Slipknot

Attaway77

https://youtu.be/9FnG9lGLyEM

Vitalogensia

What is going on in the Slipknot world?  A couple of departures in half a year...is the end coming? 

nicknyr15

Vitalogensia said:

What is going on in the Slipknot world?  A couple of departures in half a year...is the end coming? 

Did he leave or was he let go? Very weird indeed. 

Vitalogensia

Sounds like he was let go, but the whole deleting-the-post thing is odd.  I guess I haven't been paying close attention as I didn't know this happened with Mick Jones in June, too.

JT167846

I think they deleted the post about Craig Jones shortly after posting too.

Jay wasn't part of the classic lineup so he'd probably be one of the easier people to replace. Kickarse drummer who nailed Joey's stuff but have felt his own stuff was a bit samey (especially on .5).

Having said that The Negative One is an absolute stomper and his work on the bridge there is brilliant.

Only five members left from said classic lineup. Corey, Clown, Sid, Mick and Jim. Given they're off contract after The End, So Far (which didn't grab me at all) it'll be interesting to see what they do next but I wouldn't be surprised if they don't end up adding to their discography.

Merkin Baller

I had no idea that was Max Weinberg's kid playing drums for Slipknot. This satire website The Hard Times hasn't been on my radar long, but it's pretty friggn' funny. 

https://thehardtimes.net/music/jay-weinberg-booted-from-slipknot-after-lying-about-ability-to-hook-up-band-with-springsteen-tickets/?fbclid=IwAR1NH16SBX2qorArrvfwWRX8nDH-e9EQ2ETD8A90PJEpDQRXTzHB-MtUsDE

Jay Weinberg Booted From Slipknot After Lying About Ability to Hook Up Band with Springsteen Tickets

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Slipknot announced they parted ways with drummer Jay Weinberg after it was revealed that he exaggerated his ability to use his father’s connections to procure Springsteen tickets, the band’s reps confirmed.

“I didn’t think this lie would come back to bite me on the ass, but after almost ten years in the band they were bound to find out that I can’t actually score Bruce tickets whenever I see fit, let alone nine of them. I just told them I had connections when I was auditioning as a ‘perk’ of letting me in! In reality, most of the time I went to a show I was just my dad’s plus one,” said Weinberg. “But the guys just kept nagging me every time Bruce and the band would go on tour, and I could only blame Ticketmaster for so long before they discovered my ruse.”

Lead singer Corey Taylor said the decision to kick Weinberg out of the band was swift and unanimous.

“It’s one thing to lie, but it’s another thing to string me along thinking that I’m eventually going to see Bruce play ‘Spirit in the Night’ live when in fact the only times he ever hung out with Bruce was at his goddam horse ranch,” said Taylor. “I always thought ‘Iowa’ and ‘Nebraska’ were companion albums, and the band pitched having the E Street Band to play KnotFest with us on six different occasions, but Jay would always come back with some excuse about Bruce needing a break from touring which we all know is bullshit. That dude is a machine. So yeah, he’s leaving the band due to creative differences in that he needs to be more creative about having actual connections.”.......