Slipknot name new bassist for Sonisphere
Original member will fill-in for Paul Gray at summer shows
11 March 2011
The band said: “Donnie, as some may recall, was the original guitar player in Slipknot and had actually reconnected with Paul in recent years. Donnie was
in the band at the very beginning, and rather than get an outsider, we thought it would be a fitting tribute to Paul to play
with someone from within the family. Donnie was great friends with Paul and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate
his memory than with someone who was there with us at the very beginning.
“The eight of us are
looking forward to being onstage again and honouring Paul’s legacy with our families this summer.”
Steele played guitar on Slipknot’s Mate Kill Eat Repeat, but left the band in 1996 due to his religious beliefs. Prior
to Slipknot, he played in Body Pit with other Slipknot
members Paul Gray, Mick Thomson and Anders Colsefini and death metal outfit Killpact.
His current musical endeavors
include Upon Death's Arrival and teaching guitar at Central Iowa Music Instruction in Des Moines' East Village.
Slipknot will close Sonisphere Knebworth
on the Sunday (10th July) - their first UK appearance since the passing of Paul Gray last year. The band are also confirmed
to appear at European legs of Sonisphere in Bulgaria, Greece, Switzerland, Italy, Finland, Sweden and France.
Sonisphere 2011 (UK) returns to Knebworth
House, Hertfordshire for it's strongest billing yet with Biffy Clyro, the return of Slipknot, and for the first time together on British soil, 'the Big Four' - Metallica,
Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax.
Limp Bizkit,
Weezer and You Me At Six will also perform across the three day festival which takes place
from 8-10 July.
Click here to see the full
line up for Sonisphere 2011.
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