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First off, this is a thread about slipknot, everything basically. If you like slipknot thank this thread!!!!!
The pic above is their old masks, and their real faces.

Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1995. Slipknot consists of nine members, the current band members are Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, and Corey Taylor. Each member of the band wears a unique mask. Slipknot formed in 1995 and underwent several line-up changes following the independent release of their first demo Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. in 1996. That album featured original lead vocalist, Anders Colsefini. Their self-titled, major label debut, Slipknot, was released in 1999, featuring permanent new lead vocalist, Corey Taylor, and was followed by Iowa in 2001 and Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) in 2004. On August 25, 2008, the band returned to release their fourth studio album, All Hope Is Gone, which debuted at the top spot on the Billboard 200 charts. The band has released three DVDs, including Disasterpieces, which was certified quadruple-platinum in the United States....


1. There have been 13 members in the various incarnations of Slipknot including a bloke who dressed as a baby. History doesn’t recall who changed his diapers.

2. Slipknot played their first official gig on April 4 1996 at the Safari in Des Moines, Iowa. Given that Clown owns the bar we imagine they got a decent soundcheck.

3. The newest member of Slipknot is guitarist Jim Root who joined after they had already started recording their debut album. He replaced Josh Brainard who would like to know if you want fries with that. Probably.

4. It took Slipknot three days to drive 1,466 miles from Iowa to the Indigo Ranch recording studio in Malibu, California. Which is 488.666 miles per day. When they arrived they spent several hours stuck in LA traffic, which moves slightly faster than the speed of smell.

5. Slipknot was the first album ever to go platinum on Roadrunner records. Ironically Roadrunner had passed on the band with their previous singer Anders Colsefini, who’s also keen to know if you’d like any potato based products. We suspect.

6. The voice sampled at the start of Slipknot is Corey Hurst, a then 19-year-old girl who was busted for having a joint and ended up being a cell mate to Manson Family member Susan Atkins. Seems a bit harsh for a ‘herbal woodbine’.

7. Producer Ross Robinson was so impressed with Slipknot that he offered to produce them with or without label backing and he even paid for their food while they were recording. He did throw plants at them too, mind.

8. Before embarking on Ozzfest 99 frontman Corey Taylor blew out his vocal chords and was forbidden to speak for more than half an hour a day. He used up his half an hour on stage and carried a pen and paper for the whole tour.

9. Before settling on today’s line up Shawn Crahan was the drummer before moving to percussion, Craig Jones was guitarist before moving to samples and Chris Fehn wanted to be Joey Jordison’s drum roadie, while both Corey Taylor and Jim Root moved over from Stone Sour. It’s like musical chairs with exploding chairs.

10. Slipknot’s debut single Wait And Bleed was voted 36th greatest metal song of all time by VH1. If you add 3 and 6 you get 9, the number of members of Slipknot! Coincidence? Well, probably now you mention it.


- Chris Fehn's nose is only 7 inches long and not 12 inches as previously reported.


- The nails on Craig's helmet is 6 inches long and is not made of rubber.


- The sample used on 742671000027 was taken from a Charles Manson documentary.


- The sample used on the beginning of (sic) where someone screams: 'Here comes the pain' was taken from the movie Carlito's Way. The voice was Al Pacino's.


- In Diluted, there is a sample played where a man is saying: 'I don't have time for the living'. That sample was taken from the movie Cemetary Man.


- Craig's name 133 has a speculated story behind it. 133 (Craig's name) multiply it by 5 (his number) plus 1 (his person) and you get 666. Also, rumor has it that Pentium 133 is the speed of Craig's PC, that's why he named himself after that.


- Craig "5" maintains Slipknot1.com while Shawn "6" and a guitar technician work on Slipknot2.com


- 870631245 is the bands personalized numbers jumbled up. Nothing new.


- The bands' self-titled debut album was the most successful record Roadrunner ever had, with Coal Chamber coming close.


- Paul Gray (Bass) was with Anders (MFKR vocalist) and Josh (MFKR Guitarist) on a band called VeXX. They were also on a group called Body Pit with Mick Thomson and Donnie Steele before they joined Slipknot.


- The actual height of Mick is 6'2" and James is 6'6".


- Slipknot was featured on the New York Times recently and all of it are praises. No media bashing.


- Slipknot purchased the rights to the barcode number, 742617000027, and used it for logos, t-shirts, Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat and the first track on their self-titled album.


- Slipknot are the first band to be signed to Ross Robinson's I AM Records imprint through Roadrunner Records.


- The dreads on Corey's mask is real. He used to have his dreads come out of the mask but he had problems with it so he shaved his head bald and glued the dreads on top of the mask.


- Craig Jones' (Sampler) helmet was once an actual racing helmet, and always wonders why people move out of the crowd when he starts to head-bang.


- The song 'Purity' is about a teenager named Purity Knight who was stalked and eventually kidnapped by a man. This man sent clues to the cops daring them to find her. And in the end, he buried her alive and suffocated underground. For more details, go to Crimescene


- Slipknot's self-titled second album was re-released after Corey Taylor found out that the Purity Knight story was just fictional. In order to avoid lawsuits, the band replaced Purity and Frail Limb Nursery with Me Inside, a track taken from the Digipack release. Corey, however, still believes that there is truth to the Purity Knight story.


- In the song 'Eyeless', Corey repeats the chorus :"You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes". That line was taken from an incident when the band went to sign their record deal with Roadrunner in New York, Corey saw a homeless man on the sidewalk repeating. "You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes". Marlon Brando is a famous actor who played such roles in the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, The Godfather and The Island Of Dr. Moreau.


- After Scissors, there is a secret track wherein the band is talking with each other and you can hear someone puking. Shawn Crahan dropped clues on what the hell is happening there and said it was an initiation for Chris "2" Fehn, but he's not gonna' tell us what is going on.


- The picture on the cover of "Slipknot" was taken in Shawn Crahan's parent's garage.


- The inside tray photo was Slipknot's roadie wrapped up in cellophane and spray painted to look (sic).


- Slipknot met at "Runway For Sundays", the only club in Des Moines that lets original bands open for each other.


- Slipknot played their first gigs at "Safaris", next to the "World Of Christ" church.


- Corey used to work in a porn shop in Des Moines. "People would look at me like I was a freak, but they were the ones buying in the porn shop at four in the morning. Straight looking people I'd know would come to the register with 14-inch dildos and then they'd recognise me sitting there, and I'd be like, 'Like any lotions or lubes with that?'. But I didn't want anyone to feel dirty in the shop - because people are made to feel dirty every day of their lives, and that's bullshit"


- Shawn Crahan, Joey Jordison and Craig Jones were all in a band called 'Motividious' together before Slipknot. and Paul Gray and Mick Thomson were in a band called 'Body Pit'.


- "Mate Feed Kill Repeat" cost the band $150,000 to record, mix, master and reproduce.


- Anders and Corey played shows around Des Moines together, sharing vocal duties before Anders officially announced his departure from the band on a live audience.


- Shawn used to have a 'dead crow' fetish. He says, "Back then I had a dead crow fetish, and I'd bring one in a bottle to shows. I'd open the jar, and the smell would make me puke all over myself inside my mask. Then I'd offer it to the kids and they'd dip their hands into it and wipe it on their faces and they'd be puking too. It was rad."


- On the MFKR albums' liner notes, the band is dedicating the album to a certain Joey. They're not pertaining to the drummer Joey Jordison...but Joey Plumley, the brother of a man named Frank which are very close friends with the band. Joey shot himself accidentaly with a gun the same year the band recorded the CD.


- Corey has the Japanese character for "death" tattooed on one side of his neck, and the character for "father" on the other side. This was because he never knew his father.


- Corey originally wanted to play drums, but began writing and singing songs after hearing Soundgarden's "Screaming Life" and Nirvana's "Bleach".


- Corey was a member of Stone Sour, who played "half originals, half cheesy Top 40 crap". He also appeared maskless on the cover of Stone Sour's CD.


- Shawn Crahan knew Corey as "The King Of Des Moines" when StoneSour were the biggest band in town. The public didn't like the heavier songs he was writing. Then Shawn Crahan recruited him into Slipknot. Apparently this decision was made by Shawn, Joey and Mich going intoCorey's porn shop and "basicaly told me if I didn't join the band they'd kick my ****ing ass".

The band has 3 different color jumpsuits. Red, black, and blue. On the right sleeve is the number of the member, on the left sleeve is the tribal S, on the front left chest is a small barcode, and on the back is a large barcode. If you look closely, you will see that the number in the barcode is the same as the first song on the album. The barcode originated from MFKR. Look at the barcode on the back of the CD case, if you have an original.
All their masks were made originally themselves (for the most part), with the help of a man that has the AIM screen name KingVigo. And yes, the dreads on Corey's mask is partly made out of his own hair. The lyric "you can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes" in Eyeless actually came from a homeless person Corey and Shawn walked by after their first visit to Roadrunner's offices in NY, to try and close a deal. The homeless person was saying the later famous lyric over and over again.

Slipknot1.com is maintained by 133mHz (#5), while Slipknot2.com is maintained by Shawn (#6) and a guitar tech for the band. The self-titled debut of Slipknot on Roadrunner Records was the most successful record debut the record company has ever had.

Not all the members currently in the band were in the band when Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. was released. In fact, the only people that were in the band back then that are still in it today are Joey (#1), Shawn (#6), and Paul (#2). As you probably know, Shawn and Paul were the founders of Slipknot.

Craig(#5) and Shawn(#6) are both married. Shawn has been married for 6 years and has 3 children.

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best thread in the history of maggots

i hated their old masks love the new ones awesum band awesum thread thanked and nomed

I loved all their masks lol. their show is electrifying! theres a couple repeats in this post but its ok. slipknot is one of the greatest metal bands to ever play! I do miss when clown and sid use to fight and light each other on fire on stage. they arent allowed to do it anymore because a judge said it was attempted suicide or homicide or some shit like that lol. the video for the 10th anniversary box set is awesome. it shows the good old days of the knot.

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