Slipknot’s Corey Taylor Discusses Split with Joey Jordison (Sort Of)
Briefly: Minneapolis radio station 93X has scored the first interview with Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor since last night’s announcement that drummer Joey Jordison is parting ways with the band. The entire interview is embedded at the bottom of this post, but Blabbermouth has helpfully transcribed some of the more interesting parts, which you can check out below.
Regarding the split with Jordison:
“Honestly, I can’t really talk about it right now. It’s still so fresh and there’s a lot of things going on behind the scenes that people don’t know about. So, legally and respectfully, I can’t say a lot about it. I can confirm that — obviously, we put something up on the web site but I can confirm that we have parted ways with Joey, and as soon as we can say something, we will. I mean, we’re trying to protect him, trying to protect us, just making sure that we do everything right, because that’s what we would expect from ourselves and that’s what we would expect from the fans. And I know the fans are chomping at the bit; it’s just we can’t really say anything right now. It sucks for them and it sucks for us, because, I mean, we have always really prided ourselves on being able to come out and be honest with everybody. But there’s really nothing we can say right now. And until we can, it’s just kind of… It’s difficult, but if people can bear with us, we’ll cross that bridge when we can.”
On whether or not any of Jordison-written material will appear on the new Slipknot album:
“No, no. He’s been doing Scar The Martyr. So this is all fresh material that just a handful of us have been putting together.”
On the progress of that album:
“We’re working on new material right now and getting some stuff together. I’ve been writing some stuff, Jim [Root, guitar] has got a ton of stuff. The guys are actually together right now jamming and putting stuff together. It’s sounding really, really good. In light of yesterday’s news, I know it’s weird, but if anything positive can come out of this, it’s just that I hope the fans know that we’re really working towards putting out an album next year. So we’re deep in it right now.”
On his own writing for the album:
“I’m letting them kind of work stuff out right now. I’ve got a handful of things that I’m doing… Obviously, I’m doing a tornado relief show in Peoria tomorrow, and I’m also filming a movie, which is pretty sweet. My schedule is pretty crazy, but I didn’t wanna hold them back from really jumping in and getting started on the writing process. So they’re sendinig me stuff, I’m kind of jotting down notes and everything. And I’ve been writing down a lot of lyrics and ideas for about a year and a half now, so I’m well ahead of the game. And just with the stuff that they’re coming up with, I’m working on arrangements and trying to kind of get as much pre-production done as I can while they’re doing rough demos and stuff, so once we do go into the studio next year, we’ll be just well rehearsed and ready to make this as live and heavy as possible.”
I strongly suspect we’ll hear something from Jordison very soon. Stay tuned.
[via Metal Injection]
