SLIPKNOT’s Popularity “Opens The Doors For Other Bands”

You’ve got little doubt heard of the legendary beef between Slipknot and Mushroomhead, largely regarding frustrations over accusations that Mushroomhead had been making an attempt to capitalize on Slipknot‘s reputation after the masked nonet blew up in reputation regardless of Mushroomhead having worn masks whereas enjoying nü-metal first.

In a brand new interview with Metal Hammer, sole remaining Mushroomhead OG Steve “Skinny” Felton says that issues had been exaggerated again then and he sees what Slipknot‘s mainstream reputation has accomplished for a lot of bands that make use of masks gimmicks.

“Slipknot, man, wonderful. One of many greatest heavy steel bands on this planet. Holy shit, it’s gigantically large and what they’ve accomplished is wonderful. And I feel it opens the doorways for different bands in addition to my very own. Individuals like this masked steel. They like theatrics.”

Felton additionally acknowledged that Slipknot have confronted loads of trials and tribulations of their very own, from deceased members and extra.

“There have been plenty of individuals signing plenty of bands within the day. It wasn’t like we received the very same provide by the identical man who signed Slipknot. And I’ve a variety of compassion for them, as a result of they’ve put up with a variety of bullshit simply to make music and artwork, and so they’ve misplaced good individuals. I commend them for every part they do and it simply goes to indicate that I wasn’t that far off a few years in the past that the sort of factor was going to be larger than we even knew. I wasn’t improper. It simply wasn’t my band.”

The ’90s and early aughts had been a very long time in the past now (even if it appears like simply yesterday for many people), so it is good to see everybody getting alongside. There’s definitely room for each bands within the scene.