Slipknot

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31.08.2010 21:32
Joey Jordison named the best drummer of last 25 years
Slipknot's Joey Jordison was praised as the best drummer of last 25 years in a special poll by famous Rhythm music magazine. He went ahead of Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater and Gavin Harrison from Porcupine Tree.

31.01.2011 10:37
Corey Taylor may become Velvet Revolver frontman
Slipknot singer is set to become new Velvet Revolver frontman, according to the reports. Taylor himself neither confirmed nor denied these rumors. "To be continued", said he.

30.07.2010 17:20
Slipknot future is uncertain
Corey Taylor claimed that he and his bandmates were still in doubts about their future following the recent death of bassist Paul Gray. "It's too soon right now, but we're still talking, all of us are talking and everthing's good but we'll see", said he.

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Biography

Slipknot is undoubtedly one of the strangest bands in modern music. It was even formed twice. For the first time it happened in 1992, when three friends, drummer Shawn Crahan, vocalist Anders Colsefini and bassist Paul Gray, decided to form the band. Shortly after, they split up and formed the band again in 1995. They started to perform in their native town Des Moines, Iowa, under the name of Meld that was soon changed to Slipknot. Musicians came to an idea of wearing masks when Shawn Crahan spent one of the rehearsals wearing clown's mask. "It's our way of becoming more intimate with the music. It's a way for us to become unconscious of who we are and what we do outside of music", explains Corey Taylor. Soon the same story repeated with uniform jumpsuits – this part of the band's image was also invented by Crahan.

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