“When you’re a kid, you go, ‘I could never be as good as a real rockstar,’ and here’s a guy that’s amazing, and he’s missing parts of his fingers”: Adam Jones on Tony Iommi’s influence and what took Tool so long to join Black Sabbath’s last hurrah

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.

Like many guitarists before him, when Tool’s Adam Jones describes his early experience with Black Sabbath, he recalls the fear – and excitement – the foursome of Osbourne, Butler, Iommi and Ward elicited.

“I always wanted to do a compilation of music that scared the shit out of me when I heard it for the first time,” Jones says.