Joey Jordison, Slipknot’s founding drummer and co-writer, died on Monday at the age of 46. Joey, – whose full name is Nathan Jonas “Joey” Jordison – is one of the founding members of the heavy metal band Slipknot, and died on July 26, 2021. The rocker passed peacefully in his sleep and his family has cried […]
Joey Jordison, Slipknot’s founding drummer and co-writer, died on Monday at the age of 46.
Joey, – whose full name is Nathan Jonas “Joey” Jordison – is one of the founding members of the heavy metal band Slipknot, and died on July 26, 2021.
The rocker passed peacefully in his sleep and his family has cried “our hearts are empty.”
A statement from Joey’s family said: “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.”
Joey’s family said they will hold a private funeral service for him. A date has not been scheduled, according to TMZ.
A rep for his family has not specified a cause of death.
Joey had split from Slipknot back in December of 2013.
In addition to Slipknot and Vimic, Joey played guitar in the horror-punk group, the Murderdolls, and was on drums for the alt-metal group Scar the Martyr and extreme-metal supergroup Sinsaenum alongside members of Mayhem and DragonForce.
His pre-Slipknot resume included the bands Modifidious and the Have Nots.
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He also made guest appearances on recordings by Otep, Necrophagia, and Rob Zombie.
Back in 2005, he had assembled several supergroups for the project Roadrunner United, which commemorated the 25th anniversary of Slipknot’s label, Roadrunner.
On the five tracks for the project, he had played with members from Type O Negative, Deicide, Life of Agony, and King Diamond’s band.
After he split from Slipknot in 2013, the drummer claimed that he was fired from the group without a band meeting or “anything from management,” according to Blabbermouth.
He said: “All I got was a stupid f**king e-mail saying I was out of the band that I busted my ass my whole life to f**king create.
“That’s exactly what happened and it was hurtful. I didn’t deserve that s**t after what I’d done and everything I’d been through.
“They got confused about my health issues and obviously even I didn’t know what it was at first.
“They thought I was f**ked up on drugs, which I wasn’t at all.”
He concluded: “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. The way they did it was f**king cowardly. It was f**ked up.”
Back in 2014, Corey admitted to Metal Hammer: “It’s when a relationship hits that T-section and one person’s going one way and you’re going the other. And try as you might to either get them to go your way or try and go their way, at some point you’ve got to go in the direction that works for you.
This is me speaking in the broadest terms, with respect to Joey. I guess to sum it up, it was one of the hardest decisions we ever made.”
