Alessandro Venturella (born 12 April 1984) is a British musician who currently is the bass player for 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.\n', 'Venturella was born in 1984.\n', '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." On 25 and 26 October, Venturella performed with the band live for the first time at Knotfest 2014.[citation needed]\n', '

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