Former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg joined the Bouncing Souls onstage on December 10 in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee to perform the final song of the punk rockers’ set, “True Believers.” Bouncing Souls have released twelve albums over their thirty years together and are touring in support of their latest record, Ten Stories High.
On November 5, Slipknot posted statement via social media stating that the band “decided to make a creative decision and to part ways with Jay.” Six days later, Weinberg, who replaced Joey Jordison, Slipknot’s original drummer, in 2013, shared on Instagram that he “was heartbroken and blindsided to receive the phone call.” Jay played his final show with Slipknot on November 3 at the Hell & Heaven festival in Toluca, Mexico.
For the first few months after the release of the band’s 2014 album .5: The Gray Chapter, Slipknot had declined to name the musicians who were playing drums and bass on their tour, in an effort to maintain anonymity. Eventually, their identities were revealed as Weinberg and bassist Alessandro “Vman” Venturella by a former drum tech for the band who posted a picture of a backstage call sheet on Instagram.
.5: The Gray Chapter went on to score a trio of Grammy nominations, including two for “Best Metal Performance” and a nomination for “Best Rock Album.” Weinberg also played on 2019’s We Are Not Your Kind and 2022’s The End, So Far.
Last month, Weinberg underwent surgery to repair the torn labrum of his left hip and shave down a out of place part of his femur.
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