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“I was jamming and I heard 'Bam!' –I looked at the stage and there was an open Buck knife sticking in the screen of my cabinet”: Slipknot and Korn on the perils of life on the road

The two metal heavyweights spoke to MusicRadar over a decade ago in a roundtable interview and shared their mutual respect for each other

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Slipknot Confirm They Will 'No Longer Be Associated' With Sid Wilson After 28 Years in Metal Band

Slipknot has announced the departure of DJ Sid Wilson after 28 years, amid reports of internal conflicts and behaviour issues. The band has not disclosed specific reasons for the split.

International Business Times UK

Slipknot confirm Sid Wilson is no longer in the band in since-deleted social media posts

Stories of Sid Wilson's sacking have circulated for two weeks and have now been (briefly) confirmed by the band

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'Oh, Yeah, and Maybe Some Child Support?': Kelly Osbourne Blasts Ex Sid Wilson After Slipknot Ouster

Kelly Osbourne's Instagram posts accuse ex-fiancé Sid Wilson of betrayal and demand child support, coinciding with reports of his exit from Slipknot, leaving fans speculating about the couple's public fallout.

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Slipknot’s Sid Wilson reportedly sacked for mistreating bandmates, ex-fiancée Kelly Osbourne tears into the DJ: “I want to be happy and I have a beautiful son to raise. Leave me alone.”

Neither Wilson nor Slipknot have commented on claims that he’s been fired

Metal Hammer

Slipknot's Jim Root shares cryptic post after Sid Wilson is 'kicked out of the band'

Slipknot star James ‘Jim’ Root has appeared to respond to a report that longtime member Sid Wilson has been “permanently kicked out of the band”.

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Slipknot guitarist issues cryptic plea amid reports of Sid Wilson’s firing

Rumors are swirling that the heavy metal band’s DJ and keyboardist has been ‘permanently’ let go

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Sid Wilson Kicked Out: Why Was Kelly Osbourne's Ex Reportedly Removed From Slipknot Permanently?

Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson has reportedly been permanently kicked out of the heavy metal band following his recent split from Kelly Osbourne, though guitarist Jim Root urges fans to wait for confirmation.

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Jim Root responds to rumours that Sid Wilson has been fired from Slipknot: “Don’t believe everything you read. Stop. Think.”

According to a report, Sid Wilson is no longer a member of Slipknot

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“It’s like something genius: a treasure lost and found”: The 18-year-long story behind Slipknot’s Radiohead-inspired detour, Look Outside Your Window

Metal’s leading nine-piece recorded an experimental side-project during 2008’s All Hope Is Gone sessions. It didn’t come out until this year.

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"I’m like, Wow this is wild. This sounds like nothing I’ve ever heard before." Slipknot are recording new material with Faith No More producer Matt Wallace, and Jim Root says there are "at least 50" song ideas being worked on

Work on the follow-up to 2022's The End, So Far has begun

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“I only ever use a slapback, so why can't I stop thinking about a $679 delay pedal?” My pick of the best new guitar gear launched this week – and the new drops you might have missed

New releases from Epiphone, Strymon, Martin and more…

Guitar World

“Seeing my signature model in Shoreline Gold gives it a completely fresh character”: Jim Root’s made-for-metal Telecaster just got more metal as Fender gives it a makeover with a finish from the golden era

The Slipknot guitarist's EMG-loaded Telecaster is now available with one of the OG metallic custom colour Fender finishes

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“This makes it feel exciting all over again”: Jim Root’s signature Fender reinvented the Telecaster and was praised by John Mayer – now it’s back with a key twist

The Slipknot guitarist's go-to Telecaster returns with a fresh look

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Slipknot side-project Look Outside Your Window to get wider vinyl and CD release next month

No word on whether or not it’ll hit streaming services, though

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Slipknot become early frontrunner for ‘weirdest collaboration of the year’ award as (sic) pops up in hallucinogenic Gucci advert

Who knew that nine masked, bodysuit-wearing, baseball bat-wielding hooligans were so synonymous with fashion?

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"We didn’t talk to each other for three months." Haunted houses, fallouts and a drunken singer: inside Slipknot's experimental masterpiece, Vol. 3

After the phenomenal success of Iowa, Slipknot took a break. But where there had once been unity, there was now conflict. Yet they produced something that defied any expectations...

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“I told her to write a poem about batteries that are dying that cannot be recharged”: Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan explains how Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia ended up on Look Outside Your Window

Scabbia, who was in a relationship with ’Knot guitarist Jim Root from 2004 to 2017, lends her voice to two songs on the long-delayed project

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“John 5 was probably the only other dude who was playing a Tele in metal. By nature, it was designed for country and chicken pickin’”: Why Jim Root eschewed traditional metal guitars and made the Telecaster his main Slipknot instrument

The player reveals who first drew him to the now 75-year-old instrument – and it might surprise you

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“Joey was the best that ever did it. The greatest drummers would come to our shows to watch this guy play”: Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson pays tribute to his late former bandmate Joey Jordison

Slipknot’s founding drummer departed the band in 2013, before dying in July 2021 aged 46

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"The vibe is definitely Slipknot except no screams." Slipknot fan compares Look Outside Your Window album to Pink Floyd after getting early listen, claims Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia appears

Look Outside Your Window, a long-shelved project recorded in 2008, is due to come out on Record Store Day, April 18

Guitar World

“We were packing up, then all of a sudden he goes, ‘Have you been down to the basement?’” The iconic EHX Holy Grail has been championed by Jim Root and John Frusciante – and now the lost prototype has been found

The classic reverb pedal can be found on pedalboards the world over, but JHS Pedals' Josh Scott has tracked down the first one

Guitar World

“I wanted it to be a workhorse I could bash around, beat up, hit with metal pipes and get thrown into kegs without breaking in half”: The making of Jim Root’s Telecaster, the guitar that brought Fender into the modern age

Some metal players prefer the traditional high-performance brands. Others favor medieval shapes. Not Root. The Slipknot guitarist wanted something old-school, classy… indestructible

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Long-delayed Slipknot project Look Outside Your Window will finally drop in 2026, Shawn “Clown” Crahan promises

The “experimental”, “melodic” album was recorded in 2008 and has been delayed again and again and again over the last seven years

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“There’s no special effects – there were kids falling through ceilings, flying through glass, jumping off roofs”: From kicking booze to an anarchic video shoot, the story of Slipknot’s biggest single, Duality

Slipknot were one of the biggest names of the nu metal era – then the lead single from their third album made them immortal

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