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Slipknot Addresses Speculation About New Band Members

posted Oct 29, 2014 at 2:54 PM by xFiruath.  (26 Comments)

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As part of Metal Injection's Knotfest report, west coast correspondent Johnny Orlando Jr. had a chance to speak with Slipknot's Clown, who addressed the speculation about the band's new bassist and drummer:

"We got a new drummer and a new bass player. Get the fuck over it. Oh well! You know it’s so funny how stupid people are. Even though everybody thinks they know, they keep asking.

"So I don’t have to say shit and I’m going to sit here for the rest of my life and just wait for everybody to figure it out. If you think you know, maybe you do, maybe you don’t. But don’t ask me because I don’t care. And it’s awesome, because people can’t let that go."

The band's new full-length album ".5: The Grey Chapter" was just released last week.

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26 Comments on "Slipknot Addresses New Member Speculation"

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1. Blindgreed1 writes:

Gawdamn that dude is duuuuuumb.

# Oct 29, 2014 @ 6:38 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. Drum_Junkie writes:

So, let me get this straight. The band originally created masks and band numbers to emphasize a collective unit and not focus on the members, right? OK, I get that. Yet the masks have become a focal point and have evolved to be personal and individualized. The band did that. No one forced them to do so. Then members have done side projects which only furthered their notoriety, status and brought more attention to each individual as a unique part of the band. So, when members change (key members), and fans want to latch on to the new players and re-establish some connection, that is rejected by the band? I don't follow. They create the hype and then downplay it at the same time. Sounds pretty pretentious if you ask me.

# Oct 30, 2014 @ 9:39 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. Blindgreed1 writes:

The band didn't create the masks. Roadrunner did.

# Oct 30, 2014 @ 11:58 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Mr Singh writes:

Blindgreed they started wearing masks in 1995 when they where not signed back in the MFKR days.

# Oct 30, 2014 @ 7:06 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. anon writes:

Short version: Money talks and they love their paychecks so they found a balance between getting $$$ and acting like they don't care.

Rebels, yo.

(I really do like .5, but there's something about it that makes it sound a bit *too* glossy)

# Oct 31, 2014 @ 8:02 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. OverkillExposure writes:

DJ, you nailed it. I give the new album a thumbs up and support them still, but they're acting like a bunch of haughty drama queens in their PR handling of the lineup situation. Sadly, I also won't be surprised to learn their new members are being "Newsteded."

# Oct 31, 2014 @ 9:45 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. KREDD writes:

what a jackhole

# Oct 31, 2014 @ 11:57 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. Blindgreed1 writes:

@ Singh: Wrong. It wasn't until late 97 that they started wearing the masks (a$$ clown Crahan used to bring a clown mask to rehearsals in Jordison's Sinclair gas station that he worked in but nobody was wearing them) and in 98 they signed the deal with RR.

# Oct 31, 2014 @ 4:40 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. OverkillExposure writes:

Either way, it was a great idea.

# Oct 31, 2014 @ 7:34 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. Eyeball chambers jr writes:

Thank you post 6, totally agree.
Personally I think it's there best since iowa, also I share in the frustration of the band being too silly with the media hijinks and miss the days of them being obscure of all of that including there identities, although I think craig and milk still do that to an extent.

# Nov 1, 2014 @ 2:37 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. Eyeball chambers jr writes:

Milk>; mick

# Nov 1, 2014 @ 2:40 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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12. spiral_architect writes:

THE DRUMMER IS SPRINGSTEEN'S DRUMMER'S SON.

# Nov 3, 2014 @ 9:19 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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13. Kvlt4life writes:

Slipknot is the dumbest band ever they just ripped off that other piece of crap band mushroomhead. Slipknots fans don't know good music they have probably never heard of any of the best bands out there like Watian or Slayer. They can never be real metal fans.

# Nov 3, 2014 @ 11:33 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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14. OverkillExposure writes:

^MUH TR00 METULLLZ!

# Nov 3, 2014 @ 11:49 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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15. Mr Singh writes:

Yeah it use to be good when you never knew what they look like without the masks, then they ruined the whole mask gimmick by doing the side projects murderdolls, stone sour.

# Nov 4, 2014 @ 8:15 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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16. judas_rising writes:

We know it will all be over when 'Slipknot Meets the Phantom of the Park' debuts on Network TV. Or 'Slipknot Saves Santa'

# Nov 4, 2014 @ 8:59 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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17. coldiem writes:

Just in case people didn't know this already, every band ever has "ripped off" some other band. Artists absorb other art and interpret it in their own way. The art they create is the sum of their parts.

Calling any band stupid and saying their listeners will never know "real metal" is hilariously self-reducing. You're just as close-minded as you claim them to be. Besides, we all need stepping stones.

On topic: Slipknot ruined the mystique years ago by taking off the masks in the first place. Sorry guys, but it's over now. That's the way that kind of thing works. Being weenie-faces about it now is only going to push people away, not draw more intrigue.

# Nov 4, 2014 @ 11:42 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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18. OverkillExposure writes:

I consider myself a Slipknot fan and a Slayer fan. And a fan of tons of "tr00" bands. And I write for this website. Looks like the Kvlt brainwashed poor little #13.

# Nov 4, 2014 @ 1:05 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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19. Kvlt4life writes:

It seems like I'm the only one here who is standing up for real Metal. Slipknot has done nothing but damage the name of Metal. Your all just posers if you like them.

# Nov 4, 2014 @ 3:00 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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20. zumbi writes:

Another "only slayer is real metal" idiot. Some people like "real" metal but just don't like slayer. Get over it.

# Nov 4, 2014 @ 6:34 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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21. xFiruath writes:

I dunno why people make it an either/or thing. There's no reason someone couldn't like both Slipknot and Watain. Me? I don't care in the slightest about either Slipknot OR Slayer - does that make me a half troo metalhead?

# Nov 4, 2014 @ 7:40 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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22. Cozen writes:

I listened to Sade and Meshuggah within a couple of hours of each other...HA!

Fun game.

# Nov 4, 2014 @ 8:05 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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23. OverkillExposure writes:

It's all about the absolutist value judgment that results in tunnel vision, wherein Kvltboy projects his own ignorance onto others.

The logic basically goes: "It's a FACT that Slipknot (et al) are bad and not 'real metal;' any tr00 metalhead knows this and thus avoids listening to them; therefore, anyone who DOES listen to them MUST be a poser that doesn't know about tr00 metal."

The results of this faulty equation are vomited all over the interwebz daily. "Oh, you like that Slipknot song? You poser; you must know nothing of Watain!"

# Nov 4, 2014 @ 8:30 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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24. Cozen writes:

^...and to that point, shame on you that let others determine what YOU like.

I agree though, this equation transcends music and infects all aspects of life (if you let it).

# Nov 4, 2014 @ 8:37 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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25. coldiem writes:

The only problem that arises is when people start defining their own tastes based on other people's opinion. Which is asinine to begin with. And people that are that simple-minded will continue to perpetuate the ideals that they need to be validated by someone else's opinion.

The whole point of being a "metalhead" is not conforming to the norm. Liking whatever the hell you choose to like. Defining metal as a norm (ie: it "tr00" metal) defeats the purpose entirely.

# Nov 4, 2014 @ 9:25 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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26. spiral_architect writes:

CREAM WAS ONE OF THE FIRST METAL BANDS. R.I.P. JACK BRUCE MAY 14 1943 – OCTOBER 25 2014.

NP- TWISTED SISTER "DESTROYER"

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