Slipknot’s Joey Jordison was one of modern metal’s greatest drummers. His heroic drum work didn’t just define the sound of the Iowa band during his time with them from their formation in 1995 to his departure in 2013, it reshaped the whole of metal. Albums such as their self-titled 1999 debut, 2001’s Iowa and 2003’s Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) brought death metal extremity and blastbeats into the mainstream.
Joey’s own taste in music ran deep and wide. He was a huge fan of everything from classic rock bands such as Kiss, Alice Cooper and Rush through 80s thrash giants Metallica, Anthrax and Slayer up to the extreme metal scene of the early 1990s. He folded all those influences into his own music, whether it was with Slipknot, his horror-themed side project Murderdolls or his post-’Knot bands Scar The Martyr and Sinsaenum.
