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billy corgan, Corey Taylor, jim root, joey jordison, kliph scurlock, nick augusto, slipknot, stone sour, the flaming lips, the smashing pumpkins, trivium, wayne coyne
A lot of surprising line-up changes have come about in many big bands lately, so I thought I’d talk a bit about them. Honestly, this isn’t really a post with a specific message, more of a ramble. I’ve not thought any of this through, and I’m keeping editing to a minimum. If I say anything slightly meaningful, it’ll probably be by accident. But my opinion obviously matters to a lot of people (shut up, it does), so I’ll just say what I want to say.
Let’s start with the most recent, and perhaps most surprising. Guitarist Jim Root has been fired from Stone Sour. This may not seem all that surprising, Stone Sour have had many line-up changes in their past, and Root sat out of their latest tour to focus on writing material for Slipknot. But a few things make this particularly odd. For one, next to frontman Corey Taylor, Root was the most senior member of the band and arguably the second biggest name. Somebody like that doesn’t get fired for no reason.