Slipknot
Biography
Slipknot's mix of grinding, post-Korn alternative metal, Marilyn Manson-esque neo-shock rock, and rap-metal helped make them one of the most popular bands in the so-called nu-metal explosion of the late '90s. But even more helpful was their theatrical, attention-grabbing image: the band always performed in identical industrial jump suits and homemade Halloween masks, and added to its mysterious anonymity by adopting the numbers zero through eight as stage aliases. Add to that a lyrical preoccupation with darkness and nihilism, and an affectionately insulting name for their fans ("Maggots"), and Slipknot's blueprint for nu-metal success was set.
Slipknot were formed in late 1995 in the unlikely locale of Des Moines, IA; after some early personnel shifts, the nine-piece lineup settled around (in order from number zero to number eight): DJ Sid Wilson, drummer Joey Jordison, bassist Paul Grey, percussionist Chris Fehn, guitarist James Root, sampler/programmer Craig Jones, percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan, guitarist Mick Thompson, and lead vocalist Corey Taylor. The music scene in Des Moines wasn't much to speak of, and the band's big-time ambition was usually met with disbelief and ridicule, which provided the initial spark for its mostly anonymous stage visuals.
Selected Discography
f**kin love em!!! every single song theyve written is so fukin good! MAGGOT FOR LIFE!
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yea i do agree but joey jordison has the most badass mask in the f**king band metal jesus thats just great
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No doubt that slipknot has gotten softer, not necessarily a bad thing, but they have. This song is insane, it's vicious and brutal, that's the way I like slipknot. The funny thing is they didn't need to go soft, because they were pretty much already mainstream as opposed to some bands that go softer to be more commercially acceptable. They could have stayed hard and not lost a step, but no they had to p*ssy out and make soft rock. Just kidding!
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F**k you feu Iowas was their heaviest album and they did get softer on vol. 3 all hope is gone has some heavy songs mixed with soft songs thats why you don't notice that the heavy songs sound heavier then their other stuff The members wanted to make AHIG their heaviest and most experimental album but if their were no soft songs the album might have sounded like Iowa I like it when a band experiments and all the real p**sys are the stupid maggots who say Slipknot going p**sy.
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You're retarded, bensacukin. Listen to the full album and then, IMMEDIATELY after, listen to Vol. 3 THEN Iowa, you will notice that as each album passes it gets softer and softer. Self titled and Iowa held most of the heaviest material, then Vol. 3 (which was also pretty badass) got slightly lower, and the only GOOD heavy songs on All Hope Is Gone are AHIG, Butcher's Hook, and This Cold Black. The fact that I can name 3 light songs from the album w/o thinking means it's getting lighter
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I find it funny that people think that Slipknots starting to sound like Stone Sour and that their turning into p**sys I bought the new album and it sounds nothing like Stone Sour Corey and Jim are in both bands but their styles and members are defrent and for the people who say that Slipknot is selling out and getting soft have only heard psychosocial and haven't listen to the full album or heard gemetria Slipknots not getting softer their getting heaver.
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Why does everybody try to sound "smart" by correcting someone elses typing errors? The only thing that it proves is that you have a superiority complex and think you have to be better than everyone. Who gives a s**t how someone misspelled a word or didn't use the correct phrasing. They are stating a opinion. It is elitist a**holes like you that ruin message boards. I'm not stating names...Curt n e r 0 4 . . .
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I agree..All my feelings and emotions comes out...Its a controlled release of anger :)
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HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE THEM?
ALL FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS COMES OUT WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THEM!!! |
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Bensacukin - If you're going to derail someone, or in this case a band, you might want to consider sounding a little more intelligent. There's a difference between saving time and making typo shortcuts and simply not knowing the difference between (their) and (they're). Punctuation makes articles much easier to read, you may consider using it once in a while.
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F**k you 04 wait and bleed(good song), the blister exists, no life, the name less if that doesn't sound emo to you then what does plus read their lyrics Slipknots not an emo band and look at their image and at some of their fans and the masks it would be defern't if nobody knew what they looked like and they didn't want people to see their real faces and they copied Mushroom Head.
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I like some of their music I don't consider myself a hardcore Slipknot fan(maggot) I hate their image and that their a hot topic band and their emo sounding songs why can't they perform without the masks I herd they wear masks so people will come to their unmasked shows but they should perform all their shows unmasked.
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to james 159- seen tool 5times and i loved when i got to see slipknot but tool gives an almost religious experiance- you should go- i think you will find that its worth all the money your gonna have to pay to see maynard live. but overall slipknot is pretty sick live!
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all i can say is that they've come a long way from "mate, feed, kill, repeat" which i notice isn't on their discography.
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Nothing I have seen compares to Slipknot live, crazy show, except maybe Tool haven't seen them live tho.
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what the f**k is wrong with All Hope Is Gone? tht cd is f**king AWESOME, why does everyone go "omg corey taylor went p***y," well maybe the p**sies are the ones trying to make themselves out to be cooler than the lead singer of one of the most F**KING AWESOME BANDS ON THE PLANET! slipknot kicks all of your little p**sy a**es, so shut the f**k up and go back to listening your f**kin justin timberlake and get the hell off of this page!
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I GO ON THE PAGE TO GET THERE OLD S**T FROM IOWA BACK THAT WAS ACTUALLY WORTH MY TIME, THEY REALLY ARE SO PATHETIC NOW, IT IS EMBARRASSING I LOVED THEIR SOUND SO MUCH B4
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yea kj legnon ive seen slayer they suck live u cant even here the words at all.slipknot was the best live show ive seen and trust me ive seen every1 from bob dylan 2 pentera.ur a duchnoozle people like u =sh&t.and by the way america is a killing name and we will burn ur citys down starting with urs,thats there best song ever and from this cd.
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yeah kj legnon, get a life dumbass
and if u hate them so much y did u even go on there f**king page stupid b**ch f**k u ALL HOPE IS GONE IS THE BEST CD EVER |
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kj_legnon: Yes, because all true music fans truly know that music has to be heavy and fast and you're totally not just trying to look hardcore and cool by saying that Slipknot's not heavy or fast enough for you and you're too hardcore for that. Great rationale there. Right.
Who really gives a f**k if it's "heavy" or "fast" or whatever? No one ever defines heavy, they just use the term to make themselves look cool. Does it really even matter? |
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yea slipknot doesnt really have balls...they only put on a good show their music isn't heavy enough or fast enough. go with Slayer, Testament, Lamb of God, or Sepultra waaaaaaay better
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i heard the new album all hope is gone i thought its there hardest yet and to give us that one slow slow song snuff it was badass for them to be that open minded
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If Slipknot sold out the album would sound defren't you wouldn't know it was Slipknot and it sounds nothing like Stone Sour has defren't members and style psychosocial wasn't that good but ignore it the new album kick a** its their best album it shows Slipknots versatility but they still manage to be heavy.
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I heard psychosocial and wasn't that impressed I thought all hope was gone sounded good ignore what they play on the radio sometimes a bands good stuff doesn't make the radio and thats the case with the new album I didn't think it was gonna be good but I heard the other songs on the album and was impressed all hope is gone is heaver then their other albums and it doesn't sound like Stone Sour and their not selling out they got better and made an album worth buying all hope is gone rocks.
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Slipknot has allways been badass since they first came out, and allways will be. Their new album is pretty tight, I think anyway. If they made all albums that sounded they same we would have another lame Megadeth on our hands.
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