Joey Jordison is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He's best known for his work as the drummer for the nu metal band Slipknot. He grew up in Waukee, Iowa with his parents and two sisters, and was given his first drum kit at the age of 8. Joey Jordison was born on April 26, 1975 in Des Moines, Iowa. He performed in several bands until joining in the summer of 1995 the group The Pale Ones, which would later change their name to Slipknot. They changed their band's name to Slipknot because their first album was named Slipknot, and they probably thought that Slipknot would be a pretty neat name for a heavy metal band. With Slipknot, Joey Jordison has performed on four studio albums, and produced the live 9.0: Live. He is also the lead guitarist for the horror punk band Murderdolls. Outside the majority of his projects, Joey Jordison has performed with other heavy metal groups such as Rob Zombie, Metallica, Korn, Ministry Otep and Satyricon. He is also known for his session work, which includes performances on many albums for many different artists. Joey Jordison used several drum brands including Pearl and ddrum. Joey Jordison is known as: Joey Jordison, Nathan Jonas Jordison, which is his full name, #1 of Slipknot, and Superball. Joey Jordison is 36 years old and has been with the American heavy metal band Slipknot for quite some time now. It's been 17 years in total. Joey Jordison plays the following instruments: Drums, percussions, guitar, bass, piano, violin, theremin, synthesizer, and the sampler or just sampler. He's also sang in some of the songs that Slipknot has made in the past. Joey Jordison grew up in a rural area outside of Waukee where he used to play basketball on the street in front of his house. He embraced music at an early age, which he attributed to the influence of his parents: "they always sat me down in front of the radio, rather than the TV." Joey Jordison started his first band in elementary school. Now that's a young age to start an actual band at, yet that's really awesome. At a young age, Joey Jordison's parents divorced; he and his two younger sisters stayed with their mother. His mother remarried and set up a funeral parlor where Joey Jordison would occasionally help. He has stated he felt a sudden responsibility to be the man of the house, and this responsibility turned him odious in which he played drums. He later described them as "total speed-metal thrash". The band helped Joey Jordison break new ground, playing for live crowds in support of local bands including Atomic Opera, which featured Jim Root, and Heads On The Wall, which featured Shawn Crahan, which is one of two members that created the American heavy metal band, Slipknot along with Paul Gray. After a multitude of line-up changes including the presence of Craig Jones and Josh Brainard, who would later appear in Slipknot, the band released two demos in 1993: Visceral and Mud Fuchia. After leaving school, Joey Jordison was hired by a local music store called Musicland. In March of 1994, after a recommendation from his new friend, he got the job at a Sinclair garage in Urbandale. Joey Jordison worked the night shift, which he preferred, as it left his weekends free and allowed him to spend time with his friends and listen to music while working. In early 1995, Modifidious disbanded because of a shift in interest from thrash metal to death metal in America. Following this Joey Jordison joined a local banned called The Rejects as a guitarist, with whom he only played a couple of shows. Joey Jordison was also involved in a band with Paul Gray, who was one of two of the original members of Slipknot that formed the band along with Shawn Crahan. That was formed mostly as a joke called Anal Blast. Paul Gray attempted to recruit him for another band, Body Pit, but he declined the invitation to remain in The Rejects. In 2001, Joey Jordison worked on a remix of "The Fight Song" by Marilyn Manson. He also appeared in the music video for Marilyn Manson's cover of "Tainted Love." Later in the year, Marilyn Manson revealed that Joey Jordison had been working with him on his new album called The Golden Age of Grotesque.