Adam Jones
Adam Jones
Adam Thomas Jonesis a three-time Grammy Award-winning American musician and visual artist, best known for his position as the guitarist for Tool. Jones has been rated the 75th Greatest Guitarist of all time by the Rolling Stone and placed ninth in Guitar World's Top 100 Greatest metal Guitarists. Jones is also the director of the majority of Tool's music videos...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth15 January 1965
CountryUnited States of America
art
Fine art is really something I want to get into.
artists bigger gone labels money
We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
art drive environment happy influence inspired music whatever
There's always the influence of music, film, art and the other things that drive me. I'm usually inspired by my environment and whatever is making me happy or mad.
art
All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.
emphasis looks message music puts taking
When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.
approach band hit music
My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.
music
But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.
felt played until
When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.
compared raw unsafe
That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound.
les paul
I use Gibson guitars; I prefer the Les Paul custom.
people
I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.
band great helmet love song sounds
I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.
hit love music
That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
involved music
I've always been involved in the visual arts and music.