Slipknot’s ’09 Show at MSG Was ‘Huge Step Forward’

Slipknot’s newest dwell launch, Live at MSG, captures their first-ever headlining efficiency at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Feb. 5, 2009. Even although drummer Jay Weinberg did not be a part of the band till 2014, this explicit live performance holds a very particular place in his historical past with Slipknot.

“I was at that show—at that point, I had kind of started my own sort of trajectory playing music,” Weinberg defined to Chuck Armstrong on Friday evening’s version of Loudwire Nights (Aug. 18). “I was starting to become incredibly active in music myself, playing with Bruce [Springsteen] and the E Street Band at the time. I think my first full show with them was only a couple of months after [Slipknot played Madison Square Garden].”

Slipknot’s huge present in New York City was removed from the primary time Weinberg caught them dwell. In reality, the very first time Weinberg noticed Slipknot was at Ozzfest 2001; a yr earlier than that, they made their community tv debut on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, the present for which Weinberg’s dad, Max, served because the bandleader.

“He was like, ‘Oh my god, you guys are crazy, my kids are going to love you,'” Weinberg recalled about his dad’s expertise seeing Slipknot carry out “Wait and Bleed” on Feb. 25, 2000. “It’s a testament to [Slipknot’s] kindness, they were like, ‘Alright, anytime you want your family to come out to a show, bring your kids out.’ They extended that invitation.”

Weinberg was 10 years outdated when he first noticed Slipknot at Ozzfest, one thing he admitted to Chuck “completely blew my mind and opened me up to what music could be.”

“At that point, probably the heaviest thing I really listened to was The Who’s Quadrophenia. This put everything else into a new context for me. I’m still trying to figure stuff out at 10 years old and that really just put me on a path of, ‘Oh my god, there’s this whole other world out there that I’ve never known before.'”

The Significance of Slipknot Playing Madison Square Garden

As Weinberg mirrored on his historical past with Slipknot as a fan, he was excited to inform Chuck how necessary the band’s headlining gig at Madison Square Garden was—not only for Slipknot, however for the steel neighborhood at massive.

“I remember distinctly as a fan, feeling like our community had scored one for the good guys,” he defined about seeing Slipknot at the Garden. “That was a huge thing for the culture … It was a huge step forward for a band that crazy to finally get a swing at headlining Madison Square Garden [and it] felt like a huge shift as a fan base and for everyone who had supported the band up until that point.”

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Weinberg known as the present in 2009 an enormous accomplishment that lots of bands do not get to expertise; the truth that it is without end immortalized now with the Live at MSG launch led him to say it is a “flag-waving moment” for Slipknot and their followers.

“You get to stand atop Mount Madison Square Garden and say, ‘We’re here.'”

What Else Did Slipknot’s Jay Weinberg Discuss on Loudwire Nights

• What it is like connecting together with his dad by way of “high stakes rock and roll” and why they love speaking about music collectively: “Something we’ve been able to share with each other is just the life that we both seemingly chose.”
• Why his favourite songs to play with Slipknot consistently change—and why “Duality” will at all times be an extremely particular music to him
• With so many achievements already of their profession, Weinberg shares what his personal objectives for the band appear like: “We played the entire Iowa album…personally, I’d like to experience that for all the records. That’s quite a cumbersome challenge, but we could set up for a week at a venue and play a record a night.”

Listen to the Full Interview within the Podcast Player Below

Jay Weinberg joined Loudwire Nights on Friday, Aug. 18; the present replays on-line right here, and you may tune in dwell each weeknight at 7PM ET or on the Loudwire app; you too can see if the present is obtainable in your native radio station and take heed to interviews on-demand. Get particulars on Live at MSG at Slipknot’s on-line retailer after which take a look at their full tour schedule.