NAME Adam Shields
AGE 24
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY Utah State Prison, Draper, UT
CRIME unspeakable
SENTENCE 3 years to life (maximum sentence of 6 years, 5 months)
ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE June 2008
FAVORITE GUITARISTS Kirk Hammett, Kerry King, Zakk Wylde, Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee, Dimebag Darrell
FAVORITE GUITAR WORLD SECTIONS Songs, Dave Mustaine’s column
GUITARS ESP LTD V-500, Fender Strat, Abilene acoustic
SONGS I’D LIKE TO SEE TRANSCRIBED Metallica “Master of Puppets and “Harvester of Sorrow,” Pantera “Walk” and “Goddamn Electric,” Black Label Society “Suicide Messiah” and “Funeral Bells,” Ozzy Osbourne “I’m Not Going Away” and “No More Tears,” Megadeth “Symphony of Destruction” and “A Tout Le Monde”
CRAZIEST THING SEEN IN PRISON “The successful inclusion of a music school in the prison. I thought they were crazy when they told me it was starting up, but now it’s been almost a year and a half and the school is going strong.”
FIRST THING I WANT TO DO UPON MY RELEASE “After meeting with my parole officer I want to go to Carl’s Jr. for a real meal. Then I’m going to buy some guitar equipment!”