I have a true Tool story....In 1992, the year of the Opiate release, Tool played a small club tour which their label, Zoo, didn't promote very well. New band, very different, just signed with a $5.98 CD EP released... no radio airplay yet, no one knew about them. On this tour, within weeks of this Philly gig here (maybe days). I saw Tool play a Cincinnati gig to FOUR (4) people. No shit! FOUR!!! When the local opening band came on, there were 12 people total in a 1200 capacity club. By the time Tool came on, there were 6 people remaining. Two more left. It was me, my girlfriend, one other dude and a bartender watching this killer performance. And the band could not have given one fuck less that no one was there. It was essentially this set list and spot-on flawless, just like this show here. I need to dig out the ticket stub! I knew that very night that I had just witnessed something special. UPDATE 2/6/2021: The ticket stub has been located. The date was Sunday, May 10th, 1992. And the admission price printed on the ticket...a whopping $3 .....THREE, WHOLE DOLLARS! UPDATE 5/19/2024 The show has been logged and ticket stub uploaded at ConcertArchive.org
I think it really speaks to a band or musicians character when they put their all 110% into a show even if there’s only 1 person in the audience. I have played in clubs on weeknights down in Manhattan where the band was on fire at 3am with only a handful of people in the room, doesn’t matter, the soul will be as furious as ever as long as the band is onstage.
Similar story here. They opened for a straight edge band called Snapcase at a small, long since closed club here in Buffalo, NY called the scrapyard. A friends sister worked for Zoo Entertainment, so opiate was on heavy rotation for a while with me at least. I sat at the bar before the show and shot the shit with the bartender while some guy was sitting next to me just quietly hanging out, I exchanged some pleasantries with said quiet guy, he then proceeded to jump on stage and start tuning his guitar, it was Adam Jones. The band proceeded to play this same set in front of what may have been 10 people. To this day, SO MANY claim to have been at that show which is absurd and laughable. Anyhow, I chewed the fat with MJK after the show where he gave me a shirt (looking back, I can’t help but think this was a not so inside joke with the band where they were getting people to wear shirts that said “TOOL” on the front with a giant phallic wrench on the back, so fuck you back MJK) and offered to put me on the list for their Cleveland show the following night, I never made the trip, looking back, maybe I should’ve called into work and taken him up on his offer. The show was quite literally the most intense thing I have ever witnessed, the band couldn’t have given two shits if there were 12 or 120,000 people in attendance. At one point someone shouted out (I think it was someone from the band Green Jello as they were from Buffalo and likely comprised half the crowd) “hey Maynard, tell them how lame this crowd is” to which he replied; “I’m not here for them”. I can say first hand, from a few feet away, that stare, caged bonobo shimmy shake and possessed rocking back and forth is both intimidating and engrossing at the same time. He stares at you, over your head and through you all at once, he is/was possessed on stage, not an act, at least back in the salad days it wasn’t. I’ll always have much respect for this band.
Somebody give the cameraman a bloody medal for having the patience and foresight to charge his battery, lug his camcorder down to the pub and get this for history
I was there . They had a camera setup so the bar upstairs could watch the show... The place was small, nobody was bootlegging a show without getting caught.. They recorded shows for every band.. There's a bunch of other shows from around this time on here... Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine..
@@aceshigh356 Whoa that's fucking awesome, I'm super envious that you were there and thankful this exists to preserve early tool shows for someone like me who was in diapers then
@@gabr1elawesome I played 6 shows in there .. with way more people than Tool .. which is funny because obviously they are a million times better .. but the fact it was empty probably means you’re right
"dad why is my sister named rose?" "because your mother loves roses" "thanks dad" "no problem Tool Live Philadelphia 1992 Remastered (JC Dobbs) FULL CONCERT"
@@pedro-pascals-armpit Yea? Well, nobody asked you. uhhhhuhuhu Seen any music you were into in high school show up as "Classic Rock" yet? ...that's a bitch.
Tbh i can feel more intimacy performing in a small closed setting than in a humungous stage. I only played less than 10 times, been to couple of big area and handful of small area and I wanna play in a small area. Crowd in bigger area (which pays good amount of money)probably care less about you and it really shows. They only care for the main act. In small areas (which doesnt pay performers) on the otherhand is more warm because you know they were there to see you (or maybe to have some drink and happens to be there when you play). I want really more gigs. Sucks that I can't go to other people's gig not because I am an important piece of shit but reasons but I swear I just wanna go to other gigs just to watch but I practically can't.
do you think Maynard is staring at the same guy the whole time, and the guy keeps moving after each song, hoping that he doesn't find him, but then he does and the guy is like "fawk he found me again" ..
Setlist(since I can't find any in the comments): 0:14 Part of Me 4:20 Hush 7:47 Cold and Ugly 12:05 Sober 17:54 Sweat 22:11 Crawl Away 27:53 Swamp Song(Intro) 28:44 Swamp Song 34:25 Bottom 41:00 Jerk-Off 44:28 for epic Maynard scream "DIIIIIIEEEE NOW"
Really though. If we preserved all of Tools audio and video footage, the people who finds them many decades later, they would literally see Tool like Gods.
Can we give more credit to the person shooting this? This is 27 years old and still looks and sounds great. This poor bastard stood for 45 minutes holding a 38 pound camera and got this amazing footage. Thank you sir or ma'am.
Definitely but also credit the person who must've remastered this. Maybe it was the same person? Anyways, you're right. Incredible job and physically tiring.
@Arron Degenerate you better believe it. Still gives me chills when he glares at you savagely like he'll jump inside your body and consume you. Saw them when I was 18, and of course I felt like he's looking at me...I feel funny... Lol pure mind, body ecstacy. And I used think "sober" was the battle call for more booze/LSD. Geez.
My friend's older brother said he was at this tour but saw them in LA. After seeing this footage I now know he was telling the truth. This is EXACTLY how he described them back then. I believe White Zombie opened before Beavis and Butthead blew them up.
I saw this show on this tour, but in San Jose and it was in a small club with about 25 - 30 people. It was the first time I had even even heard of Tool and I've been a massive fan ever since. It's one of my favorite music experiences of all time.
I only wish I was there, a small setting, close to home, Damn! What a show! Thanks for recording this and sharing it, Great Job camera operator! And Thank to TOOL for putting all their heart into this, Very Intense!
+screwdriva hey screwd, imagine being with a band that makes it big and is metal driven...haha, it wont happen again in your lifetime. tool is the last and one of the best. and tomorrow tool will b forgotten...
@@mvdeano Only a kick in the balls if it was meant as a kick in the balls. The context suggest that it wasnt a kick in the balls and a more than fair assumption. I dont care who you are, where you are from and or how you do it....nobody saw that coming. Not even Maynard. Virtue signaling has no place here. Maynard would be the first to shit on a comment like that.
The Mullethawk is strong. Whoever had the presence of mind to record this, We're all eternally greatfull. One of the best rock shows ever. Thank you to the uploader too
The three times I’ve seen Tool I definitely did NOT have the presence of mind lol. This is better than I could have done sober though for sure glad it’s here.
Maynard looks like he's trying not to lose his shit. The kind of guy who'd be waiting for you in the parking lot after the show. Not for a fight, but to inform you that he took all the doors off your sedan and will put them back if you buy him some taffy and a seasonal pack of Oreos.
I saw the same show in Atl at a small club. History was made. Someone yelled, “play your hit ‘Sober’. Maynard said, “they are all our fucking hits” and played the next song.
We performed for a dog. Opened with some 40 people, 30 minutes later they were all gone except one drunk in a lawn chair and his dog. Soon enough he passed out so we ended up giving this dog a show!
+vvstreetfightervv Awestruck is perfect. I wasn't here but I saw them around this time. I was struggling to simply take this in. I'd heard plenty of loud and fast previously, but nothing this powerful.
I got to see many epic shows of the era, and I will say I had no thought of the impact the music would have. My friends and I were just being in the moment, going to shows, playing music and living life. I know I'm fortunate to have seen what I've seen, just as the generations before got to see Zep, Floyd, Hendrix, etc in their prime. But they were in the moment too. It's best not to over analize, and just live. You can always reflect later... if you don't get too high :D
I think they realized it, I sure did. I saw them at the same time, they were an opener and I had never heard of them before...I bought Opiate and Undertow the next day.
Honestly, there's just something about Maynard's facial expressions and body movements and the camera zooming in on his face briefly that is so badass.
@@Juiciodelaira Some singers just gotta get in the zone to give off whatever vibe they are going for. Staring at whatever he was staring at was his way of getting in the zone.
Woah, check out the camera work at 24:55. It's zooming in and out in unison with the music. That's dope. Some dude with a 90s camcorder straight up killing it
It’s how I started listening to them. First a couple songs, then I stumbled onto this video with the intentions of only watching 5 minutes, and of course ended up watching the entire thing completely awestruck
What a sick way to be introduced to them. I worked at a music store and a coworker snagged the opiate demo. I heard it in his car and made him burn me a copy until it was released and I could buy my own
jesus christ his voice is so steady even when he's obviously putting a ton of energy into it. And his deadpan face just adds to the unnervingly perfect vocals.
@@mremil321 This was my takeaway seeing them back then. I used to tell people that the only time he MAY have closed his eyes was when wiping a towel across his face. I think the first 2 times I saw them, between Opiate and Undertow and just after Undertow was released, Maynard was out of his fucking head on dose. He was plainly startled many times during each set, disoriented through much of both shows, and spectacular both times.
@@ashevillecomputer201 Oh good grief, you're one of those pretentious "vocal coach" pricks who obsesses about technique, aren't you? It doesn't matter how you breathe or other such baloney, all that matters is that you hit the notes. Which Maynard certainly does. Using a different voice technique isn't "cheating". It's doing what works for you.
@CNCMatrix also if u like tool check put puscifier...I'll admit whn i was younger I didn't give apc or puscifier a chance but once I did mind blowing in some ways I feel like puscifier...mmm..how do I say this...not necessarily better than tool...but more intimate so good all his projects
@@rochellefreed853 It was AMAZING. The opener sucked, but holy crap man, they absolutely KILLED it. Ended the show with Stinkfist, nobody was expecting that and it was so awesome. They're actually better live than the album version. Maynard donned a two piece suit and a Mohawk. They ended the show with Stinkfist and had the whole crowd headbanging.
If this isn't the best live performance ever to the fewest people I'm not sure what is. I can't imagine going to a local bar and see something this amazing.
Do you know what the problem is with being in a moment like this.....You don't realize what it is at that point in time. Possibly you might be intoxicated or maybe trying to get into someone's pants, but you definitely don't know til it's too late. It's what life is all about, we watch it pass and think that there will be another moment like this to seize. I'm older so I will tell it like it is....when you have a chance to smell the flowers, you better stop and bend your ass over and take a sniff because tomorrow is NOT guaranteed. Have a great day/night.
It's a modified Mohawk, not a "mullet". No one called it a mullet until the late 90s. We certainly didn't use the term during the 80s. It was just how dudes looked.
By the summer of 93 things had changed for them. I saw them in Phoenix at lollapalooza and they were the second to last band with Primus headlining and right before them was Rage Against The Machine and before them Alice In Chains. There was a massive amount of people there. THE BEST CONCERT OF MY THEN 13 YEAR OLD LIFE AND EVEN NOW 29 YEARS LATER. I will always love this band and this video brings me back to that small window of time when Primus was more well known than Tool.
When I was 13, Lollapalooza 93 was my first concert at UBC Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver. It was a hell of an introduction to live music. It was mid-June so Tool and RATM weren't household names yet. Thus, they were both 2nd stage acts. I remember seeing their names on a concert tee I bought but didn't know who they were and never saw them play. I forgot about that till 10 years later I did a search for a pic of the concert tee, which I'd long since thrown out. I was shocked to see my all-time favorite band, Tool played there and I missed them. Thought at that time, I wouldn't have "gotten" their music like I would later on.
Insane how these guys were this good at the start of their careers. Danny was a beast then and rose to legendary status within less than a decade after this. No one plays like that guy. Even some of the most technical death metal drummers can't touch this guy.
He's an insanely nice guy too. I met him at a skinny puppy concert at a smallish venue in Kansas 2 or so years ago. I don't think anyone really even realized he was there, but it was him.
It's his arrangements, they are beautiful, you always hear the arguments, what about this guy, that guy. No one does for the music like Carey, that's the difference, and that's why all the other drummers people mention respect him so much. Not everyone that listens to music listens with a musical ear. If they did, they would understand why he is so great.
It may have been on this tour, I don't remember, but I was doing sound for a local band that was supporting Tool at the Stone in San Francisco and I remember after our sound check that Tool set up and did their sound check and it blew me away how good it was. They were so tight and their sound was unreal.In this video there are 30 times more people commenting than were at this show. This is a document of what paying your dues looks like. At this point Tool weren't exactly unknown and they were playing a small club. Paying your dues man, it can get ugly. Although it was a small club with a sparse audience they were giving it their all and that's a lesson to all young fledgling bands out there, it doesn't matter how many people are out there cause all it takes is on person who felt cheated by the band not giving 100% to get bad WOM. Always give your all. Always cause someone paid to see you play and at the least you owe them a great performance.
MJK knows no other way in every fng thing he does. 3 bands at the same time, putting AZ on the wine map, the guys fucking amazing. But Tool would not be the best band ever w/o Danny, Adam, and now Justin - they are all brilliant as well.
Paul Schmdit '93 Lollapalooza Philadelphia. I got tickets for a few friends. I wanted to know about the bands I never heard before. Front 242, Babes in Toyland, Tool. I bought what ever was available out there, and I found it. Xanadu, Nirvana, no more searching...TOOL !!! The VERY first time I played Opiate, I got a BLACK EYE ! ! ! It was what I had been looking for in a band. rhythm, musicianship, sound, MAYNARDS SCREAMS sealed the deal. HEAVIER THAN THE SEATTLE scene, vocals instead of the incoherent babble from Death Metal. J.F.C.A...JACKPOT ! ! ! SOLD, JUST ONE MORE FIX...I listened to it over & over for the next 6 hours. I had never done this before or since ! I was compelled to write the Zoo label and tell them what I felt....2 BLACK EYES...MORE MORE MORE ! ! ! Aboot 2 months later, I received in the mail a reply from them with stickers...J. M. F. C. A...SWEEEEEEET ! ! !
Paul Schmdit '93 Lollapalooza Philadelphia. I got tickets for a few friends. I wanted to know about the bands I never heard before. Front 242, Babes in Toyland, Tool. I bought what ever was available out there, and I found it. Xanadu, Nirvana, no more searching...TOOL !!! The VERY first time I played Opiate, I got a BLACK EYE ! ! ! It was what I had been looking for in a band. rhythm, musicianship, sound, MAYNARDS SCREAMS sealed the deal. HEAVIER THAN THE SEATTLE scene, vocals instead of the incoherent babble from Death Metal. J.F.C.A...JACKPOT ! ! ! SOLD, JUST ONE MORE FIX...I listened to it over & over for the next 6 hours. I had never done this before or since ! I was compelled to write the Zoo label and tell them what I felt....2 BLACK EYES...MORE MORE MORE ! ! ! Aboot 2 months later, I received a reply in the mail from them with stickers...J. M. F. C. A...SWEEEEEEET ! ! !
Maybe the most intense performer even on the small stage.The way he stares into the distance of the crowd with lyrics spilling from his guts!!True display of talent and history being made here
Samuel T Herring. Lead singer for Future Islands hard to argue against him as the most intense singular performer on a small stage. Live@KSET from 2012 for a glimpse. He's special
@@travisov Wow,just watched Future Islands lead singer and I have to admit,you have horrible taste!Cant compare this guy to Maynard James Keenan in any way,shape or form 😂😂😂😂
Seriously, some of the best musicians of the century, in their prime, to a handful of people with no idea. I will be careful how I spend my attention at shows
Every time I come to this video, I'm like, I'll watch just a few minutes. Then...full video later and I'm on a different plane of existence. Every single time.
Its like Maynard is IN the music. Only when the song ends is when he comes back....than the next track starts and he gets pulled away again...a true artist. Thanks for posting this vid....
This performance is tight, brutal, incredibly saddening and terrifying. I can't believe what I am seeing. It's both exhilarating and heartbreaking. I just cannot imagine the dedicated amount of sadness, rage and misanthropy required to write and perform Music like this. And these guys made a whole career of it. It blows me away. 10/10, this masterpiece of a performance. Huge kudos to the dudes who filmed it and preserved it eternally on the internet.
This "tug and pull" between warring emotions and concepts is the beating heart of all literature, visual art and performing art, in my opinion. The band it seems is aware of this. These aren't "mere" musicians. Even if you don't like this kind of music, when you weigh them against their peers in genre, you quickly realize that they're boiling cauldron of good ideas, excellent musicianship. The muse whispers to these men. That much is obvious to me.
Yeah man you said it! I got near orgasmic chills, and shivers when sober started, every fucking hair on my body stood on end. That doesn’t happen all the time. I don’t think these people had any idea what they were witnessing, I am soooo jealous. I’ve seen some intimate shows but nothing like this.
@@daytonasayswhat9333 More Beckett, less Conrad. It's very good advice. Where were you in my composition classes? I needed the help. This was all preventable.
here's my '92 Tool club tour story....at the time in Omaha, NE there was a club called the Ranch Bowl. Tool was opening for the Rollins band, show was sold out with a line around the building waiting to get in. a couple weeks prior i had bought the opiate e.p. because of the great review in guitar world magazine about the e.p. so i bought it and was blown away obviously, then i noticed they were opening for the Rollins band...we're sitting around on a friday night bored and i say "hey we should swing by the ranch bowl this new band Tool is opening for the Rollins band" we go up to the club notice its sold out and i'm like well shit, we walk around and i see a dude with long hair and a tour badge with a picture of the the Tool opiate e.p. cover on it i ask him "hey are you in Tool? he's like yeah i'm the drummer" Danny Carey gets us into the show before they let ticket holders in! it's me and my buddy standing inside the club by ourselves "before doors" lol, unreal.....about 10 minutes the ticket holders start filing in...a little while later Tool plays their set and it's fucking awesome! my friend was an instant fan of Tool...we stuck around and watched most of the Rollins band play, they were great as well but i was there for Tool....thats what she said
Every single musician should take note... here you have one of the greatest bands of all time... playing to a virtually empty bar..... and fuckin SLAYING every note.. every song..... THIS is what makes a great band!! Give it your all... even if you are only playing to the bar staff!!
David Lee Roth said his neighbor was a musician and survivor of a concentration camp. He told David he learned to literally sing like his life depended on it. David Lee Roth said he never forgot that, and always sang that way. Pretty powerful!
Saw them in Belgium 8 months later ( 3 times before December 94 ) .....OMG , the woofers on stage were gonna explode , my ears as well lol . The public was in shock & awe . One of the best progressive rock bands i had ever seen in the Mighty 90's
The most intense incredible vocal performance I have ever witnessed. MJK was totally immersed in the moment. Now you know why many musicians say some of their best performances happened in front of 5 people.
It’s crazy how these particular people all knew eachother without seeking eachother out. I mean they are arguably the most creative band in history.. They mesh so well.. TOOL is seriously special art. And although they all would have found success, it makes you wonder how close they came to not starting TOOL. One moment could have prevented it. I wonder how many bands or artists like this almost existed but for a tiny reason never crossed paths..
Obviously didn't mesh that well together because Paul left before they got real big...Justin was what really pushed their sound to the next level though anyway.
To the people that filmed this and posted it, many years apart, fucking thank you, one of my altime favorite videos, if I could go back in time this would be one of those destinations.
+ASecondOpinion I would buy a copy of this!! I watch it often here. Something I will never get sick of. This video always makes me happy. Adam Jones, one of the best guitarist ever...
@@saltypretzelcb5411 let's be honest, we all love Tool and all of Tool, wholy Tool, everything Tool. I am obsessed with the new album, well teh songs that are 10 minutes + some of the best music I have ever heard and it did take me many listens to fully absorb it to enjoy it as much as I now do. I am also obsessed with their entire catalog.
@@saltypretzelcb5411 not really... they still have the same intensity and talent depth... they are just more organized and controlled and mature.. dany's drumming has definitely vastly improved not that he was ever bad but man now he just had insane beats in most songs.. maynard's lyrics are still top notch as are the performances of adam and justin... and that's with Maynard Adam and Dany all having side projects and work in music and outside of music. You can just listen to how things have changed if you go through album by album, none better than the next.. maybe different favorite songs, but that's about it. If anything, they got more mainstream attention now but that's not because they got worse or mainstream themselves... it just took this long for them to get noticed... plus they skipped the online album market for way too long lmao.. that definitely would've helped to get their music out faster to different audiences.
I'm 43 years old and came across Tool (Maynard J. Keenan) for the first time yesterday Jan 7, 2017. I am totally blown AWAY! Love these guys! New fan from Canada!
Kurt Croft I know eh! Was so focused on my Iron Maiden in my teens to late 20s that alot of bands passed me by. Metallica, Zeppelin, Pantera also to name a few. That and girls lol.
My first tool show was much like this mabyee 150 people a stage 2 feet off the ground, no security, the band just chewing us up , us moving like a single organism with them as the mind directing us , the body. It's such a shame now people on phones and not being part of the experience. The band feeds the crowd the crowd feeds the band. It's only half the equation now and it's cold.
@@daytonasayswhat9333 neither was I it's about the collective experience that is missing from shows now. Even in my old age believe it or not I still regularly go to small shows much like this one hoping to see something like this again. The bands give what they can but the crowd is pathetic. Shows should never be about you or me it should be the show hell the band is second to the experience. So can you tell me have you had that ,the throbbing, sweaty, almost orgie like moments with 100 a 1000 or 10,000 people at a time all being led by a band like a conductor drives a train. Or you just jealous because you haven't and realize your generation is such absolute shit and so self absorbed that you never will.
Saw Tool for the first time in 1998...paid $20 for tix. First song was "Part of Me". Then heard Maynard hold that note in "Pushit"...and here I am still.
Shit danny carey gets no credit in this video but he's a fuckin beast. Just the memory on these guys is amazing. The perform exactly like the album's without missing a beat or string Everytime! Fuckin badass!
@@richardlockwood9683 Absolutely! I am just as much of a Danny Carey enthusiast as i am for Adam, that man has been able to KILL it for decades. He is the epitome of drumming as a whole.
Guys, I thought often about that kind of expression. Instead of aggressive, offensive sounds even mightier! This world deserves it, some1 gotta drop the bombs
Best Tool performance i have ever seen...face to face or on the net. The raw energy Maynard and the band possess is almost indescribable. 5 stars in my book...sh*t made me cry...and i watched it multiple, multiple times. Bravo!
Tool routinely played to crickets on their earliest gigs. Didn't seem to bother them one bit, still 110% all out effort. That's a professional band right there for ya, THE BEST!
In his book he mentions this. They always would give it their all no matter if it was the 1st show ever or they're 100th and regardless of who showed up, if anyone
Every seed planted matters. Absolutely unbridled, unfiltered killer energy. To hear 10 people clap in the background is surreal except that was a common path to greatness before “formula bands” and AGT/The Voice etc. The early insane days of KISS (Maynard’s first concert) were same. 5 people in Poughkeepsie or 12,000 in Detroit, no holds barred. Was this filmed by a friend of the band?
Every single fan in this audience most likely had no idea they were watching soon to be legends. This is INCREDIBLE!!!! Opening with Part of Me literally gave me the chills.
I remember going to a rage against a machine concert in Bremen (Germany) in 1994 and ending up having tool as a first part just blew me the Fck away, their show just was so perfect and I thought at the time " Who the hell is that fcken guy" I had never seen a singer deliver such a range of lyrics with. Such intensity . I became completely addicted right there ! One of my all time favorite bands. They never have disappointed me with any of their albums, thank you guys for what you brought into my life . Total respect for your art
That's awesome! And yeah, I agree. Incredibly amazing band. I know some didn't like Fear Inoculum as much but man did it feel perfect to me. It seems like even the lyrical content came into my life at the right time. So much of it relevant or insightful.
I should add, i saw them the next summer, and Maynard stared at me like that for 20 minutes of the fuckin show! I couldn't look at him! He scared the shit out of me!!!
I was thinking this just from the albums, and sometimes I got this feeling it was just not his big voice... But after watchin all this show, with all that anger and feeling and presence and.... it's not just his big voice, it's his whole soul what comes out materialised as sound! Im stunned, he's unique, there are no words to explain what he does....
@RocketJuan Brett from Mastadon? I seriously doubt that. Brett is from Atlanta first off. Why would he have been there? I used to live in ATL and I know Brett in passing and Im pretty sure I would have remebered him being there. There was less than 15 people at this show. I know pretty much everyone there.,
I was at this show. JC Dobbs on South Street in Philly. I was 18 and a senior in high school. I had a fake ID that said I was 21. There were only about 40 people there. I can be briefly seen early in the video. I had long blonde hair way past my shoulders and was wearing a white Tool wrench t-shirt and a hat. This place was great. Nirvana and a bunch of other bands played there before they got big. About 6 months after this show Sober hit MTV.
no joke about the expert camera work! I've seen far to many bootlegs shot by fools... This camera man knew how to capture the epicness of the moment in a time when that wasn't something people even thought about doing. Kudos!
Yeah you've gone there as you do every Tuesday night to the bar to drown your sorrows alone and this weird due in a Mohawk is doing that pensive stare at you singing why can we not be sober.
M McManus Growing up listening to TOOL you never saw their faces. Their videos were freakish stop action animation. I had no idea how any of these guys actually looked during the 90’s! Even seeing them live, the stage was always dark and Maynard was all painted blue or something. This video shows all the members in a raw, real life way! It’s so surreal seeing them in such a small venue without all the frills of a huge arena show!
Im not sure how MJK was able to perform these vocals over and over for hundreds of shows. Total God status. After so much acid and Tool, he is literally the voice of my conscience 15 years after first listening to them
It would've sucked to have to stand there and record this instead of just enjoying and being 100% immersed in the show. He (I think heard a man's voice behind the cam) did a great job and I'm glad he did it.
these bands back then had guys that would do this for them. they probably had a friend who went to every show and asked him to record this one for whatever reason.
I love that this is such an immaculate Tool performance and such an amazing display from Maynard where he's literally giving his last ounce at the end and then it finishes with scattered applause--from an albeit appreciative audience--and then someone in the silence... "great set man". Just love that so much. Tool must've known they were doing something special but it doesn't surprise me that they would put on a show like this for maybe 10-20 people who were digging it.
This is my favourite video of these guys so raw and intense. Gotta love the dead stare of Maynard. Probably saw some guy leaving the washroom without washing his hands.
Gryphon0468 I think I’m going to start using the image of mullethawk Maynard frying and staring me down when I know I have to wash my hands but don’t wanna.
Johnny V-AGREED!!!-Tool was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING when they just came on the music scene, and they just keep sounding better & better!!-I hope I can see them live sometime(soon)-I have talked to people who were lucky enough to see them live and they all said they were unbelievable!! I can certainly believe that!!
How the hell is this so good and near flawless? Maynard's a beast, can't hit everything these days with his voice but still such a great performer. I love this recording.
Absolutely INCREDIBLE. I cannot believe I have never seen this. Jesus Christ. They are on fire. Maynard's vocals are simply on fire. I have goosebumps.
I have a true Tool story....In 1992, the year of the Opiate release, Tool played a small club tour which their label, Zoo, didn't promote very well. New band, very different, just signed with a $5.98 CD EP released... no radio airplay yet, no one knew about them. On this tour, within weeks of this Philly gig here (maybe days). I saw Tool play a Cincinnati gig to FOUR (4) people. No shit! FOUR!!!
When the local opening band came on, there were 12 people total in a 1200 capacity club. By the time Tool came on, there were 6 people remaining. Two more left. It was me, my girlfriend, one other dude and a bartender watching this killer performance. And the band could not have given one fuck less that no one was there. It was essentially this set list and spot-on flawless, just like this show here. I need to dig out the ticket stub! I knew that very night that I had just witnessed something special.
UPDATE 2/6/2021: The ticket stub has been located. The date was Sunday, May 10th, 1992. And the admission price printed on the ticket...a whopping $3 .....THREE, WHOLE DOLLARS!
UPDATE 5/19/2024 The show has been logged and ticket stub uploaded at ConcertArchive.org
mikefinney423 that is sick
this is beautiful
Something every band has to go through great or not
I think it really speaks to a band or musicians character when they put their all 110% into a show even if there’s only 1 person in the audience. I have played in clubs on weeknights down in Manhattan where the band was on fire at 3am with only a handful of people in the room, doesn’t matter, the soul will be as furious as ever as long as the band is onstage.
Similar story here. They opened for a straight edge band called Snapcase at a small, long since closed club here in Buffalo, NY called the scrapyard. A friends sister worked for Zoo Entertainment, so opiate was on heavy rotation for a while with me at least. I sat at the bar before the show and shot the shit with the bartender while some guy was sitting next to me just quietly hanging out, I exchanged some pleasantries with said quiet guy, he then proceeded to jump on stage and start tuning his guitar, it was Adam Jones. The band proceeded to play this same set in front of what may have been 10 people. To this day, SO MANY claim to have been at that show which is absurd and laughable. Anyhow, I chewed the fat with MJK after the show where he gave me a shirt (looking back, I can’t help but think this was a not so inside joke with the band where they were getting people to wear shirts that said “TOOL” on the front with a giant phallic wrench on the back, so fuck you back MJK) and offered to put me on the list for their Cleveland show the following night, I never made the trip, looking back, maybe I should’ve called into work and taken him up on his offer. The show was quite literally the most intense thing I have ever witnessed, the band couldn’t have given two shits if there were 12 or 120,000 people in attendance. At one point someone shouted out (I think it was someone from the band Green Jello as they were from Buffalo and likely comprised half the crowd) “hey Maynard, tell them how lame this crowd is” to which he replied; “I’m not here for them”. I can say first hand, from a few feet away, that stare, caged bonobo shimmy shake and possessed rocking back and forth is both intimidating and engrossing at the same time. He stares at you, over your head and through you all at once, he is/was possessed on stage, not an act, at least back in the salad days it wasn’t. I’ll always have much respect for this band.
Somebody give the cameraman a bloody medal for having the patience and foresight to charge his battery, lug his camcorder down to the pub and get this for history
Probably one of the girlfriends or friend doing merch. Usually thats who does stuff like this in your early days.
The actual bar/club recorded the shows at this place...it wasn't some drunk customer with a camcorder
@@aceshigh356 whoa! That's awesome if true, how do you know?
I was there . They had a camera setup so the bar upstairs could watch the show... The place was small, nobody was bootlegging a show without getting caught.. They recorded shows for every band.. There's a bunch of other shows from around this time on here... Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine..
@@aceshigh356 Whoa that's fucking awesome, I'm super envious that you were there and thankful this exists to preserve early tool shows for someone like me who was in diapers then
imagine sitting there at your table while maynard stares you down for 45 minutes
I'd throw my spoon in my bowl like fuck you dude, I can't do this. Not even hungry anymore.
Staring into the deepest recesses of your soul, haha
id love it
what... are you eating soup at a Tool show?
Sitting there? I'm watching this on youtube and am hiding my eyes from him.
Fucking demon.
That voice. Live, no autotune, no post-production, just pure unadulterated talent.
Exactly! Live music is always the best when you have the chance to listen to good musicians, great geniuses in this case.
Maynard is fkn incredible was then still is
I mean the sound guy threw a little reverb on there you can’t hear that?!
@@brookeburner4243 might just be the acoustics of the building, sounds like everything else is also echoing a little bit
@@gabr1elawesome I played 6 shows in there .. with way more people than Tool .. which is funny because obviously they are a million times better .. but the fact it was empty probably means you’re right
"dad why is my sister named rose?"
"because your mother loves roses"
"thanks dad"
"no problem Tool Live Philadelphia 1992 Remastered (JC Dobbs) FULL CONCERT"
Agreed
Bragging rights...
Got to see them take second stage at lolapalloza about 8 months after this.
Life changing! Seriously.
@@christurnblom4825 I wasn't even born then!! so jealous
@@pedro-pascals-armpit Yea? Well, nobody asked you.
uhhhhuhuhu Seen any music you were into in high school show up as "Classic Rock" yet? ...that's a bitch.
@@christurnblom4825 cringe
Remember that tool played in front of 5 ppl when you feel like quitting
So Fucking true man
Damn that's a good mantra.
Tbh i can feel more intimacy performing in a small closed setting than in a humungous stage.
I only played less than 10 times, been to couple of big area and handful of small area and I wanna play in a small area. Crowd in bigger area (which pays good amount of money)probably care less about you and it really shows. They only care for the main act. In small areas (which doesnt pay performers) on the otherhand is more warm because you know they were there to see you (or maybe to have some drink and happens to be there when you play).
I want really more gigs. Sucks that I can't go to other people's gig not because I am an important piece of shit but reasons but I swear I just wanna go to other gigs just to watch but I practically can't.
that 4 man mosh pit was killer though
and remember that hundreds of thousands of people play in front of 5 people......and still do......haha. Let's not get all delusional here.
do you think Maynard is staring at the same guy the whole time, and the guy keeps moving after each song, hoping that he doesn't find him, but then he does and the guy is like "fawk he found me again" ..
That would be a very Maynard thing to do
Of course
Hahahaha
The guy NOT bringing water?
Too funny 😂😂
Setlist(since I can't find any in the comments):
0:14 Part of Me
4:20 Hush
7:47 Cold and Ugly
12:05 Sober
17:54 Sweat
22:11 Crawl Away
27:53 Swamp Song(Intro)
28:44 Swamp Song
34:25 Bottom
41:00 Jerk-Off
44:28 for epic Maynard scream "DIIIIIIEEEE NOW"
Thanks the other comment got deleted for some reason
@@surfofsyn2553 no problems!
I love you
@@BARABAA me too. Stay well and enjoy TOOL, friend!
@@surfofsyn2553 It was my old account. I got banned lmao
This footage needs to be preserved as a national treasure
Packaged safely in space probes with other relics of humanity for future civilizations billions of years from now to discover.
@@discomfort5760... Then Maynard truly becomes a God.
royisstr absolutely
Really though. If we preserved all of Tools audio and video footage, the people who finds them many decades later, they would literally see Tool like Gods.
Yup 💯
Can we give more credit to the person shooting this? This is 27 years old and still looks and sounds great. This poor bastard stood for 45 minutes holding a 38 pound camera and got this amazing footage. Thank you sir or ma'am.
Yeah. The sound quality is fantastic, which is also to the credit of the band. Maynard sounds great.
Definitely but also credit the person who must've remastered this. Maybe it was the same person? Anyways, you're right. Incredible job and physically tiring.
@@chrisvanegmond3157 He looks great too. He's got that Eddie Munster runs cross country and wrestles look.
@Arron Degenerate you better believe it. Still gives me chills when he glares at you savagely like he'll jump inside your body and consume you. Saw them when I was 18, and of course I felt like he's looking at me...I feel funny... Lol pure mind, body ecstacy. And I used think "sober" was the battle call for more booze/LSD. Geez.
He didn't stand holding shit! It's to still... He had to have a tripod but I will still praise the man for recording this footage. 😆
CREDIT TO THE RANDOM HERO THAT FILMED THIS. MY GOD. KING AMONG MEN...
Not all heroes wear capes.
Some attend tool shows
Could you imagine being one of the 20 people who got to witness this incredible show?!
My friend's older brother said he was at this tour but saw them in LA. After seeing this footage I now know he was telling the truth. This is EXACTLY how he described them back then. I believe White Zombie opened before Beavis and Butthead blew them up.
I saw this show on this tour, but in San Jose and it was in a small club with about 25 - 30 people. It was the first time I had even even heard of Tool and I've been a massive fan ever since. It's one of my favorite music experiences of all time.
I'd have been blackout drunk honestly. I got to see some crazy shit in my day, but I was usually so drunk that it's not worth a mention.
Had a related thought....that it's unbelievable that there are just a handful of people and where is TOOL now?.....incredible
I only wish I was there, a small setting, close to home, Damn! What a show! Thanks for recording this and sharing it, Great Job camera operator! And Thank to TOOL for putting all their heart into this, Very Intense!
instead of shitting my pants in 92 i could have been at this epic Tool show........fuck.
+Adam S Taylor
you`d have shitted on your pants anyway
+German Andrea Giri
Epic comment
+Marc Cotter Release in sodomy
+Adam S Taylor Instead of not being alive in 1992, I could have been at this epic Tool show. Fuck.
+screwdriva hey screwd, imagine being with a band that makes it big and is metal driven...haha, it wont happen again in your lifetime. tool is the last and one of the best. and tomorrow tool will b forgotten...
So strange listening to these incredibly forceful, heavy, mindblowing performances and then one person goes "wooo!" and five people golf clap.
"gold clap" I love that. So true. Shit is powerful! I'm not even a Tool fan really.
BeastmanWatchUrMouth classic case of..."didn't know what they were witnessing" syndrome.
Philly TOOL fans are not clappers. They are moshers.
Maybe they're just mindblown. lol
Lol, yes exactly!
No-one back then:
"Now that's a future winemaker."
That comment is....kinda... a . . . kikindeballs . . . to both musicians and winemakers alike....am I wrong...?
underrated comment
@@mvdeano you are incorrect indeed
When you discover that your 9'th grade English teacher used to sing in a rock band.
@@mvdeano Only a kick in the balls if it was meant as a kick in the balls. The context suggest that it wasnt a kick in the balls and a more than fair assumption. I dont care who you are, where you are from and or how you do it....nobody saw that coming. Not even Maynard. Virtue signaling has no place here. Maynard would be the first to shit on a comment like that.
The Mullethawk is strong. Whoever had the presence of mind to record this, We're all eternally greatfull. One of the best rock shows ever. Thank you to the uploader too
Isn't it? With his sweat short. Sweet!
Hahaha Mullethawk. Delightful comment.
You are completly stoned... just like I am. Greetings from México
The three times I’ve seen Tool I definitely did NOT have the presence of mind lol. This is better than I could have done sober though for sure glad it’s here.
@@leika2589 I saw them is fresno the February before covid. I was gonna try and record but they where kicking foos out for it.
Maynard looks like he's trying not to lose his shit. The kind of guy who'd be waiting for you in the parking lot after the show. Not for a fight, but to inform you that he took all the doors off your sedan and will put them back if you buy him some taffy and a seasonal pack of Oreos.
This wins the internet. This made me laugh. Thank you.
Or he super glued your doors shut and will sell you a bottle of methylated spirits in exchange for apologising for not jumping around at his show.
Chris Curtis nice.
LOL awesome comment dude 11/10 would read again,thanks!
..only to find that he actually can't put them back cause he sold them for a microphone.
I saw the same show in Atl at a small club. History was made. Someone yelled, “play your hit ‘Sober’. Maynard said, “they are all our fucking hits” and played the next song.
rofl that's awesome
Love this song👍
We performed for a dog. Opened with some 40 people, 30 minutes later they were all gone except one drunk in a lawn chair and his dog. Soon enough he passed out so we ended up giving this dog a show!
Was this at Center Stage or the Masquerade?
PBR Streetgang The Masquerade
I don't think the people in audience realized at the time what they were witnessing.
Right...they seemed rather underwhelmed
+vvstreetfightervv Awestruck is perfect. I wasn't here but I saw them around this time. I was struggling to simply take this in. I'd heard plenty of loud and fast previously, but nothing this powerful.
Agreed.
I got to see many epic shows of the era, and I will say I had no thought of the impact the music would have. My friends and I were just being in the moment, going to shows, playing music and living life.
I know I'm fortunate to have seen what I've seen, just as the generations before got to see Zep, Floyd, Hendrix, etc in their prime. But they were in the moment too. It's best not to over analize, and just live. You can always reflect later... if you don't get too high :D
I think they realized it, I sure did. I saw them at the same time, they were an opener and I had never heard of them before...I bought Opiate and Undertow the next day.
Honestly, there's just something about Maynard's facial expressions and body movements and the camera zooming in on his face briefly that is so badass.
Here in 2019. This concert was roughly 10,000 days ago... whoa
Hahah
fucking indeeeeeeeed...
27 years nad tyree months for 10000
Not even close
Grover Marchand 1992 - 2019 = 27 years 27 years = 10,000 days
filmed by a hero - uploaded by a champion
bwah7 super funny
The set is over when he blinks
I honestly see him blink once.
Why that shit happens? So high?
@@Juiciodelaira FUCKING BLITZED BRO. Most of them were, paul always had a bad problem with it
@@Juiciodelaira Some singers just gotta get in the zone to give off whatever vibe they are going for. Staring at whatever he was staring at was his way of getting in the zone.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Woah, check out the camera work at 24:55. It's zooming in and out in unison with the music. That's dope. Some dude with a 90s camcorder straight up killing it
Nice detail
and then incredibly obnoxious at 25:32 lol
@@naumchomsky8840 I've never laughed so hard at Maynard's face before lmao
It was so extra lmaoo 😂
@@PsychicSploob i laughed my ass off at the end of Sober. Dude goes way hard 🤣
The great t-shirt shortage of '92. I was but 7 years old and also shirtless.
same
I was 2 and most definitely shirtless
Ha!
Lmfao 😭😭😭
You guys were lucky to be just shirtless back then. Our family was losing skin.
Wow. MaaaaaaayyyyyyNARD!!!
1% body fat, 100% breath control.
Jennifer Gladish and >9000% LSD.
@Dr.Dow Hahahah! 😂 Sorry, dude, moment of weakness.
@Father Fargo Someone is jealous^
I’d say he has 13%
This is where the DeLorean will drop me off.
Pick me up on the way!!
I'm gonna have to sit on someone's lap because theres no space in the back.
you win the internet with that comment. ;)
me and you both
Me too fuck yes
This should be mandatory viewing for anyone who calls themselves a Tool fan. So damn good
It’s how I started listening to them. First a couple songs, then I stumbled onto this video with the intentions of only watching 5 minutes, and of course ended up watching the entire thing completely awestruck
What a sick way to be introduced to them. I worked at a music store and a coworker snagged the opiate demo. I heard it in his car and made him burn me a copy until it was released and I could buy my own
@@jeremys.9905
Wow, first person I’ve heard mention that demo. I have the CD…the album artwork is insane
jesus christ his voice is so steady even when he's obviously putting a ton of energy into it. And his deadpan face just adds to the unnervingly perfect vocals.
My man didn't blink for 45 mins
agreed
it's unreal vocal performance for a rock singer at a small club. it's bananas
@@mremil321 This was my takeaway seeing them back then. I used to tell people that the only time he MAY have closed his eyes was when wiping a towel across his face. I think the first 2 times I saw them, between Opiate and Undertow and just after Undertow was released, Maynard was out of his fucking head on dose. He was plainly startled many times during each set, disoriented through much of both shows, and spectacular both times.
He sounds exactly the same as on the record.
It is amazing....I just watched a show from 96 and you can tell he started "cheating" then....there isn't a bit of cheating here...
@@ashevillecomputer201 cheating?
@@Em-gj2sg Using more of a head voice vs a full chest voice. Not as much power.
@@ashevillecomputer201 Oh good grief, you're one of those pretentious "vocal coach" pricks who obsesses about technique, aren't you? It doesn't matter how you breathe or other such baloney, all that matters is that you hit the notes. Which Maynard certainly does. Using a different voice technique isn't "cheating". It's doing what works for you.
Always
This camera person deserves an oscar for best audio, video, and screenplay
And best moments too
A little Maynard focused... but understandable
agreed
30 fuckin years ago and looks and sounds incredible.. truth. One of them 20 pound cameras and dude stayed perfectly still.
Holy crap dude. I had no idea these guys were that good live. This is insane.
I've seen tool... APC...& puscifier can honestly say tool sounds better live which is crazy but so does his other 2 side bands..esp puscifier
@@rochellefreed853 Cool! I got tickets to TOOL in November and it's my first ever concert, I'm so stoked!
@CNCMatrix well all I can't say is cherish it bcuz it will b your best experience imo...I'll never forget when I saw em in 2011...just wow
@CNCMatrix also if u like tool check put puscifier...I'll admit whn i was younger I didn't give apc or puscifier a chance but once I did mind blowing in some ways I feel like puscifier...mmm..how do I say this...not necessarily better than tool...but more intimate so good all his projects
@@rochellefreed853 It was AMAZING. The opener sucked, but holy crap man, they absolutely KILLED it.
Ended the show with Stinkfist, nobody was expecting that and it was so awesome.
They're actually better live than the album version. Maynard donned a two piece suit and a Mohawk.
They ended the show with Stinkfist and had the whole crowd headbanging.
If this isn't the best live performance ever to the fewest people I'm not sure what is.
I can't imagine going to a local bar and see something this amazing.
this or Rage first public performance. its on YT also. funny to see people walking by not paying any mind!
Yeah but you don’t want to go from nothing to 10k people stages either
You gotta work your way up to larger crowds
Do you know what the problem is with being in a moment like this.....You don't realize what it is at that point in time. Possibly you might be intoxicated or maybe trying to get into someone's pants, but you definitely don't know til it's too late. It's what life is all about, we watch it pass and think that there will be another moment like this to seize. I'm older so I will tell it like it is....when you have a chance to smell the flowers, you better stop and bend your ass over and take a sniff because tomorrow is NOT guaranteed. Have a great day/night.
@@buckfuttler2877 I'm blown away that they "were" RATM from day one. Like not even the Beatles were THE Beatles until years into it.
@@snoozieboi well said.
That performance for Sober was incredible.
Agree!!
+LeonOrenValentine +1
That intensity and feeling you can see in his eyes is powerful hey
+Valgurm um no. maynerd was/is straight up sober. i did time with him, as did z and anita. drugs aint all that
+Dann Boyd If i had to guess id say he's frying not on heroin in this video. but thats just my opinion, who knows
clicked the video to see Maynard's Power Mullet... stayed for 46 minutes.
Power mullet 😜
It's a modified Mohawk, not a "mullet". No one called it a mullet until the late 90s. We certainly didn't use the term during the 80s. It was just how dudes looked.
I literally thought I was the only one who called it a power mullet.
Such a powerful mullet
@@secretidentitynetwork3085 it was ‘92
By the summer of 93 things had changed for them. I saw them in Phoenix at lollapalooza and they were the second to last band with Primus headlining and right before them was Rage Against The Machine and before them Alice In Chains. There was a massive amount of people there. THE BEST CONCERT OF MY THEN 13 YEAR OLD LIFE AND EVEN NOW 29 YEARS LATER. I will always love this band and this video brings me back to that small window of time when Primus was more well known than Tool.
When I was 13, Lollapalooza 93 was my first concert at UBC Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver. It was a hell of an introduction to live music. It was mid-June so Tool and RATM weren't household names yet. Thus, they were both 2nd stage acts. I remember seeing their names on a concert tee I bought but didn't know who they were and never saw them play. I forgot about that till 10 years later I did a search for a pic of the concert tee, which I'd long since thrown out. I was shocked to see my all-time favorite band, Tool played there and I missed them. Thought at that time, I wouldn't have "gotten" their music like I would later on.
My Phoenix Lolla memory was Maynard coming out early during RATM’s set and wailing his backup vocals on Know Your Enemy.
Lucky fuckers 😂 😢
Remember the days when artists sounded the same live as on the album?
Pepperidge Farms remembers.
This is fucking solid gold win 🤣🤣
Don't forget to pick up your credits.
Lmao
I submit this performance blows the EP recordings away. There's a feel for it live that can't be captured in a studio production. 👍
Yes, it's called a tool concert in 2019, at an arena near you.
Insane how these guys were this good at the start of their careers. Danny was a beast then and rose to legendary status within less than a decade after this. No one plays like that guy. Even some of the most technical death metal drummers can't touch this guy.
its true man, he's a master elite
He's an insanely nice guy too. I met him at a skinny puppy concert at a smallish venue in Kansas 2 or so years ago. I don't think anyone really even realized he was there, but it was him.
Sparrowhawk hes worked with Skinny Puppy too.
It's his arrangements, they are beautiful, you always hear the arguments, what about this guy, that guy. No one does for the music like Carey, that's the difference, and that's why all the other drummers people mention respect him so much. Not everyone that listens to music listens with a musical ear. If they did, they would understand why he is so great.
It may have been on this tour, I don't remember, but I was doing sound for a local band that was supporting Tool at the Stone in San Francisco and I remember after our sound check that Tool set up and did their sound check and it blew me away how good it was. They were so tight and their sound was unreal.In this video there are 30 times more people commenting than were at this show. This is a document of what paying your dues looks like. At this point Tool weren't exactly unknown and they were playing a small club. Paying your dues man, it can get ugly. Although it was a small club with a sparse audience they were giving it their all and that's a lesson to all young fledgling bands out there, it doesn't matter how many people are out there cause all it takes is on person who felt cheated by the band not giving 100% to get bad WOM. Always give your all. Always cause someone paid to see you play and at the least you owe them a great performance.
as maynard said "we are going to do this right or not at all."
MJK knows no other way in every fng thing he does. 3 bands at the same time, putting AZ on the wine map, the guys fucking amazing. But Tool would not be the best band ever w/o Danny, Adam, and now Justin - they are all brilliant as well.
Paul Schmdit '93 Lollapalooza Philadelphia. I got tickets for a few friends. I wanted to know about the bands I never heard before. Front 242, Babes in Toyland, Tool. I bought what ever was available out there, and I found it. Xanadu, Nirvana, no more searching...TOOL !!! The VERY first time I played Opiate, I got a BLACK EYE ! ! ! It was what I had been looking for in a band. rhythm, musicianship, sound, MAYNARDS SCREAMS sealed the deal. HEAVIER THAN THE SEATTLE scene, vocals instead of the incoherent babble from Death Metal. J.F.C.A...JACKPOT ! ! ! SOLD, JUST ONE MORE FIX...I listened to it over & over for the next 6 hours. I had never done this before or since ! I was compelled to write the Zoo label and tell them what I felt....2 BLACK EYES...MORE MORE MORE ! ! ! Aboot 2 months later, I received in the mail a reply from them with stickers...J. M. F. C. A...SWEEEEEEET ! ! !
Paul Schmdit '93 Lollapalooza Philadelphia. I got tickets for a few friends. I wanted to know about the bands I never heard before. Front 242, Babes in Toyland, Tool. I bought what ever was available out there, and I found it. Xanadu, Nirvana, no more searching...TOOL !!! The VERY first time I played Opiate, I got a BLACK EYE ! ! ! It was what I had been looking for in a band. rhythm, musicianship, sound, MAYNARDS SCREAMS sealed the deal. HEAVIER THAN THE SEATTLE scene, vocals instead of the incoherent babble from Death Metal. J.F.C.A...JACKPOT ! ! ! SOLD, JUST ONE MORE FIX...I listened to it over & over for the next 6 hours. I had never done this before or since ! I was compelled to write the Zoo label and tell them what I felt....2 BLACK EYES...MORE MORE MORE ! ! ! Aboot 2 months later, I received a reply in the mail from them with stickers...J. M. F. C. A...SWEEEEEEET ! ! !
Great post man. Amazing stuff. Great comment.
Maybe the most intense performer even on the small stage.The way he stares into the distance of the crowd with lyrics spilling from his guts!!True display of talent and history being made here
Samuel T Herring. Lead singer for Future Islands hard to argue against him as the most intense singular performer on a small stage. Live@KSET from 2012 for a glimpse. He's special
@@travisov Wow,just watched Future Islands lead singer and I have to admit,you have horrible taste!Cant compare this guy to Maynard James Keenan in any way,shape or form 😂😂😂😂
@@travisovFuture Islands aren’t nearly as intense or good as TOOL. imo.
Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver + Gunnery Sergeant Hartman ("War Face" edition) from Full Metal Jacket vibes...
Very Intense .. like orgasmic.. 😂
maynard looks like he's trying to start an invisible lawn mower
Legend has it Maynard is still trying to start that lawn mower.
16:30 XD
I'd say chainsaw, but either way still funny as hell.
I fuckin love that shit too
This comment made my day, thanks
The stage presence this guy has is amazing.
@timwins31 the daemon took over. Read Anthony Peake.
Had.
Obviously he has healed a lot and grown since then, but it just isn't anywhere near as comepelling to watch him/them now.
Chris Campbell I doubt he played possessed by a demon, in effect, anyway. He took a lot of LSD. He just knew how to handle it.
He has stage fright. The staring off into space thing helps him through it.
lol at the smattering of applause from people who have no idea they just saw Tool for a $5 cover and two beers
I cannot even fathom this
Seriously, some of the best musicians of the century, in their prime, to a handful of people with no idea. I will be careful how I spend my attention at shows
Hahahaha I knowww
Roarke Burnett in their prime? I think not
@@adahbombdon1512 Cool bro thanks for sharing!
Every time I come to this video, I'm like, I'll watch just a few minutes. Then...full video later and I'm on a different plane of existence. Every single time.
36:04 Maynard actually absorbing the souls of everyone in the room
Lol right
HAHA im dyin
lol!
Its like Maynard is IN the music. Only when the song ends is when he comes back....than the next track starts and he gets pulled away again...a true artist. Thanks for posting this vid....
Like Bruce banner turning into the hulk
This performance is tight, brutal, incredibly saddening and terrifying. I can't believe what I am seeing. It's both exhilarating and heartbreaking. I just cannot imagine the dedicated amount of sadness, rage and misanthropy required to write and perform Music like this. And these guys made a whole career of it. It blows me away.
10/10, this masterpiece of a performance. Huge kudos to the dudes who filmed it and preserved it eternally on the internet.
This "tug and pull" between warring emotions and concepts is the beating heart of all literature, visual art and performing art, in my opinion. The band it seems is aware of this. These aren't "mere" musicians. Even if you don't like this kind of music, when you weigh them against their peers in genre, you quickly realize that they're boiling cauldron of good ideas, excellent musicianship. The muse whispers to these men. That much is obvious to me.
Too many descriptors. Rewrite and present to me again.
Yeah man you said it! I got near orgasmic chills, and shivers when sober started, every fucking hair on my body stood on end. That doesn’t happen all the time. I don’t think these people had any idea what they were witnessing, I am soooo jealous. I’ve seen some intimate shows but nothing like this.
@@daytonasayswhat9333 More Beckett, less Conrad. It's very good advice. Where were you in my composition classes? I needed the help. This was all preventable.
@@holy_braille Was meant for OP...
But anyway: never enough Conrad; always too much Beckett.
his voice is just amazing. So clean and powerful!
Even though it’s recorded low-fi it’s still phenomenal
It used to ring like a bell, man.
here's my '92 Tool club tour story....at the time in Omaha, NE there was a club called the Ranch Bowl. Tool was opening for the Rollins band, show was sold out with a line around the building waiting to get in. a couple weeks prior i had bought the opiate e.p. because of the great review in guitar world magazine about the e.p. so i bought it and was blown away obviously, then i noticed they were opening for the Rollins band...we're sitting around on a friday night bored and i say "hey we should swing by the ranch bowl this new band Tool is opening for the Rollins band" we go up to the club notice its sold out and i'm like well shit, we walk around and i see a dude with long hair and a tour badge with a picture of the the Tool opiate e.p. cover on it i ask him "hey are you in Tool? he's like yeah i'm the drummer" Danny Carey gets us into the show before they let ticket holders in! it's me and my buddy standing inside the club by ourselves "before doors" lol, unreal.....about 10 minutes the ticket holders start filing in...a little while later Tool plays their set and it's fucking awesome! my friend was an instant fan of Tool...we stuck around and watched most of the Rollins band play, they were great as well but i was there for Tool....thats what she said
I have so many awesome memories from the Ranch Bowl, nothing else like it
That's a great story, thanks for sharing.
:O surreal
You May be the Biggest OGT among us
Good story, Vince. Thanks bud.
This should go in the TH-cam hall of fame
i hope you meant hall of rocknroll...
Maynard: I'd like to thank you all for coming out to Mike's Pizzaria. Don't forget to tip your waitress.
Great name. Mine is derivative of the very same band.
Every single musician should take note... here you have one of the greatest bands of all time... playing to a virtually empty bar..... and fuckin SLAYING every note.. every song..... THIS is what makes a great band!! Give it your all... even if you are only playing to the bar staff!!
David Lee Roth said his neighbor was a musician and survivor of a concentration camp. He told David he learned to literally sing like his life depended on it. David Lee Roth said he never forgot that, and always sang that way.
Pretty powerful!
These people have no idea what they're seeing.
The birth of an iconic band getting ready to ignite the world.
TOOL=LIFE
Here we go0ooo...
we were all still young then
Saw them in Belgium 8 months later ( 3 times before December 94 ) .....OMG , the woofers on stage were gonna explode , my ears as well lol . The public was in shock & awe . One of the best progressive rock bands i had ever seen in the Mighty 90's
YES
TOOL IS MOST DEF LIFE 🤍🤍🤍
18 claps at the end of Sober . . . as Maynard was breaking his ribs, Bizarre
Hahahaha, I thought the same thing
Only like 25 people in there
Must have been a blizzard in Philly that night
year later 20 k screaming
The most intense incredible vocal performance I have ever witnessed. MJK was totally immersed in the moment. Now you know why many musicians say some of their best performances happened in front of 5 people.
Hell yeah
Si, señor
but its normal... you ever like to play new songs more than to play for example sober for the 1000th time...
Hell ya, it is like roll call- time to get up there and preserve it for posterity. For better or worse, and you all know how it turned out.
It’s crazy how these particular people all knew eachother without seeking eachother out. I mean they are arguably the most creative band in history.. They mesh so well.. TOOL is seriously special art. And although they all would have found success, it makes you wonder how close they came to not starting TOOL. One moment could have prevented it. I wonder how many bands or artists like this almost existed but for a tiny reason never crossed paths..
Yup. Imagine the amazing bands that never came to fruitcups because of hard drugs. Sad .
@@bchops4537 you gotta stay away from fruitcups.
Obviously didn't mesh that well together because Paul left before they got real big...Justin was what really pushed their sound to the next level though anyway.
@@SMSimon Yeah but Paul wanted to be the guitar player, not bass.
Justin nearly didnt join until his brother convinced him otherwise.
What the hell would Tool be like without him today?
To the people that filmed this and posted it, many years apart, fucking thank you, one of my altime favorite videos, if I could go back in time this would be one of those destinations.
My sentiments, EXACTLY.
Yeah wow amazing..
Yes. This is fantastic. Love it.
I bought this on DVD in Santa Rosa in 2006. I'm glad It's on you tube now. Some underground DVD type shat. I love this.
+ASecondOpinion I would buy a copy of this!! I watch it often here. Something I will never get sick of. This video always makes me happy. Adam Jones, one of the best guitarist ever...
The crowd has no idea they was watching the greatest band ever
Ever!!!!
Every new fan that is freaking out about Fear Inoculum needs to watch this video and have their mind blown for a second time!
There old shit is better let’s be honest
@@saltypretzelcb5411 let's be honest, we all love Tool and all of Tool, wholy Tool, everything Tool. I am obsessed with the new album, well teh songs that are 10 minutes + some of the best music I have ever heard and it did take me many listens to fully absorb it to enjoy it as much as I now do. I am also obsessed with their entire catalog.
Yep, I m right here. Just when I was putting back by brain inside my head after Innoculum, I listened to this. Brain on the floor again.
@@saltypretzelcb5411 not really... they still have the same intensity and talent depth... they are just more organized and controlled and mature.. dany's drumming has definitely vastly improved not that he was ever bad but man now he just had insane beats in most songs.. maynard's lyrics are still top notch as are the performances of adam and justin... and that's with Maynard Adam and Dany all having side projects and work in music and outside of music. You can just listen to how things have changed if you go through album by album, none better than the next.. maybe different favorite songs, but that's about it. If anything, they got more mainstream attention now but that's not because they got worse or mainstream themselves... it just took this long for them to get noticed... plus they skipped the online album market for way too long lmao.. that definitely would've helped to get their music out faster to different audiences.
16:03 for the cameraman to add that movement with him is just amazing, must have been a pro
cameraman must've been in trance by the movements.
Are we sure he wasn't linked to the band? It seems so perfect. Even the sound quality is immense
Had to have been done via editing, it is "remastered" after all.
I'm 43 years old and came across Tool (Maynard J. Keenan) for the first time yesterday Jan 7, 2017. I am totally blown AWAY! Love these guys! New fan from Canada!
Patrick Cote holy shit youre late on this band. better late than never though
Kurt Croft I know eh! Was so focused on my Iron Maiden in my teens to late 20s that alot of bands passed me by. Metallica, Zeppelin, Pantera also to name a few. That and girls lol.
Best band of all time. Is your name actually Patrick Cote or are you just a fan of his?
much to learn you have.
Patrick Cote catch up, brotha! \m/
"Tool" are without any doubt one of the best bands to come out of the 90's for sure...
They made 2 of the best albums of the 2000s too!
and i am pretty sure next one will be the best of 2010-2019
Она лучшая группа в истории тяжёлой музыки
Who are these legendary and lucky 4 people that got to see this live?
My first tool show was much like this mabyee 150 people a stage 2 feet off the ground, no security, the band just chewing us up , us moving like a single organism with them as the mind directing us , the body. It's such a shame now people on phones and not being part of the experience. The band feeds the crowd the crowd feeds the band. It's only half the equation now and it's cold.
@@ronaldowens5025 Sounds AMAZING!
@@ronaldowens5025 Lucky bastard,
@@ronaldowens5025 No one was talking about you.
@@daytonasayswhat9333 neither was I it's about the collective experience that is missing from shows now. Even in my old age believe it or not I still regularly go to small shows much like this one hoping to see something like this again. The bands give what they can but the crowd is pathetic. Shows should never be about you or me it should be the show hell the band is second to the experience. So can you tell me have you had that ,the throbbing, sweaty, almost orgie like moments with 100 a 1000 or 10,000 people at a time all being led by a band like a conductor drives a train. Or you just jealous because you haven't and realize your generation is such absolute shit and so self absorbed that you never will.
It's that time of the month where I come back here again....and again....
The eyes of a dedicated and driven artist. He looks like he’s on a mission
Or on acid
j k an acid mission
Im finna dedicate my whole life into building a time machine just to see this concert
Fried Chickenisha message me when you finish I wanna go.
Fried Chickenisha same here. also, we have to catch some of skinny puppys early shows....
Hit me up before you go.
Pretty sure Maynard is the only one with a time machine...
Please take me too
I will always love and support Tool whatever they do but boy do i miss this 90's maynard
liking tool isn't related to how you feel about politics. fuck outta here with that bullshit.
That's Maynard? I thought it was Magua from Last of the Mohicans.
DaRealCheo What are his politics?
I will always have a soft spot for Tool. They were my Pink Floyd.
U mean before he started wearing cowboy hats, turning his back to the audience, and standing as far away as possible from the center stage???
Saw Tool for the first time in 1998...paid $20 for tix. First song was "Part of Me". Then heard Maynard hold that note in "Pushit"...and here I am still.
"I just came 4 times." Nice. One for each band member. Thoughtful.
My god Adam Jones is just incredible.
Shit danny carey gets no credit in this video but he's a fuckin beast. Just the memory on these guys is amazing. The perform exactly like the album's without missing a beat or string Everytime! Fuckin badass!
@@richardlockwood9683 Absolutely! I am just as much of a Danny Carey enthusiast as i am for Adam, that man has been able to KILL it for decades. He is the epitome of drumming as a whole.
He really is. And so easy on the eye's. 😜
@@kat1york Ain't he.
@@StraitsDireOrSomething is
Maynard: aggressively verbally destroys mic
also Maynard: Please just a tiny bit more vocal on the monitor please
Manners cost nothing folks
Well, that and the last thing you want to do is piss off the sound guy.
Well said.
Or he just needed a tiny bit more or he stuffer from classic megalomania like most of us artists do.
"this song is called soundcheck!" lol maynard=king of Trollage
Guys, I thought often about that kind of expression. Instead of aggressive, offensive sounds even mightier! This world deserves it, some1 gotta drop the bombs
Best Tool performance i have ever seen...face to face or on the net. The raw energy Maynard and the band possess is almost indescribable. 5 stars in my book...sh*t made me cry...and i watched it multiple, multiple times. Bravo!
Tool routinely played to crickets on their earliest gigs. Didn't seem to bother them one bit, still 110% all out effort. That's a professional band right there for ya, THE BEST!
In his book he mentions this. They always would give it their all no matter if it was the 1st show ever or they're 100th and regardless of who showed up, if anyone
Every seed planted matters. Absolutely unbridled, unfiltered killer energy. To hear 10 people clap in the background is surreal except that was a common path to greatness before “formula bands” and AGT/The Voice etc.
The early insane days of KISS (Maynard’s first concert) were same. 5 people in Poughkeepsie or 12,000 in Detroit, no holds barred.
Was this filmed by a friend of the band?
Every single fan in this audience most likely had no idea they were watching soon to be legends. This is INCREDIBLE!!!! Opening with Part of Me literally gave me the chills.
actually somebody had a tool shirt on which I really liked :D white shirt with Tool written infront and Maynard's lower back tattoo
I remember going to a rage against a machine concert in Bremen (Germany) in 1994 and ending up having tool as a first part just blew me the Fck away, their show just was so perfect and I thought at the time " Who the hell is that fcken guy" I had never seen a singer deliver such a range of lyrics with. Such intensity . I became completely addicted right there ! One of my all time favorite bands. They never have disappointed me with any of their albums, thank you guys for what you brought into my life . Total respect for your art
Hmm, could this be Simon posting?!?
That's awesome! And yeah, I agree. Incredibly amazing band. I know some didn't like Fear Inoculum as much but man did it feel perfect to me. It seems like even the lyrical content came into my life at the right time. So much of it relevant or insightful.
So even in 1992, these guys still played album quality tightness during live sets. Absolute fucking legends
I should add, i saw them the next summer, and Maynard stared at me like that for 20 minutes of the fuckin show! I couldn't look at him! He scared the shit out of me!!!
Ian Jerolmack shit I would've just soaked it in, all he's doing is knifing through you soul with that glare...
Maybe he kept staring because he noticed it made you uncomfortable lol
Ian Jerolmack his eyes are open but i dont think he sees what hes looking at bc hes in a zone that none of us will ever be in
Ian Jerolmack you should have stared him down back.
Yes same happened to me. I was in the front row and he stared at me for what felt like 5 minutes. Very unnerving.
His voice is so big his body can’t even contain it
I was thinking this just from the albums, and sometimes I got this feeling it was just not his big voice... But after watchin all this show, with all that anger and feeling and presence and.... it's not just his big voice, it's his whole soul what comes out materialised as sound! Im stunned, he's unique, there are no words to explain what he does....
@@margaritasaloscerdos5 He's channeling energy
There are less than 10 people in the audience yet I've heard over 3 billion people say they were there that night. Osmosis works!
There are like 3 comments claiming it
I was at this show.. There was about 15 people there. It was an all ages show 2 in the afternoon.
@RocketJuan Brett from Mastadon? I seriously doubt that. Brett is from Atlanta first off. Why would he have been there? I used to live in ATL and I know Brett in passing and Im pretty sure I would have remebered him being there. There was less than 15 people at this show. I know pretty much everyone there.,
@@arsenije_wav8620 I'll have you know that I was there great show. Good thing I was born in 95 tho
50 cent was there and its actually why he wanted to pursue hip hop
I was at this show. JC Dobbs on South Street in Philly. I was 18 and a senior in high school. I had a fake ID that said I was 21. There were only about 40 people there. I can be briefly seen early in the video. I had long blonde hair way past my shoulders and was wearing a white Tool wrench t-shirt and a hat. This place was great. Nirvana and a bunch of other bands played there before they got big. About 6 months after this show Sober hit MTV.
😮❤
This is one of those videos you watch and towards the end, realize how hard you’ve been gripping your phone the entire time
Put that thing down and run around!
no joke about the expert camera work! I've seen far to many bootlegs shot by fools... This camera man knew how to capture the epicness of the moment in a time when that wasn't something people even thought about doing. Kudos!
Baxxter101 - this dude in 2018 equipment is Emmy winning
He had to be a big tool fan because he knew when to zoom in on something just at the right moment etc. Thank you sir!!
Jesus, I'm a life long Tool fan. Can't believe I'm just seeing this vid now. What a gem. Incredible!
when they do sober, wow. gave me chills. just imagine being there for this and having your mind blown
Yeah you've gone there as you do every Tuesday night to the bar to drown your sorrows alone and this weird due in a Mohawk is doing that pensive stare at you singing why can we not be sober.
Best.
This is by far without a doubt the greatest Tool video in existence. Unsurpassed raw feeling and emotion
M McManus Growing up listening to TOOL you never saw their faces. Their videos were freakish stop action animation. I had no idea how any of these guys actually looked during the 90’s! Even seeing them live, the stage was always dark and Maynard was all painted blue or something. This video shows all the members in a raw, real life way! It’s so surreal seeing them in such a small venue without all the frills of a huge arena show!
Im not sure how MJK was able to perform these vocals over and over for hundreds of shows. Total God status. After so much acid and Tool, he is literally the voice of my conscience 15 years after first listening to them
so when you think, you hear maynard? that’s insane. lmao
Super evolved Xiphoid process.
Damn
Then spend the next 15 listening to old school Opeth.
It would've sucked to have to stand there and record this instead of just enjoying and being 100% immersed in the show. He (I think heard a man's voice behind the cam) did a great job and I'm glad he did it.
these bands back then had guys that would do this for them. they probably had a friend who went to every show and asked him to record this one for whatever reason.
Gordon Meadows right at beginning Maynard tells Adam someone is filming, he looks in cameras direction so does Adam
It would have sucked to stand there and what !!!!??? Did you hear what you just said. I wouldn't have minded being tortured as long as I was there....
Tool creating one of many masterpieces they have given us !
Beats singing along lol
I love that this is such an immaculate Tool performance and such an amazing display from Maynard where he's literally giving his last ounce at the end and then it finishes with scattered applause--from an albeit appreciative audience--and then someone in the silence... "great set man". Just love that so much. Tool must've known they were doing something special but it doesn't surprise me that they would put on a show like this for maybe 10-20 people who were digging it.
This gig ages like Maynard's wines.
Very clever and so very true.
Maynard’s whines 🍷
Read this as soon as he said "why cant we drink forever" lmao
Arizona Bay
*That one guy in the crowd that Maynard keeps staring at
"Is he talkin about me?"
This is my favourite video of these guys so raw and intense. Gotta love the dead stare of Maynard. Probably saw some guy leaving the washroom without washing his hands.
R Dubya that’s a capital offense these days.
Gryphon0468 I think I’m going to start using the image of mullethawk Maynard frying and staring me down when I know I have to wash my hands but don’t wanna.
yeah was like "I see you COVID.. I see you..."
@@andremcburney6969 He’s gonna pull out some jujitsu moves on that rona
The Paul D’amour with the 20lb ovation bass has always been my favorite era of Tool. Crushing sound!
Agreed!
So underrated
This is how I remember Tool. The Opiate years and then onto Undertow. They just kept on getting better and better. Fan for life.
Undertow sure was a real landmark record in the field of experimental metal. Maybe even it's defining statement.
Johnny V-AGREED!!!-Tool was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING when they just came on the music scene, and they just keep sounding better & better!!-I hope I can see them live sometime(soon)-I have talked to people who were lucky enough to see them live and they all said they were unbelievable!! I can certainly believe that!!
Danny Was 31 here, now he’s 58. Crazy that he’s still as good.
Better
@@mrdrdout7775 He's the drummer or guitarist?
@@daytonasayswhat9333 drummer
Much better now
He’s much better
Perhaps their greatest concert ever and no one knew it
The 12 people that were there are pretty lucky
Tool was my first concert, it was amazing. Can't imagine seeing this show on a small stage, I'd be rolling on the floor
How the hell is this so good and near flawless? Maynard's a beast, can't hit everything these days with his voice but still such a great performer. I love this recording.
Idk bro, I just saw Tool back in March and Maynard still sounds fucking incredible!
Man whoever mixed this did a top notch job
I knowww! It sounds so clear.
This. This is amazing. I never comment in TH-cam videos, but man.
Same here
Absolutely INCREDIBLE. I cannot believe I have never seen this. Jesus Christ. They are on fire. Maynard's vocals are simply on fire. I have goosebumps.