Alessandro Venturella

Alessandro Venturella
Alessandro Venturella
	Venturella performing with Slipknot in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Alessandro Giovanni Venturella
Also known as	Vman
Born	April 12, 1984 (age 40)
Origin	England
Genres	Heavy metal
Occupations	Musician; guitar tech;
Instruments	Bass; guitar; keyboards;
Years active	1999–present
Member of	Slipknot
Formerly of	Cry for Silence

Alessandro "Alex" Giovanni Venturella is a British musician who is the current bassist for American heavy metal band Slipknot. He previously has served as a lead guitarist for Krokodil and Cry for Silence. Earlier in his career, he was the touring guitar tech for Mastodon's Brent Hinds, Coheed and Cambria, Architects, and Fightstar.

Slipknot

On 7 October 2014, frontman Corey Taylor of Slipknot was surprised by the fact that Venturella had been identified playing bass in a Slipknot video for the song "The Devil in I". Venturella's unique left-hand tattoo had been reported by Metal Chapel News, despite all the musicians wearing masks in the video. Taylor said of Venturella and the video's drummer, "They're not official band members yet, but they are people who play with the band... Time will tell whether or not they're, like, full members."^[1]

On 3 December 2014, Slipknot's former drum tech posted a photograph of a personnel list of the band on tour, showing that bassist Venturella and drummer Jay Weinberg were touring with the band.^[2] Venturella was eventually officially revealed to be the bassist by Jim Root in an interview with Ultimate-Guitar on 13 May 2015.^[3]

On 2 August 2015, Venturella had an unknown medical emergency for which he was rushed to the hospital during a show in Hartford, Connecticut.^[4] The following day, it was revealed that Venturella had suffered from dehydration during the show the previous night, and would be returning to the stage on 4 August 2015, in Mansfield, Massachusetts, where he performed backstage.^[5]

Discography

with Cry for Silence

Through The Precious Words (2001)^[6]
The Longest Day (2004)^[7]
The Glorious Dead (2008)^[8]

with Krokodil

Shatter / Dead Man's Path Ltd. 7 (2014)
Nachash (2014)

with Slipknot

.5: The Gray Chapter (2014)^[9]
"All Out Life" (non album single) (2018)
We Are Not Your Kind (2019)
The End, So Far (2022)

References

^ Hartmann, Graham (8 October 2014). "Slipknot's Corey Taylor on New Bassist's Identity Leak: 'I Was So Upset'". Loudwire. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
^ Pasbani, Robert (3 December 2014). "Slipknot's Itinerary previously fired, breaks out in a fit of rage, taking a picture of the official slipknot personnel list, exposing Weinberg as the drummer for Slipknot". Metal Injection. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/jim_root_seems_like_stone_sour_cant_even_write_a_new_record_they_lost_a_good_writer.html?no_takeover Archived 4 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine "So VMan and Jay both came to my house and we started rehearsing a couple weeks early before we went on the tour. I sat down with VMan and we really dissected all the songs from the set we were gonna play live and dissected not just the album versions but the live versions and how Paul would approach these songs."
^ "SLIPKNOT Bassist Rushed To Hospital During Hartford Concert; Band Completes Set As Eight-Piece". 2 August 2015.
^ "Slipknot". www.facebook.com.
^ "Cry For Silence – Through The Precious Words". Discogs. 6 September 2023.
^ "Cry For Silence – The Longest Day E.P". punktastic.com.
^ "CRY FOR SILENCE RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM 10th MARCH". www.facebook.com.
^ This reference taken from an interview with Jim Root states that Alessandro played bass on 5 or 6 songs on the album http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/jim_root_seems_like_stone_sour_cant_even_write_a_new_record_they_lost_a_good_writer.html Archived 17 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by Donnie Steele	Slipknot bassist 2014–present	Incumbent

[Loudwire2014-1] Hartmann, Graham (8 October 2014). "Slipknot's Corey Taylor on New Bassist's Identity Leak: 'I Was So Upset'". Loudwire. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

[2] Pasbani, Robert (3 December 2014). "Slipknot's Itinerary previously fired, breaks out in a fit of rage, taking a picture of the official slipknot personnel list, exposing Weinberg as the drummer for Slipknot". Metal Injection. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

[3] ttp://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/jim_root_seems_like_stone_sour_cant_even_write_a_new_record_they_lost_a_good_writer.html?no_takeover Archived 4 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine "So VMan and Jay both came to my house and we started rehearsing a couple weeks early before we went on the tour. I sat down with VMan and we really dissected all the songs from the set we were gonna play live and dissected not just the album versions but the live versions and how Paul would approach these songs."

[4] "SLIPKNOT Bassist Rushed To Hospital During Hartford Concert; Band Completes Set As Eight-Piece". 2 August 2015.

[5] "Slipknot". www.facebook.com.

[6] "Cry For Silence – Through The Precious Words". Discogs. 6 September 2023.

[7] "Cry For Silence – The Longest Day E.P". punktastic.com.

[8] "CRY FOR SILENCE RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM 10th MARCH". www.facebook.com.

[9] This reference taken from an interview with Jim Root states that Alessandro played bass on 5 or 6 songs on the album http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/jim_root_seems_like_stone_sour_cant_even_write_a_new_record_they_lost_a_good_writer.html Archived 17 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Slipknot
Shawn Crahan Mick Thomson Corey Taylor Sid Wilson Jim Root Alex Venturella Michael Pfaff Eloy Casagrande Joey Jordison Paul Gray Donnie Steele Anders Colsefni Craig Jones Brandon Darner Chris Fehn Jay Weinberg
Studio albums	Slipknot Iowa Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) All Hope Is Gone .5: The Gray Chapter We Are Not Your Kind The End, So Far
Live albums	9.0: Live Day of the Gusano: Live in Mexico Live at MSG
Compilation albums	Antennas to Hell
Demo albums	Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.
Extended plays	Adderall
Singles	"Wait and Bleed" "Spit It Out" "Left Behind" "My Plague" "Duality" "Vermilion" "The Nameless" "Before I Forget" "All Hope Is Gone" "Psychosocial" "Dead Memories" "Sulfur" "Snuff" "The Negative One" "The Devil in I" "Custer" "Killpop" "Goodbye" "All Out Life" "Unsainted" "Solway Firth" "Birth of the Cruel" "Nero Forte" "The Chapeltown Rag" "The Dying Song (Time to Sing)" "Yen"
Promotional singles	"The Heretic Anthem" "Vermilion Pt. 2" "XIX" "Sarcastrophe" "AOV" "Custer" "Skeptic"
Other songs	"Purity"
Video albums	Welcome to Our Neighborhood Disasterpieces Voliminal: Inside the Nine (sic)nesses Day of the Gusano: Live in Mexico
Tours	Livin la Vida Loco World Domination Tour Tattoo the Earth Iowa World Tour The Subliminal Verses World Tour All Hope Is Gone World Tour Memorial World Tour Knotfest
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