- Adrian's first drumming experience was in a ninth grade
talent show.
- Adrian loves golf and would be a professional golfer if
he wasn't in the band. He has been swinging for over 21 years.
- Adrian's parents were hippes
- Adrian was once arrested in the street for public nudity
- When Adrian started wearing black lipstick and makeup
back in the TK days, it was because Nina was/used to be a goth.
- No Doubt was not Adrian's first band - he first played in a band called The Naked Postmen, and
later right before he joined ND, Echostar.
- Adrian has been credited with writing only one ND song to date, Move On. Instead, he feels that
he just shows up when needed and gives the songs a little something extra. Gwen says that songs are like children and Adrian
is their uncle, she says he invites them over and he gives them a beer, basically spoils them.
- Adrian had a cat called Sammy.
- Adrian got the idea for his devil horn hairstyle from an extra on the Just A Girl video shoot.
The kid got mad and wrote Adrian an angry letter, telling him that he was just a "big fake". Adrian wrote back telling the
kid he was an asshole.
- "We're definately signed with Interscope, but as far as I'm concerned, I do as many records as
a feel like doing."
- The first cd he ever bought was 'Road To Ruin' by The Ramones
- He had to battle it out with another drummer to enter the band, in the end he won because he
lied about how long he had been playing.
- Adrian claims to be a "professional socializer"
- Adrian has four siblings - Damien, Jeff, Alex, and Aaron
- He worked at the Steak House before joining the band
- His house has seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms
- His drumkit is down in the wine cellar in his house so he can play as long and as loud as he
wants without bothering anyone
- Adrian collects old arcade games and has a signed Kiss pinball machine
- Back in 2000 he ran his own golf magazine called 'Schwing!'
- "She's smarter than I am, I don't know why she goes out with me." (on Nina)
- "I love every Police record ever made"
