Infectious Grooves Recruit Ex-Slipknot Drummer Jay Weinberg for Upcoming Australian Tour
He may still be recovering from hip and leg surgery, but former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg has committed to joining Infectious Grooves for their upcoming Australian Tour. Weinberg will be filling in for Avenged Sevenfold‘s Brooks Wackerman, who handles drumming duties for the funky supergroup.
According to the band, Wackerman won’t be able to join Infectious Grooves down under due to a scheduling conflict with Avenged Sevenfold shows. As such, news of Weinberg’s involvement came in an Instagram post earlier today, where they explained a whole laundry list of new and exciting things coming from the band.
“Warning Number One…
This Ain’t No April Fool’s joke..but you definitely won’t be laughing if you miss out on Infectious Grooves April 1st at the Byron Bay Bluesfest!Warning Number Two…
Infectious Grooves is gonna bring a super special extra Funk and Punk and everything in between edition.Unfortunately our brother, drummer Brooks Wakerman was not available to do this run of shows due to Avenged Sevenfold dates.
Drummer for IG is definitely not an easy gig to fill.
Starting with Stephen Perkins (Infectious Grooves) on drums, then followed with a 17 year old Josh Freese (Foo Fighters etc) and then came a 14 year old Brooks (The Teenage Drum Sensation) Wakerman, IG has always been blessed with some amazing drummers.So Warning number Three…
IG is beyond stoked and honored to be able to have the incredible Jay Weinberg to be the driving force as he beats the funk out of the drums on this run!“It’s an absolute honor to play with the legendary Infectious Grooves on this incredibly exciting Australian tour! Playing with some of my favorite musicians, in one of the most beautiful countries, for some of the greatest fans of heavy music in the world…I couldn’t be more thrilled to get started. See you all soon!”- Jay
Rounding out the band, on guitar will be a bit of reunion. Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver etc) played on some of the first IG album.
He’ll be reuniting with IG for these dates also. Dave is a good friend and we are all looking forward to getting on stage and having a blast, and giving a big dose of the Infectious Grooves!Warning number Five… (yes, we skipped warning number 4, we’ll save that for later, lol)…
Super limited dates due to everyone’s schedule. We’d love to do a massive run of dates, but it’s not possible with everyone’s schedule. These are short notice, but we jumped at the opportunity to lock some dates in at this time.
So when the rest of the dates are announced, be there or be prepared to let your friends tell you what you missed out.Needless to say, Robert Trujillo, Mike Muir and Dean Pleasants are beyond stoked to welcome Jay Weinberg and Dave Kushner in for this event (and a few more soon to be announced shows)!”
As of right now, the band’s only date is a planned appearance at the Bluesfest in Byron Bay on April 1. We’ll have to wait and see how many shows down under Jay will be a member of Infectious Grooves.
