Before playing guitar in Krokodil and being unofficially revealed as a member of Slipknot, he worked as a member of Mastodon's road crew, after stints with Fightstar and Coheed And Cambria.

But he'd been given the job years after first asking - and being ignored. He tells Music Radar: "It's pretty amazing. About seven years ago, I sent a message to them on MySpace, saying, 'Hey I'm a guitar tech, I'd love to come and work for you - you're my favourite band.'