Former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison sadly passed away in 2021. He played in the band since its inception up until 2013, though the circumstances surrounding his departure still remain a little murky. The band announced he left, Jordison said he’d been fired, and then he later revealed that he suffered from a neurological disease that cost him his ability to play drums.
In a new interview with Knotfest.com, Slipknot percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan talked about if the band could have reunited with Jordison prior to his passing. “I don’t know, man, it’s just like something that you had your whole life, that you lost when we lost Joey,” he said. “And if everybody thinks about it, we really never talk (about the situation). “You can’t find anything of us explaining all that because it’s nobody’s f*cking business, and he’s our brother.”
Crahan continued: “Who knows, man, there might have been a chance in life. I don’t know the future. There might have been a chance we would have gotten back together. I don’t know. I can’t tell you yes or no, but there’s a better chance of yes than not because of friendship and growing older and talking and being able to understand things.”
Crahan went on to say that the current lineup of Slipknot, however, is doing just fine. “I just want you to know we’re having a really good time with our music and with each other,” he said. “We’re all working really hard right now, really hard. As hard as it is to break in new philosophies, to do this setlist, to make new things, to have new people. It’s so much work.”
