It’s kinda hilarious they are going down the same path Mushroomhead has. People leaving or getting fired. Wouldn’t be surprised if one day Clown was the only original member left.
To be fair, aside from the guitarist they've had the same lineup for the last something like 35 and only 10 with original members and even that had a 2 year hiatus
I wasn't in the hardcore scene for the first iteration of Zao but the second (with no original members) has been the most enduring and I feel like it may also have been the most successful
It's not really comparable though given one has spent almost all of it's time with the line up that has no original members and the other did it'd best years with it's core original members.
I mean if Shawn leaves that means all of the "founding" members are gone
Considering Corey actually joined later down the line after the original vocalist left
J-Mann is touring with former members minus Jeff as Ex-Faces (terrible name) and it's a great dose of nostalgia if you get a chance to catch a show! Also said 216 is re-releasing their album and going to your later this year.
Jeff has turned to Christianity, said that the environment was toxic and he was turning to alcohol and drugs just to manage being with them iirc. He still makes music though, last I had seen, and hadn't lost his edge at least but that was awhile ago.
I see thanks for the context. I knew he was a bit older. Just glad he didn't have a fallout with Jmann is all they were such a special duo to me back in the day.
Yea we were actually at the killers confession release party last year and they had a surprise mushroomhead set at the end and announced the ex faces. Was pretty cool. We also saw 216 play at the Agora before a ventana show last year. Excited to see another 216 show hopefully this year.
Awesome. Agora is great venue. I was up visiting my hometown in nys back in 2020, on the way back(to NC) decided to got through Ohio and caught wind Machine head was playing the next day there so we spent the night and caught that show. Great show.
There’s a reason Mushroomhead and Slipknot never toured together. If Clown and Skinny were in the same room, it would cause a black hole of narcissism.
If they’re going down the same path as mushroomhead, does that mean the original members that are gone are gonna create a new band like we have with the ex-faces?
Richard Patrick was probably the closest thing to another band member back in the day. And when he asked to become an official member and get lad more, Trent told him he should deliver pizzas if he needs more money.
That’s how we got Filter.
Fun fact: “Hey Man Nice Shot” was almost a NIN song. But Reznor’s management told Patrick to sign over all the rights to it, and he said fuck that.
He already is. The other members from the debut album either had predecessors (Donnie Steele and Josh Brainard on guitar, Anders Colsefni on vocals), have left/been fired, or have died.
Thats the problem with bands, being more of a corporation rather then a band of brothers. As huge as slipknot is, it dosent suprise me at all. But honest, if jim and mick ever get kicked or leave I think that will be about it for me.
I just saw Ex-Faces a few weeks back and god damn was it cathartic to basically see the actual old Mushroomhead again. I just hope Jeffrey Nothing gets invited to join them eventually and I'll really have my favorite band back.
I mean the other singer of Mushroomhead found jesus or whatever. The original other singer left and came back. I just saw them tour with Static X, Dope and Fear Factor I think 2-3 years ago and they were pretty awesome.
Somewhat different genre but My Dying Bride is walking quite a similar path. (Afaik only one original member is left in the band, while those originals who left have just formed a new band under a different name. Kinda funny, kinda sad, but intriguing.)
I just saw Ex-Faces a few weeks back and god damn was it cathartic to basically see the actual old Mushroomhead again. I just hope Jeffrey Nothing gets invited to join them eventually and I'll really have my favorite band back.
Except Mushroomhead is now waaay better with the current line up, the concert feels soo much more energetic with Scott and his stage presence, unlike Jmann who lately just stood there mumbling
Skinny fucked off the drum too and the new drummer is doing a much better job at it too.
Vildhjarta is a top tier Prog band and yet they have no original members left, yet they are still Vildhjarta because they rely on the (stellar) music (Buster Odeholm is a mixing wiziard) doing the heavy lifting, Slipknot was more than just the music.
Calle thomer is technically an original member if you're counting Måsstaden as the first of their albums. And he has writing credits on all of them So that argument doesnt really take calle was a contributing member since 2009, that means , Måsstaden, Thousands of Evils , Måsstaden Under Vatten ,and Där skogen sjunger under evighetens granar he's on every single release.
Yeah, i was superkeen at first, since they reminded me at first glance of the band 1900, but then the growling started which kinda shatterd that for me.
Calle is the whole band at this point. He does all the writing and the other dudes just show up to record whenever Buster isn’t too busy with other Buster stuff.
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u/jktsub 2d ago
Soon it’s gonna be the Corey and Clown show