Alex Rudinger Slipknot Left Behind
In the past, I ve cited some of the more extreme metal drummers as being big influences to me during my teenyears (Kollias, Longstreth, etc), they no doubt were, are. But like so many of my fellow Metal Drummers out there, it really first started with Joey Jordison Slipknot. ,Slipknot was the gateway band that got me into everything else, Joey was the first drummer that I trulyidolized. In a way I was actually kind of late in becoming a Slipknot fan The Subliminal Verses came out in 2004, at which time I was 12. In other words: That album came out right around the time I was discovering my passion for drums, it was hugely inspirational to me. In short order I went back listened to Iowa (2001), the selftitled, Slipknot (1999), quickly becoming just as obsessed with those. I listened to those first Slipknot albums nonstop for a long time, Joey s drumming was the biggest reason. Iowa specifically became my favorite Slipknot album there s so much aggression in Joey s playing,
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