Adam Jones

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Adam Jones about Think:

I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.

Adam Jones about Sound:

That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to ...
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Adam Jones about Custom:

I use Gibson guitars, I prefer the Les Paul custom.

Adam Jones about Ending:

When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending ...
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Adam Jones about Radio:

We're more into expressing ourselves than making radio hits.

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Adam Jones about Three:

As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.

Adam Jones about Violin:

I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.

Adam Jones about Play:

I personally don't like to use as many effects because when you play live, something always goes wrong.

Adam Jones about People:

I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.

Adam Jones about Think:

I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.

Adam Jones about Play:

If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric.

Adam Jones about Custom:

I use Gibson guitars, I prefer the Les Paul custom.

Adam Jones about Marketing:

I think putting labels on people is just an easy way of marketing something you don't understand.

Adam Jones about Think:

I'm my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist.

Adam Jones about Guitar:

I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.

Adam Jones about Good:

I'm not a good guitar player.

Adam Jones about Know:

I'm not a geek about equipment, I just know what I like.

Adam Jones about Song:

I've never worried about how long the song is.

Adam Jones about Guitar:

I've always dabbled on guitar, but never took lessons.

Adam Jones about Lyrics:

I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.

Adam Jones about Music:

My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.

Adam Jones about Time:

Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.

Adam Jones about Grunge:

The Melvins are grunge.

Adam Jones about Love:

That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.

Adam Jones about Sound:

That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound.

Adam Jones about 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.

Adam Jones about Meetings:

We have meetings with our record label to tell them how to market us.

Adam Jones about Ending:

When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.

Adam Jones about Radio:

We're more into expressing ourselves than making radio hits.

Adam Jones about Time:

We wanted to take as much time and effort making the video as we did the song.

Adam Jones about Time:

With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.