Jim Root

Musician

1971-10-02

Jim Root is an American guitarist known for his work with heavy metal bands Slipknot and Stone Sour. His playing style and songwriting contributed to major commercial and critical releases by both groups. Root has been recognized as a prominent modern metal guitarist.

Quotes by Jim Root

As a person, I think you're always kind of searching for something or going through a hardship, whether it's your parents splitting up or anything like that. I mean, my parents stuck together, for whatever reason, until I was about 23, and then they decided to call it quits.
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Don't get me wrong - I'm still way into the metal, but I've been listening to different things like Radiohead, Portishead, Bjork, and Queens of the Stone Age.
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I wanna buy vinyl and I want to listen to records on it. I want to put on 'Dark Side of the Moon' in the dining room while I'm eating pasta or whatever. You know what I mean.
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There are many different artforms that are just being lost because the whole digital revolution has homogenized everything, turned it all into Walmart.
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