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All rights reserved. https://it.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=505 Fri, 08 May 2026 22:02:01 -0400 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:01:47 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://it.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=505 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/clown-on-seeing-joey-jordison-play-before-the-drummer-joined-slipknot-i-just-had-to-see-if-you-were-human https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/clown-on-seeing-joey-jordison-play-before-the-drummer-joined-slipknot-i-just-had-to-see-if-you-were-human Notizie Musicali: "I was just like, 'I have no idea what's happening right now.'"]]> Fri, 08 May 2026 22:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jay-weinberg-jammed-with-slipknot-while-joey-jordison-was-still-their-drummer-jordison-was-gone-the-next-day https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jay-weinberg-jammed-with-slipknot-while-joey-jordison-was-still-their-drummer-jordison-was-gone-the-next-day Notizie Musicali: "We can't tell you what this is about, but can you join us for a thing?"]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jay-weinberg-says-slipknot-made-him-a-scapegoat-for-tensions-that-predated-his-arrival https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jay-weinberg-says-slipknot-made-him-a-scapegoat-for-tensions-that-predated-his-arrival Notizie Musicali: "It's easy for a newcomer, for myself, to be caught in the crossfire there."]]> Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:18:41 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/why-slipknots-mick-thomson-believes-you-should-listen-to-jeff-buckley-im-sure-a-lot-of-our-fans-would-be-like-what-the-f--ks-that https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/why-slipknots-mick-thomson-believes-you-should-listen-to-jeff-buckley-im-sure-a-lot-of-our-fans-would-be-like-what-the-f--ks-that Retrospettiva: "You'll get better, I promise."]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:07:25 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/slipknots-mick-thomson-on-why-learning-guitar-is-the-greatest-gift-youll-ever-give-yourself-and-what-buddy-guy-taught-him-about-never-quitting-its-something-youre-gonna-have-forever https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/slipknots-mick-thomson-on-why-learning-guitar-is-the-greatest-gift-youll-ever-give-yourself-and-what-buddy-guy-taught-him-about-never-quitting-its-something-youre-gonna-have-forever Retrospettiva: "You might be wherever you are right now in your life, but you won't be there in two years, five years, ten years."]]> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:42:05 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/slipknots-mick-thomson-on-how-an-insult-from-ross-robinson-taught-him-the-value-of-not-playing-perfect-hes-like-you-practiced-thats-neat https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/slipknots-mick-thomson-on-how-an-insult-from-ross-robinson-taught-him-the-value-of-not-playing-perfect-hes-like-you-practiced-thats-neat Retrospettiva: "He's like, 'I don't feel shit.'"]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:27:08 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/tab_spotlight/slipknots-custer-is-not-a-difficult-riff-but-it-exposes-your-picking-hand-and-rhythmic-flaws https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/tab_spotlight/slipknots-custer-is-not-a-difficult-riff-but-it-exposes-your-picking-hand-and-rhythmic-flaws Tablature In Risalto: The intro riff to "Custer" has a two-note anacrusis and mismatched hand dynamics that expose gaps in timing and pick articulation most guitarists don't know they have.]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:10:09 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-told-everyone-it-would-be-this-year-clown-updates-on-slipknots-look-outside-your-window https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-told-everyone-it-would-be-this-year-clown-updates-on-slipknots-look-outside-your-window Notizie Musicali: "Things come to play that change things all the time with the art we create."]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:25:08 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/slipknot-sells-majority-stake-in-catalog-this-is-how-much-it-went-for-they-want-to-go-even-bigger https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/slipknot-sells-majority-stake-in-catalog-this-is-how-much-it-went-for-they-want-to-go-even-bigger Notizie Musicali: "Get ready. Hail The Knot."]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:53:49 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/report-slipknot-allegedly-selling-their-catalog-this-is-the-price https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/report-slipknot-allegedly-selling-their-catalog-this-is-the-price Notizie Musicali: The deal has either already been made or is close to being finalized.]]> Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/it-does-require-not-being-timid-jay-weinberg-opens-up-on-playing-in-slipknot-names-biggest-challenge-he-had-to-face https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/it-does-require-not-being-timid-jay-weinberg-opens-up-on-playing-in-slipknot-names-biggest-challenge-he-had-to-face Notizie Musicali: "We started playing together and the very next day we started working on new material together."]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2025 02:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-get-infuriated-by-people-who-insist-i-should-play-a-5-string-slipknot-bassist-explains-why-he-sticks-to-4-string-basses-reveals-why-he-has-to-play-with-a-pick https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-get-infuriated-by-people-who-insist-i-should-play-a-5-string-slipknot-bassist-explains-why-he-sticks-to-4-string-basses-reveals-why-he-has-to-play-with-a-pick Notizie Musicali: "If you're playing 16th notes really fast, I don't care how good you are, you're never going get the same 'whack'."]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:40:57 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/its-hard-for-me-personally-jim-root-opens-up-on-current-problem-slipknot-is-facing-addresses-new-band-members https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/its-hard-for-me-personally-jim-root-opens-up-on-current-problem-slipknot-is-facing-addresses-new-band-members Notizie Musicali: "You can't do that unless you have revenue to do that."]]> Tue, 27 May 2025 21:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jim-root-opens-up-on-challenges-writing-new-slipknot-material-my-inspiration-is-nearly-zero https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jim-root-opens-up-on-challenges-writing-new-slipknot-material-my-inspiration-is-nearly-zero Notizie Musicali: "I wanna have at least a month off just to shut my brain off and sleep and all that kind of stuff."]]> Mon, 12 May 2025 15:57:47 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/jim-root-reveals-what-he-got-wrong-about-floyd-rose-names-one-guitar-feature-he-never-uses https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/jim-root-reveals-what-he-got-wrong-about-floyd-rose-names-one-guitar-feature-he-never-uses Attrezzatura: "Any Floyd guitar I had, I'd block the tremolo off."]]> Sun, 19 Jan 2025 15:00:06 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/slipknots-clown-says-he-has-trouble-feeling-important-no-one-has-asked-me-about-the-keg-in-25-years https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/slipknots-clown-says-he-has-trouble-feeling-important-no-one-has-asked-me-about-the-keg-in-25-years Notizie Musicali: "I've had a rough twenty-five years trying to reassure myself that anything I do is really important."]]> Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:20:37 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/slipknots-jim-root-explains-biggest-challenge-of-a-2-guitar-band-shares-opinion-on-korns-bass-tone https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/slipknots-jim-root-explains-biggest-challenge-of-a-2-guitar-band-shares-opinion-on-korns-bass-tone Notizie Musicali: "You kind of sacrifice having what you would normally want as your actual tone."]]> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:26:19 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/youre-kind-of-a-pop-band-jim-root-reacts-to-purists-saying-slipknot-is-not-metal-explains-why-he-wouldnt-disagree https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/youre-kind-of-a-pop-band-jim-root-reacts-to-purists-saying-slipknot-is-not-metal-explains-why-he-wouldnt-disagree Notizie Musicali: "It's really important not to put limits on what you can do creatively."]]> Sat, 04 Jan 2025 14:11:23 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jay-weinbergs-comeback-the-former-slipknot-drummer-is-finding-his-voice-with-a-solo-album https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jay-weinbergs-comeback-the-former-slipknot-drummer-is-finding-his-voice-with-a-solo-album Notizie Musicali: "It's been a fulfilling experience, and I'll tell you - I'm starting to like where these songs are headed."]]> Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:08:29 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the-only-question-is-whats-corey-taylor-gonna-do-jim-root-reveals-what-slipknots-songwriting-dynamic-is-really-like https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the-only-question-is-whats-corey-taylor-gonna-do-jim-root-reveals-what-slipknots-songwriting-dynamic-is-really-like Notizie Musicali: "I have to be real free with what I write so that I don't get married to how it is in my head."]]> Thu, 02 Jan 2025 03:04:56 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/it-nearly-destroyed-slipknot-25-years-ago-this-album-changed-metal-forever-but-the-band-had-to-suffer-173736 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/it-nearly-destroyed-slipknot-25-years-ago-this-album-changed-metal-forever-but-the-band-had-to-suffer-173736 In Evidenza: "We were like caged animals being let loose into a sanctuary."]]> Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:53:01 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/clown-speaks-up-on-current-status-of-slipknots-look-outside-your-window-album-its-out-of-my-hands-now https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/clown-speaks-up-on-current-status-of-slipknots-look-outside-your-window-album-its-out-of-my-hands-now Notizie Musicali: "I'm really pleased about it and happy to finally be rid of it!"]]> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:15:42 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jim-root-threatens-to-release-slipknots-look-outside-your-window-by-himself-im-just-gonna-throw-it-up-on-youtube https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jim-root-threatens-to-release-slipknots-look-outside-your-window-by-himself-im-just-gonna-throw-it-up-on-youtube Notizie Musicali: "I don't even remember what any of that stuff sounds like, because it's been so long since we recorded it."]]> Sat, 14 Dec 2024 17:10:17 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/hes-now-been-voted-as-the-best-metal-drummer-of-2024-and-were-not-surprised-at-all https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/hes-now-been-voted-as-the-best-metal-drummer-of-2024-and-were-not-surprised-at-all Notizie Musicali: No, really. It's the least shocking choice imaginable.]]> Tue, 03 Dec 2024 19:43:13 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/clown_teases_slipknots_unreleased_album_you_will_never_hear_corey_taylor_sing_like_this.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/clown_teases_slipknots_unreleased_album_you_will_never_hear_corey_taylor_sing_like_this.html Notizie Musicali: "No one believes that it even exists, or that it's ever going to come out."]]> Sun, 10 Nov 2024 23:03:17 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/slipknots_clown_opens_up_on_loss_of_paul_gray_and_joey_jordison_its_too_much.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/slipknots_clown_opens_up_on_loss_of_paul_gray_and_joey_jordison_its_too_much.html Notizie Musicali: "I feel bad even doing interviews about our 25th anniversary because most of it lives with them."]]> Tue, 05 Nov 2024 22:11:29 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/clown_names_slipknot_song_with_corey_taylors_most_gripping_vocals_its_like_he_jumped_out_of_a_plane.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/clown_names_slipknot_song_with_corey_taylors_most_gripping_vocals_its_like_he_jumped_out_of_a_plane.html Notizie Musicali: "Corey can go from screaming to singing in his sleep. His confidence is on another level."]]> Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:42:57 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/eloy_casagrande_speaks_up_on_what_slipknot_audition_was_really_like_i_couldnt_even_breathe.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/eloy_casagrande_speaks_up_on_what_slipknot_audition_was_really_like_i_couldnt_even_breathe.html Notizie Musicali: "They gave me a big list of songs that I was supposed to learn."]]> Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:00:28 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/you_can_spend_1000_on_a_new_guitar_or_150_on_this_mick_thomson_explains_why_this_cheap_ax_he_played_early_on_is_the_sht_says_his_tone_on_slipknots_debut_was_not_great.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/you_can_spend_1000_on_a_new_guitar_or_150_on_this_mick_thomson_explains_why_this_cheap_ax_he_played_early_on_is_the_sht_says_his_tone_on_slipknots_debut_was_not_great.html Notizie Musicali: "I'd get one of those, put EMGs in it, do a fret job and set it up, shim the bridge, and now I've got a monster guitar."]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2024 01:37:07 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/top_10_slipknot_songs_of_the_post-classic_lineup_era-170190 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/top_10_slipknot_songs_of_the_post-classic_lineup_era-170190 In Evidenza: Fans may prefer the old Iowa 9, but the new 'Knot has plenty of heavy bangers to offer.]]> Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:01:47 -0400