Slipknot Biography – 2008
Slipknot singer Corey Taylor knew his band was destined for greatness. He also knew that it wouldn’t come easy.
"When we were starting out, we had all these strikes against us," he says. "We were from Iowa, there were nine of us, we wore masks, we wore coveralls, we played metal. Hard metal."
Slipknot Biography – 2006
“What I want to know is can you watch something that can change you?” That is the question posed by Slipknot‘s M. Shawn Crahan, more commonly known as Clown. With one view of Slipknot‘s latest DVD, Voliminal: Inside The Nine, you will be shaken, jarred and have your attention arrested.
Slipknot Biography – 2005
Arcs and circles and shapes and colors. Madness and adrenaline and intensity and war. Nine men on a stage every night, every day pushing the chaos so far past the limit all the onlookers can do is scream and hold on for dear life. Searing guitars and spit flying, drums that pummel and shrieks of melody…
Slipknot Biography – 2004
Born of the near-desolation of Iowa, Slipknot burst forth from the heartland in 1999 with some of the most awe-inspiring, cathartic rock the world had ever heard. Vetting their collective psyche not only through their songs, but also…
Slipknot Biography – 2001
In ’99, the spore called Slipknot exploded. Now, in 2001, the infestation continues. Hailing from the ‘middle of nowhere’- Des Moines, Iowa – they are nine men in nine different masks united with one common goal…
Slipknot Biography – 2000
Rarely since the fiery crash of Buddy Holly’s plane in 1959 have the words “Iowa” and “rock and roll” been used in the same sentence. As we’ve come to know it, Iowa means…
Slipknot Biography – 1998
Iowa is probably best known as “the middle of nowhere.” Most non-residents consider the corn-and-pig-state a geographical black hole. Since rock’n'roll’s dawning in the early ’50′s, Iowa has had no…
The Slipknot Story – by Subliminal Slipknot
Slipknot formed in the year of 1995 as a result of the work of Paul, Shawn and Anders Colsefni (ex-vocalist). (They had originally played with the idea of making a band as early as 1993 and even began…
