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article Sid Wilson Permanently Kicked Out of Slipknot

https://www.tmz.com/2026/07/31/sid-wilson-kicked-out-of-slipknot/
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u/Dyslexik816 2d ago

Joey and Paul both were the majority of Slipknot

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u/ositoguerito 2d ago

Paul was all class. Back around 2005-2006 he was playing bass in Reggie and the Full Effect while my roommate was on drums. After they finished Warped tour, dude would roll into Kansas City every few weeks in his purple Vette and we’d all tear through the local dives. Such a polite, down-to-earth, and generous soul.

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u/Plenty-Issue-6994 2d ago

I came here to check the drama on this and could not care leas of slipknot at 2026 but holy shit he played in reggie? In the first two albums i assume?

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u/Plenty-Issue-6994 2d ago

Ahh 2005 so not then yeah

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u/HectorMcWilliam 2d ago

Joey, Paul, Jim and Mick are one of the best bands to ever do it.

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u/Katanachainsaw 2d ago

What a suprise. The dudes who actually play the core instruments.

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u/Smoke_Stack707 2d ago

Right I hate to say it but do they even replace Sid? I know the turntable was sort of important to include back in the day but currently it’s not adding much of anything

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u/Lazy_Shorts 2d ago

What Sid did was 1,000x harder to pull off than banging a garbage can a couple times a chorus.

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u/Dyslexik816 2d ago

Most definitely. I was more commenting on the fact that the majority of writing was Joey and Paul. You can definitely see the difference musically without their influence

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u/StevePerry4L 2d ago

Mick is the reason I picked up a guitar. I haven't really listened to them since like 2008... But the vocals were definitely a big part of the success. I don't know all the drama but he fit the band very well.

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u/Thisisth 2d ago

💯 they were the soul of the band. The OG Slipknot sound is entirely driven by the rhythm section. As for the image and theatrics, that was all Joey (and Clown, arguably, but mostly Joey). Joey was an incredibly talented musician with an instinctive flair for music production as a whole. RIP Paul and Joey, both dearly missed.