• Tool live at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre

    25. Jan. 2011, 22:32 von Kapper_Rocks

    Mon 24 Jan – Tool, Jakob

    Despite taking to the stage to the sound of awkward silence, it doesn’t take long for New Zealand’s Jakob to win over the Brisbane crowd with their brand of instrumental post-rock. With a massive level of noise being pushed out by the three piece, the combination of heavy riffing and breathtaking soundscapes is instantly addictive, and the Kiwi trio have certainly won over a huge amount of fans tonight.

    It’s almost unbelievable that a band who writes lengthy, complex and completely non-commercial music can pack out the 15,000-plus capacity Entertainment Centre – especially after they just headlined Australia’s premier touring festival in the same state a night earlier. Well, as you should probably know by now, Tool are no ordinary act. In front of a wall of amazing visuals and an eye scorching light show, the Californian quartet are greeted to the stage like returning heroes, and although their setlist is quite similar to their Big Day Out slot the evening before…
  • Tool @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre

    24. Jan. 2011, 23:27 von NiteShok

    Mon 24 Jan – Tool, Jakob

    First, a confession: I am guilty of taking Tool too seriously. Throughout my adolescence, they were my one and only; my idea of modern music’s apex. I took the ride, I swallowed the pill. I bought the shirts. I’ve listened to Tool’s music more than that of any other band. Theirs was the first proper live show I saw, in 2002, aged 14. It blew my tiny mind.

    So it’s with a continuous sense of melancholy that I look upon tonight’s proceedings, and with fresh eyes and broader musical experiences, realise that there’s not a whole lot about Tool that’s remarkable. Having bought into their idea of reality – the anti-image, the mystique, the overwrought psychoanalytical component of it all – so heavily in my formative years, to step back into their world is to question past allegiances. Theirs is a musical rabbit hole deeper than most bands are able to conceive, let alone dig; sift through the smoke and smug, though, and you’re left with a handful of unwieldy hard rock songs that mean a lot to a lot of people.