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Post by confusedsince81 on Jun 3, 2007 9:31:47 GMT -5
Ive now read on multiple threads multiple peoples comments about tool fans being assholes/nasty........ Well for the record i'm a tool fan, and im not an asshole, and im not going to ruin your bonnaroo see you at the farm
Tool fans aren't going to pay $225/ticket to see the band play. Bonnaroo fans will be at Bonnaroo. Music fans will be at Bonnaroo. People fans will be at Bonnaroo. Not sure why people are really worried about this.
I went to my first Tool show Friday night. I didn't have any problems with the fans. I don't see how they would ruin Bonnaroo for anyone. I've met more a$$holes at Phish concerts, than I did at Tool. Can't we all just get along and enjoy the show?
The person I am going with is a Huge Tool fan. He instructed me to "find" him after the show, pick him up, dust him off, and drag him back to his tent. Ok Tool fans, what does that mean?
That means he'll be mesmerized by the performance that Maynard (Tool) puts on. By Boyfriend is a huge tool fan and since we started dating I've jumped on the bandwagon. Last fall I went to 2 Tool shows in one week and it was great! Can't wait to see them again hopefully I'll be a lot closer this time.
I've said it before and I'll say it again... People that are worried about the Tool "element" clearly don't know jack shit about Tool. Gather 80,000 people together though, and you're guaranteed to have some jerks mixed in there. If you happen to run into one of these rare jerks in a couple weeks, don't blame it on Tool.
The people who seem to think that Tool invented the unruly or ignorant fan are really out of touch. It's called a diverse fan base, but even more than that it's just called statistics-- you're bound to have some jerks the more popular you become. I've always found it interesting to watch the "laid back" crowd get very exclusive and defensive. Just as all hippies aren't brain-dead high school drop outs, let's not turn Roo into a jam band country club.
there wont be any assholes getting spots at string cheese. if your that worried about it id go there. im not worried about assholes. if i dont like the vibe where i am ill move 50 feet and enjoy the vibe there. im just not that into tool and sci last roo latenight is too big for me to be in the back. not to be negative or anything but from what ive picked up online and talking to toher rooers at fests tool will probably have the smallest headliner crowd ever. ive talked to many who are going to get spots for sci or sts9. and many who are just gonna chill at camp or do something else. not to mention it gosent seem like roo is near a sell out. ive also talked to alot of people that arent going to spend the money roo takes to only get 1 headliner that interests them. i really think roo is depending on sci and mule to bring the roo veterans back and i dont think its enough. hopefully they go back to 2 or 3 headliners for the vets next year.
Tool has been my favorite band for several years now, except i've only known of Bonnaroo for two years. I learned about it last year, too late to buy tickets however. I bought tickets this year totally stoked for everything Bonnaroo had to offer. Then a few days later they add Tool to the artist lineup. I went nuts!!! What could be better for a diehard Tool fan than to get into an awesome spectacle such as Bonnaroo, then find out your favorite band ever is going to be there?! Ill be keepin my hazy eyes out for Maynard and Adam durin the festival, If I meet them, have the gatekeeper of Heaven notified, I am ready.
Post by masshysteria on Jun 3, 2007 14:01:31 GMT -5
I promise you about 85-90% of the people are going to at least see some of Tool, and about 65-70% will stay the whole time. For those people who want to go see the other bands afterwards well then go and find a spot for you, that just means I will be that much closer to one of the best bands of the last 15 years.
"That's the big thing about education. People can be book smart, but not really intelligent about anything else. A lot of times they just taking in all this information and regurgitate it. It's much more important to process it and personalize it. To apply it to your world, to your life. You have to walk the walk, or you can't really report about it honestly."
Post by Mrs. Ferret on Jun 3, 2007 14:22:39 GMT -5
grafty said:
Tool fans aren't going to pay $225/ticket to see the band play. Bonnaroo fans will be at Bonnaroo. Music fans will be at Bonnaroo. People fans will be at Bonnaroo. Not sure why people are really worried about this.
Even if Tool was the only band I wanted to see at Bonnaroo, I would have still gotten my VIP ticket. This is my first Bonnaroo.
Post by stallion pt. 2 on Jun 3, 2007 14:45:55 GMT -5
dudewhersmyinforoo said:
there wont be any assholes getting spots at string cheese. if your that worried about it id go there. im not worried about assholes. if i dont like the vibe where i am ill move 50 feet and enjoy the vibe there. im just not that into tool and sci last roo latenight is too big for me to be in the back. not to be negative or anything but from what ive picked up online and talking to toher rooers at fests tool will probably have the smallest headliner crowd ever. ive talked to many who are going to get spots for sci or sts9. and many who are just gonna chill at camp or do something else. not to mention it gosent seem like roo is near a sell out. ive also talked to alot of people that arent going to spend the money roo takes to only get 1 headliner that interests them. i really think roo is depending on sci and mule to bring the roo veterans back and i dont think its enough. hopefully they go back to 2 or 3 headliners for the vets next year.
I've been toRoo every year, so I guess you could say I'm a Roo "vet," and this year is the FIRST where I' excited for more than one headliner. In fact, out of every Roo the only headliners I've been excited about were Neil Young and Radiohead. Now I get Two (Tool & the Police) and I am thrilled. I hope roo continues to diversify the headliners. But that's just me.
John: We don't even understand our own music Spider: It doesn't, does it matter whether we understand it? At least it'll give us . . . strength John: I know but maybe we could get into it more if we understood it
Hey guys, my first post here although I've been reading up on here for a while as I've gotten more and more excited about Roo.
I wanted to comment about the Tool fan thing because I'd like to point out that a tool fan and a jam-band fan aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. Tool is my favorite band but I also love lots of jam bands as well. I appreciate good musicianship above all. The good jam bands out there blow me away with their creativity and ability to improvise. Tool blows me away with their composition and skill (especially drummer Danny Carey).
I'd also like to ask everyone to approach the music with an open mind if you're not a Tool fan but plan to check them out. It's not really care-free dancing stuff like a lot of the jam bands. I love that stuff as well but Tool is kind of a different experience than that. They're not hateful death-metal either, though. I think of the prevailing sentiment at a Tool show as a sort of psychedelic, awe-inspiring spiritual experience.
Don't think of Tool fans as an angry moshing mob, though! Most of us are peaceful and friendly!
Thanks for reading and I'll see you guys in 10 days or so! ;D
I think a lot of the hype is simply because Tool isn't the stereotypical 'Roo band. I think a lot of people are just worried that it will attract the wrong crowd when really, Bonnaroo will be just like the last 5 years, KIck Ass! There will be people who go solely because of Tool, but they are fans, not crazed lunatics
ps. I'm not even a Tool fan, and this is all just my opinion
We treat mishaps like sinking ships and I know that I don't want to be out to drift Well I can see it in your eyes like I taste your lips and They both tell me that we're better than this
I am a Tool fan and I am really cool. ;D I went to my first tool show a week ago and had a blast, they have such an awesome energy and a very powerful vibe and the fans are all creeds of people not a stereotypical group of jerks and assholes, I mean come on... Anyhow, the laser show was spectacular and I can't wait to see how they up the ante for bonnaroo. Not to mention their level of psychedelic influence. Trey Anastacio (sp?) said in an interview last year right after Bonnaroo that Tool should be a headliner for this year because and I quote "they are the most psychadelic band out there today". Okay, so don't quote that but it's pretty effin' close... I can't wait.
Saw Tool on Saturday night. All I can say is Mindblowing! The visuals and show were just out of hand. I was not even on drugs...well maybe some alcohol...and I was just in Awe!! Amazing.
As my Inebriated buddy walks out of the Porto, he yells out, "Dude...I love this place...bonnaroo thinks about everything...they even put beer holders next to the toilet!"
Had to break it to him that that was the urnal. Good times good times!
