Mike Portnoy comments on Joey Jordison’s passing

“I’ll always be, first and foremost, most appreciative to how he treated [my son] Max. He was his favourite drummer and he was so kind, gracious and humble to him when he was a kid. Under the mask of this extreme and brutal drummer was a kind soul. You always think that someone is going to be around forever and you always imagined there would be a day when Joey would be up there again with Slipknot, in some capacity; you assumed there would be another chapter, but this shows nothing is guaranteed. You have to love and appreciate everyone while they’re here, and I wish I’d reached out more the last few years. But the way he’ll be remembered by the industry is as a groundbreaker; he was the guy who took extreme metal drumming into the mainstream, and if you look at the classic metal drummers of the last 30 years he’s got to be at the top of the list. He had such an impact on so many young metal drummers, he definitely made his mark, and left a legacy to be very, very proud of.”

—Mike Portnoy, Liquid Tension Experiment