James Ruth is a musician, guitarist of the world famous American nu metal band Slipknot, author of songs and leading music parties. Former guitarist of the metal band Stone Sour.
Biography
James Routh (full name James Donald Routh) - a famous American musician, guitarist of the famous band Slipknot - was born on October 2, 1971 in Nevada in Las Vegas. According to him, in childhood he was left to his own devices, his parents constantly worked and practically did not engage in his education. He took role models only from peers who surrounded him and friends. James has been attracted to the musical genre in the Metal style since childhood; Iron Maiden and Metallica have been and remain his favorite musical groups to this day.
Ruth's first guitar appeared at age 13. Parents bought it as a gift for their son at Christmas. It was a Memphis guitar. James Routh is an ambidexter - he freely writes with both his right and left hands, plays the guitar with his right.
Career
In the early 90s, James began performing with the thrash metal band Atomic Opera from Iowa (not to be confused with the hard rock band Atomic Opera from Houston, Texas) and worked there for about 5 years. After that, he moved to the Dead Front and Stone Sour groups. In parallel with performances and rehearsals in groups, Ruth worked as a screenwriter, waiter, assistant waiter. In 1999, he was invited to the Slipknot group to replace Josh Brainard. Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor invited George to join the band based on Taylor’s past experience with Stone Sour.
Despite the fact that from 1999 to 2010, Ruth was the last member to join the group during this time, he is considered one of the main songwriters of the group, who made a great contribution to its development. He was also the author of leading guitar parts for later Slipknot albums.
On May 17, 2014, Stone Sour released an official statement stating that James was no longer a member of the group. And a few moments before their announcement, Ruth told the fan on Instagram about his departure, explaining that this was not his decision and he was saddened by this event.
In subsequent interviews, Ruth accused Stone Sour of pursuing a more commercial musical direction, but also noted that he “would no longer be happy in this group.” Corey Taylor noted that Root's departure from Stone Sour left an imprint on their relationship with James, which, however, was corrected by creating new material for Slipknot.
