Slipknot's new drummer, bassist identities revealed months of rumourDecember 5, 2014 - 13:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After months of rumour and speculation, the identities of Slipknot's new drummer and bassist have been revealed, Gigwise reports. Mystery has surrounded the band's new line-up since the departure of drummer Joey Jordison and death of bassist Paul Gray. The band have since released new album .5: The Gray Chapter and have been touring the world, without officially confirming the identities of the new new masked men. Now, a drum tech named Norm Costa who had taken umbridge with recently being let go by the band, has let the truth it with a series of Instagram posts with the hashtag #FuckSlipknot. Apparently the drummer is indeed the long-rumoured former Against Me sticksman Max Weinberg, and the bassist is Alessandro 'Vman' Venturella - former guitarist of Krokodil and guitar tech for Mastodon. Earlier this year, Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace has responded to rumours that former bandmate Jay Weinberg had joined Slipknot, saying, "Good luck with that. #shitbag." Weinberg quit Against Me! in 2012, and Grace told Spin, "I just woke up one morning and read on Twitter that he was leaving the band." Slipknot, meanwhile, parted ways with their former drummer Joey Jordison in 2013, with Jordison insisting, "I did not quit Slipknot." Laura Jane Grace subsequently sent a series of less than flattering tweets referring to Weinberg, who is Bruce Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg's son. Slipknot's .5 The Gray Chapter is out now. The band will be touring the album in January. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. |