{"id":11549,"date":"2021-07-30T23:45:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T18:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11549"},"modified":"2021-07-31T00:08:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T18:38:36","slug":"joey-jordison-drummer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11549","title":{"rendered":"Joey Jordison, Drummer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Joey Jordison, a founding member of Slipknot, who drummed for the influential metal band in its most popular period and helped write many of its best-known songs, has died Monday at age 46, news agency AP<\/em> quoted his family as having said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are heartbroken to share the news that Joey Jordison, prolific drummer, musician and artist passed away peacefully in his sleep,\u201d his family said in a statement, according to report. \u201cJoey\u2019s death has left us with empty hearts and feelings of indescribable sorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to report, Jordison grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, the eldest of three children, and began playing drums at age 8. He was already a veteran of the city\u2019s metal scene when he founded the band that would become Slipknot in 1995, along with percussionist Shawn Crahan and bassist Paul Gray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three talked plans and concepts for the band in sessions at the gas station where Jordison worked. They would name the group after one of their early songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group would become known for its rousing, epic live shows, with nine members wearing masks and sinister costumes and creating a massive, sweeping sound that, like other metal bands of the era, included elements of hip-hop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordison often wore a white mask with black paint drippings and a crown of thorns when he performed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buzz grew through touring, including show-stealing appearances on the Ozzfest tour, and the band broke through to international popularity with its 1999 self-titled album. That was followed by the even more popular 2001 album \u201cIowa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slipknot would become one of the bands credited with keeping hard rock alive and vital in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with grunge-era bands aging and fading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordison was dismissed from the band in 2013. He later said it was because he had transverse myelitis, a neurological condition that left him unable to play. (with inputs from AP)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joey Jordison, a founding member of Slipknot, who drummed for the influential metal band in its most popular period and helped write many of its best-known songs, has died Monday at age 46, news agency AP quoted his family as having said. \u201cWe are heartbroken to share the news that Joey Jordison, prolific drummer, musician […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[7019,15],"tags":[8618,8619,8620],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Joey-Jordison.jpg?fit=681%2C383&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11800,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11800","url_meta":{"origin":11549,"position":0},"title":"Joey Rodriguez, Soccer Coach","date":"October 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A well-known and a very loved soccer coach for Sam Houston High School in Arlington died from COVID-19 nearly two months after contracting it. 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