Craig Jones

Craig Jones is one of those musicians who makes you realize that silence can be a kind of power — the guy spent nearly three decades as Slipknot's masked keyboardist and sampler, rarely giving interviews, almost never breaking character, yet his sonic contributions were absolutely woven into the band's most iconic moments. Born in Des Moines in 1972, he was there from the very early days, joining in 1996 before Slipknot had even found its footing, and watching them go from a chaotic local experiment to one of the biggest metal bands on the planet. The eerie, industrial textures and sample work he brought added a genuinely unsettling atmosphere that made songs like Wait and Bleed and Duality hit differently. His departure from the band in 2023 felt like the end of an era, and honestly, his quiet mystique only grew in retrospect.

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Name (English)

Craig Jones

Name (Japanese)

クレイグ・ジョーンズ

Reading

くれいぐ・じょーんず

Born

February 11, 1972 (age 54)

Origin

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Occupation

musician / pianist / keyboardist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Jones%20(musician)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%20(%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1634784

Tags

• Iowa
• musician
• pianist
• keyboardist

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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