CALEB LANDRY JONES
He’s played a mutant, an eccentric zombie killer and a member of a Satanic cult, but the Hollywood actorturned-musician’s biggest role yet is on his debut album, The Mother Stone. Prog finds out what makes this Syd Barrett fan tick.
Words: jo Kendall Portrait: Henry Diltz
He’s found fame as an actor in productions such as X-Men: First Class, Twin Peaks: The Return, Three Billboards In Ebbing, Missouri and Get Out, but the Texanborn 30-year-old’s lifelong passion has been music, which has led to a debut solo release of rare ambition and scope, The Mother Stone. Once referred to by New York Magazine as “Hollywood’s go-to weirdo”, his modern psychedelic style comes from a deep root of The Beatles, with lashings of Madcap Syd.
You grew up around music. Was it your first love?
Yeah. My grandfather was a drummer who made radio jingles and my mom was a singer-songwriter. We always had a piano, and my dad saw how important music was for my mom, so the two of them were in agreement: every child needs to play music.