/url][/QUOTE]
Well done.

I pretty much cried when I saw Bloc Party close the Reading festival last year with The Pioneers. That song is so powerful at the end, the lyrics always have me. Then when they finished, everyone was cheering for about 5-10 minutes, and no-one was leaving the tent. They were all crying on stage, and thanking us for the best day of their lives.

They went off momentarily and came out to play my favourite song of theirs, called The Answer. I was the happiest man alive when they played that.

When I saw Muse I was a bit of a state when they finished aswell, haha. All the confetti, it was just such a huge build up, and i'd been waiting years and years to see them live. I'm sure that if I saw Lateralus live (my favourite song ever) i'd actually cry.

[QUOTE=Matter]For the hell of it... [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir-w0SoPSs0[/url][/QUOTE]

Very nice man.

My ears dont work. I stood right in front of AJ all show 2nd night, so i got the full force of his amps.

No regrets though, those 2 shows were amazing. I might write up a bit more in-depth about them later

A Perfect Circle
 

I mean Im not the biggest Tool fan, actually i really haven't listened to that much of their stuff, but i hav listened 2 a perfect circle and they are so awesome. I love how they can range their music from hardcore songs like 'counting bodies like sheep' to the acapella 'fiddle and the drum' and their version of John Lennons 'Imagine'. They really are artists and want so badly to get my hands on a tool album or the like so i can appreciate it. I also like how Tool hav that image that they never tour and release cds once every six years or so. It truly is remarkable. Plz excuse my naivety if i hav misquoted any info

[QUOTE=the dream spatula]and their version of John Lennons 'Imagine[/QUOTE]

Singing praises of that song to the wrong people on these boards will get you killed.

[QUOTE=menikmati]I pretty much cried when I saw Bloc Party close the Reading festival last year with The Pioneers. That song is so powerful at the end, the lyrics always have me. Then when they finished, everyone was cheering for about 5-10 minutes, and no-one was leaving the tent. They were all crying on stage, and thanking us for the best day of their lives.

They went off momentarily and came out to play my favourite song of theirs, called The Answer. I was the happiest man alive when they played that.
[/QUOTE]

I wanna see Bloc Party. There such a standout band among my music collection (which mainly consists of Progressive and Death Metal).
lol they are between Buried The Buried And Me and Bolt Thrower.

[QUOTE=the dream spatula]I mean Im not the biggest Tool fan, actually i really haven't listened to that much of their stuff, but i hav listened 2 a perfect circle and they are so awesome. I love how they can range their music from hardcore songs like 'counting bodies like sheep' to the acapella 'fiddle and the drum' and their version of John Lennons 'Imagine'. They really are artists and want so badly to get my hands on a tool album or the like so i can appreciate it. I also like how Tool hav that image that they never tour and release cds once every six years or so. It truly is remarkable. Plz excuse my naivety if i hav misquoted any info[/QUOTE]

You've only heard eMOTIVE, right?

Thats what I've gathered from said post.

If you thought that was good, listen to their other body of work. You'll think it's a revelation.

Best APC album was Thirteenth Step.

That's debatable.

[QUOTE=Othersides]That's debatable.[/QUOTE]
I don't think I've ever seen a better response.

It was brilliant wasn't it :p

I've only heard 13th Step. It gets better every time I listen to it, though.

For me it's the opposite. I was blown away the first time, and I've slowly lost interest in it. These days I actually prefer Mer de Noms.

[QUOTE=WAK (while killing)]Best APC album was Thirteenth Step.[/QUOTE]

I totally agree, Thirteenth Step is one of my favourite albums ever, I just wish they would have waited until Tool's tour was over to make a proper sequel instead of Emotive.

My theory is that Emotive was designed as a way for Maynard to get out of APC. APC were only contracted for 3 albums with their record label (cant remember which one). The interviews I have read suggest that Maynard's foremost priority is Tool (which is understandable) and that APC is kind of a hinderance to his work with the band. Emotive was recorded very quickly, while they were on tour, and it really shows in the quality of the songs (there are a few decent ones, imagine, lets have a war and when the levee breaks, but the rest are rather poor). Looks like Billy will continue as a solo artist, which shouldnt be too bad as he was the major creative force in APC anyway.

You guys heard about the whole wings for marie+ virginti tres = 10 000 days thing? Put Virginti tres right after wings for marie and play that at the same time as 10 000 days and its supposed to make a new song. Didn't seem to work too great for me but some parts synch up very eerily

I thought for ages that Mer De Noms was better, but it's not.

Orestes, 3 Libras and The Hollow are three of my favourite APC songs ever, along with Rose and Judith which are good songs, but Thirteenth Step has more consistancy overall with only Vanishing being pretty boring, along with the filler tracks Lullaby and Crimes, the rest is really good.

The only song with the same quality on eMotive was Passive. I quite liked a few other songs on it too.. but not to the same level I liked songs on their other albums. And theres actually for the first time unlistenable trash, like Gimme Gimme Gimme.

I like the fusion jazz version of when the levee breaks. But not as a cover.

Mer de Noms >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thirteenth Step

Seems really weird that after Tool playing 4 shows in the UK that this thread isnt full of content UK'ers and jealous US posters. Instead I find the age old APC debate. Im dissapointed :(

[QUOTE=Duncster]You guys heard about the whole wings for marie+ virginti tres = 10 000 days thing? Put Virginti tres right after wings for marie and play that at the same time as 10 000 days and its supposed to make a new song. Didn't seem to work too great for me but some parts synch up very eerily[/QUOTE]

I didn't find it to be anything mindblowing...Therefore I'll just call it coincidence.

[QUOTE=Adam Jones is GOD]Seems really weird that after Tool playing 4 shows in the UK that this thread isnt full of content UK'ers and jealous US posters. Instead I find the age old APC debate. Im dissapointed :([/QUOTE]

Believe me, I've been trying to contain my rage at you UKers being able to see Opeth Dredg Tool and In Flames all at the same festival, while the best we get is Radiohead + Beck :angry:

I think Lord Abortion has converted.

[QUOTE=Moses]I think Lord Abortion has converted.[/QUOTE]
It's a trick damnit.

[QUOTE=Nosferatu]Mer de Noms >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thirteenth Step[/QUOTE]

If there were ever truer words spoken, strike me down. Mer de Noms kicks the everloving crap out of 13th Step.

/strikes above poster down.

I think Thirteenth Step was better than Mer de Noms. Pet, The Noose, Blue, The Package, The Outsider.....can't go wrong.

Mer de Noms is okay, but 13th step is amazing.

I go back and forth between the two. The atmosphere and tone of Mer de Noms seems ethereal to me, just beautiful. But Thirteenth Step has more emotion, and "The Noose" is just...wow.

the first apc album i got into was 13th step and it still remains my favourite. mer de noms is top notch, but 13th step hits me on such a deeper level. Either or, i love them both.

all i remember from APC isthat weird song..."coutning bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums."
i remember the music video was creepy as hell.

[quote=ghettoeddo]all i remember from APC isthat weird song..."coutning bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drums."
i remember the music video was creepy as hell.[/quote]


That's "pet" good song

actually it's the remix of pet, and it's called "Counting Bodies like Sheep to the Rythym of the War Drums".

[QUOTE=WAK (while killing)]Best APC album was Thirteenth Step.[/QUOTE]
Wholeheartedly agree. I believe the album stays strong throughout, while Mer de Noms really loses its direction after 3 Libras (with the exceptions of Thinking of You and Brena).

Thirteenth Step just has this really cool vibe and I personally love it.

[QUOTE=One Groovin Clown]actually it's the remix of pet, and it's called "Counting Bodies like Sheep to the Rythym of the War Drums".[/QUOTE]

I'm not a fan of what they did with that remix, it came out sounding like a really bad NIN song (probably because danny lohner was so involved with it)

i cant understand why people find "counting bodies like sheep......." film clip creepy. Its just a truthful political animation.

[QUOTE=One Groovin Clown]actually it's the remix of pet, and it's called "Counting Bodies like Sheep to the Rythym of the War Drums".[/QUOTE]

And it's [i]sh[i]i[/i]t[/i]. Pet is such an amazing song, though.