Justin began his celebration of life in England where as a child you could often find him playing soccer with his siblings and friends.  Sometimes Justin would catch himself mesmerized by the dancing and spinning of the ball sensing the possibilities of worlds within worlds.  At the age of eight he began playing guitar and at fourteen started meeting and playing with the friends he would eventually form the band Peach with. Peach released the album"Giving Birth to a Stone" and later appeared as an opening band for Tool on several dates in England. Carrying with him a strange sense of alternate realities, Justin found himself able to access them through music and altered states of consciousness.  When Tool needed a bass player in 1995 the journey to America seemed simple compared to the paths he had explored within his own mind.  On January 12, of 1997 Justin married a very special lady from Statten Island,NY, Ariadne Philippoussis, on top of Mingus Mountain.  Currently Justin has been practicing entering hypnagogic states facilitated by sonic landscapes generated by his wife Ari and a highly specialized form of tensor yoga.  These function as the arc and threads that buoy and retrieve him from the watery matrices and emotional labyrinths he explores. He then utilizes these experiences as a reference point in his riffs and style to induce a holographic depth to Tool's music.


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