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 ...

Fender Telecasters aren’t generally associated with heavy metal, but that didn’t stop Slipknot’s Jim Root from slapping his name on one in 2010. The result was a guitar that enraged purists but was ...

A metalhead's new guitar was allegedly sent to Slipknot's Jim Root by mistake. In mid-February, an individual wrote a post on Reddit expressing his frustration over a missing guitar he purchased ...

Unfortunately, gear theft has become quite common these days. Often times musicians have their equipment stolen when playing smaller venues as they haul everything back outside and load up their van ...

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 ...

Root was a gentleman about the question, and answered it this way instead: “I see a lot of comments like, ‘Where are the guitar solos on this record?’ and stuff like that. Well, obviously, Mick ...

Slipknot guitarist Jim Root has responded to criticism about the band’s latest album We Are Not Your Kind. Root spoke with The Art and Span Show about people who make comments about the record not ...

Sometimes a guitar you ordered gets lost in the mail. Other times it gets accidentally delivered to Jim Root of Slipknot despite the fact that you are currently located in Qatar. Shit happens, right?

Slipknot performs at its SLIPKNOT: Summer's Last Stand Tour at Aaron's Amphitheatre in Atlanta on July 26, 2015. (Robb D. Cohen/AP) (Robb D. Cohen/AP) Turns out theft doesn't just strike the bands in ...

My first thought when seeing this bit of news was, there's a lack of solos on Slipknot's We Are Not Your Kind? I honestly hadn't noticed because the whole thing seems to flow seamlessly from one ...