You need a specialised instrument when you are in Jim Root’s line of work. Slipknot demands a certain kind of sound. But just because Root needs extremity in his electric guitar tone doesn’t mean he ...

After spending most of the '90s as a member of the Mid-West thrash and alt-metal scene with Atomic Opera and Stone Sour, Jim Root joined Des Moines, Iowa nu-metal-meets-groove-metal outfit Slipknot.

For OG Slipknot fans, there’s no denying that some of their earliest work was their heaviest. It was just pure, authentically raw metal. And as fans, we know it isn’t always easy for bands to keep up ...

Slipknot guitarist Jim Root has addressed the lack of new music within the band since they've made a pair of lineup changes. In a newly posted video interview with Guitar Interactive (seen below) that ...

James Donald Root 4 Stuperbee Mr Bigs While he goes by many names the 66 man behind a mysterious mask coveralls and white Telecaster is here to tell all in this noholdsbarred documentary from FRET12 ...

"But I think we work really well under pressure in some cases, in most cases." "I'm still trying to figure that out," he confessed. "I think that's the eternal [mystery] because, with writing, there's ...

As a member of Slipknot, Jim Root‘s guitar playing has been a major contributing factor to the band’s success. Yet leading up to the release of the band’s latest offering The End, So Far, Root ...

“After a while, you're listening to things and you're hearing them different because they're evolving so much from where they began.” He further explained that this sometimes leads to him guessing ...