Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg has discussed the pressure he felt when replacing original drummer Joey Jordison in the band.Weinberg replaced Jordison ahead of the release of the band’s 2014 album ‘.5: The Gray Chapter’.Speaking to Spain’s The Metal Circus, Weinberg spoke of his first experiences of joining the band. “I wouldn’t say I was walking on eggshells.
For me, I understood my role in the context of a band changing its dynamic dramatically, working on new songs without two of its founding members [Jordison and late bassist Paul Gray].“That was huge for a band that had, at this point, existed almost 20 years or something.
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