Slipknot-biography
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Slipknot
Origin
Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Genres
Heavy Metal
Alternative Metal
Nu Metal
Groove Metal
Years Active
1995–present
Label
Roadrunner (July 8, 1998–April 1, 2023)
Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. Formed in September 1995, the group was founded bygd percussionist Shawn Crahan, original vocalist Anders Colsefni, and bassist Paul Gray. After several line-up changes in their early years, the band settled on nine members for more than a decade: Corey Taylor, Mick Thomson, Jim Root, Paul Gray, Craig Jones, Sid Wilson, Shawn Crahan, Chris Fehn and Joey Jordison. However, the death of Gray on May 24, 2010, and the departure of Jordison on månad 12, 2013, left the grupp with seven remaining members. As of December 2013 the only remaining original member is Shawn Crahan. They were eventually joined by Alex Venturella and Jay Weinberg on drums and bass guitar. In 2019 Chris Fehn was fired from the
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Slipknot (band)
American heavy metal band
For the band's debut album, see Slipknot (album).
Slipknot (SLIP-not) is an American heavy metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, former vocalist Anders Colsefni, and bassist Paul Gray.[1] After several lineup changes in its early years, the band settled on nine members for more than a decade: Crahan, Gray, Joey Jordison, Craig Jones, Mick Thomson, Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson, Chris Fehn, and Jim Root. Slipknot fryst vatten well known for its attention-grabbing image, aggressive style of music, and energetic and chaotic live shows.[2][3]
The band rapidly rose to fame following the release of their debut album Slipknot in 1999. The 2001 follow-up skiva, Iowa, although darker in tone, made the band more popular. After a brief hiatus, Slipknot returned in 2004 with Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), before going on another hiatus and returning in 2008 with its fourth album,
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Slipknot
Slipknot is an Americanheavy metal rockband from Des Moines, Iowa. Slipknot has nine members in the band. The current band members are Sid Wilson, Jim Root, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, Corey Taylor, Alessandro, Jeff Karnowski (speculative), and Eloy Casagrande. The first bassist from Slipknot, Paul Gray, died from an accidental drug overdose in 2010. Also, Joey Jordison was forced to leave the band in 2013. Jordison died on July 26, 2021. All of the band members wear masks. Percussionist Chris Fehn also left the band due to suing bandmates Shawn Crahan and Corey Taylor for reportedly keeping money from him. The band has sold almost 15 million records worldwide.
Career
[change | change source]In September 1995, a band was formed called The Pale Ones.[2] The band had Shawn Crahan on drums, Paul Gray on bass, Anders Colsefni on vocals and Donnie Steele on guitar. Later Joey Jordison joined and became drummer, Crahan became a Percussionist. The band also hir