Talk:Adam Jones (musician)

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Pedal Board
I'm not sure if this is supposed to go here, but here goes. I noticed that his pedalboard keeps getting listed as three completely wrong pedals, so I went and fixed it. I came back to reference it, and it was changed back! Has anyone else noticed this?

64.56.19.221 (talk) 03:45, 7 August 2009 (UTC)Quinlan
 * Not sure why it's being reverted, it doesn't really bother me though I can see how it could be considered original research. I suspect because none of it is referenced in any way. If you want to avoid then then personally I'd say the onus is on you to get it referenced properly. hellboy (talk) 09:40, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Overhaul
This article needed an overhaul very badly and I gave it one. It was very Maynard/Tool-centric and didn't focus as much on Adam as it needed to. Adam has accomplished a lot more than I have documented here, but in the previous version, much less was listed, and many unnecessary facts about Maynard and Tool were present.

Overhaul pt2
This article once again needs an overhaul very badly.. It is almost entirely copied of toolshed.down.net.. Furthermore, that bio from toolshed actually isn't written that well..--Johnnyw 03:10, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well there isn't much documented about him, it won't necessarily be able to be super long. I think it is sufficient at least.--Cassius987 19:47, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I do not mean to add more information, just rewrite the article in a more structured fashion. And as i said, it's mostly a copy off toolshed's FAQ, which is of course not NPOV.. --Johnnyw 21:22, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

Hey I noticed that you said you need a citation to verify the part about adam only using the treble pickup in concert, and leaving the rhythm off so he can quickly kill the sound. I found Adam saying that himself in an online interview here http://www.musictoyz.com/articles/choptool.php later.

Puscifer reference
can we change the bit about puscifer being a "fake band" to "then-fake band" or something like that as maynard has actually created a project called puscifer? Deutschebag17 23:37, 5 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Done. –Pomte 00:08, 6 March 2007 (UTC)


 * i adjusted it a little bit to make it clear that he's not involved in puscifer. was this a wise move?Deutschebag17 05:17, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, totally subtle move. –Pomte 06:15, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Playing Style
"Adam's playing style consists of his major usage of fifths.???" Are you kidding me!?! Saying that his playing style consists of his "major usage of fifths" is only slightly less useless than saying its consists of his "ample use of notes". Any musician making any sort of music is going to include the fifth in many, if not most, of the chords they play. If you restrict yourself to "heavier" music, _every_ guitar player plays power chords. This means either a) the root and a fifth. or b) the root, the fifth above it and *gasp* the octave. Holy crap!! That's revolutionary!! Hrm, methinks not so much. But, more importantly, it doesn't give the reader any idea what Adam sounds like. (Of course, the best way to know what he sounds like is to go listen to some Tool.) Adam Jones is no shredding guitar monster, nor is he some kind of six-string savant; What he is, however, is a _musician_ who know how to compliment the rest of his band's sound. And for that, he is to be commended. So, whoever was writing about his playing style. Why don't you cast aside your (I suspect somewhat limited) understanding of music theory and try to describe Adam's sound in terms that actually capture (however limitedly it is possible in words) what makes him worth listening to.


 * You make good points. If you have the time, I invite you to edit this section yourself.  You don't have to create an account to do this, but it doesn't take long to sign up.  Thanks for the note.  hombre de haha 23:14, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Take a look at the Musical traits section of the Tool article, I have incorporated two short bits about Adam's playing style. The sources I used of course contain a lot more information, I hope it helps.. (won't be doing it myself though since I am still working on the Tool article) Johnny w   talk  09:48, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

drug use
does adam do drugs. it says he is accused of doing drugs. but it never says whether he does or not...
 * He probably has done in the past, and still may, but since there's nothing to back this up I've removed the section. hellboy 23:49, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

I think that you should add that recently adam jones has been critical of drugs users like in this interview. http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/aug2006/tool.aspx

He also said "he doesn't really do drugs". That interview is considerably more recent than the 1999 RAGE interview. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.194.42.174 (talk) 22:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Sitar?
The 10,000 Days page says Adam uses a Sitar on one of the songs on that album. Can anyone find any info regarding this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.98.118 (talk) 12:37, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Requested move
Adam Jones → Adam Jones (musician) — With Pacman Jones now known as Adam Jones (that article is also the subject of a move debate), there would be a more well-known person using the name Adam Jones. —AEMoreira042281 (talk) 15:32, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Debatable. I, and I presume anyone outside of the US, would have no idea who this other Adam is, whereas this Adam has thousands of fans around the world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.92.197.89 (talk) 20:58, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

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This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. Vegaswikian (talk) 21:08, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Divorce
Someone mentioned that Adam and Camella have divorced. Is there any kind of source for this - I've not seen it anywhere hellboy (talk) 11:20, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, he's now dating Korin Faught. (His Twitter feed is filled with pictures of her, of Adam by Korin, and them together). Camella seems to have moved to Mexico. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Misrabelle (talk • contribs) 07:57, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

Adm Jones playing style is in drop D
Adam Jones, along with Justin Chancellor, primarily play in drop D tuning on most Tool songs.. as a guitarist this is significant particularly when playing his songs..This is not mentioned in the playing style which is fairly non descript..I feel it is worth mentioning that he is playing almost entirely in drop D..the whole sound and feel of the band has evolved around this tuning..standard tuning is entirely different and is never used by TOOL — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cam01235 (talk • contribs) 17:34, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Drop D is not as significant as you believe it to be, nor is it "entirely different" from standard tuning. "Drop D" is merely a method for playing power chords(i.e., Root-Fifth-Octave) on the bottom 3 strings with one barred finger. The 6th string is dropped to match the fret of it's octave on the 4th string, while the tuning of the other five strings remain the same as standard. Considering Drop D tuning was popular long before Tool was formed and it was hardly what "the band has evolved around". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.58.201.168 (talk) 00:04, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

There are multiple problems with defining his playing style. As is mentioned in the article, he incorporates multiple styles. He leans heavily on muted strings for a good portion of Tool's newer material. There is some mention that he is a minimalist, and that is just wrong. He is in no way a minimalist, he allows the guitar to serve the song as opposed to the other way around. He has used multiple tracks and it can get complex when the tracks run parallel until one or two beats where they differ. He also uses different tracks to play in different time signatures or to simulate a delay (again, until that beat where the 'delay' differs from the primary riff). His use of triplets does not even belong in the article as most guitarists use them. He uses very complex rhythmic structures which, at times, incorporates triplets.

Pipe-bomb microphone
It says in the article at the moment that the "pipe bomb microphone" "exploded" "injuring 132 fans".

No citation is given, and it sounds like a misinterpreted joke, not least because there's no bomb in a pipe bomb microphone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.27.1.191 (talk) 21:04, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I quite agree. I can find no mention of this incident on the internet, and so I must assume it was a joke edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.92.197.89 (talk) 20:56, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

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overhaul pt3
there's nowhere near enough about his film-making, either as a career in its own right or as part of tool's output. a bloke in the office here thought 'prison sex' was a Jan Švankmajer, for example.

I'm not seeing anything about his use of keyboards either, yet there's always one near him on stage.

there must be some info out there besides the band's own website, or OR...

duncanrmi (talk) 23:25, 30 August 2022 (UTC)