Max Weinberg Sits In With King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard at Forest Hills Stadium
Max Weinberg, the longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, joined King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard onstage at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York, on August 21, 2026, sitting in as a second drummer for an extended performance of the band's song "Hot Water." (Rolling Stone)
King Gizzard guitarist Joey Walker told the crowd that Jay Weinberg — Max's son, a former Slipknot drummer who has made recurring cameo appearances with the Australian band over the past few years — was busy in Nashville and had arranged for his father to take his place. Max Weinberg drove from Atlantic City to Queens to make the show. (Rolling Stone)
The elder Weinberg was filling in for a role Jay had just played the previous weekend. Jay Weinberg had performed with King Gizzard at the band's three-night Field of Visions II festival in Colorado, held August 15–17, a self-organised event now in its second year. He had announced that collaborative set on Instagram in June 2025, confirming his return for a second year of working with the band. (Rolling Stone)
King Gizzard, a prolific Australian psych-rock outfit, staged a three-show stand at Forest Hills Stadium — the former tennis venue in Queens — with the Saturday night appearance closing out the run. The band played a show at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn the following day, Sunday. (Rolling Stone)
The band confirmed the cameo on their official Instagram account on August 22, 2026, posting that Weinberg had performed "Hot Water" with them the previous night. (King Gizzard Instagram)
For context on the family connection: Max Weinberg has drummed behind Bruce Springsteen since the E Street Band's formation, anchoring the group through decades of recording and touring. Jay Weinberg joined Slipknot in 2014 and remained with the masked metal band until his departure was announced in 2023. Since then, he has built a side relationship with King Gizzard, sharing drum-cam footage from collaborative appearances as recently as October 2025. (Rolling Stone)
What makes the cameo land is the sheer cross-generational crossing of worlds. A drummer whose career is inseparable from one of American rock's most celebrated bands stepped onto a stage with a group from Melbourne known for releasing albums at a pace that baffles even their own label — and the link between them was a son who used to wear a mask in Slipknot. No grand statement about genre boundaries was needed. A father drove up from the Jersey Shore and played.
