Jim Root has looked back on the development of his game-changing Fender signature guitar, and discussed why it was such a monumental launch for both him and the company. Sure, the recipe has been ...

Fender Telecasters aren’t generally associated with heavy metal, but that didn’t stop Slipknot’s Jim Root from slapping his name on one in 2010. The result was a guitar that enraged purists but was ...

A metalhead's new guitar was allegedly sent to Slipknot's Jim Root by mistake. In mid-February, an individual wrote a post on Reddit expressing his frustration over a missing guitar he purchased ...

Now former Stone Sour guitarist Jim Root digs deeper into the issues that led to his exit from the band. Though evidence points to the drummer and bassist's identities, Slipknot guitarist Jim Root ...

If you’re waiting around for Slipknot‘s follow up to their 2022 album The End, So Far, you might want to temper your expectations because at least one member wants some (well deserved) time off.

Even Slipknot's Jim Root has tired of the wait for Slipknot's long-delayed Look Outside Your Window album. The guitarist revealed as much during a chat with Metal Hammer, going so far as to tell the ...

"There are certain people in that band that are just extremely impatient." Stone Sour dismissed Jim Root earlier this year, over the phone I may add, and ever since, Root hasn't hid his feelings about ...

Sometimes a guitar you ordered gets lost in the mail. Other times it gets accidentally delivered to Jim Root of Slipknot despite the fact that you are currently located in Qatar. Shit happens, right?

James Donald Root (born October 2, 1971) is an American guitarist. He is one of two guitarists for heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #4, as well as the former lead guitarist for ...