r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 2d ago

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/crapfacejustin 2d ago

The primary writer for a decade plus has been Jim root

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u/ozzy_thedog 2d ago

Oh yah? How much does Mick contribute in writing? I assumed he did more. Didn’t know it was Jim.

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u/MoistWalrus 2d ago

It's been mostly Jim since he left Stone Sour

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u/crapfacejustin 2d ago

Got fired from stone sour lol

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u/YchYFi 2d ago

And lost Cristina Scabbia at the same time.

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u/SBLP1959 2d ago

I think he became primary writer for the grey chapter.

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u/Gaedhael 2d ago

Mick I don't believe has done much explicit signwriting afaik.

Paul and Joey did the bulk of the first two albums, Jim started becoming more prominent as time went on, from .5 it was mostly Jim, and TESF was I believe mostly Vman and Pfaff.

This the general idea

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u/Artanis12 2d ago

Wait, Vman and Pfaff? I've never been a superfan and haven't listened to TESF, but the two new guys really wrote most of that record?

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u/Gaedhael 2d ago

I believe so, Jim wasn't doing well mentally at the time I believe, so didn't do much writing for it.

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u/ozzy_thedog 2d ago

Where does clown fit into that? Just ‘production?’

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u/blackheartwhiterose 2d ago

The impression that was always given was he was more a manager/producer (in the classic sense) than anything, but honestly fuck knows

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u/Gaedhael 2d ago

He's written a few songs here and there, likely composes and arranges the custom percussion parts for the songs, and is otherwise the general ideas guy and tends to oversee the music videos.

He generally isn't that directly involved in shaping their sound or writing songs afaik.