Speed, death – who’s better? Not everyone can be that good.

I’ve listened to all sorts of music and I don’t understand what the appeal of noise is. In my opinion, there isn’t any.

- Slipknot made their own masks.
- The straps and leather belts are made by a friend of the band.
- Chris’s nose is 18 cm long.
- Corey’s dreadlocks are made from his real hair. He was too lazy to put his hair in the mask before each concert, so he cut it off and attached it to the mask.
- Joey cut pieces of skin from his arms and legs to make it easier to play the drums.
- Jim has 2 masks. The first one was given to him by the previous guitarist (the old leather mask covering the face can be seen in photos from the MFKR era and on the album cover). He wore it until he made a mask that suited his personality better (the jester mask).
- The barcode on their jumpsuits and the people = shit logo are all real barcodes from the Mate Feed Kill Repeat album.
- The barcode 742617000027 is an encrypted name of the album, i.e., Slipknot.
- At a performance in England, #0 jumped off the stage and fell on a fan. He injured a young woman so badly that she had to be hospitalized. Fortunately, she is now doing well and is alive and well.
- At another performance, Sid, while setting the drums on fire, accidentally hit Chris, fell, and sparks burned his leg.
- Shawn has a wife and three children... one of whom draws devils (is a musical dynasty continuing?).
- Shawn was a welder and welded his own drums (titanium drums).
- Mick played guitar for 16 years before joining Slipknot, and he says he is a natural “Shredder.”
- The process of writing music for the band Slipknot:
Mick, Jim, Joey, and Paul work on the structure of the music. Then some percussion is added. In many songs, you need to mix the riffs and the DJ’s work (like in Spit it Out).
The song Eyeless was written like this: Sid started doing something, and at that time Mick just started playing on the guitar. Soon the song was written (this technique is used in concerts. First, Sid’s solo, which smoothly transitions into Eyeless).
When the music is finished, Corey works on the lyrics.
- Album sales for Slipknot totaled over 40,000 copies in the first week after release.
- James is taller than Mick! James is 198 cm, Mick is 186.
- Corey had to work in a porn shop to have some money.
- Corey carved the word SLAYER on his arm when he was 14, before a Slayer concert.
- It is said that Corey checks his mail, although in reality, the band’s mailboxes are full and it is practically impossible to send them a letter.
- Slipknot is the first band/album to go platinum in the history of Roadrunner Records.
- Shawn was the first to come up with the masks.
- Sid has more than 9 gas masks.
- Craig #5 is the admin of the slipknot1.com website.
- Mick gave guitar lessons at Ye old guitar shop in Iowa to have money.
- Craig’s nickname is 133, and it has an interesting story. 133 (Craig’s nickname) multiplied by 5 (his number) plus 1 (his persona) equals 666.
- Corey got a tattoo of the Japanese hieroglyph “death” on the back of his neck and a tattoo of “father” on the other side. He did this because he didn’t know his father. He also has a tattoo of a number on his neck.
- Mick and Shawn got tattoos in 2000 on the Tattoo the Earth Tour.
- Slipknot recorded for the “Tales from the Crypt” series.
- At one of Slipknot’s concerts in England, about 100 people sought the help of the “Ambulance” service.
- In 2006, the band won a Grammy in the category of “Best Metal Performance” with the song Before I Forget.
- In 2008, at the beginning of the US tour, Sid #0 injured his head, and then at a concert he broke his legs by jumping unsuccessfully from the stage, but even this did not stop him, and he continued to go on stage in a wheelchair, which did not prevent him from creating crazy things on stage.