Former Slipknot Drummer Jay Weinberg Officially Joins Suicidal Tendencies

A few months after departing from the heavy metal act Slipknot, drummer Jay Weinberg joined the thrash band Suicidal Tendencies. His first show with the band will take place in Japan next week.

In January, Weinberg was announced as part of the supergroup Infectious Grooves – led by Suicidal Tendencies ringleader Mike Muir, guitarist Dean Pleasants and Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo. Now, he’s part of the main band, just weeks out from performing at Bluesfest and a bunch of sideshows with Infectious Grooves in Australia.

Weinberg announced his new gig with Suicidal Tendencies in a social media post captioned “YOU CAN’T BRING ME DOWN” (a song by the new band he’s playing in), writing:

When I think of the culture and community of heavy music that I’ve loved and considered my creative home for 20 years, I think of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES: a foundational pillar and source of inspiration ever since I fell in love with punk, metal, and hardcore.

Having toured and played shows together all over the world, I’ve been so fortunate to become friends with my musical heroes who have been a part of this band’s incredible history.

It’s an absolute honour and privilege to play with Suicidal Tendencies, and I can’t wait to start this incredibly exciting new chapter in just one week! See you all in the pit!

Weinberg is the latest drummer in Suicidal Tendencies, following Greyson Nekrutman, Brandon Pertzborn, and Dave Lombardo (currently touring Australia with the Mike Patton-led Mr Bungle).

The current line-up of Suicidal Tendencies is Mike Muir, Jay Weinberg, Dean Pleasants, rhythm guitarist Ben Weinman (formerly of The Dillinger Escape Plan), and bassist Tye Trujillo.

Weinberg performed with Slipknot from 2014 until late last year, playing on three of their studio albums, 2014’s .5: The Gray Chapter, 2019’s We Are Not Your Kind and 2022’s The End, So Far. In a statement, Weinberg said he was “heartbroken and blindsided” by his former bandmates’ decision.

He confirmed that his departure from Slipknot wasn’t the end of his musical journey, “not by a long shot.” Weinberg found comfort in that fans and the wider music community knew his name ten years after joining Slipknot.

Weinberg leaving Slipknot followed a turbulent period for the band, in which Craig Jones, the group’s keyboard player and sampler of the last 27 years, left the band.