Random Most Metal Stories About The Members Of Slipknot (14 items)

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  (#7) In The Early Days, Clown Kept His Own Excrement In Snapple Bottles And Rubbed It On Himself And His Bandmates

  According to guitarist Jim Root, on a 1999 European tour, Shawn Crahan would:

  ... put his sh*t in, like, a Snapple bottle and leave it on the speaker during the set. Then he'd smear it all over his drums and himself and Mick's back and, I think, mine, too. It just reeked — I was dry-heaving while we played.

   
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  (#12) DJ Sid Wilson Got Into The Band By Attacking Clown Onstage

  If you want to be in a band like Slipknot, with its pack mentality, it makes sense you would have to be jumped in.

  That's what happened to Sid Wilson, the group's DJ. As he explained:  

  They liked what I was doing but they were worried what metal fans were gonna think of Slipknot having a DJ. But I quickly sold them on the idea. I went to their next show as a fan. I knew that during 'Tattered & Torn,' Clown would go into the pit and wrap kids up with the microphone cord and drag them across the floor. People would usually run when they saw him coming, but at that show, I saw him and instinctively went for it.

  He was thinking, I’m gonna show this motherf*cking new Jack what’s up with our band. So he came after me... I grabbed him by the head while he was still on the stage. I counted to five and headbutted him on six, which is his number... It almost knocked him out.

  He went back to Joey and said, 'I don’t care what anybody in the f*cking band says, that dude’s in.' From the moment I joined, there was chaos. Once at practice, Clown and Joey had been arguing, and Clown literally plowed through Joey’s whole drumset and threw it clear across the practice room. I started unplugging my turntables because I was like, These are the only decks I got. Don’t f*ckin’ break them!
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  (#6) The Band Brought Mayhem To The 2000 Kerrang! Awards, Including Lighting Its Table On Fire

  At the 2000 Kerrang! (a British heavy music magazine) Awards in London, Slipknot won three awards. When band members stood to take the stage for one of these awards, they smashed their chairs on the top of their table, breaking the chairs and lots of glass. 

  At some point during the show, the band managed to set its table on fire. 
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  (#13) Bassist Paul Gray And Guitarist Jim Root Once Jump Off Stage To Fight Fans Of A Rival Masked Metal Band

  Before his passing from an overdose, bassist Paul Gray discussed how he and guitarist Jim Root fought a couple of Mushroomheads (fans of metal band Mushroomhead, the members of which also wore masks and jumpsuits) at one of their shows.

  He told Revolver Magazine: 

  Back in the day, we had a problem with this band from Cleveland called Mushroomhead. They had masks, too. And when we came to Cleveland, we were ready for some sh*t. And there were about 20 kids in the crowd that were Mushroomhead fans that were whipping batteries at us.

  Me and Jim jumped offstage and took our masks off and started swinging at people at the end of one song. When we were done with that set, everything came off and we went straight through the crowd to try to find those people and we ended up finding those dudes and we threw down. One of the guys in our crew got maced by the cops and arrested.

   
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  (#5) Clown Hired A Drum Tech Because The Guy Drank Urine, Puked It Up, And Drank It Again

  In an interview with Rolling Stone, Slipknot's Clown revealed that he hired his drum tech based on his ability to swallow anything. "I told him, 'Drink this piss,' He's like, 'How much?' I give him a hundred bucks, he downs the piss.

  Then he's like, 'Another $75 to puke and re-drink it?' Sure. He rolfs, re-drinks it — 'See you guys later.' That's why he works for Clown."
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  (#11) Producer Ross Robinson Physically Abused The Band To Ensure Their First Record Sounded Great

  All great music producers develop a unique relationship with bands that helps them bring out the best material and performances. Some are hands on, others hang out on a couch and let whatever happens happen. Then, there's Ross Robinson, the producer of some Slipknot albums. 

  According to drummer Joey Jordinson: 

  Ross is the most intense person I’ve ever met in my life besides the nine of us. We were out for blood and Ross saw that... I would track my drums and we would all be headbanging, throwing our headphones off, punching the f*cking walls. He would take potted plants and throw them at me while I was playing and I’d have to duck them. He made [percussionist] Chris Fehn drink two gallons of water to where he was totally bloated and on the verge of throwing up just to get a mic’d mallet sound out of his stomach...

  Corey Taylor recalls:

  I’ve never screamed or sang like that in my life. Ross pushed me every day to the point where, by the end, I was literally broken completely in half and wide open and bawling and I couldn’t stop crying. I was throwing up all over the f*cking place.

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