In the (near enough) year that SLIPKNOT has been without [former drummer] JOEY JORDISON, details regarding the split have never been concrete. Whenever asked about it, the band’s frontman COREY TAYLOR would always dismiss the question and pass it off “due to certain legalities”.
In an interview with HATEBREED frontman JAMEY JASTA on Jasta Show, Taylor gives the best answer to the constantly repeated question on Jordison’s split;
"There's legalities [that are involved which prevent me from talking about it], but at the same time — and people need to realize this — there's respect. I'm not gonna talk about Joey's life, because it's not my place, and people need to realize that. If Joey wants to talk about the situation, he can. I can only talk about how it pertains to this band, and the only way I've been able to sum it up — and this is the broadest term — is that sometimes you're on the same road, and you'll reach a T section, and sometimes you turn together, and sometimes you split. And this time we split. It was just that simple. We just weren't able to work anymore. And that's it."
"I'm not gonna sit here and dog somebody that I spent 15 years building something amazing with — I'm not gonna do that. And the fans need to understand that. And I think for the most part most of them do, but there's always gonna be those people who just want a little more so they can talk shit. And that's the only reason why they want the full story — so they can talk shit."
It’s good to see that, on the surface, there’s no bad blood between Taylor and Jordison.
Dealing with a split like this has never before been so mature and a lot of bands could learn.
Following up on the subject, Jasta asked if Jordison was missed in the recording of the new albums 5: The Gray Chapter.
"You know… That's a great question, by the way. And I'd never really thought about it until you just brought it up. Because, at the time, you're just kind of trying to get through it. You've got this idea of what the album could sound like. Everybody's really positive, so you're not ignoring it, but you're just kind of charging through. There are definitely times where you miss his ability to, kind of, see. But me and Clown [percussionist] and Jim [Root, guitarist]… It was kind of like the times where you miss Paul [Gray, late SLIPKNOT bassist] and what he brought to it, and everybody, kind of, had to fill in those blanks."
"Me and Jim are the first ones to say that we learned so much from working with Paul that we've been able to take his, I don't wanna call it 'method,' but the way he used to do things, and we've applied it to what we did. And it was kind of like that with Joey - Joey, for the most part, was definitely a general in the studio, because he had such a great mind for it and knowing how to get the right kind of sonics and how to do certain things, and what the other potential for, like, ear candy or intros and stuff like that. So you kind of have to fill that blank in as well."
Adding to the topic of the new album, Jasta asked about the new drummer and if the rest of the band “cracked the whip” with him. Nowhere in the interview was the certain identity of the new addition to the band, but it is now basically set in stone that it’s JAY WEINBERG.
"We were kicking his ass. Oh yeah. But he was loving it, man. Ah, dude, he was so into it. 'Cause he's a fan, you know?! There was a part of him that was kind of pinching himself that this was happening, but then the other part of it was just like, 'Let's fucking do it.' So it was really, really cool."
Celebrating the albums “#1 record” of last week has been a great success for the band, although expectations of a second week running is slim as pop icon TAYLOR SWIFT’s new album “1989” has been projected at over a million sales when released. Which is upsetting.
As always, stay heavy.
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