Slipknot Joey Jordison LATEST – Drummer dies after transverse myelitis diagnosis ahead of Corey Taylor Metallica collab
JOEY Jordison was found dead at 46, years after the Slipknot drummer announced he was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a form of multiple sclerosis that lost power in his legs.
Jordison's death also comes as Metallica released a new collab with Slipknot bandmate Corey Taylor, just hours before the band expressed condolences for Jordison's passing.
According to a statement from Jordison’s family, “Joey’s death has left us with empty hearts and feelings of indescribable sorrow."
“To those that knew Joey, understood his quick wit, his gentle personality, giant heart, and his love for all things family and music.
"The family of Joey have asked that friends, fans, and media understandably respect our need for privacy and peace at this incredibly difficult time.”
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- Catherina Gioino
JORDISON WAS A MAJOR REASON FOR SLIPKNOT'S SUCCESS
Outside of founding the band in his native Iowa in 1995, Jordison also led Slipknot to great success during the band's come up.
He was well regarded as a drummer and was reason why Slipknot's heavy drum beat played heavily in most songs, as well as featured many drum solos.
He was key to the band's songwriting process and heaved rattling rhythms and blastbeats that led to the band's unique rise in heavy metal.
- Catherina Gioino
METALLICA PAYS HOMAGE TO JOEY JORDISON
Top heavy metal band Metallica posted in memory of Jordison on Tuesday after news of his death was shared online.
"R.I.P. brother…" read the caption with a photo of Jordison.
- Catherina Gioino
JORDISON THOUGHT SLIPKNOT'S NEW ALBUM AFTER HE LEFT WAS "GREAT"
After Slipknot replaced Joey Jordison with Jay Weinberg in 2013, the band released the album .5: The Gray Chapter.
Jordison said he listened to the album a number of times thought it was "great."
"I listened to the whole record multiple times. And I think it’s great. It’s fucking cool and I’m glad they moved on."
“I’m glad they’re carrying on the name, because what’s important is the fans.”
- Catherina Gioino
JORDISON WAS OPEN TO A REUNION WITH SLIPKNOT
Jordison said he would have been willing to do a reunion tour with Slipknot had they asked.
"Honestly, I’m not trying to be dramatic, but if that was brought up, what I’d want to do would be to get together."
“I’d want to see them, just hug it out and feel that energy that we had when we were f—ing young and hungry and all that s-t.
“They’re my brothers. We’d hug and talk and do s–t like we used to do. We used to sit up all night along planning this s–t and what we wanted to do. So that’s how I’d wanna do it.
“It’d have to be in person. If it happened, that would be f—ing awesome, but only time will tell.”
- Catherina Gioino
SLIPKNOT'S FIRING WAS "COWARDLY"
Jordison called Slipknot's firing of himself as a "cowardly" action that did little to honor what he did for the band since confounding it.
“I’ve been through so many things with those guys and I love them very much. What’s hurtful is the way it went down was not f–king right.
“That’s all I want to say. They way they did it was fucking cowardly. It was f—d up.”
“They got confused about my health issues and obviously even I didn’t know what it was at first. They thought I was f—ed up on drugs, which I wasn’t at all.
- Catherina Gioino
THAT'S WHEN JORDISON REVEALED HIS MS DIAGNOSIS
After he was let go from the band he helped create, Jordison came forward with MS diagnosis.
“Towards the end of my career in Slipknot, I got really, really sick with a horrible disease called transverse myelitis,” Jordison said.
“I lost my legs. I couldn't play anymore. It was a form of multiple sclerosis, which I don't wish on my worst enemy.”
Jordison claimed his bandmates thought of medication for his illness as a drug abuse problem.
"They got confused about my health issues and obviously even I didn't know what it was at first. They thought I was fucked up on drugs, which I wasn't at all.”
- Catherina Gioino
JORDISON TOLD HE WAS LET GO FROM SLIPKNOT BY EMAIL
Jordison revealed in 2016 that he was let go from the band Slipknot in an email.
"No band meeting? None," he told the magazine Metal Hammer.
"Anything from management? No, nothing."
"All I got was a stupid f-cking email saying I was out of the band that I busted my ass my whole life to f-cking create."
The band cited they parted ways for "personal reasons."
- Catherina Gioino
JORDISON NOT THE FIRST SLIPKNOT MEMBER TO DIE
The first member of the band Slipknot to pass away was not Joey Jordison but rather bassist Paul Gray, who died of a morphine overdose in 2010.
In addition to playing for Slipknot, Jordison played guitar for the band Murderdolls, drums for Scar the Martyr, and was most recently playing drums for Sinsaenum before passing.
While he was still a member of Slipknot, the band reached spots in the top 10 of Billboard's 200.
It went on to reach the number one spot for the album All Hope is Gone in 2008.
- Catherina Gioino
WHEN DID JORDISON START SLIPKNOT?
Jordison formed the metal band in 1995 in his native state of Iowa.
He cofounded the band with bassist Paul Gray and percussionist Shawn Crahan, and was with them until 2013 when the band said they parted ways with Jordison.
Jordison later claimed he was fired from the band in an interview in 2016.
Jordison announced he was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a form of MS, just as he left the band.
That form of multiple sclerosis rendered him unable to play music.
- Catherina Gioino
JORDISON REVEALED MS ILLNESS IN 2016
Jordison revealed he was suffering from a neuro-immune disorder while accepting Golden God award in 2016.
“Towards the end of my career in Slipknot, I got really, really sick with a horrible disease called transverse myelitis,” Jordison said.
“I lost my legs. I couldn't play anymore. It was a form of multiple sclerosis, which I don't wish on my worst enemy.”
Jordison said he worked to recover from the diagnosis.
“I got myself back up, and I got myself in the gym, and I got myself back in f-cking therapy to fucking beat this sh-t.”
“And if I could do it, you could do it. It's the hardest thing I've ever done in my life, more than f-cking anything."
- Catherina Gioino
JORDY WAS A “PROLIFIC DRUMMER” WITH A “GIANT HEART”
A statement released by Jordison‘s family calls the musician prolific in his time.
“We are heartbroken to share the news that Joey Jordison, prolific drummer, musician and artist passed away peacefully in his sleep on July 26, 2021. He was 46,” the statement read.
“Joey’s death has left us with empty hearts and feelings of indescribable sorrow. To those that knew Joey, understood his quick wit, his gentle personality, giant heart and his love for all things family and music.”
“The family of Joey have asked that friends, fans and media understandably respect our need for privacy and peace at this incredibly difficult time. The family will hold a private funeral service and asks the media and public to respect their wishes.”
- Catherina Gioino
JOEY’S DEATH “LEFT US WITH EMPTY HEARTS”
According to his family’s statements Jordison’s death “has left us with empty hearts and feelings of indescribable sorrow.”
The family remembered Jordison as an excellent drummer and musician who had a big personality and even bigger heart.
The family will hold a private funeral for him.
- Catherina Gioino
SLIPKNOT COFOUNDER JORDY JORDISON
Jordy Jordison, one of the founder of the band Slipknot, has died at the age of 46.
His family released a statement saying he died on Monday.
The cause of death has yet to be revealed, yet the statement said he died peacefully.
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