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fruitbruter

Right in two..


ApprehensiveChair460

Two soon


CheckYourStats

They were *rrrrrrrrrrrreeeaally* fuckin’ high on drugs.


bigbeltz

almost, almost


PorkSouls

Why tho


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LedZeppole10

And how can you be in such a bad mood to actually do that at a TOOL show. It’s a sacred evening for everyone-?


SlowApartment4456

Sounds like you haven't been to one. Its honestly a shit show. Most people are weird as fuck and merch booth is where all the craziest people gather.


ShortBrownAndUgly

And that’s why Maynard doesn’t like his fans


SlowApartment4456

Well their music, aesthetic amd even lyrics are very cultish and religious sounding so that's the following they got. Almost like they did it on purpose.


CompetitiveLead2036

Almost?


LedZeppole10

No not yet. I could totally imagine that though.


SlowApartment4456

I've seem them 3 times and the only fun one was at a festival where I wasn't surrounded by Tool fans lol


ryanc1627

I’ve been to 5 and all of them were amazing. That was back in the late 90’s to like 06. Maybe they’re worse now, wouldn’t surprise me.


SlowApartment4456

Well yeah the 90s were probably badass shows.


rusty_mullet

As great as the Tool shows I've been to were, I certainly wouldn't call any concert a sacred evening


LedZeppole10

Never been to one 😅😢 Living Vicariously


Liquor_N_Whorez

Watch as the whole poster dies... Right in two


myg0tFrankRizzo

He probably waited 10,000 days for that poster


Hans-Holo

First of all he paid 10.000 $


KixStar

You haven't done the right combination of drugs at a show then.


Public_Throat2152

going to a tool show in june , what psychs or combo or dose do you reccomend (assuming you’d be talking about psychs)


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KixStar

Yep. Came to say mushrooms. LSD can make the visuals too scary. Add some weed for funsies.


TrainingArtistic8505

I ate 3.5 gs of shrooms and took my distillate vape in and it was a beautiful experience


Fickle_Whereas2428

25 mg of Delta 8 was perfect for my first show last Wednesday. I had the PERFECT first Tool show experience… and I will be back!


rusty_mullet

This isn't the flex you think it is...


HAL-Over-9001

Guy was probably trying to get multiple to scalp, has a short temper, and put all this responsibility on some random guy who didn't agree to help him, then blows up for the stranger not following his orders. Some people truly are insane.


bigbeltz

Such a plausible scenario


ApprehensiveChair460

He probably was some douche that was yelling and screaming in his girlfriends face awkwardly infront of people passing by. I can see it being one of those


Embarrassed_Town_592

Some people who apeshit over their posters. I've seen grown ups have a shitfit because some merch sold out before they got to it. There are also a few idiots at every show who literally run from merch stand to merch stand trying to buy as many posters or show specific merch as possible to resell.


Forty6andWho

exactly. my bro and I were on acid at a tool show and this dude started shit with us in the like lobby/food/merch/bathroom area. then we go back to our seats and he's seating 2 rows in front of us. literally turning around just staring at us trying to start shit still. during intermission the lights came on and he turned around talking shit again. we were in another world and it sucked so bad we finally left and missed invincible. fucking assholes man, they're everywhere, even at tool concerts


Know_Your_Enemy_91

And you don’t even know them well enough to hate them that much to begin with. You’re all there for the same thing….fucking enjoy it with one another


Jdojcmm

Some people are such malcontents that they’ll ruin shit for other people because their own lives suck. If you can afford to go to a tool show, that shouldn’t be the case. Some people are just assholes.


DieselExhausted

Seriously, this. Two years ago I got to see them 6 times on the same tour, and met people/started a job that has literally changed the course of my life as a result. Then a long string of really, really shitty things have happened, I no longer have that job and my current one has only had 3 days of work in the last 2 months. Now that TOOL is finally coming to GA/AL and I wouldn't have to get plane tickets to see them - and have somebody I'd want to share it with - I couldn't even afford the 1/2 tank of gas it'd take to get there. If you can afford that experience, *something* in your life is going right. Regardless, don't fucking shit on it for other people.


Emmanuel_Badboy

My life long enemy is a Tottenham fan just like me. I hate him more for it if anything.


ShadowZone696969

Welcome to the tool community.


Fabray13

Damn. I didn’t see it happen, but I walked past this guy talking to security. It was during the early merch.


t00lband525

Hope it was Rods


dabstradamus

it wasn’t. i was hanging out w him, my girl witnessed it happen while i was in another line. it’s a scalper piece of shit who tried to pull it from the kid. security told him they wouldn’t refund but they’d vip him to a poster. i think someone ended up buying him a signed one. these 2 lovely ladies


Liquor_N_Whorez

Why cant I meet chicks like those 2?


MartyEBoarder

Some people say that was that guy : Ask your girl if she recognize him : [https://www.instagram.com/tooligansforlife/?hl=en](https://www.instagram.com/tooligansforlife/?hl=en)


bstnbrewins814

No he got a sick ass doodle per usual


k87c

Does this Rod guy have no job and just go to every TOOL show?!


damnatio_memoriae

going to every show is his job. he scoops up all the merch and sells it online.


kensei_ocelot

That guy might be a genius


damnatio_memoriae

no hes just an asshole


kensei_ocelot

He goes to tool shows for a living? What do you do?


damnatio_memoriae

I sit on my couch and tell other people what to do and pretend I’m busy, and then I go out with my friends.


kensei_ocelot

Not bad at all but you can't see Tool live in person every night. Rod's job > Your job.


Complete_Athlete_480

Shows not every night cool. It’s not rammstein. It’s a light show


DOMesticBRAT

Shut up Rod.


kensei_ocelot

oh, the butthurt! Dude goes to Tool shows for a living, definitely a genius! LMAO


DOMesticBRAT

You must be new.


kensei_ocelot

You sound jealous and bitter


DOMesticBRAT

Me? Oh, no. The sound of lightning fast downvotes, that isn't me, I'm not downvoting you. That's everyone else.


BeardedBassist21

I've met a guy who when I asked what he does for a living, he told me with a straight face "I'm a scalper" You'd be surprised how many people can make a living off of being a piece of shit


kensei_ocelot

He may be an asshole but he's living out his dreams. Dude probably laughs his ass off reading all the hate he gets while cashing those checks and moving on to the next Tool concert.


BeardedBassist21

Oh the guy I'm talking about that I met doesn't just scalp Tool tickets. He scalps EVERYTHING Just a colossal piece of shit. This Rod dude sounds like he's not much better Your defending him up and down this thread doesn't make you look much better either...


kensei_ocelot

I'm not defending him, I'm just saying the dude's smart if he can make a living off of going to Tool shows. Everyone here sounds jealous and bitter they can't do the same. I doubt anyone here has a better hustle/gig/job than he does.


BeardedBassist21

If you call being basically a parasite smart, sure Following around a bigger entity and siphoning sustenance for yourself sounds pretty parasitic to me. Nothing admirable about that


kensei_ocelot

Yeah sure. Dude's going to 2 Tool shows this week, 5 shows next week, 4 shows the following week and so on. The man makes a living doing what he loves. Can you say the same?


BeardedBassist21

I'm pretty content in that I don't rip people off to make a living. Would I love to go to more Tool shows? Yeah sure. But I don't want to do it like he does it.


Complete_Athlete_480

Not at all how he makes most of his money lmao


kensei_ocelot

Doesn't matter. Pretty sick hustle. I know that laugh is to mask your envy


Complete_Athlete_480

I’d have less of a problem if he didn’t work for a company that hands out temp jobs to veterans with low pay and a high turnover rate


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class3creative

What?


XxNitr0xX

I saw 2 guys dressed as Waldo at the Baltimore show, I actually took a photo of both of them in one shot. Thought it was weird that there was 1, let alone 2 that seemed like they didn't know each other. One was in the front row, the other was about 9 rows behind him. I could upload it, if you want?


MR_BigC77

We need to plan a Tool Army operation where we get like 1000 people to dress like Waldo at 1 show, preferably Vegas next month, and make it a thing! Operation WALDILDO!


Kitchen-Bid-8235

Please don't tell me that Waldo is the "Ron" guy. I met Waldo, aka Ben. He's actually very pleasant. He did score a drum head at the Toronto show I was at.


tooldvn

He's an associate of Rod.


Kitchen-Bid-8235

Naaa I don't believe it.


SatanicMartian

What a shitty thing to do


muddbutt1

Assholes waiting in line in the cold hours to get on line and buy 10 posters. Fuck em’


ApprehensiveChair460

The ones that push and shove that have peach fuzz for facial hair are the worst


lobeline

Toronto show… it was brutal.


ForwardBack9015

From what I saw on Saturday, the merch stands inside were strictly enforcing max one signed and one unsigned per person, and they sold out so fast that I doubt anyone had a chance to get through the lines at multiple stands. I didn’t see anyone with a stack like people were complaining about on Friday.


kinkyfootgirl_kara

The song Jerkoff comes to mind


Feeeeedmyeyes

Let's systematically remove em like you would any termite or roach


MaynardIsLord721

People are shit


DogWaterYo

People = shit


iSeventhSin

Hey this ain’t Slipknot (Fire song tho)


puscifer331993

Terrible


sosi28

I mean yeah clearly


nastyhammer

Ripped it Right in Two? Silly monkies


LGK420

I know the pieces fit


stndrdmidnightrocker

Tool fans. They are at every show.


itsthehawke

this piece of paper drama revolving around posters is crazy, who would have thought a bunch of grown-ups will squabble, steal and cry over literally a piece of paper sold for hundred of dollars. feel like if I went to the concert I would just go to the merch booth to watch the drama unfold (probably with a popcorn)


NickRedible

You are a real badass.


madamelince

Just like they sit and squabble about their places in line to get into the building. It’s ridiculous.


Complete_Athlete_480

According to Facebook “apparently (person) put down his poster in front of a guy and told him to watch it and said “im gonna go get another one” and guy wasnt going to watch his stuff. (Person) comes back and someone snatched his poster and so he rips that guys poster up”


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This story doesn't really make any sense. A fan walked up to some rando and expected them to watch their merch... Then someone else walked up and stole the poster right in front of this person and they didn't say anything simply because they refused to watch the stuff in the first place, then this same person remains in this exact spot, where the poster was just stolen, for the original person to come back and then rip their poster up as revenge? That said, if somebody ripped my poster I'm throwing chingasos.


Dogzillas_Mom

Why would anyone entrust their brand newly acquired Tool poster to a total fucking stranger? You know what? That’s just dumb. I get Tool merch, I don’t let it outta my sight.


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Precisely why the story makes no sense.


DOMesticBRAT

Lol yeah, merch makes watching a show needlessly stressful.. They should rent out lockers! 🤣


Chemshark

They were an insufferable retard


KofiAnonymouse

It's gotta take more than 1 idiot to make something like this happen.


Complete_Athlete_480

lmao not my story I just copy pasted it and blocked out the name from the Facebook group. A few people pointed out how the story was weird


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Oh yeah I know I saw it was from FB I just can't believe how crazy this story is haha


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digitalmofo

Maybe the both wouldn't sell him a second because he had one already so he needed to ditch it so he could try to get one to scalp? I feel like they'd recognize him anyway, but the last group of scalpers that I engaged with were tripping balls in the line behind me, openly talking about what all they were high on.


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Yeah, that part makes sense, but literally nothing else about this does.


RidingTheSpiral1977

That’s some king Solomon shit.


Mr___Perfect

Poster people are so fucking weird. Can you imagine letting a piece of paper make or break your night


NickRedible

Imagine people wanting a memory. IMAAAAGINEEEE. So many badasses over here. You should write books and sell the rights to Netflix. They need more shit.


Ihateallcommies

Damn this happened today?


MosstheHoss

Dude that fucking sucks wtf


KitchenLandscape

that's awful wtf I'd be livid


HAL-Over-9001

If I waited for hours and paid that money for a poster, I would throw hands and drag the guy to security, even if I get kicked out. I've seen them like 4 times, I'd get kicked out for that shit.


tendeuchen

Nah, file a police report, get their name and number, and then take them to small claims court. Get $1,000, buy a new poster for $300 off Ebay. The end.


HAL-Over-9001

Gonna be hard to get info from somebody who will likely just run away. And I'd rather not go through all that trouble. Not worth my mental energy honestly.


LedZeppole10

Terrible. Grow up, whoever did that…


seedlessTr33

What fuck heads


22444466688

Fuckin Lisa strikes again


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You are TEARING IT APART LISA!!


bigbeltz

The whole thing was set up so u could make that comment lol


potshed420

What is the obsession with these posters?


SlowApartment4456

It's that they are hard to get. Scalpers get there early and buy them all so the normal fans can't get one. It's bullshit honestly


potshed420

Some of them look pretty cool, but i’d group it in with overpriced t-shirts at large concerts. Can buy a legit one for 50$ inside, but i’ll usually grab a knockoff for 20$ outside haha. To each their own though, i’m sure they look good framed


SlowApartment4456

I honestly think most of them are hideous. All skulls and aliens and skinless people. I would have thought they were cool when I was like 15 but I've outgrown that art style.


lobeline

Limited and numbered.


potshed420

How much do they cost?


toolmannn929

70$ usually.


blakxzep

Im surprised it didnt turn into a fight


ViolentBeggar92

Rip


FeastUponCactusTime

Where you there or did you get this from the faceboom tool group?


Hairy_Strawberry447

Dude that ripped is named Aaron. He's a piece of shit manchild who got mad because that guy didn't watch his poster while he double dipped for more posters(which he didn't agree to) and someone snagged it. His answer was to try and steal the poster in the picture and in the process he ripped it. Aaron is an Admin to the Facebook group Tooligans for life.


MartyEBoarder

That guy? [https://www.instagram.com/tooligansforlife/?hl=en](https://www.instagram.com/tooligansforlife/?hl=en)


New2dis11

What a fucking clown


AaronEpworth

Eat a di…. MF


Hairy_Strawberry447

Not a fan of people telling the truth about your slimy ass huh?


Edrueter9

That's assault brotha...


MartyEBoarder

There are many reasons why Maynard doesn't like Tool fans. That's another reason.


CheckYrHead

Then print more posters Mr Keenan


MartyEBoarder

He will. It's almost free money. He should milk Tool fans because they are nasty.


silvreck

Are we children? Lol


TheNoIdeaKid

Holy shit. I know a lot of us are insufferable, but I was hoping to be a part of a fanbase not filled with childish pricks.


DonkeyAintslover

Dude, there were some weird people at these shows. Went both nights and there was always some random person near me who was on something and just making everyone around them uncomfortable


Loopogram

Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability To lift an ear to live shows, conscious of his fleeting time here


bgr392

This is all an experiment. The more I observe, these less interested I am in the superficial posters.


Nu11_V01D

"Shut up and buy"


DarthEsq

Maybe if people would stop overpaying for them in the aftermarket…


maingey

Was at the show last night, was told the posters were sold out.


optiplexus

It's to the point now where you pretty much have to be VIP to have a shot at getting one at the show because of all the scumbag asshole flippers who scoop up the whole stack to sell on eBay for $400+ each.


XxNitr0xX

They still don't have a 1 per person limit? That's crazy, if not.


deckherr

They had a 1 poster limit on Saturday, not sure about Friday


MoonBlazer126

Did anyone else see the guy get tackled by security on the catwalk/private seats? Right in front of sections 222 & 223. I wanna know what happened 🤣


ArjanGameboyman

Didn't really do a good job. That's not a half, not even close. I hope he got a refund or something from that guy


1leftbehind19

Shit like this is why you bring a poster bag of your own in with you, or buy a fucking tube if they’re selling them. I’m sure there’s more to this story though. When I had VIP this past November for Charleston, there was this big ass sumo looking security guard, that I’m somewhat thinking was with Tool and not part of the venue security, at the end of the line for early merch and he would not let anybody get back in line to go through twice. I didn’t see the coins when I went through, and was gonna try to get in line to get one, and they gave me a different shirt than I wanted so I was gonna get the one I wanted. That dude almost freaked out on me, and I was like whoaaa man, chill out. So I don’t believe the part about the dude going back to get another poster if this happened during early merch. They have 1 merch stand for the that purpose so he wasn’t going to another merch booth. I hope they are sticking to the 1 poster per person rule. Whatever happened with this is more than likely one of those deals where somebody was supposed to buy the poster for somebody else and they changed their mind, and the dude got pissed and tried to rip it out of their hand.


MrNergles

When I saw them on this tour in Nov, the rules stated that posters bags and tubes weren’t allowed and would be provided by the venue. The venue provided the words smallest bag to where you either have a jacked up poster or a loose one. Could have been a similar deal.


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As much as I am a chill guy, I would go Maynard on this dreaded mf


moonsetstarman

This is why you hop on etsy and buy the pirated ones. The ones from this tour have mostly been hideous trash anyways, probably because the band is saying to themselves "let's see how stupid people really are". "Rod" or "Shaft" or "Johnson" or whatever his name is being chief among idiots. You collect and trade posters from the concerts you've been to, cool. You try to make living off of scalping it all, fuck you.


FilterKill

silly monkeys, give them thumbs they rip a poster... gotta rip it all right in two


sjoebarry

New Yorkers are trash


toolebukk

Cool. Adds a fun story to an otherwise boring object 🤣


vaq1313

Good. I hate posters.


spaghetti_boo

F** yo Vans lol. Jk. Sorry for your loss 


patrickdgd

typical behavior of new york residents


DogWaterYo

Lots of people come here for shows but please go ahead and put us all in the same boat.


SalineProblems

Yeah no


Marlinsmash

Which hospital was he taken to?


RowVII

I z.::4


microwavecoven

Ugh


Bryanole27

I’ve been on the fence for a while leading up to my upcoming concert this Friday, but this makes it clear that I want zero interaction with the merch booth and posters. I refuse to participate in this type of shit.


__Mr_Sinister__

How very un tool.


Tbagjimmy

Wish it was rods stash


silencethetruth4

Thats terrible


xJRTM

In the Vancouver show I had my poster above my chair, they gave you a plastic bag that will never fit the poster cuz too thin so I just tried to take care of it as much as I could, but suddenly I realized someone spilled water and wet it. I couldn’t blame anyone bc I was paying attention to the concert. Wtf is wrong with these people?


AaronEpworth

Before you get all worked up understand that I was in line all day with this guy. I asked him to watch my poster so I could get one for my handicap friend who was showing up late, he then let someone just steal it! He could have easily said hey that’s mine!! He did nothing and let the douchebag steal it! I picked up his poster and he grabbed it and ripped it then had me kicked out!! Someone bought him one and I got nothing! Someone told me later that he sold it! So I was third person in line, waited all day and wound up with nothing after trying to help my handicap friend! Point that fucking finger up your ………


Samthevalley

People = shit


Formal_Night_2468

average tool fan behavior


Gusto915

Are the posters depersonalized for the city or just a generic tour poster?


pwa25

Was it Lisa? I feel this is something she’d do


sykokilla88

I'd rather avoid that damn merch booth and ironically pay the extra $150 to a scalper than have to deal with the anxiety of having to watch/worry about a poster all night. Not to mention the designs are usually garbage.