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Adam is originally from Illinois, and played violin in elementary school. He was accepted into the Suzuki program, and continued to play violin through his freshman year in high school. He then played a stand up bass for three years in an orchestra.
In addition to playing in an orchestra, Adam played bass in a band called Electric Sheep with Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine in high school (Libertyville), and while he never received traditional guitar lessons, they learned from each other. Adam also studied film, and recieved a scholarship to go to film school.
Adam began by learning "straight make-up," because he thought it would help him out. He then began work as a sculptor and special effects designer where he learned the stop-motion camera techniques he would later apply in Tool's videos Sober, Prison Sex, and Stinkfist.
Adam went to school at the Hollywood Makeup Academy. After he graduated, he went to work at Rick Lazzarini's "The Character Shop." He was there for quite a while, 1-2 years, and worked on a TV show called "Monsters." He designed and fabricated a Grim Reaper makeup and a Zombie head on a spike (later used in Ghostbusters 2.) Adam worked on several commercials, and was one of the designers. He worked on a salad dressing commercial (it was never aired), Olympic stain (Albert Einstein makeups), Duracell (Boxers and Taxi cabs), Nightmare on Elm Street Part 5 (He did the Fredy Kreuger in the womb makeup), and Ghostbusters 2. At the time that Adam had a pet chameleon and a Great Dane. After that, Adam went to Stan Winston's. There he worked on Predator 2, where he sculpted a unique looking skull for the Predator 2 space ship interior.
Adam is a great drawer, and is brilliant at charicatures. He was a big Devo fan (the music group). He used to really be into skateboarding and had an empty pool in front of the house he rented.
Adam worked on several other big films in Hollywood doing makeup and set design, including Jurassic Park and Terminator 2. He also helped Green Jello with their costumes, and actively sculpts and paints.
Other Points of Interest Birthday January 15th 1965
Facts Adam has three dogs, two cats, and two pigs - one is on the back of undertow
Equipment Adam uses Silverburst 1978 Gibson Les Paul Customs, 3 Different Stacks (A vintage Marshall head: a non-master volume bass amp from 1976, a Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier, a Diezel VH-4 head amp), Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck bridge position humbuckers, Delay and EQ effects pedals, supposedly an Epilady and a harmonizer on the beginning of 'Third Eye,' and a whole lot more. Email me if you know for sure what else or more specifically he uses.