Jay Weinberg (born September 8, 1990) was the drummer for Slipknot from 2014 until the 5th of November 2023. He was sometimes referred to as "Ballbag" by Corey Taylor and was also called "Jpeg" during the ZERO BULLSHIT stage in "Spit It Out". He was the youngest member of the band.
Early life[]
Jay was born on September 8th, 1990 to drummer Max Weinberg and teacher Rebecca 'Becky' Schnick. He grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey. Like his father, Jay is Jewish.
He started his musical journey by playing guitar at age 9, before learning bass at age 12 or 13. Jay then began playing drums at the age of 14, getting only few lessons from his father without much instruction and being mostly self-taught, using the latter's old drum kits.
Slipknot[]
Before drummer Joey Jordison was fired, he auditioned for Slipknot to which it was successful. When he was announced along with new bassist Alessandro Venturella in 2014, their identities were kept secret from the public as they were only touring members and had not become official members at that point. According to an Instagram post by Jay, he joined the band on December 10th, 2013.[1]
Sometime after joining, his identity was leaked along with Alessandro Venturella's. (although his was already revealed because fans recognised the tattoos on his hands) by a fired drum technician. He was later revealed to be the drummer by Jim Root in May 2015.
On November 5th, 2023, it was announced that Slipknot had decided to part ways with Jay.[2]
Gallery[]
Masks[]
Trivia[]
- Jay along with V-Man were the first new members to join Slipknot since Jim Root joined in 1999.
- Fans have noticed that Jay's mask for 'We Are Not Your Kind' is similar to that of Paul Gray.
- Him along with V-Man use a letter instead of a number.
- Jay is a self-educated drummer, learning through listening to music and playing alongside them using his father's used kits.
- The decision to fire Jay was met with insane backlash from fans with some threatening to boycott the band.
- Paul Booth tattooed 3 copies of Jay's Pale Ghost mask, Jay has one, AJ Good has another one, and the third one was auctioned off at Pale Fest.
- During the W.A.N.Y.K. era and T.E.S.F. era, Jay had an empty circle patch on his jumpsuit, unlike the other members who have numbers.
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| Slipknot | |
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| Current Members: | #0 Sid Wilson • #4 Jim Root • #6 Shawn "Clown" Crahan • #7 Mick Thomson • #8 Corey Taylor • (V) Alex Venturella • Michael Pfaff • Unidentified sampler |
| Former Members: | Anders Colsefni • #4 Josh "Gnar" Brainard • #2 Paul Gray • #1 Joey Jordison • Donnie Steele • Kun Nong • #3 Greg "Cuddles" Welts • #3 Chris Fehn • #5 Craig "133" Jones • (J) Jay Weinberg Live Only: (ᗺ) Brandon Darner |
- ↑ @jayweinberg (December 10th, 2022).
I joined @slipknot 9 years ago today. This is the only photograph that exists of the event. 📷: @mshawncrahan. Instagram. Retrieved April 2nd, 2024.
- ↑ Legaspi, Althea (November 5th, 2023). Slipknot Split With Drummer Jay Weinberg. Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 3rd, 2023.