In a brand new interview with Prism Provide, SLIPKNOT‘s Jim Root mirrored on how the primary time he was invited to affix the band, the guitarist mentioned no. He was already in a gaggle, the Des Moines, Iowa steel band DEADFRONT. SLIPKNOT was in California recording its 1999 self-titled debut, and guitarist Josh Brainard had simply left the group.

“After Corey [Taylor, SLIPKNOT singer] had joined SLIPKNOT, I used to be in a band known as DEADFRONT, and in Des Moines we had lots of success,” Root recalled. “And I had been known as by Clown [SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn Crahan] and Joey [Jordison, then-SLIPKNOT drummer] and [producer] Ross Robinson to affix SLIPKNOT. And I instructed guys in my band that I would not do it, in the event that they ever known as me that I might say no. And I believe I mentioned that as a result of I did not suppose they’d ever name me. However I additionally did not wanna really feel like something was ever handed to me; I needed to really feel like I did it alone, that I did the legwork. I used to be, like, ‘Yeah, you recognize, they known as me to ask me to affix SLIPKNOT.’ My buddy Zack‘s humorous — he was, like, ‘What are you, fucking silly? What’d say ‘no’ for? Dude, you have been working your ass off because you have been 16 taking part in in bands in golf equipment and also you performed with these guys in bands in golf equipment.’ He was, like, ‘Only a few instances in life do you get an opportunity to take an enormous leap ahead. That does not come generally ever to anyone.’ So I instantly acquired up from the desk and acquired on an precise pay cellphone and known as Clown gather. ‘Did you guys discover a guitar participant but?’ He was, like, ‘Nope.’ And it was a Saturday night time. I made a decision, ‘Fuck it,’ so I actually give up my job that Monday after which rehearsed with that band Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, after which Sunday I acquired in a automotive with Mick [Thomson, SLIPKNOT guitarist] and we drove to L.A. to work on the remainder of the primary self-titled launch document.”

In a 2019 interview with WMMR, Root defined that he was first approached by SLIPKNOT‘s authentic singer Anders Colsefni about changing the band’s authentic guitarist Donnie Steele again in 1996. “I mentioned no at the moment as a result of I hadn’t been taking part in guitar and I knew that these guys have been gamers,” he instructed WMMR. “My chops have been dangerous. I [hadn’t] even touched a guitar in years, so I used to be simply type of, like, ‘Nah, I am simply going to be an everyday dildo, work and do all that.'”

In 1996, Root joined Taylor‘s STONE SOUR, just for Taylor to interchange Colsefni in SLIPKNOT in 1997.

SLIPKNOT has since put out seven albums, together with its newest, “The Finish, So Far”. The band has received a Grammy, toured the world and put by itself pageant, Knotfest. There have additionally been various low factors and a number of other lineup adjustments, most notably the loss of life of founding member and bassist Paul Grey in 2010 of a drug overdose. Founding drummer Joey Jordison was fired in 2013. Alessandro Venturella and Jay Weinberg have since joined SLIPKNOT on bass and drums, respectively.

SLIPKNOT is continuous to tour in help of “The Finish, So Far”, which was launched final September by way of Roadrunner Information. The follow-up to 2019’s “We Are Not Your Type”, it’s the band’s closing document with Roadrunner after first signing with the rock and steel label in 1998.