Slipknots Clown Talks About Making of Live CD

posted Oct 4, 2005 at 6:37 PM by MindSlavor. (45 Comments)

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SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan recently spoke to MTV.com about the group's upcoming double live album, "9.0: Live", which comes out November 1 via Roadrunner Records.

"Studio albums are cool because they span the tables of time and you can work on the music until you're ready to put it out — but when you play those songs live, they take on a whole different life," Crahan said. "Suddenly, it's of the moment and there's this raging human pulse that's full of anger, love, hate and pain, and you spit that out to people and they taste that album differently.

"While we're playing, we're dying under our masks and exploding with the adrenaline of achieving our goal, which is to be as completely uncomfortable as humanly possible for our art," Crahan added. "We're slamming our heads and screaming at each other. There's real pain there. For me, it's the pain of mortality and the pain of being away from my wife and her being ill [Crahan's wife suffers from Crohn's Disease, an intestinal ailment]. And when the show ends, we look at each other's eyes, and we know we've pushed ourselves as far as we can at that point on that day in this life of ours.

"When we got the audio back from [the 2002 DVD] 'Disasterpieces', we realized we all gave a really, really good performance in part because we knew we were being taped. And we knew then that there was a lot of potential for a live album, so we decided to tape lots of shows and make sure we were on point the whole time. We are very anal-retentive when it comes to playing anyways, so we are very hard on ourselves and no one comes up half-assed or they get beaten down. But when you've got a microphone hanging onto your every note, you tend to give maybe 115 percent instead of 110 percent."

Source: Blabbermouth

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45 Comments on "Slipknots Clown Talks About Making of Live CD"

1. zumbi writes:

you suck, moron

# Oct 4, 2005 @ 8:43 PM ET | IP Logged

2. 69 writes:

Hey the new stuff may be not so great but the older slipknot kicks a$$

# Oct 4, 2005 @ 8:45 PM ET | IP Logged

3. demonoid writes:

YOU GUYS SOUND LIKE EMO'S BECAUSE YOU THINK THAT EVERYTHING SUCKS.

# Oct 4, 2005 @ 8:46 PM ET | IP Logged

4. key to nothing writes:

slipknot was never good,its just that they've gotten even worse with each cd,and more nu metal for that matter

# Oct 4, 2005 @ 9:32 PM ET | IP Logged

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5. LooksCanBeDecieving writes:

Slipknot is great. Their 3rd album really pushed the diversity of their music and what they are striving to accomplish. If you people can't see that and just think that first of all nu-metal sucks and they do too well thats your opinion. I personally think they're amazing and think they keep getting better and better.

# Oct 4, 2005 @ 9:44 PM ET | IP Logged

6. andresssabarra@hotmail.com writes:

band is fóda Slipknot is great vey very very

# Oct 4, 2005 @ 10:14 PM ET | IP Logged

7. kornknot writes:

you have to evolve in music you have to keep trying to get better...you lose fans along the way but who cares.....the people you lose like key to nothing are gay anyway ..hahahaha

# Oct 4, 2005 @ 10:16 PM ET | IP Logged

8. andresssabarra@hotmail.com writes:

sorry . . mine as slipknot the concert is fóda in Brazil was amazing same here writes me the FAS very does not speak English but of pra to talk kisses for andressa 20 yers

# Oct 4, 2005 @ 10:18 PM ET | IP Logged

9. marcus writes:

you have a korn reference in you name and your calling key to nothing gay?

# Oct 4, 2005 @ 10:43 PM ET | IP Logged

10. ! writes:

post11,13,15,18. get your own name you little fa**ot!!!!!

# Oct 4, 2005 @ 11:38 PM ET | IP Logged

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11. TryKOrN writes:

You all can jerk yourselfs off while I sit at my comp listening to KoRn!!!!!!

# Oct 5, 2005 @ 3:08 AM ET | IP Logged

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12. slipknot_kickass writes:

anyone who says slipknot......or korn(there alrite) r fags and if u dont like slipknot why f***in even bother commenting

# Oct 5, 2005 @ 6:44 AM ET | IP Logged

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13. slipknot_kickass writes:

forgot to say if u say theyre gay then ur a fag

# Oct 5, 2005 @ 6:46 AM ET | IP Logged

14. tom MSF writes:

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOOOU CLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWN

# Oct 5, 2005 @ 3:35 PM ET | IP Logged

15. clown_of_death writes:

f**k people who don't like Slipknot

# Oct 5, 2005 @ 8:46 PM ET | IP Logged

16. clown_of_death writes:

SLIPKNOT_RULES!!!

# Oct 5, 2005 @ 8:48 PM ET | IP Logged

17. clown_of_death writes:

you motherf***er Korn's fans can suck my f***ing d***

# Oct 5, 2005 @ 8:50 PM ET | IP Logged

18. .... writes:

slipknot f**kn rules and anyone who doesnt think so shood f**k off and not comment, seriosuly do you guys have such sad lives that you have to complain if you dont like the f**kn band!

# Oct 5, 2005 @ 8:54 PM ET | IP Logged

19. clown_of_death writes:

yeah, Slipknot rules

# Oct 5, 2005 @ 9:03 PM ET | IP Logged

20. clown_of_death writes:

if anybody hate Slipknot, So f*** you!!

# Oct 5, 2005 @ 9:04 PM ET | IP Logged

21. woo writes:

underground metal is not slipknot. Slipknot, korn, lamb of god, all that sh** is not underground.

listen to some nokturnal mortum or some abigor, you know good black metal

# Oct 5, 2005 @ 9:23 PM ET | IP Logged

22. kornknot writes:

havent you figured it out we dont care what kind of music genre bands are we just like the music we dont care if its not "BLACK METAL"

# Oct 5, 2005 @ 9:42 PM ET | IP Logged

23. fuck korn writes:

you know why korn stinks? so blind people can ate them too!

# Oct 6, 2005 @ 3:12 AM ET | IP Logged

24. greenismean writes:

why are you gatting on at korn when this is about slipknot. All you slipknot haters just GTFO anyway. Why are you posting a comment just to say you don't like a band. And do you think anybody cares that they are not black metal? where have they said they are? They are, in my opinion a very good band. But I also listen to stuff like strapping young lad, so I listen to lots of stuff.
so everyone posting here with negative comments, f*** OFF!!

# Oct 6, 2005 @ 5:58 AM ET | IP Logged

25. kevin writes:

SLIPKNOT RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

# Oct 6, 2005 @ 10:09 AM ET | IP Logged

26. kevin writes:

so f*** everybody who don't like them

# Oct 6, 2005 @ 10:10 AM ET | IP Logged

27. key to nothing writes:

you guys must live pretty sad lives if you think slipknot is the best metal has to offer,if i were to make a list of metal's top 300(yes,there are that many good metal bands)i highly doubt slipknot would find their way into it

# Oct 6, 2005 @ 5:39 PM ET | IP Logged

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28. Negatyve_One writes:

Not if the list was true to metal they wouldnt, but I admit they are the most influential band since Metallica.

# Oct 6, 2005 @ 6:05 PM ET | IP Logged

29. mach writes:

Machine Head Rules!!

# Oct 7, 2005 @ 2:16 AM ET | IP Logged

30. Murder Maggot666 writes:

f*** u all who hat slipknot or say they suck, yea u say they do but im willing to bet that u wouldnt say that to their face. p***ies Face it slipknot rocks and any one wh thinks differently sucks d***. f***ers

# Oct 7, 2005 @ 8:39 AM ET | IP Logged

31. kevin writes:

yeah man slipknot rules and they could kick every f***in metal band's a$$ in the world

# Oct 7, 2005 @ 12:18 PM ET | IP Logged

32. the real fan writes:

all u people are doing is talking sh**, as far as i remember real metalheads dont talk sh** and just listen to their music so if half of u hate slipknot sooo much , why r u wasting ur time talkin sh** on their f***ing page!!!

# Oct 9, 2005 @ 12:31 AM ET | IP Logged

33. KillerInTheShadows writes:

To Slipknot haters and TRUE "SIC" Slipknot fans. If you think they suck or sold-out you are in all actuality a dumb f*ck. Your opinion is yours, if you don't like someone elses then remember, someone won't like yours. stop being a B*tch and thinkin of yourself as something better then us. You are stupid in the first place for being around something you clearly do not like. Slipknot rule and always will.

"Snap the necks of those you love, corress the necks of those you despise."

# Oct 13, 2005 @ 2:55 AM ET | IP Logged

34. kornknot writes:

VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY THAT IS GOING TO SEE SLIPKNOT ON THIS TOUR.........I SAW SLIPKNOT ON OPENING NIGHT LAST NIGHT IN CINCINNATTI ....JIM WRECKED HIS MOUNTAIN BIKE AND BROKE HIS WRIST....THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CANCEL ANY SHOWS BECAUSE THEY LOVE THE FANS TOO MUCH BUT....THEY PLAYED THE WHOLE SHOW WITH ONLY ONE GUITAR....ALTHOUGH I HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE SHOW...SEVERAL OF THE SONGS SOUNDED WEIRD WITH ONLY ONE GUITAR........IT WAS FUN NONETHELESS......LATER

# Oct 15, 2005 @ 12:26 PM ET | IP Logged

35. Matt writes:

Slipknot is a good band, at least they write their own music, unlike Korn... lol Korn makes a few songs, then copies someones song, makes a few songs that copies someones song. Slipknot, is pure metal, and korn is just a bunch of white guys. One day Their goth, the next they dress like their rappers, its like they don't know what type of genre they are.

# Oct 17, 2005 @ 7:47 PM ET | IP Logged

36. evilchild writes:

yeah if u don't like know, y r u on their page neway???

# Oct 23, 2005 @ 7:19 PM ET | IP Logged

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37. Shmotz101 writes:

slipknot is alright, sh** they are one of my favorites but, not the best, hell i like Mushroomhead or Hatebreed better than them,but hell I'll listen to Slipknot 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times before I listen to MCR or Good Charlotte, so if you want to complain or make fun of any band,it should be My chemical Romance (THEY ARE GAY HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!)

# Oct 23, 2005 @ 8:11 PM ET | IP Logged

38. denymy3xistanc3@aol.com <caitlin> writes:

slipknot rocks. i dont care if u dont like them. cuz ur obviously dumb and unprivelegded and i pity u. and i cant spell. well does any one know the tour dates and stuff? or know a good website that has em listed? that be great if u could just email that to me... my email adress is up there. where my name is. thank you.

# Oct 23, 2005 @ 10:50 PM ET | IP Logged

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39. slayerdisciple writes:

i loved there first 2 cds, but there 3rd one wasn't so good, only the singles (duality, vermillion, before i forget) and then vermillion pt. 2 were the only good songs

# Oct 23, 2005 @ 10:57 PM ET | IP Logged

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40. slipfan writes:

SLIPKNOT KICKS ASS. all this bickering and saying they suck. IF YOU THINK THEY SUCK WHY DID YOU VISIT THEIR SECTION OF THE SITE???!!! if you think they suck you should avoid reading their news. grow up AND LEARN HOW TO F***ING SPELL!!!!

# Oct 25, 2005 @ 10:29 PM ET | IP Logged

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41. slipfan writes:

sure their third album wasnt REALLY up to scratch, but you can just not listen to it. i personally think that the acoustics on volume 3 are pretty crappy (not cos its not heavy, its just that i dont really like the dramatic change of pace in the album). blister exists, before i forget, three nil etc etc are great tracks, but vermilion pt.2 and circle arent my cuppa tea.

SELF TITLED AND IOWA ROCKS

# Oct 25, 2005 @ 10:33 PM ET | IP Logged

42. amy writes:

slipknot ROCK so stop moaning just cause youll never be as sucsessful or as talented as them. get over your selves cause slipknot are AMAZING

# Oct 27, 2005 @ 5:11 PM ET | IP Logged

43. rodrigo writes:

esta vanda esta muy vuena

# Nov 3, 2005 @ 9:17 AM ET | IP Logged

44. big rick writes:

I think korn second album life is peachy is black metal because the guitar sound creepier and jon chures is was scary and screamig uncluding good god track number 6 that album all the tracks is death ever since i was watching adidas wow look gothic for me.

# Nov 3, 2005 @ 7:41 PM ET | IP Logged

45. CLIFF FANS writes:

GOD BLESS CLIFF BURTON!!!! R.I.IP. AND DIMEBAG DARRELL GUITAR GOD R.I.P. MY FRIENDS. ALL HAIL HEAVY METAL GOD.

# Nov 3, 2005 @ 7:45 PM ET | IP Logged

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