Jim Root Explains How + Why Slipknot Hired Drummer Eloy Casagrande
In a new interview, guitarist Jim Root explained why Slipknot hired drummer Eloy Casagrande, who’d played with Sepultura since 2011. Slipknot parted ways with Jay Weinberg in November, and played their first shows with Casagrande last month at Pappy + Harriet’s in Pioneertown, Calif. and then Las Vegas’ Sick New World festival. Shortly after, the band formally welcomed the drummer to the band on social media, making it the first time they revealed the identity of a new member so quickly. In a new interview with Tone-Talk, Root revealed how Casagrande became a member of the ‘Knot. “We didn’t ev...