DUALITY: JOEY AT HOME

Modern Drummer - Issue 374
January 2011

We've all seen images of Joey Jordison perched behind his mammoth kit—sticks, hair, and sweat flying—and heard the passionate product of his studio dedication. But what is this jack of all trades like behind the scenes at home? Here Jordison opens up about his loves outside of music—and you might be surprised by some of them.

MD: What do you do when you're not on tour or working on an album? Are you chugging away at more riffs?
Joey: Yup, that's basically all I do. Other than that, I love just laying in my bed or hanging with Mokie, my cat. It's just me and Mokie, and I pretty much live in the middle of nowhere. Otherwise I see my sisters and my mother and my dad, and that's just about it.
MD: At home do you play drums or guitar more?
Joey: I play guitar. I really don't play drums at all. I mean, I have my V-Drums and one of my [acoustic] kits set up. I usually practice for like forty-five minutes, but I'll have a guitar in my hand pretty much all day, even if I'm not inspired to write a song. That's how a song is born. A lot of the Slipknot songs that you've heard are actually inspired by a dream I have. I'll wake up and just grab a guitar and watch TV. I'll be a little groggy and then a riff will come out, like, instantly. Then I'll sit there and play it for two hours, until I know it will not leave my mind.
MD: Is there any music that you listen to in order to get pumped up before a show?
Joey: Pretty much all I listen to is classic rock. I don't listen to any metal before I go on. The heaviest thing that me and Zombie would listen to was "All American Man" by Kiss. That's one of our warm-up songs. Other than that, we listen to a lot of Rod Stewart, Faces, Alice Cooper.... It just gets us in a good mood to go. I don't like listening to a lot of heavy shit before I have to play heavy shit, [laughs]
MD: What kind of music would you listen to in order to unwind or when you're chilling out at home?
Joey: Man, that's difficult...probably Fleetwood Mac.
MD: Mick Fleetwood has a really unorthodox approach and a unique voice on the drums; is he one of your influences?
Joey: Absolutely. Fleetwood Mac is one of my favorite bands of all time. Keith Moon is my favorite drummer, but getting to Mick Fleetwood? He's one of the strangest drummers, completely different from anyone else. So is Keith Moon, so is John Bonham, and those are all my heroes.
 I do love the stuff that I grew up on, though. I'm more of a black metal fan than anything else besides classic rock.
MD: What are your favorite movies?
Joey: That's hard. I'd probably say The Jerk. [In Steve Martin voice] "I need this." [laughs] And NEKRomantik, which is a German film. NEKRomantik 1 and 2, actually. Of course, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The Empire Strikes Back. Nosferatu. Mad Max. Blue Velvet — that's one of my favorite movies of all time, probably even more than the ones I already mentioned. Reservoir Dogs. Hellraiser 2. A Nightmare On Elm Street. Creature From The Black Lagoon. Taxi Driver. Scarface —everyone picks that [laughs], but it does rule.
MD: Have you ever seen Big Trouble In Little China ?
Joey: You want me to quote the whole movie, or what? [laughs] 
MD: So many people haven't even heard of that movie.
Joey: Big Trouble In Little China ? Lo Pan? Jack Burton? Porkchop Express? I know the whole thing. That movie kicks ass, dude, [laughs]
MD: Any favorite books?
Joey: True Norwegian Black Metal [by photographer Peter Beste], Lords Of Chaos [by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind]. I like American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis—not the movie, but the book; well, the movie rules too. And The Iowa Road Guide To Haunted Locations [by Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk], which I visit all the time. That's what I do in my spare time usually.
MD: Godzilla or King Kong?
Joey: Oh my God, that's hard... I'm taking Godzilla. King Kong's cool, but he's a monkey, and we don't need that.
MD: Clint Eastwood or John Wayne?
Joey: Clint Eastwood is by far more badass, but I'm from Iowa and John Wayne's from Iowa, so I have to take him. [laughs]

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