![]() ![]() Jordison eventually revealed in 2016 that he had been suffering from a condition called transverse myelitis since 2010, which impacted his ability to play drums toward the end of his time in the Iowa titans.Īlthough he's best known for his tenure in Slipknot, Jordison was a prolific musician who played in a bevy of other projects throughout his fruitful career. In December 2013, Slipknot released a statement proclaiming that Jordison had left the group due to personal reasons, which the drummer countered by saying that he was in fact fired. In addition to being a beastly force behind the kit that helped give the band their signature percussive force, he was a major songwriter on the four studio LPs he appeared on during his time in the band. Jordison played in Slipknot from 1995 to 2013. Technically the third member to join the band, Jordison was considered a founding member of the soon-to-be nu-metal titans, earning the "#1" designation once every member of the band was assigned a number between one and nine. In 1995, he was asked to join a new project called the Pale Ones that would eventually become Slipknot. He took to music at an early age and would eventually play in numerous local bands throughout his teenage years that helped him hone is chops as a preternaturally fast and uncompromising drummer. Jordison was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 26th, 1975.
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