ABOUT JIM ROOT
Guitarist for the heavy metal band Slipknot alongside singer Corey Taylor , drummers Jay Weinberg and Joey Jordison , fellow guitarist Mick Thomson , percussionists Chris Fehn and Shawn Crahan , DJ Sid Wilson , and keyboardist Craig Jones . He also became a guitarist for Stone Sour , an alternative metal group.
He used to be a waiter and busboy. He has played with groups like Atomic Opera.
He won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2006 for the song "Before I Forget" with Slipknot.
In 2004, he started dating Cristina Scabbia , who is a member of the band Lacuna Coil . The couple split in 2017. He was also romantically linked to Kissa Von Addams.
He became bandmates with Corey Taylor in both Slipknot and Stone Sour.
