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Though evidence points to the drummer and bassist's identities, Slipknot guitarist Jim Root claims, "I think we're always going to deny who it is."

Slipknot guitarist Jim Root discusses the addition of the band's new members and talks about the band's future.

Update (5:45PM ET): This story has been amended with a statement from Stone Sour confirming that Jim Root is in fact no longer in the band. Earlier this year, guitarist Jim Root sat out Stone Sour's tour with the reason given that he was concentrating his efforts on writing music for Slipknot's next album. However, now the band has announced that it has parted ways with Root.

Slipknot’s guitar players Mick Thompson and Jim Root sat down with Music Radar to discuss the band’s early days and the gear choices they made that shaped Slipknot’s distinct sound. Thompson and Root talk about how being flat-broke influenced the gear they used on Slipknot’s debut album and how, as the band became commercially successful, what gear they used when they had the money to get whatever

Slipknot guitarist Jim Root has been forced to sit out dates on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival due to a burst appendix. The band released the following statement before the tour's kickoff in San Bernadino, Calif. on Saturday (June 30): "We're sorry to announce that our brother Jim Root will not be performing with us at Mayhem today in San Bernardino due to serious health issues.

Jim Root, guitarist for bands Slipknot and Stone Sour, has no problem admitting he's a fan of his peers' gifted guitar playing skills. The Iowa native sat down before a Stone Sour concert at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, England in late October to discuss which players of the stringed instrument he admires most...