Tool - Fripp (Live In Denver, CO - 07-21-'02)

[Squooshiee]

my God this takes me back, my ex wife and myself + 2 friends ( cassie & jason sup guys if you come across this some age in the future!) - God this was an amazing show- Tomahawk ( mike patton's horrible band at the time ) opened for them - goodness this show was amazing ..

no disrespect to mike patton but that showing in Denver that night was shit.

[rockdelpesado]

what is this shit? just photos !!! Live my ass !!

[cheaptrades]

damn I haven't heard this in probably 8 years. I had a burnt CD of live bootleg tool shows (remember when we used to burn cd's?) it had tons of stuff including this which to this day I have yet to find on the internet. this brings me back.

[starboard1098]

I've been looking for this for such a long time. One of my favorite part of the shows. (I saw both Berkeley Community Theater shows.)

[yehigota5inchtaint]

also, it's worth mentioning that I found out about King Crimson who i love throughTOOL.

[MorkaGraven]

@yehigota5inchtaint I happened to love both, then found out there was a connection.

[yehigota5inchtaint]

I'm pretty sure that Bruford is a huge influence on Danney Carey as a drummer too and Maynard did a cover of 20th Century Schizoid man so I mean it's obvious that they were all influenced individually but, I dunno I feel like the band as a whole was probably more influenced by Bill Hicks or Black Flag or something i dunno. It's definitely not even worth my ramblings to even talk about it either. Tool is one of my favorites of all time and realy popped my musical cherry or@least ushered in an era

[phishman706]

@yehigota5inchtaint bill hicks and black flag? i mean bill hicks was a comedian who befriended tool and i see a lot more prog rock/crimson influence in tool than a black flag influence.

[yehigota5inchtaint]

@phishman706 well, yeh tool and king crimson have the prog connection but, as far as the vibe and subject content it's the angryness of the band [in their earlier days, like undertow-which rollins is on] I would say I hear more of hicks or black flag. But, if you were going to just listen to the music and break it down by the genre than you could say cimson. Trust me I like Crimson a whole lot more than black flag. It doesn't mean everyone will see it the way I do though and that's a good thg

[lulzlaby]

Soooo that was nice

[KapustaCuber]

I got this beautiful bootleg and it didn't have Fripp in it. Thanks for posting!

[yehigota5inchtaint]

This is a super cool intro and very cool of both bands to be cool with it.

[lochtisch]

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[marcellduchamp]

the only reason i am a HUGE tool fan – I finally gave them a shot after realizing that all you mallrats don't represent what tool is/was/will-be. THX tool for showing with Fripp, KC, (the)MELVINS, etc. - now I get it it and am hooked … no thanks to your average "toolfan"

[suguspjr]

In '98 I went to my first (and only) King Crimson concert in B.A. Been a big Fripp fan for a time already. A concert like not one else. I would say to my friends that an UFO landed, the band came out, played, went back in and left. Didn't even tried to explain or describe what happened in stage, during the concert.

And yes, there Fripp was with his Fripptronics, creating soundscapes.

[lateralsx7]

its obvious they've been inspired by Crimson but Tool still has its own style and you can't blame them from having influences,every musician has it,including Fripp

[suguspjr]

@lateralsx7 Tool is Great. King Crimson is great. Robert Fripp is great. I would say not one is born, raised and lives in a bubble. I don't think there's a single british contemporary musician that doesn't recognizes or feels indebted to american roots rock and/or folk music. To recognize influences is nothing to blame about or be ashamed of, looks to me more like a modesty and reality check

[1999lateralus]

Yes i was at the first show 2001 warm up for lateralus tour ! the best tool show ever!

[rafzamjim]

FRIPP would say : Ego te absolvo, errare humanum est; perseverare autem diabolicum...

[frederickus]

If you don't know who Robert Fripp is, YOU ARE A TOOL!!!

[Malzarin]

Fripp does his thing, you either get it or you don't. I don't care if you are on either side. I get it sometimes and not others that is the purpose of art. What I find compeling about Fripp and Crimson as well as Tool is that I keep coming back for more. I don't get everything they do but if I did they would become boring and I would have to move on to something else.

[mercmarc]

Seemed kind of boring to me.

[kkakaroto9]

@mercmarc I respect your opinion, but we say something is boring when we dont understand it.

[Adastra14]

@kkakaroto9

or when we dont even try to. 

[maxinedal]

adam jones is a wanna be fripp art student whos guitar playing really doesnt compare to fripp , dont get me wrong i dig jones and what he does with the guitar is very creative, but his lead work has much to be desired. i would like to see him try the bridge in 21st sichzoid man or larks tongues in aspic part one.

[MikeyRGuitar]

@maxinedal lol, yeah right. AJ plays as a unit of a band, not as a lead guitar player. His playing is almost always directly related to what Danny Carey is doing, in that aspect his playing is genius, the polyrhythms and sound textures they create together are brilliant.

[ificantdance0]

@MikeyRGuitar Yeah, you nailed it, man. In that regard, they bring together some of the best aspects of jazz (ensemble playing, with the guitarist fitting into the drummer's riffs), prog (polyrhythmic playing), and punk (no "guitar hero" crap).

[maxinedal]

adam jones is a wanna be fripp art student whos guitar playing really doesnt compare to fripp , dont get me wrong i dig jones and what he does with the guitar is very craetive but his lead work has much to be desired.

[mikedrud]

I can barely imagine seeing these two bands together. Must have been unreal.

[ahitler1000]

@mikedrud oh yes love the fripp influence to a already famous band [ tool ] best of both worlds , who said you cant have your cake and eat it? . . . this is pure heaven , its expanded my already bulging king crimson portfolio, russell the wizzard on myspace aug11 2010

[rrippp]

That is a cool piece of music. If you like it, check out Sunn 0))) & Boris playing 'Fried Eagle Mind' on the 'Altar' album - it's a similar kind of thing.

[austin33309]

@rrippp i really loved the sinking belle(blue sheep) from that album as well.

[rrippp]

@austin33309 Yeah Sinking Belle is cool - very nice use of delay on the guitar, and lovely chords

[Paiste01]

This video is clearly underrated. Robert Fripp is obviously a big man in prog rock history, but we can't blame the mass to not know him. Frippertronics looping is what we hear here.

[tapkae]

@Paiste01

Point of distinction: Frippertronics was what he called it when it was tape-based. When it got more digital delay based, with guitar synth and other effects thrown in, he dubbed it Soundscapes.

[TheBiddleMan]

I would actually kill someone to see this set list live. I am not joking.

[TheGorgorothSpire]

@TheBiddleMan Dang, and I thought I was a huge Tool fan... lol

[drumcatf8]

fripp is the master gunius here...........tool learned just about everything from fripps music....it was all done 25 years before tool existed............this stuff goes back to late 70,s soundscapes fripp introduced......

[DavidKinner]

@drumcatf8 Yea, and you can hear a lot of influence on Tool's music from what Fripp did in the early 1970's with Bruford, and Wetton also! I am starting to wonder if everybody new King Crimson would they start to question themselves if Jimi is really the greatest guitarist ever?

[vonclod123]

@DavidKinner ya i love king crimson..fripp and belew ..some very cool stuff, tool has been influenced by them big time..as for the greatest its kinda like colours..we all have a favorite but there is no greatest of best..its all beautifull music

[DavidKinner]

@vonclod123 I just think with King Crimson it's so amazing how many different sounds they can change, and produce definitely one of my favorite bands, but then again their only constant member since their beginning is Fripp, so it's a lot easier to change your sound when you're surrounded by different musicians every time. I cannot wait for their new album! probably going to be a return to the Jazzy sound with Mel Collins, and Jakko. 

[vonclod123]

@DavidKinner a new album thats cool, i think the belew lineup really clicked the way the guitars would intertwine in the rythms, when i first started listening to them it was that lineup so i guess its what i like best, i will for sure check out the new one, any member of kc is gonna be a true solid musician..what do you think of rush?..an influence for tool as well i think

[DavidKinner]

@vonclod123 Rush is fucking awesome. I wish they would have done a few more albums like Hemispheres, 2112, Farewell to Kings, but I don't think they have put out a single album that wasn't solid. I don't know if Maynard ever said it, but I would not doubt it if Zappa may be an influence also. He is my favorite artist of all time. Do you like Zappa?

[vonclod123]

@DavidKinner haha i was gonna mention zappa... i,m nore familiar with apostraphe, joes garage, shiek yer booty and i like the guitare oriented stuff he did...great stuff its sad he's gone

[DavidKinner]

@vonclod123 He was definitely amazing, it's soo bad he died he probably would have ended up making close to 130 albums he already released like 70 when he was alive, and close to 30 after he died. I love his older stuff with The Mothers like We're Only In It For The Money, Uncle Meat, Lumpy Gravy(solo but in the same vein as the mothers),Absolutely Free, and I love all his guitar stuff to like Hot Rats, Apostraphe, Joe's Garage, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, and Overnite Sensation, but Idt he has any

[DavidKinner]

@vonclod123 music that doesn't amaze me.

[petergrenader]

@DavidKinner Dave: is that conjecture that Fripp is re-uniting with Collins or has news of that been posted somewhere? i looked, couldn't find any reference outside of them playing on The Bruised Romantic Glee Club CD. It would be welcomed. While I wasn't a huge fan of the 80's KC through a new-wave filter group, the Belew-Fripp pairing has had it's moments of excellence since. That being said, such an abrupt change of Collins and Jacko IMHO would be good.

[DavidKinner]

@petergrenader Look up A Scarcity Of Miracles. It's their new album it's definitely true i have had it preordered for a month already also type Scarcity..... Into here, they have the song up it's amazing.

[petergrenader]

@DavidKinner Thank God... King Crimson finally not trying to prove they're heavy. This will definitely be refreshing. Thanks for the tip, Dave. I saw that band in '69 at the Whisky!!!

[DavidKinner]

@petergrenader It almost sounds like Floyd mixed with old King Crimson.

[yehigota5inchtaint]

@drumcatf8 I love them both equally as much but, don't think Crimson played as big a part as you think. I don't even think they are even much alike. You make it sound like if there weren't ever a crimson there wouldn't be tool and I don't see that. And I've heard that King Crimson is Carrey's bigest influence but, I haven't heard the rest of the band second that.

[jimbobanalbeats]

@yehigota5inchtaint Adam has said in interviews that Fripps guitar style has had a very big influence on his own.

[yehigota5inchtaint]

@jimbobanalbeats I feel like it's not as important as other influences. Like it or not if hardcore never happened I don't see there being a Tool.

[jimbobanalbeats]

@yehigota5inchtaint Im not a huge King Crimson fan so Im not worried about it. I love Tool, whatever the influences.

[leannekiblerfa]

utterly consistent universe full. I found this movie free @ MovieWatcher(.)US

[Unus1Mundus]

It's really cool that they put the genius guitarist Robert Fripp to open the Tool set. I tried to see King Crimson & Tool together (in L.A.) in 2001 but the tickets were sold out in 15 minutes!

[catalystvoxco]

Sober 4 Degrees The Grudge Stinkfist 46 &2 schism parabol parabola eon blue apocalypse the patient aenima Disposition Reflection Triad Lateralus

[yaiguyguitar]

Except Intermission, it leads into Jimmy.

[ThomasJeromeNewton]

then there's the danny carey switchover for Red

[KentAllard]

was this from the Crimson/Tool mini-tour?

In the on recording I have of that, unkown date sorry, the intermission+fripp soundscapes was quite late

while this ones is between the bands - mine had no break between them

[AlyoshaKaramazov]

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[benzies123]

that set list can't be real, it's too long for tool, it only has one song from 10,000 days (if Wings wasn't there it might be more believable and 3 guests in one set? I mean, it would be badass if it was real though!

[minusjason]

Do you notice all the songs from Lateralus...?

It's from the Lateralus tour. That's when they toured with Tomahawk.

Before Wings for Marie was completed as a song, the opening guitar part was used as a segue in live shows. I have a recording of on Oklahoma City show where it's used in the same way.

[frogswallop]

Look at the date in the description, it was recorded in 2002 when they were promoting Lateralus

[Roldy23]

It's real. That was TOOL in the Lateralus era. You can download whole shows like that. Believe it.

[catalystvoxco]

it is real, i remember that show vividly. Good show, best tool set ever.

[cellardoor199991]

Are u sure Robert Fripp is in here. Damn Tool is one lucky band! I know u TOol Fools are gonna talk shit now. King Crimson is awesome and so is Tool but Tool is lucky to have played with their influence.

[liamwri]

by the way what a HUGE SET LIST.

[minusjason]

Not really when you consider that the intros and segues are numbered separately.

01. Fripp

02. Tuva/Sober (Intro)

09. Schism (Intro)

11. Parabol

13. Eon Blue Apocalypse

16. Intermission

20. Positive Speech/Wings For Marie (Intro)

All  tracks that either do not involve the band playing, are just intros, are short and never played without the following larger piece, etc.

Still an awesome setlist though, better than their current ones IMO. What a great band.

[MikeGiunta]

Fripp like Robert Fripp? the great?

[mikeoconn]

theres also one floating around of Reflection/Disposition with Robert Fripp

[iamben69]

I would give a kidney to see this combination of bands.

[ichainedalice]

same

[thrak21]

same

[karlboman]

same

[liamwri]

same

[intrepgun]

looks like i'm eating kidney for dinner, then, fellows!

[ChuckNorrisLlamaMan]

..same? =P

[liamwri]

same

[LPFan33]

same

[theo9952]

impressive band. most of their production is a bit too morbid and humourless though, me thinks. definately, the violent side of mr fripp's music, has been an influence.

[macandcheese25]

I saw King Crimson in 94 in Cali....ridiculous...I was only 14 at the time and they were so unreal to see!

[mrmojorisin571]

Dude, that's not just any noise. It's ROBERT FRIPP doing a soundscape intro. That's the guitarist of King Crimson- TOOL's biggest influence (they did a string of shows with them).

[Poseidon143]

fripp is awesome!

[trollfinger]

I would have sold my own mother to get to one of those shows. And Fripp is the man

[zebonaut]

Did they ever play together onstage and join within their shows?

[mrmojorisin571]

Yeah. I think there's a bootleg of Aenima out there somewhere with Adrian Belew playing on it. I know there are recordings of Trey Gunn and Pat Mastellotto playing on Lateralus too.

[ahitler1000]

@mrmojorisin571 yeh , . . . just check my open playlist here , its all, . . . king crimson except a few hometown intermission tapes from the theater where I was raised in Mio Michigan , . . .

[lateralus1337]

suits me.

[brimstonehalo]

Wings for Marie huh. At a show from 2002. Wings for Marie came out in 2006.

[lateralus1337]

atually the guitar intro for Wings for Marie came out in 2002. They played it as an intro during the lateralus tour. They just didn't create a full song until 10k days came out.

maybe next time you'll try not to be such a smart ass. :)

[brimstonehalo]

probably not.

[jonas227]

there are live videos of tool playing it as an intro here on youtube. he is right.

[TheFud1]

why have i not heard this intro

[brimstonehalo]

because you haven't been to a tool show. Thats been the noise you hear when they are about to start for a while now. Sometimes it goes on for EVER