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Slipknot Guitarist Explains New Member's Band History

10/21/2014
. (TeamRock Radio) Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson says their unnamed drummer grew up with the band and knew all their old material. And he reveals the group immediately knew he was the right man to take over from Joey Jordison before they started recording upcoming album .5: The Gray Chapter.

Thomson tells Guitar World: "We knew who we wanted from the start, and we got him. We knew from the get-go there wasn't going to be any issues with him. We did get lucky, I guess. He knew all the old material anyway as he'd grown up with the band. That made things easier."

Rumours have been circulating the sticksman is Jay Weinberg, son of Bruce Springsteen's drummer Max. A tweet last month by Weinberg's former Against Me! colleague Laura Jane Grace hinted that he may be the man behind the mask. Read more here.

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