1. Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison was an American musician.
44 Facts About Joey Jordison
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Joey Jordison performed with many bands early in his career; then in 1995, he joined a band called the Pale Ones, which would later change their name and become Slipknot.
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Joey Jordison played in Slipknot since its inception, helping form the band until his departure in December of 2013.
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Joey Jordison was the drummer and founder of Scar the Martyr, which formed in 2013 and disbanded in 2016.
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Outside his major projects, Joey Jordison performed with various other acts such as Rob Zombie, Metallica, Korn, Ministry, Otep, and Satyricon.
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Joey Jordison was known for his session work, which included performances on various recordings for many artists.
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At the time of his death, Joey Jordison was playing in the blackened death metal supergroup Sinsaenum.
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Joey Jordison was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 26,1975, to Steve and Jackie Joey Jordison.
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Joey Jordison grew up in a rural area outside of Waukee where he used to play basketball on the street in front of his house.
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Joey Jordison's mother remarried and set up a funeral parlor where Jordison would occasionally help.
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Joey Jordison stated that he felt a sudden responsibility to be the man of the house.
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Joey Jordison played at a bowling center his family owned, on a night called "Bowl-O-Rama".
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Joey Jordison worked the night shift, which he preferred, as it left his weekends free and allowed him to spend time with his friends and listen to music while working.
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Joey Jordison would leave the Have Nots in February 1997 to "focus on Slipknot" but instead reformed the Rejects, which would play Des Moines up until Slipknot left to record their 1999 self-titled debut album, which Paul played in after the Have Nots broke up.
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Joey Jordison was accompanied by two custom percussionists, giving their music a feel that Rolling Stone touted as "suffocating".
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Joey Jordison produced one album with Slipknot, the 2005 live album 9.0: Live.
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On December 12,2013, Slipknot announced through their official website that Joey Jordison had left the band, citing personal reasons for his departure.
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In 2002, Joey Jordison revived his band The Rejects, renaming them the Murderdolls.
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Joey Jordison became the Murderdolls' guitarist, and he recruited Wednesday 13 of Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 to play bass.
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The tour was plagued with many problems including the cancellation of many shows and repeated incidents of Joey Jordison storming off stage, most notably in Bordeaux, France and Perth, Western Australia.
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Little else was released except that Joey Jordison had performed most instruments in this project and that Chris Vrenna and an unknown vocalist were to complete keyboard and vocal work, respectively.
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On May 5,2016, Joey Jordison announced that the project had been disbanded.
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On May 5,2016, Joey Jordison announced in an interview on Sirius XM that he had launched a new band called Vimic.
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In 2001, Joey Jordison worked on a remix of "The Fight Song" by Marilyn Manson.
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Joey Jordison appeared in the music video for Manson's cover of "Tainted Love".
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Later in the year, Manson revealed that Joey Jordison had been working with him on his album The Golden Age of Grotesque.
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Joey Jordison had in fact worked on guitars but the track did not appear on the album.
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In 2004, Joey Jordison appeared on OTEP's album House of Secrets, drumming on six tracks for the album.
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In 2008, Joey Jordison appeared on Puscifer's album "V" is for Viagra.
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In 2010, Joey Jordison recorded four additional songs with Rob Zombie for the re-release of his latest album Hellbilly Deluxe 2.
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Joey Jordison performed with other bands, solely as a touring member.
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Metallica's vocalist James Hetfield searched amongst other bands performing at the festival to find a replacement for Ulrich; Joey Jordison, Flemming Larsen and Dave Lombardo of Slayer volunteered.
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Joey Jordison performed on 8 of the 13 songs that made up the set and was called the band's "hero of the day".
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In late 2004, Joey Jordison performed with Satyricon on their tour of the United States when drummer Frost was refused entry into the country.
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In 2006, Joey Jordison joined Ministry for their "MasterBaTour 2006", which consisted of sixty dates across the United States and Canada.
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Joey Jordison appeared in the music video for their single "Lies Lies Lies".
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Joey Jordison appeared in the music video for their single "Evolution".
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Joey Jordison toured with Rob Zombie after Tommy Clufetos withdrew from the band in 2010.
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Joey Jordison cited Neil Peart of Rush, Keith Moon of the Who, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, Gene Krupa, and Buddy Rich as his main influences.
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Joey Jordison used Pearl drums, hardware, rack system, pedals and percussion, Paiste cymbals, Remo Drumheads, Promark drumsticks, ddrum triggers and Roland electronics.
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Joey Jordison recovered with the aid of medical help and physical therapy, with his trainer Caleb.
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Joey Jordison died in his sleep on July 26,2021, at the age of 46.
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In September 2013, Joey Jordison was named the world's greatest metal drummer by readers of Loudwire.
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In 2016, Joey Jordison was honored with The Golden God Award at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards.