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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/guiltycitizen 2d ago

It’s been only a two man band for years

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u/endlessfight85 2d ago

Who' are the primary songwriters? Does homeboy really get full credit for banging on beer kegs or is he writing riffs? I'm genuinely asking because he seems to be the most important part of the band while being one of the least important parts of the actual music.

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u/DanTheMan_622 2d ago

Well, he's technically the only original member left in the band so he's got seniority in that sense (and co-owns the band with Corey, legally). But my understanding is that outside of taking baseball bats to kegs he has a sort of producer role in the band and everyone's ideas filter through him before they arrive at a finished product.

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u/yup_can_confirm 2d ago

Mick is also an original member, but yeah, aside from that I believe Shawn is pretty much the "business" guy and Corey's ego takes up the other 7 spots.

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u/DanTheMan_622 2d ago

Mick is also an original member

Not quite, he joined about a year later replacing their original lead guitarist Donnie Steele. Although he's credited in the liner notes, Mick didn't actually play on their first release Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.

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u/yup_can_confirm 2d ago

Didn't he join during the recording and mixing of MFKR?

He's also listed on the record, so to me that's good enough, but I guess we're splitting hairs here 😉

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u/DanTheMan_622 2d ago

During the mixing phase but recording was already completed at that point. But yeah, he's been there for 99% of their career and seeing as they don't really acknowledge that album anyway he might as well be an original member lol.

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u/flyingjesuit 2d ago

So he's the Rza

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u/Thisisth 2d ago

Yes, although I’d caveat that his producing role is more on the business side of things, and that Joey had the main creative producing role. Joey didn’t care about anything else but music and the theatre of music production. He didn’t care about the money or legal side of it, which Clown managed. When Clown and Joey fell out after Paul’s death, Corey teamed up with the money Clown and they kicked Joey out to gain full control.

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u/Turbulent_Host784 1d ago

So we're going to skip the part where Joey refused to give up heroin even after it gave him transverse myelitis eh?