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Jim Root | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Root performing with Slipknot in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | James Donald Root[1] |
| Also known as | #4 |
| Born | October 2, 1971 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.[2][3] |
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| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Member of | Slipknot |
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James Donald Root (born October 2, 1971)[2][3] is an American guitarist. He is one of two guitarists for heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #4, as well as the former lead guitarist for rock band Stone Sour.
- ^ "James Donald "Jim" Root". Metalstorm.net. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ a b "James Root Bebo Profile". Upload.bebo.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ a b "James Root Slipknot Metal Profile". Slipknot-metal.com. October 2, 1971. Archived from the original on December 9, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ "The first time Jim Root was invited to join Slipknot, the guitarist said no. He was already in a group, the Des Moines metal band Deadfront". Desmoinesregister.com. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- ^ "...Root began his musical career in thrash metal band Atomic Opera". Equipboard.com. Retrieved October 7, 2015.