Slipknot singer Corey Taylor says the reason drummer Joey Jordison was fired from the group was because 'we just weren't able to work anymore'.
Speaking on Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta's official podcast, 'The Jasta Show', Taylor shied away from discussing the specific reasons for Jordison's dismissal but explained: "There's legalities [that are involved which prevent me from talking about it], but at the same time - and people need to realise this - there's respect. I'm not gonna talk about Joey's life, because it's not my place, and people need to realise that. If Joey wants to talk about the situation, he can."
He went on to add: "I can only talk about how it pertains to this band, and the only way I've been able to sum it up - and this is the broadest term - is that sometimes you're on the same road, and you'll reach a T section, and sometimes you turn together, and sometimes you split. And this time we split. It was just that simple. We just weren't able to work anymore. And that's it."
Jasta praised Slipknot for being "all class" in interviews since the split which prompted Taylor to say: "I'm not gonna sit here and dog somebody that I spent 15 years building something amazing with - I'm not gonna do that."
Speaking recently to Metal Hammer magazine, Taylor confessed he had not been in touch with his former bandmate: "I haven't talked to Joey in a while, to be honest. That's how different we are. It's not because I don't love him and I don't miss him. And it is painful; we talk about him all the time, but at the same time, do we miss him or do we miss the old him? That's what it really comes down to."
Slipknot's fifth studio album '.5: The Grey Chapter' is out now and currently at number one on America's Billboard 200 chart.
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