Joey Jordison Exit: 8 Reasons Why Slipknot Won’t Be The Same

1. Joey’s Legendary Drumming Skills We don’t really need to highlight this glaringly obvious point but devoid of Jordison’s mercurial wizardry behind the drum kit, Slipknot won’t be quite the same potent force in the studio or live arena. A true drumming god and technical master, it’s little wonder that he perennially ends up in the upper echelons of greatest drummer polls.

!2. He’s Been There Since Day One With Paul Gray’s untimely death in 2010 and now Joey’s departure, only Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan has been in the band since the formation of Slipknot. It was Joey’s idea to rename the band Slipknot from The Pale Ones way back in 1995 and he’s been a mainstay and crucial constant in the band ever since. Oh, and he also came up with the fan nickname ‘maggots’.

3. Joey’s A Sensational Songwriter As co-writer of some of the band's most ferocious anthems (‘Dead Memories’, ‘My Plague’, ‘Psychosocial’ and ‘Duality’ to name a few), Slipknot are likely to suffer without Joey’s input. His excellent new project Scar The Martyr, which has seen Joey take centre stage, only confirms his songwriting pedigree.

4. His Badass Rotating Drum Kit Joey’s pulsating solos on his rotating drum kit are truly one of the finest spectacles in metal music. True, the replacement drummer might be able to replicate it but will live shows ever be the same without Joey?!

5. Joey’s Production Skills Not just a killer musician and songwriter, Joey is also a damn talented producer. Slipknot’s 2005 live album ‘9.0:Live’ saw Joey take the production helm and triumph. Since then he has co-produced the Roadrunner Records compendium ‘Roadrunner United: The All Star Sessions’ and recorded 3 Inches of Blood’s blistering 2007 album 'Fire Up The Blades'.

6. His Proper Horrorshow Guises True, the other Slipknot members have some pretty chilling guises but, for us, Joey has always stood head and shoulders about the rest. From his Japanese Kabuki inspired mask in The Knot’s early days through to his crown of thorns and twig fingers from ‘All Hope Is Gone’ to present era, Joey look has always been visually potent.

7. Where Will Joey’s Ready Written Slipknot Songs Go? In June 2012, Joey revealed that he had already penned 40 songs for Slipknot’s yet-to-surface fifth studio album telling Terrorizor “This will be our deepest, most celebrated record.” Now Joey’s gone, will these songs now go on the scrapheap? Will they ever see the light of day? It seems a crying shame if they're gone forever.

8. His Artistic Input In Slipknot’s early days, Joey created the Tribal S logo and iconic sickness font – immediately recognisable imagery that’s adorned album covers, merchandise and tattoos ever since. Once again this is indicative of Joey’s pivotal role in Slipknot.