Watch Jay Weinberg drum Slipknot songs for the first time since leaving the line-up in 2023

nme.com:

Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg has shared footage of him playing some of the band’s tracks for the first time since leaving the line-up.

Check it out below.The percussionist broke out the covers while at a clinic in Paris last October, and it marks the first time he has been seen playing any music from the iconic Iowa band since his abrupt departure in 2023.Held at Le Trianon on October 27, pro-shot footage shows Weinberg playing two songs from the 2019 album he worked on with them ‘We Are Not Your Kind’, these were ‘Spiders’ and ‘Solway Firth’.He joined the group in 2014, replacing late founding member Joey Jordison, and went on to record three albums with Slipknot: 2014’s ‘.5: The Grey Chapter’, 2019’s ‘We Are Not Your Kind’ and 2022’s ‘The End, So Far’.

He was sacked from the Iowan metal outfit in November 2023 and has since gone on join legendary punk group Suicidal Tendencies.Just months before he performed the two Slipknot tracks in Paris, Weinberg In J appeared on a podcast and shared that he was “not quite yet really ready” to talk about being fired from the group.In late 2023 – when the Iowa band announced his departure – the drummer also said he was “heartbroken and blindsided” by the news, and added that despite his sadness at the decision, he “wouldn’t trade for the world” his “memories and experiences” with them.In an interview with NME shortly after the announcement, Shawn “Clown” Crahan spoke about the line-up change and said: “We’ve moved away from things that don’t belong and we are continuously moving away from what is in the way.