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Mike Sullivan [left] of Russian Circles plays a Dunable electric guitar. Adam Jones [right] of Tool wears all white as he performs at Lollapalooza in 2009.
The time Adam Jones saved Tool's support band from rental amp hell with a random act of kindness

By Jonathan Horsley Published

We've all been there, sweating with a borrowed backline that's not playing ball. Luckily, Mike Sullivan of Russian Circles had a guardian angel looking over him

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Tool Bassist Justin Chancellor with a 1963 Fender Precision Bass
Justin Chancellor explains how bass fits into Tool’s challenging brand of prog

By Nick Wells Published

With their uncompromising blend of formidable time signatures and distorted guitar riffs, Tool are a band quite unlike any other

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Adam Jones, of TOOL american Rock band, performs on the concert at Calle 2 on March 18, 2025 in Zapopan, Mexico
Tool’s Adam Jones and Danny Carey serve up surprise prog rock spar to open the Canelo vs. Crawford boxing match

By Janelle Borg Published

The 75-second performance may have been short – but it came right after the band’s appearance at Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning extravaganza

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Adam Jones, Tom Morello and Billy Corgan
The ‘metal Yardbirds’ assemble at Back to the Beginning

By Phil Weller Published

K.K. Downing, Rudy Sarzo and Danny Carey joined the trio to perform Judas Priest and Black Sabbath cuts

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Adam Jones [Left] wears sunglasses and plays his signature Gibson Flying V as he performs with Tool; [Right] Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath is pictured in a black leather jacket with his customary SG with cross inlays.
Adam Jones on Tony Iommi and saluting Black Sabbath with an all-star Tool x Pumpkins x RATM jam

By Andrew Daly Published

Tool guitarist Adam Jones explains how Tony Iommi's triumph over adversity was every bit as influential as his horror-influenced riffs – and what to expect from his Back to the Beginning collabs with Tom Morello and Billy Corgan

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Adam Jones, of TOOL american Rock band, performs on the concert at Calle 2 on March 18, 2025 in Zapopan, Mexico
Why Adam Jones wasn't originally going to take part in Ozzy Osbourne's last ever show

By Janelle Borg Published

In case Tool fans were wondering why the band wasn’t part of the original lineup...

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Billy Corgan of the band The Smashing Pumpkins performs during a concert as part of 'The World Is A Vampire Tour' at Coliseo General Ruminahui on November 12, 2024 in Quito, Ecuador
Billy Corgan names himself and two other ’90s guitar gods as the ‘metal Yardbirds’

By Matt Owen Published

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman shared near-identical early experiences with two other players close to his local area, but they all ended up going down different avenues – not unlike the Yardbird legends

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Tom Morello in 1999 and Adam Jones in 1997
Tom Morello reflects on his high school band with Adam Jones – and how the guitarist shaped him into the player he is today

By Phil Weller Published

Morello remembers how the Tool maestro helped kick-start his career by dragging him to gigs in a lengthy post that recalls the pair’s friendship

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Adam Jones performs with Tool at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on August 16, 1997
Tool's Adam Jones on taking cues from Meshuggah, unorthodox pedals, and the trick he learned from Robert Fripp

By Chris Gill Published

On the eve of the release of 10,000 Days, Tool's tone titan sat down for a chat with GW about the reclusive quartet's creative process, “the Melvins school of writing music,” and why he absolutely, positively, did not use an EBow on the album

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Adam Jones of Toll plays his Silverburst Les Paul Custom on a darkly lit stage in 2017.
Learn how Adam Jones forged his rhythmically audacious Tool riffing style

By Jamie Hunt Published

We unpack the rhythmically complex metal style of Tool’s polymath guitarist, improving your timing and legato in the process

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