SLIPKNOT's JAY WEINBERG Gets Engaged

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SLIPKNOT drummer Jay Weinberg appears to have gotten engaged to his girlfriend Chloe Howcroft. Earlier today, the 29-year-old shared a photo of him getting down on bended knee and apparently proposing to Howcroft on a dirt road overlooking the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru. Weinberg discovered SLIPKNOT when he was a pre-teen, through his father Max, of Bruce Springsteen's E STREET BAND, and leader of the house band on Conan O'Brien's talk show. He was hooked immediately and was a huge fan of SLIPKNOT by the time he was invited to Los Angeles to try out as replacement for Joey Jordison in 2013. For the first few months after the release of 2014's ".5: The Gray Chapter", the members of SLIPKNOT had declined to name the musicians who were playing drums and bass on their tour, despite the fact that their identities were revealed as Weinberg and bassist Alessandro "Vman" Venturella by a disgruntled former drumtech for SLIPKNOT who posted a picture of a backstage call sheet on Instagram. SLIPKNOT announced its split with Jordison in December 2013 but did not disclose the reasons for his exit. The drummer subsequently issued a statement saying that he did not quit the group.

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