While Jay Weinberg is killing it in his new gig with Slipknot, Jay's father Max Weinberg is taking the stage worldwide with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, just as he has since 1974.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Max discusses Jay's position in Slipknot, and pretty bluntly states that couldn't ever play that fast.
Jay is an unbelievable drummer. Two years in a row he's been named the best metal drummer out there. They have very dedicated fans and their music is intense, and I like intense music. It's complicated. I couldn't do it. I've seen him up close and I don't know how he does it. I had nothing to to do with it. He taught himself. He'll be 27 this year and he's just a killer drummer and a great kid. It's so much fun for me to see him play, and he's a virtual artist. He lives in Nashville. He's doing quite a bit of stuff. He's writing songs on his own and the band is making plans to do another record, a follow-up to the last one, which did very well.
Coincidentally, Max took Jay to his first Slipknot shows when Jay was 13. Unsurprisingly, Max also says he's not the type to stand up front at a Slipknot show, though I'm not sure a backstage or FOH seat would ever be denied to him.
I don't go up front. I won't go up front since I'd get knocked around. I watch on the side of the stage or at the board. The drums and the vocals are the loudest things in the mix and the way he plays double bass, he's got one of those drum sets and uses all of it. That's been very pleasing for me.
I think it's safe to say that we won't have a Dave Grohl/Ghost situation where Max sits in for Jay for a night, just for the hell of it. Unless maybe Slipknot wants to bust out a rendition of "Thunder Road," then maybe.
