MICK THOMSON Goes Over The Complicated Origins Of SLIPKNOT

Slipknot percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan recently clarified that he, bassist Paul Grey, and vocalist Anders Colsefni are the unique three founding members of the band. Now in an interview with Fishman Music, Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson breaks down how the band really got here to be.

Thomson stated he, Grey, and Colsefni had been in a loss of life steel band referred to as Physique Pit. That band ultimately recruited Crahan, who began jamming early Slipknot stuff with Grey and Colsefni., That trio ultimately recruited the late and nice Joey Jordison, who introduced alongside guitarist Josh Brainard and sampler Craig Jones. The remainder is historical past, and right here we’re a long time later nonetheless listening to and speaking concerning the band!

“Earlier than Slipknot, Paul, and Andy and I — Andy was our unique singer of Slipknot — had been in a band referred to as Physique Pit, a loss of life steel band. They usually simply misplaced their drummer. They bought me within the band, and the drummer and different guitar participant left, so we had been in search of a drummer. So we had been writing songs — me, Paul and Donnie [Steele, former Slipknot guitarist and bassist], we had been engaged on stuff, and I really bought some issues on a four-track that by no means actually ended up going anyplace. However we would written them.

“So we had been doing that stuff, and we had been in search of a drummer. Properly, on the identical time, our gear is there the place we had been working towards, which was our singer’s home, Andy. So, Clown would come over. He knew Andy. Clown comes over and begins enjoying with Paul and Andy, jamming stuff within the basement on the Physique Pit stuff, actually — it was the place Physique Pit practiced. We did not have a drummer, so there was some down time once they began doing that stuff.

“After which that is sort of how that began. Paul and Andy had been doing it with Clown. I did not know Clown, actually; I might met him earlier than. And Paul and Andy and I had been on this factor. So it was them simply dicking round with a buddy of theirs. It was separate; [they were doing] totally different music. After which we by no means actually… How are we gonna discover a technical loss of life steel drummer in Des Moines? Joey. However Joey did not wanna do it. However Joey did wanna do the Slipknot stuff with Andy and Paul and Clown. So, that is sort of how that went. Our band died.

“See, Joey was in a band with our different guitar participant on the primary file, Josh, and Craig, who did our sampling stuff. They had been each the guitar gamers in Joey’s band. So it is sort of such as you took me, Paul, Andy, Joey, Josh and Craig, and threw these bands collectively after which added Clown. Clown was sort of the — he was the pivotal factor on that, as a result of principally you had two bands that form of broke up round him, and reformed round that concept.

“So I suppose, in a means, it is like two totally different bands form of dissolved and was the opposite factor. We by no means actually checked out it like that, as a result of simply the chronology and the best way it occurred and it wasn’t the intent. What’s humorous, although, is we went round and broke up one other band — we broke up Corey‘s band [Stone Sour] by stealing him. After which we ultimately wanted one other guitar participant, so we bought Jim [Root] from Corey‘s band to return in. So, yeah, it was a really incestuous sort of factor. We principally simply went round and screwed up folks’s bands and shit.”