IT WAS RIGHT AFTER NEW YEARS, EARLY JANUARY 2000, WHEN MY (EX)HUSBAND BROUGHT HOME THIS CD(THAT I HAD HEARD ABOUT FROM MY BEST FRIEND,KENNY ) BEING THE METALHEAD-STONER I WAS… I SMOKED A FATTY AND JAMMED…BUT THEN I HEAR THE SONG, THAT CHANGED MY LIFE….”SURFACEING”! THE LYRICS “FUCK IT ALL, FUCK THIS WORLD,FUCK EVERYTHING THAT YOU STAND FOR! DONT BELONG,DONT EXIST,DONT GIVE A SHIT, DONT EVER JUDGE ME!!” WAS ALL IT TOOK..I WAS A “METALMAGGOT” FROM THAT MOMENT ON! 2001 I WAS STARTING DIVORCE PROCEDINGS THE SAME MONTH “IOWA” WAS RELESED. THAT ALBUM WAS MY DAILEY AFTER-WORK RITUAL MUSIC. ME AND MY BOYS(6 & 3)WOULD STAND ON THE FURNETIURE AND JAM OUR AIR GUITARS AND I WOULD JAM/SING TOO THAT ALBUM..BEFORE I MADE SUPPER. IT REALLY DID..TAKE MY AGGRESSION AND HATE OUT OF ME, LIKE A BIG DOSE OF XANAX…AND KEPT ME FROM KILLING MOTHERFUCKERS…WHO I WAS FINDING OUT WERE FAKE-FRIEND-PEICES-OF-SHIT!
SLIPKNOT WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAV. METAL BAND—BUT NOT JUST FOR THAT REASON ALONE..
IN TEN YEARS SLIPKNOT HAS KEPT IT REAL. THEIR MUSIC! THEY AINT GOTTEN SAPPY OR TRIED TO COPY THEIR PREVIOUS HIT ALBUMS( LIKE GODSMACK DID!) .
EACH ALBUM IS A UNIQUE WORK OF ART (JUST LIKE MUDVAYNE ‘S HAVE BEEN)… ALWAYS WITH THEWORDS AND MUSIC THAT CONTIUES TO MOVE MY FUCKING SOUL…AND MELLOWS ME THE FUCK OUT.
THANKS FOR THE MUSIC GUYS!
KIMMY MCVEY –
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.
Background information
Origin
Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Genre(s)
Heavy metal, nu metal, alternative metal
Years active
Since 1995
Label(s)
Roadrunner, Nuclear Blast
Associated acts
Stone Sour, Murderdolls, To My Surprise, DJ Starscream, Dirty Little Rabbits, Painface, Junk Beer Kidnap Band
Website
www.slipknot1.com
Members
Sid Wilson
Joey Jordison
Paul Gray
Chris Fehn
Jim Root
Craig "133" Jones
Shawn "Clown" Crahan
Mick Thomson
Corey Taylor
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