Former Slipknot Drummer Jay Weinberg Speaks Out On His Dismissal: “i Was Heartbroken And Blindsided To Receive The Phone Call”

Closing Sunday, Slipknot stunned its fanbase with the announcement that it has parted techniques with drummer Jay Weinberg after 10 years, bringing up the band’s goal to “evolve” as the cause of Jay’s dismissal. 

Weinberg has remained tight-lipped at the topic, till now, freeing a observation — which you’ll learn in complete under — by the use of social media pronouncing that he used to be “heartbroken and blindsided” by way of the scoop (which he it appears gained simply hours earlier than the announcement used to be made). 

In the meantime, he additionally took time to thank his buddies and lovers for his or her “overwhelming” beef up because the information broke.

“I once in a while marvel what it might be love to pay a discuss with to my wide-eyed, 10-year-old self — falling madly in love with a new and thrilling sound and tradition — and inform him all concerning the ultimate 10 years. Even at the toughest days, I’d love to suppose he’d be stoked concerning the journey that used to be in retailer for him.

“I used to be heartbroken and blindsided to obtain the telephone name that I did at the morning of November fifth; the scoop of which, maximum of you discovered in a while after. Then again, I’ve been crushed by way of — and in point of fact thankful for — the outpouring of affection and beef up I’ve gained from this unbelievable neighborhood I imagine to be my inventive and inventive house.

“This isn’t the finishing to the adventure I’d dreamt of, and dedicated myself to seeing thru — now not by way of an extended shot. However, in spite of the confusion and unhappiness, there’s something that’s equipped an equivalent quantity of convenience. For plenty of of you studying this: 10 years in the past, we weren’t but familiar. And now, we’re. For that, I’m grateful in techniques I’ll by no means be capable of absolutely specific.

“I really like taking part in the drums. I’ll all the time love taking part in the drums. I’ll all the time have a keenness for song, artwork, and artistic expression. Not anything will ever trade that. I don’t know the way, and I don’t know when, however I look ahead to developing loud, passionate, and heartfelt song that we experience in combination once more. 

“Till then, please realize it’s been the enjoyment of an entire life to spend the ultimate 10 years with you, sharing in our love for this particular nook of the song and artwork global. This isn’t the top, and I’m overjoyed to find what the longer term has in retailer for us. Thanks.”

There was no respectable announcement as to who will exchange Weinberg because the drummer in Slipknot on the time of writing, and Slipknot is but to remark additional on Weinberg’s go out from the band. Then again the preliminary posts pronouncing that Weinberg could be leaving Slipknot have been briefly got rid of from the band’s social media accounts. 

Jay Weinberg joined slipknot in 2014, having in the past performed in Madball and Towards Me!, in addition to filling in for his father — E Side road Band drummer, Max Weinberg — with Bruce Springsteen on more than one events.