This article is about the musician. For the politician, see Mick Thompson.
Mick Thomson
Thomson performing with Slipknot in 2016
Background information
Birth name
Mickael Gordon Thomson[1]
Also known as
#7
Born
(1973-11-03) November 3, 1973 (age 50)[2]
Origin
Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Genres
Heavy metal
death metal
groove metal
alternative metal
nu metal
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Guitar
Years active
1993–present
Member of
Slipknot
Formerly of
Body Pit
Musical artist
Mickael Gordon "Mick" Thomson (born November 3, 1973)[2] is an American musician. He is one of two guitarists for the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #7. Thomson originally met founding Slipknot members Anders Colsefni, Donnie Steele and Paul Gray through their mutual involvement in death metal band Body Pit, later joined in early 1996. Following the departure of bandmates drummer Joey Jordison in 2013 and sampler Craig Jones in 2023, Thomson is now the second longest-serving member of Slipknot.
^Moser, Jeremy (March 11, 2015). "Slipknot member part of early morning knife fight". KCCI News 8. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
^ abChilders, Chad (November 1, 2022). "Rock Stars Celebrating Birthdays in November". Loudwire. Townsquare Media. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
Mickael Gordon "Mick" Thomson (born November 3, 1973) is an American musician. He is one of two guitarists for the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which...
Body Pit, one of Gray's bands that also had future Slipknot guitarists MickThomson and Donnie Steele as members at one point. In September 1995, Colsefni...
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of lineup changes, replacing Colsefni with Corey Taylor, Steele with MickThomson and Brainard with Jim Root, as well as adding second percussionist Chris...
Pit, in which fellow future Slipknot members Anders Colsefni (vocals), MickThomson (guitar) and Paul Gray (bass) had all performed. He later co-founded...
being twin guitar: "In both bands, I fulfill both roles. In Slipknot, Mick [Thomson] has some solos, and in Stone Sour, Josh [Rand] has some solos." During...
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Finalising its lineup as a nine-piece consisting of Corey Taylor (vocals), MickThomson, Jim Root (both guitars), Paul Gray (bass), Joey Jordison (drums), Shawn...
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You Must Hear Before You Die. All tracks are written by Corey Taylor, MickThomson, Shawn Crahan, Craig Jones, Jim Root, Chris Fehn, Paul Gray, Joey Jordison...
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v t e Slipknot Shawn Crahan MickThomson Corey Taylor Sid Wilson Jim Root Alex Venturella Michael Pfaff Eloy Casagrande Joey Jordison Paul Gray Donnie...
v t e Slipknot Shawn Crahan MickThomson Corey Taylor Sid Wilson Jim Root Alex Venturella Michael Pfaff Eloy Casagrande Joey Jordison Paul Gray Donnie...
v t e Slipknot Shawn Crahan MickThomson Corey Taylor Sid Wilson Jim Root Alex Venturella Michael Pfaff Eloy Casagrande Joey Jordison Paul Gray Donnie...
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