Tool - Maynard Talks About 9/11

"9/11"
Maynard James Keenan of Tool talks 2 days after 9/11 (09.13.01) about the 9/11 attacks during Tool's concert in Michigan. (This is a collection of all comments Maynard James Keenan made that day).

[coyotebongwater]

took me a while to realize its a picture

[Kornhulio]

Fans: "USA! USA! USA! USA! ...."
Maynard: "You're all gonna be really bummed-out when you find out it was the USA that did it"
Fans: "USA! USA usa? .... ?!... "

Love you Maynard

[adolpholiverbush]

All I can say is that it took massive balls to say what MJK said back then. Massive.

[doUevnStrngthCampBro]

And I'm sure the message he was trying to give went right over damn near everyones heads.

[chrisruiz]

he gave almost the same speech on 9/12 in columbus ohio. i remember when the croud started chanting usa usa he stopped them and told them it wasnt about that. it was about all the innocent people who lost their lifes

[santacruzloc]

“We could choose fear or we could choose compassion and love” -Bill Hicks

[bradensmith]

I love how MJK thinks. And pokes fun at all his dock riding fans

[mehbobotorp]

"You guys are gonna be bummed out when you find out the United States was behind it"

This is why I fucking love these guys. 2 days after the event and they can already see past the bullshit.

[hambonemcgee]

I was at the concert in cleveland, 2 weeks after this, Maynard was not happy with the patriotic cheers from the audience. (USA....USA)  At that time, I was upset with that, but after more than a decade, I see he was right.  

[whitedevil]

48 hours after the fist plane hit.... "You're all gonna be real bummed-out when you find out it was USA that did it". Legendary.

[KowakianMonkey-Lizard]

Bill Hicks quote about choosing between fear and love

[awesomejghrksmk]

"Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one." -Bill Hicks...a man Maynard contributed a whole album to.

[toby]

First time I saw tool was 9-9-2001 (Indianapolis), also the first time I smoked weed.

[karmashaman]

Maynard's live rants are often unusual & insightful in equal measures.

[UDKoder]

Halfway through this he says "You are all gonna be bummed out when you find out it was the US GOVERNMENT that did it."

I said the same thing on 9/11, at a restaurant in Houston, TX. An investment banker told me, I wasnt a banker, I was employed at the office he used to justify payroll for his personal whore, my friends sister, a former stripper.

He called me at the office and asked me if I saw the news. I replied that I did not watch television anymore. He told me what happened and I said 'I wouldnt be surprised to find out that this is just a government agenda being advanced for reasons we do not yet understand. "

It wasnt a ridiculous idea then and it isnt ridiculous now.
I got a national defense ribbon shortly after and went off to fight this holiest of wars, and do you know what I saw when I got there?

People just like you and me.

[bobofdeathtoall]

It's funny how many people just don't realize Maynard is trolling sometimes. How many people screamed when he offered up the "Nonconformist Oath" not realizing it was an oxymoron.

[travattica]

I was supposed to see them on 9/12 in Dayton, OH but it was cancelled cuz of 9/11. I remember thinking when I heard it was cancelled "well, the terrorists already won"

[vonveezil]

I was at the show on 9/10 in Madison Wisconsin. Maynard said then " There's some bad people out there and they want to hurt us badly. Be aware, be prepared. It's coming soon". How profound a statement 1 day before it happened.

[cerealu]

Repeat after me:
"Never repeat things other people say.".
never....oh shit!!

[alexdeschenes]

Does he always give speeches during shows?
He gave one at Boston Calling and it was honestly one of the best speeches ive ever heard in my life. Ever.