Currently, he performs alongside the present band members: Shawn Crahan, Craig Jones, Sid Wilson, Corey Taylor, Jim Root, and Alessandro Venturella.
The former member of the bands includes Chris Fehn, Greg Welts, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Brandon Darner, Josh Brainard, Donnie Steele, and Anders Colsefni.
From his more than 25 years of contribution to the band as a guitarist, he has accumulated a net worth of $20 million as of February 2020.
Interested in the death metal bands since his childhood days, Mick Thomson took guitar lessons in his early days and started playing for local bands. He became a notable figure in 1993 after he formed the death metal band, Body Pit along with Donnie Steele (guitar), Paul Gray (bass), and Anders Colsefni (vocals).
During his struggling days, he also used to give guitar lessons to local students at Ye Olde Guitar Shop.
After three years with the local band, he joined Slipknot in 1996 replacing Craig Jones in guitars and became the band's sampler.
Then, he worked in their debut self-titled album, Slipknot in 1999- it became 2-time RIAA Platinum-certified and made $2.49 million in earnings.
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Following this, Mick contributed guitars for the band's other 5 studio albums:
Studio Albums | Sales/ Certification | Earnings |
---|---|---|
Iowa (2001) | RIAA Platinum | $1 million |
Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (in 2004) | Platinum by RIAA | $1.678 million |
All Hope Is Gone (2008) | RIAA Platinum | $1.423 million |
.5: The Gray Chapter (2014) | Gold by RIAA | $177,500 |
We Are Not Your Kind (2019) | BPI: Silver | - |
Additionally, they made their first video album, Welcome to Our Neighborhood in late 1999. Later on, they released several video albums which are listed below.
Thomson also performed for Malevolent Creation in the song Doomsday X (2007) and for Necrophagia with Deathtrip 69 (2011) as a guest guitarist.
He played Ibanez MTM guitars which costs $375 on average in the US markets.
Individually, he has not received any awards but with the band, he has won several awards and some of them are listed below.
Since Slipknot formed in the mid-'90s, they started using masks and hence, it has now become a fundamental part of their identity. Linchpin Clown came up with the idea of their masks. It so happened that their first ever gig was on the Halloween of 1995 and during rehearsals, the idea popped in the minds of the Linchpin Clown.
Mick's first-ever mask was a hockey-mask. But, after a while, he changed it to a black leather gimp mask.
Mick Thomson whose birth name is Mickael Gordon Thomson was born on November 3, 1973. He grew up along with his younger brother named Andrew Thomson.
The 46 years old, Mick Thomson is in a marital relationship with Stacey Riley. The pair dated for several years before they married on October 5, 2012.
He has several tattoos on his body. Here is the list of some of his body art with its meaning.
The average price of a small tattoo costs around $50 to $250 per hour while the medium-sized costs around $150 and $450 per hour.
Thomson and his brother involved in a knife fight outside a house in his hometown of Clive, Iowa which led both of them to injury. The guitarist for the Slipknot was very serious after he was stabbed in the back of the head.
Reportedly, they were drunk at the time of the incident.
Band Members | Net Worth |
Sid Wilson | $20 million |
Corey Taylor | $10 million |
Joey Jordison (former) | $5 million |
Jim Root | $9 million |
Paul Gray (former) | $5 million |
Chris Fehn (former) | $8 million |
Jay Weinberg | - |
Craig Jones | $10 million |
Alessandro Venturella | $5 million |
Anders Colsefni | - |