#4 James Root

Full Name: James Root
Date of Birth: October 2, 1971
Nickname: The Peach
Equipment: Click Here

Mask: When Jim first joined the band he adopted ex-guitarists Josh's mask. It was a Black Bondage mask. He used to pull his hair through the top of the bondage mask. HE had purple hair and that is the reason you see that purple dangly think at the top of his head on the S/T album cover. His Iowa Mask is a jesters mask used to show his jester-like personality. His new mask, is a slight variation of the Iowa mask. It is pale white with no facial expression, has a zippered mouth, and red detailing around the eyes.

Side Project: Stone Sour

About: Jim is the latest edition to the band. He joined during the recordings of the Self Titled cd. He is the tallest membe rof the band reaching a height of 6'6, people used to think Mick was the tallest, when in reality he is only 6'2. Jims original hair color is brown, despite the many times he has dyed it. He used to work in waiter and a busboy before he joined "Slipknot", he stated once, "hated that greasy hell". Jim has played in bands in the past entitled "Dead Front", "Atomic Opera", and of course "Stone Sour". After Corey was forced to join the band, and he left Stone Sour, Corey referred the band to Jim after loosing one of there guitarists.

Ex-bands/side projects: James used to be in Stone Sour as the guitarist, Corey was the lead singer for this band as well, it's unsure how long he was in the band for though. For info on Stone Sour see the Corey profile: 8 - Corey. He was also within the band, "Atomic Opera" prior to Stone Sour along with Bruce Swink, who also made the switch with Jim from AO to SS. During the times when Jim was in Atomic Opera; Joey looked upto him, "Jim was the King".

Jim was also in a band called "Deadfront", here are some of the songs that the band made:

Deadfront - Nemesis
1. nemesis
2. retard
3. torn inside
4. kweece
5. radio flyer
6. c.
7. assisted suicide
8. organcis
9. erase me ft alexis from smakdab