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 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.
music people receptive
If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.
music
I haven't listened to much music lately; I've been out of it.
adds capture connection image interested music pick present songs tool
Everyone in Tool is interested in how we present our music. We write a group of songs that have a vibe, energy and feeling, and then we try to pick an image to capture that and communicate a feeling. We want something that adds to the connection with the audience.
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.
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.
self taught classical-music
I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
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.
few people
I really like stuff that is collectible that you can hold and go, 'There's only a few people that have this.' I like to see that someone's put a lot of labor into making something.
four hard reaching time
With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.
We're more into expressing ourselves than making radio hits.