Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo has admitted that he had no thought what his new bandmate, ex-Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg, gave the impression of with no masks till they began rehearsing in combination.
The bass participant – who co-founded Infectious Grooves with Suicidal Inclinations singer Mike Muir in 1989, then joined Metallica in 2003 – made the revelation whilst chatting with Wall Of Sound Australia.
“I used to be excited to after all meet [Weinberg],” Trujillo mentioned (by means of Blabbermouth).
“And I used to be a large fan, or I’m a large fan, of his dad’s enjoying [Max Weinberg of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band], so it was once roughly a surreal factor for me. It’s like, ‘Wow, this drummer from Slipknot. I handiest ever see this dude within the masks.’ And it’s, like, ‘Who’s he?’
Trujillo persisted: “I didn’t know what he gave the impression of even. And that was once lovely humorous, ’purpose I nearly didn’t wanna know what he gave the impression of till we have been in that room rehearsing in combination, and that’s the way it was once.”
Weinberg joined Slipknot in 2013, changing the overdue Joey Jordison, who died in 2021. He drummed on 3 albums – .5: The Grey Bankruptcy (2014), We Are No longer Your Type (2019) and The Finish, So A long way (2022) – earlier than being disregarded in November 2023. The band mentioned in a now-deleted social media commentary that the firing was once a “inventive determination”; Weinberg replied by way of pronouncing that he was once “heartbroken and blindsided” by way of the inside track.
Slipknot’s substitute for Weinberg has now not but been named, even though many enthusiasts speculate that former Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande will take his spot, following his abrupt go out from his now-former band in February. Slipknot will go back to the degree for his or her first display with out Weinberg on the Ill New International pageant in Las Vegas subsequent month.
It was once reported in February that Infectious Grooves have been recording new subject material with Weinberg. Weinberg additionally formally joined Suicidal Inclinations, the primary band of lead singer Muir, previous this month.
