Adam Jones is the creative mind behind the amazing guitar riffs
and the intense videos of Tool.
Adam is originally from Illinois, and played violin in elementary
school. He was accepted into the Suzuki program, and continued
to play violin through his freshman year in high school. He then
played a stand up bass for three years in an orchestra.
In addition to playing in an orchestra, Adam played bass in a band
called Electric Sheep with Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine
in high school (Libertyville), and while he never received
traditional guitar lessons, they learned from each other. Adam also
studied film. Adam recieved a music scholarship to go to college,
but chose to go to art school instead.
Adam went to school at the Hollywood Makeup Academy. He began
by learning "straight make-up," because he thought
it would help him out. He then began work as a sculptor and
special effects designer where he learned the stop-motion camera
techniques he would later apply in Tool's videos Sober, Prison Sex,
Stinkfist, and Ænema.
After he graduated, he went to work at Rick Lazzarini's "The Character
Shop." He was there for quite a while, 1-2 years, and worked on
a TV show called "Monsters." He designed and fabricated a Grim
Reaper makeup and a Zombie head on a spike (later used in
Ghostbusters 2.) he worked on several commercials, and was
one of the designers. He worked on a salad dressing commercial
(it was never aired), Olympic stain (Albert Einstein makeups),
Duracell (Boxers and Taxi cabs), Nightmare on Elm Street Part 5
(He did the Freddy Kreuger "in the womb" makeup), and Ghostbusters
2. At that time, Adam had a pet chameleon and a Great Dane.
After that, he went to Stan Winston's. There he worked on
Predator 2, where he sculpted a unique looking skull for the
Predator's space ship interior.
Adam worked on several other big films in Hollywood doing makeup
and set design, including Jurassic Park and Terminator 2. He also
helped Green Jello with their costumes.
Adam is a great drawer, and is brilliant at caricatures. He is a big
Devo fan. He used to skateboard and had an empty pool in front
of the house he rented.
Birth Name : Adam Thomas Jones
Birthday : January 15, 1965
Quick Facts :
Adam has had many pets; one of his pigs is on the back of the Undertow CD case.
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