This is some very crazy news regarding Joey Jordison FORMERLY of Slipknot. Checkout what Slipknot has released regarding this issue.

This is taken from Slipknot's Official website:

To our Maggots and fans around the world,

It is with great pain but quiet respect, that for personal reasons Joey Jordison and Slipknot are parting ways. We all wish Joey the best in whatever his future holds. We understand that many of you will want to know how and why this has come to be, and we will do our best to respond to these questions in the near future. It is our love for all of you, as well as for the music we create, that spurs us to continue on and move forward with our plans for releasing new material in the next year. We hope that all of you will come to understand this, and we appreciate your continued support while we plan the next phase of the future of Slipknot.

Thank you,
The ‘Knot

This is crazy news and comes as a total surprise to me and all the fans of Slipknot around the world.

Joey Jordison has been with Slipknot since 1995 and is regarded as one of the world's most talented drummers. I'm really bummed out about this news but of course we wish Joey Jordison nothing but well wished in his future gigs!

 

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