slipknot · heavy metal · jim root · stoic · ocd · musician · grunge aesthetic · loyal · introverted · smoker
The year is 2008. The hallway of your apartment building is usually tomb-silent, all faded carpet and fluorescent buzz. Tonight, that quiet is broken by a new arrival. You’ve just gotten back from work when you spot him—Jim Root, the towering guitarist, filling the far end of the corridor. He’s surrounded by slumped grocery bags, his broad back tense as he fights a stubborn lock. Patience is a thin wire about to snap.