As a lifelong wrestling fan, Tool guitarist Adam Jones has had an interesting relationship with the WWE throughout the years, more recently has become quite vocal about his love of sports entertainment. Outside of attending various shows and befriending various wrestlers he performed the American national anthem at a ‘SummerSlam‘ at a ‘SummerSlam‘ event and even proposed to his now wife at a ‘Royal Rumble‘ event. Rollingstone.com got ahold of Jones to discuss his pro wrestling fandom and just how deep he’s gone behind the scenes. Speaking of how he first came to love it, he offered:
“I lived in the suburbs of Chicago, in Libertyville, so I didn’t get too much exposure to it except through UHF channels. I would watch some local stuff, but they would come and go so often that I don’t really remember what I was watching – it’s like how a record label changes hands all the time; I can’t even tell you what record label we’re on right now! I grew up with WWF, now WWE – it was one of my outlets; I was into horror movies and creepy comics, but also sports, so wrestling kind of had it all. And a lot of times there was blood!
As I got older, my interests expanded to include makeup effects and music, but wrestling truly makes me feel like a little kid. For a long time I kept it personal. You know, I wouldn’t tell people I was into it – but now that I’m older, I don’t give a shit what people think about me. A lot of my friends give me shit – “Why don’t you watch UFC? It’s real” – but I tell them, “Look, what these guys do is exciting! It’s entertainment!” No one is going to hit anyone with a chair in UFC.”
Dig in for more over at the Rollingstone.com. And as for the new Tool album, Jones only briefly mentioned it confirming that writing is still underway.
