Slipknot’s Jay Weinberg Recalls Playing for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Jay Weinberg is known for throwing down heavy rhythms with Slipknot, but did you know he got his “big break” performing with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band? When…
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Andy Kropa / Getty ImagesJay Weinberg is known for throwing down heavy rhythms with Slipknot, but did you know he got his "big break" performing with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band?
When Weinberg was just 18 years old, he filled in for his father with the E Street Band, when his father took a leave of absence to play with Conan O'Brien's band on NBC.
Now, Weinberg is thanking Springsteen and the E Street Band for that career boost and expressing how excited he is to see the band gearing back up for live performances.
"I’m so stoked that it’s only ONE MONTH until I see my E Street family play for the first time in six years!" Weinberg says on Instagram. "I’ve said it often, but I’m eternally grateful to @springsteen, @mightymaxweinberg, and the entire E Street Band for taking a shot in the dark on me when I was 18 years old — to undertake the no-times-in-a-lifetime opportunity of filling in for my father."
He added, "Far more than learning several hundred songs and performing for close to four hours every night, it was the E Street work ethic that made an indelible impression on me. A vertical learning curve that left me with life lessons and a skill set I’ve applied to everything I’ve ever done since. Each day on tour, Bruce would hand me a list of five new songs to learn on the way to the venue to rehearse at soundcheck. Two or three of them would likely make their way into the set that night. Rock the house, head to the next city, and repeat."
24 Albums that Turn 15 in 2023
A number of the rock albums that turn 15 in 2023 are both big hits and fan favorites.
Many legendary acts released LPs in 2008 including Metallica, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Judas Priest and more. Some acts -- like Kings of Leon, Slipknot, The Killers and The Black Keys -- also helped cement their place in the rock world with new albums.
Scroll below to see which 24 rock albums turn 15 in 2023.
Disturbed - ‘Indestructible’
Released on June 3, 2008.
Slipknot - ‘All Hope Is Gone’
Released on August 26, 2008.
Metallica - ‘Death Magnetic’
Released on September 12, 2008.
Coldplay - ‘Viva la Vida of Death and All His Friends’
Released on June 12, 2008.
The Black Keys - ‘Attack & Release’
Released on April 1, 2008.
Beck - ‘Modern Guilt’
Released on July 7, 2008.
The Raconteurs - ‘Consolers of the Lonely’
Released on March 25, 2008.
Kings of Leon - ‘Only by the Night’
Released on September 19, 2008.
The Killers - ‘Day & Age’
Released on November 18, 2008.
AC/DC - ‘Black Ice’
Released on October 20, 2008.
Vampire Weekend - ‘Vampire Weekend’
Released on January 29, 2008.
Flogging Molly - ‘Float’
Released on March 4, 2008.
The B-52’s - ‘Funplex’
Released on March 25, 2008.
R.E.M. - ‘Accelerate’
Released on March 31, 2008.
Def Leppard - ‘Songs from the Sparkle Lounge’
Released on April 25, 2008.
3 Doors Down - ‘3 Doors Down’
Released on May 20, 2008.
Nine Inch Nails - ‘The Slip’
Released on May 5, 2008.
Nine Inch Nails - ‘Ghosts I-IV’
Released on March 2, 2008.
Judas Priest - ‘Nostradamus’
Released on June 17, 2008.
Motley Crue - ‘Saints of Los Angeles’
Released on June 24, 2008.
Shinedown - ‘The Sound of Madness’
Released on June 24, 2008.
Queen + Paul Rodgers - ‘The Cosmos Rocks’
Released on September 15, 2008.
Nickelback - ‘Dark Horse’
Released on November 17, 2008.
Guns N’ Roses - ‘Chinese Democracy’
Released on November 23, 2008.
