They shot him through the windshield, and when he got out to run, they shot him in the back and killed him. My uncle was the victim of a gang initiation. SHAWN "CLOWN" CRAHAN Slipknot started out of tragedy. I was 17 and in my band, Vexx, which started out kinda cheesy, but Paul joined and pushed us in a heavier direction. Slayer to Kiss." He said, "I can play bass," and grabbed a right-handed bass off the wall, flipped it over to left-handed, and played "Got the Time" by Anthrax. I said, "My name is Andy!" and that's when I met the most influential friend and musician I've ever known. He overheard me telling one of the teachers at Woody's Drum & Music Shop that I needed a bass player. He said, "What kind of music do you do?" I said, "A lot of covers, but we are writing originals, too. So it was friendly, but it was also really competitive because we all wanted to blow everyone else away.ĪNDERS COLSEFNI (ORIGINAL SLIPKNOT VOCALIST) Paul Gray moved from Los Angeles to Des Moines in 1989 and I was one of the first people he met. Everyone knew each other because there weren't many places for bands to play and we'd all end up opening for one another. WELCOME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODĬOREY TAYLOR Des Moines was very incestuous. The rest, as they say, is motherfucking history. Repeat., huff dead birds and lock each other in boxes, before enlisting a singer and porn-store employee named Corey Taylor as their frontman. Formed in 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, drummer Joey Jordison and bassist Paul Gray, the group would go through a number of different lineups and looks, self-release a highly limited album Mate. Who were these masked mad men and where had they come from, seemingly out of nowhere? Of course, the answer was Iowa, and like most bands that "make it overnight," they had in fact been kicking around the local circuit for years, grinding it out, perfecting their vision, collecting scars and paying their dues. Slipknot's self-titled debut album detonated like a dirty bomb when it dropped in 1999. This article was originally published in December 2011.
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