Slipknot's Jim Root Believes Paul Gray Helped Him Write New Song

12/08/2014
. (TeamRock Radio) Slipknot's Jim Root believes late bandmate Paul Gray helped him write songs for latest album .5: The Gray Chapter. The Grammy-nominated record is their first after the bassist's death in 2010, and frontman Corey Taylor has heaped praise on the guitarist for "stepping up" with his writing.

Root tells Mcall.com: "I realised when I was demoing in my garage that I was approaching the way I put arrangements together a little bit differently.

"I was exploring the fretboard, trying different places to play. I was putting spots in the songs where I could hear, like, 'This might be something that Sid Wilson would want to go over. This might be something Craig Jones might want to go over.' I also had to think about the way Corey might sing.

"Then I realised - that's the way Paul would work. I had an epiphany. It dawned on me that he was helping me through it. I'm not hugely spiritual or religious, but that made me think: people do live on through you." Read more here.

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