Slipknot‘s ex-drummer Jay Weinberg is talking out after being fired from the masked metallic band.
Weinberg, the son of longtime Bruce Springsteen & the E Avenue Band drummer Max Weinberg, took to social media on Saturday (Nov. 11) to precise that he had not anticipated the group’s determination to half methods with him after 10 years.
“I used to be heartbroken and blindsided to obtain the cellphone name that I did on the morning of November fifth; the information of which, most of you realized shortly after,” Weinberg, 33, wrote on his Instagram Story. “Nonetheless, I’ve been overwhelmed by — and really grateful for — the outpouring of affection and help I’ve acquired from this unbelievable group I take into account to be my artistic and creative residence.”
Every week earlier on Nov. 5, Slipknot introduced that the band had “parted methods” with Weinberg, who joined the rock act in 2013 following the departure of Joey Jordison.
“Nobody can ever substitute Joey Jordison’s authentic sound, model or vitality, however Jay honored Joey’s elements and contributed to the final three albums and we, the band, and the followers respect it,” Slipknot wrote in an announcement. “However as ever, Slipknot is intent on evolving. The band has determined to make a artistic determination, and to half methods with Jay. We want Jay all the very best and are very excited for what the longer term holds.”
Throughout his time with Slipknot, Weinberg drummed on the Grammy-winning group’s albums .5: The Grey Chapter (2014), We Are Not Your Sort (2019) and The Finish, So Far (2022). .5: The Grey Chapter and We Are Not Your Sort each debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Weinberg added in his prolonged assertion on Saturday, “Regardless of the confusion and unhappiness, there’s something that’s offered an equal quantity of consolation. For a lot of of you studying this: 10 years in the past, we weren’t but acquainted. And now, we’re. For that, I’m grateful in methods I’ll by no means be capable of totally categorical.”
The drummer continued, “I don’t know the way, and I don’t know when, however I sit up for creating loud, passionate, and heartfelt music that we take pleasure in collectively once more. Till then, please understand it’s been the enjoyment of a lifetime to spend the final 10 years with you, sharing in our love for this particular nook of the music and artwork world.”
Weinberg joined Slipknot in 2013 following the departure of founding drummer Jordison, who shaped the group in 1995 together with percussionist Shawn Crahan and the band’s late bass participant Paul Grey, who died in 2010.
Slipknot hasn’t but introduced who will substitute Weinberg on drums. The band is at present scheduled to play the Sick New World Competition in Las Vegas on April 27, 2024, and Welcome to Rockville on Might 12, 2024.
Learn Weinberg’s submit on his Instagram Story right here.
