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Joey Jordison, former drummer and founder of Slipknot, dies at 46

2021-07-28T15:59:22.637Z


The American musician, who shared the stage with figures like Rob Zombie and Type O Negative, left the band in 2013 due to a neurological disease.


Joey Jordison, a former drummer and founding member of the

American

heavy metal

group Slipknot, died on Monday at the age of 46, his family confirmed to the music magazine

Rolling Stone on

Tuesday

.

A representative of the family has said that the American musician died peacefully in his sleep.

The causes of his death have not yet been specified.

Jordison, born in 1975 in Des Moines (Iowa), was a member of Slipknot since its inception in 1995. He is considered a fundamental piece in the band's first albums such as

Slipknot

(1999) and

Iowa

(2001), from the latter album.

People = Shit

stands out

, probably the group's best-known song. Throughout his career, he shared the stage with prominent figures such as Rob Zombie and the members of Type O Negative.

He withdrew from the group he helped found in 2013 due to transverse myelitis, a neurological disease that limited the use of his legs and seriously affected his ability with musical instruments. The drummer, after going through an intense rehabilitation process, was dedicated to a new band called Vimic at the time of his passing. Paul Gray, bassist and another of the founding members of the band, had died in 2010 from a morphine overdose.

"Joey's death has left us with an empty heart and indescribable grief," family members said in a statement sent to

Rolling Stone

in which they affirmed that those who knew Jordison will remember him for "his sharp humor, his kind personality. , his huge heart and his love for everything that had to do with family and music ”.

Source: elparis

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