Posted by Mark Zapata on June 16, 2021
Slipknot’s guitarist Jim Root has an interesting story to tell about his musicianship. He doesn’t practice, he doesn’t touch his guitar except on special occasions. We will let him explain. In an interview with Guitar Interactive Magazine, Root elaborates: “I play guitar but don’t consider to be a guitar player. There was a time in […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on April 27, 2021
Slipknot is known for being very discrete and keeping everything on the downlow, so why would news about writing a new album be any different? Bassist Alessandro Venturella and guitarist James Root might have spilled the beans by posting pictures on social media. Please keep in mind, the following is just rumors and speculation. […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on October 5, 2016
There’s nothing easy about touring. As exciting as being on the road can be, there’s a lot of sitting in a van, sleeping uncomfortably, and stage mishaps. And then there’s mysterious emergency surgery. While we’re not quite sure what that entails or who it effects, The Black Dahlia Murder have bowed out of next week’s Canadian […]
Posted by Alix Vallecillo on May 5, 2015
With less than a year since the release of Slipknot’s critically acclaimed album .5: The Grey Chapter last year, guitarist Jim Root already started working on new material for their next release or at least that’s what he hopes, according to an interview done by Des Moines Register “We haven’t been able to do two […]
Posted by Matt Albers on January 25, 2015
Gentlemen, start your “aged white men rapping” jokes. Friday, January 23 was the London, England date of the European leg of Slipknot’s “Prepare For Hell” Tour at the Wembley Arena. Before the show, KoRn – who is the primary opening act on the tour – teased the possibility that they might be collaborating with their headliners for a […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 30, 2014
It doesn’t seem like guitarist Jim Root got much say in his departure from Stone Sour. Much of the world found out about it via a sudden Facebook post earlier this year after Root write about it on his Instagram account. And while lineup changes in bands are a common occurrence, the fact that Root […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 3, 2014
At the beginning of the year, Slipknot and Stone Sour guitarist Jim Root decided to sit out Stone Sour’s tour to write the next Slipknot album. While he was ultimately fired from the band, even though he’s still in Slipknot with singer Corey Taylor, it seems like the album’s made progress, as Taylor reported that […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 17, 2014
While guitarist Jim Root is known primarily as the guitarist of Slipknot, he actually joined Stone Sour four years prior to Slipknot. And while he sat out Stone Sour shows earlier this year to write the next Slipknot album, it looks like he’s been let go from the former band. Here’s what SS’s Facebook page had […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on February 10, 2014
[youtube]http://youtu.be/jI9GZJYkYFk[/youtube] They might not have Jim Root on tour with them, but Stone Sour busted out a Metallica cover while in Denver. Saying “without Metallica, every single band in the last 20 years wouldn’t be here,” Corey Taylor introduced the song. With Root sitting out the tour to work on the next Slipknot album, Christian Martucci […]
Posted by Erica Szczepaniak on January 27, 2014
Despite the lack of an album release in almost six years, Slipknot is still managing to remain in the spotlight. With drummer Joey Jordison’s departure from the band and the death of bassist Paul Gray, many fans are left wondering what exactly the future holds for Slipknot. In a recent interview with Rock Revolt Magazine, frontman […]
