Slipknot returned in 2014 with their first new album in six years .5: The Gray Chapter alongside two new members, bassist Alessandro "V-Man" Venturella and drummer Jay Weinberg. Unlike the identity of percussionist Tortilla Man, fans figured out Venturella's identity pretty damn quick thanks to his tattoos in the music video for "The Devil in I."
Daniel P Carter, Venturella's bandmate in Krokodil and host of BBC Radio 1's Rock Show With Daniel P Carter, recalls Venturella being excited and then immediately freaking out when people identified him.
“So in 2013, obviously, founding member Joey Jordison had left the band. He was replaced by Jay Weinberg; and ‘V-Man’ Venturella was playing bass at this point,” Carter recalls.
“And I actually remember very vividly being in the studio, because I actually played in a band called Krokodil with V-Man at that point. And we were in the studio working on stuff and “The Devil In I” video went up online and all of us in the studio kinda sat there and watched it in on the computer and were high fiving him and stoked and everything.”
“At this point, no one knew who these new members were in the band. But I think within about a half an hour I think somebody had screen grabbed the picture towards the end of the video where V-Man‘s playing bass and somehow, someone recognized the tattoos on his hand—they’re pretty distinctive I guess. And I remember him having this look of mad panic as his phone just started blowing up, like for the entire rest of the day—to the point where he was like ‘I just need to go. I just need to go now.’ It was amazing.”
Check out Slipknot performing for Carter in their recent appearance at Maida Vale Studios. Slipknot will hot the road soon with A Day To Remember, Underoath and Code Orange as a part of their Knotfest Roadshow.
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