SLIPKNOT's Clown interview on his early vision for the band 2010 | Raw & Uncut
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Sam Dunn interviews Slipknot founder Shawn Crahan, aka Clown, in the basement of his home in Des Moines in 2010 for the television series Metal Evolution. This extended interview excerpt is presented raw and uncut, with new director's commentary.
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Interviewer: How many more albums you think Slipknot will make before retiring?
Clown: So I was at McDonald's Drive-Thru..
Interviewer: where did the name slipknot come from?
Clown: I lost my virginity when I was...
Interviewer: Why you play percussion?
Clown: When i born...
An 11 minute interview where the interviewer only asked 2 questions. That pretty much sums up Clown right there.
There's more than 2 questions I'm 5 minutes in and there's 4
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+Mimic Master Oh shit, well that makes my point totally invalid then...😑🖕
not slow thinking, he has a lot to say
"one of the greatest bands ever", not much humility in him. what a shithead
This reminds me of buying weed when I was a kid, when all you want to do is get your bag and get going but the dealer has an hour long story they _need_ to tell you before you leave
haha. this is perfect.
Love AndPeace that was the best part about it still being illegal
🤣 So fucking true
Every. Single. Time.
This guy seems low energy but he’s a ball of fire on stage. He’s a psycho on stage.
Cocaine, caffeine pills and monster energy drinks are a hell of a drug.
@@MrParkerman6 lmao, they've been drug free for years dude.
@@MrJoker6onPSN It's a joke. We all know they have been drug free for a while
He may be cringey at times, but he really does put an artistic frame in everything he talks about. He really puts in the effort
Without him Slipknot wouldn't exist or it would just be an uncoordinated mess so yeah, at least he isn't lying
Wait whatd he do cringey? Like when he strokes the mic where his dick was?
when was he cringy?
@@coolguyman7356 when he isn’t pretentious which I’d like to see when that ever was
he speaks so clearly and smoothly without making any mistakes and everything he says is just so intelligent i dont get it.
Fanboy
yet the guy who bang a bat on a metal drum barrel lol
Crazy people can be intelligent ya know lol 😂
interviewer: where did the term maggots come from
clown: I came up with the masks...
Ethan Cox watch the rest dumb ass. Theres a story behind it, thats why he starts by saying that
Samuel Haffey Dude it was still funny as hell
Ur worthless
@@samuelhaffey Ooh buddy, you got offended real quick.
@@samuelhaffey I think he was trying to be funny, idk I chuckled at the comment. I dont think he was insulting shawn
hearing him talk about his uncle hurt. good grief, losing his uncle, mom, dad, now his daughter. clown has some genuine will power man, fucking love this dude
Slipknot was a band that helped me through a fucked up childhood. The fact they’re from Des Moines made me like them even more. Still got a copy of mate.feed.kill.repeat. and the original release of the self titled album.
R Mang I know exactly how you feel, Slipknot definitely made me feel like somebody finally understood my rage and resentment towards everyone and everything, the bitterness and hatred that come from years of torment. The trolls can call it whatever the fuck they want, but we know it is real shit regardless.
The self-titled album was the first metal cd i ever bought, and it blew my fucking mind from "742617000027" to "Eeyore". The heaviest shit i had ever heard before that was the stuff on the radio: Korn, Limp Bizkit, Metallica, etc. Imo, none of those bands came anywhere near matching the intensity, fervor, and raw emotion that i could literally FEEL in every note and every verse. To me, that was the most awesome, badass, and heaviest fucking metal on the planet, and for years afterward, i remember that nothing else was good enough for me, everything i heard was just lacking....'something'. I still love nu-metal AND rap metal, so those first two albums were definitely right up my alley.
Unfortunately, their music hasn't been quite the same since Corey lost his scream back in '02, but that's the kind of band they were/are: Balls to the fucking wall, giving 150% at every show, every practice, and every recording with zero shits given in regards to their own future or well-being. I'll always feel a huge amount of respect for that, even if their music isn't quite the same anymore, and over 15 years later I still wear my large tribal S tattoo with pride and fondness. Only 3 of my old Slipknot shirts have survived the journey of life, but the one I absolutely miss the most, is the one that said "Don't Ever Judge Me". I fucking loved that shirt.
A.K. Venom Hell yeah brother! I agree that after Iowa the insanity of the music itself reached its peak. I’m in my 30s now but still listen to slipknot, snot, old coal chamber, etc... I’ve always hated pop music with a passion and still know I mentally think differently than the majority. Have no reason to explain because most wouldn’t understand. Cheers!
+R Mang me too, the one with frail limb nursery/purity that is one of the sickest metal albums ever made. me and my friends were tripping balls the first time i played it! lol i will never forget that night.
Omg MFKR that's what's up!
Slipknot is a band that is helping me through a fucked up adulthood.
Interviewer: so what exactly do you do here?!
Clown: I TOLD YOU!! I'M A PEOPLE PERSON!
"Paper or plastic?"
Clown: "It all started with me waking up at 4:30am....."
Q: What was the thinking behind the term "maggots"?
Clown: I came up with the idea of wearing the masks because..
....because Joey Jordison bad invented maggot thing... Ask him...
And Corey has mentioned in another interview Joey was the first to wear a mask.
I don't doubt that Clown was integral to the band, but he strikes me as the guy that swallows up other members ideas and spits them out as his own.
That dude is intense
Gabeski And Hutch he's deep. If you truely listen to all of them thry all are very intelligent human beings. Their words of wisdom vibrate through me completely
ya dude
Michael Ells Sure...if you're 15 and live in a trailer.
fuknwastd Or if I'm 29 listening to lyrics that describe close minded ignorant fucks like yourself who thibk your shit dont stink
I see how their words of wisdom really vibrate through you.
I love Clown more than I should as a 53 year old straight man.
Jeffrey Nothing is that you ?
If this man doesn’t make your phallus wiggle then what kind of man are you then....
Not one that’s why kind! Lol
I understand. I love this man a bit more than what I think is considered normal. Then again, what is normal?
go kiss the big scary nft clown then
So many people have forgotten what metal is about. And especially when slipknot came out big, they grabbed SO MANY PEOPLE with this message. I felt it and thats why i owe a lot to them, they helped me so much with anger when i was younger, and to this day. They have inspired me more than i can explain.
I rejoice that here is a man who's my age and he's making a ton of sense. For a clown he's done very well. He's very much the Paul Stanley & Gene Simmons of slipknot wrapped into one. I love this clown.
Clown was probably a Kiss fan and used them for inspiration.
kiss sucks. paul and gene are doing in for money and nothing else. they are selling the swords after every show for a huge sum of money and you dont even get to meet them for that. plus paul has been caught doing lip syncing and using backing tracks. plus they fired ace and peter and they have 2 guys pretending to be them on stage.
How he described maggots makes me want to go in his mind and look around😂
Interviewer: What Kind of guitar strings do you use?
Clown: 11min long condensed life story
kudos to Shawn and the success he has had with slipknot!. Love it or hate it, they are one of the biggest bands in the world and not to mention have a fucking fantastic stage show.
clown is a genius I can't belive so many people say he is ignorant he is smart as fuck and everything he said is true
People wanna hear what they want to hear, and when someone like clown speak freely some people can't handle
Yup
what does he do?
Oscar he's done many videos for slipknot and organised shows, masks and he plays percussion and does backing vocals
Yeah haha his vocals sound like a bunny being strangled to death.
As an Iowa native, just 70 min away from Des Moines, I most definately understand when he told the journalist "youre doing the right thing leaving Des Moines"
"They never found the killers..." Because killers are quiet.
oh no it was c r a i g
I see what you did right there
Someone once told me they are like the breath of the wind.
Gordan Lazinica somewhere in the future, something was changed so that slipknot didn’t exist, and Craig traveled back in time and killed clown’s uncle so that clown got the push he needed to create slipknot and he doesn’t talk because he can’t face the guilt of what he did.
AHOHOOOOO
I could listen to this man talk for days. \m/
So, what? You like to take pieces of shit and cram them into your ear canal?
same
You wouldn't have a choice..
I like to hear his words sometimes... But other times he goes waaaayyy too overboard, to the point that he sounds so up his own ass. Slipknot to him is almost like a religion and it can sometimes just sound either stupid or kinda creepy, some of the shit that comes out of his mouth.
Holy fuck, you got him to sound like a human being. This is the most honest interview I've ever seen him give as Shawn or Clown. Thanks for providing this.
Motivation + Intelligence = Rockstar
Why's this interview getting so much hate? He's not talking any pseudo-intellectual philosophy. He's not presenting Slipknot as anything other than it is/was. He's not saying anything that's untrue really. Most of it is his feelings, his personal life and their fans. Is it because he says Slipknot are one of the greatest bands ever? Well... firstly that's his opinion. I speak with a little more humility but I ain't gonna judge someone for being real about their own thoughts. Also, they are. If not musically speaking which is merely subjective they're incredibly successful, one of the most successful metal bands in history with a lot of noteriety and a lot of influence on the music scene. In that regard they definitely are. Slipknot also DID resonate very hard with a portion of society especially teenage and young males. It influenced what a lot of young people were and still are and for such a violent and aggressive band they had one HELL of an effect on the general population.
Someone smart in the comments! Thank you. Totally agree. People just love to hate.
"one of the greatest bands ever"
yes, he definitely is.
they're not even top 100.
and i do only mean metal, here.
them being so successful has fuck all to do with their music.
@@billyalarie5683 someone's butthurt, lol
@@billyalarie5683 and top 100 doesn't matter either. Just saying, there's a lot of underrated songs that should be in top 100
that guitar in the back propped up against the amp is giving me anxiety
fuck gibsons, they dont deserve to be shown. Specially now, after what they're been doing with so many other brands, trying to steal money from them because they cant sell shit anymore. They should had tossed this on a trash can instead of just flipping it backwards.
@@Imperial_Venom gibsons at least from the 70-80's were the best they were imo, PLUS they created other brands, Dont hate on a guitar company that were the reason other guitar companies even exist.
Dope interview we demand more interviews like this. Bangers
Lots of passion. True inspiration. Shawn, Maynard, Trent, Morello, Serj are just some of the people I look up to. Something they all have in common is their passion to share something with the world and they do an incredible job.
Great interview and insight into the artistic aspect of the band!
this is amazing and inspiring! thx a lot for this, solid interview, both of them did a great job on this.
I enjoy ur work so much man thx u !
dude that was seriously amazing :') I'm gonna go listen to them right now shiiit
This man is an inspiration to all of us who have menial jobs we hate and are living boring, status quo lives.
I'm in Omaha and I completely understand everything he says about Des Moines...same feeling right here in The Good life....
Awesome, Sam. I know I posted a comment here before but I'm posting another and also watching the video again because I felt the need to. That's because I've been going through some of the things that Shawn has been speaking about and also things the bring me complete disgust. I know that Slipknot has their own way of expressing themselves and I have my own which is all out, unapologetic, uncompromising release of angry, aggression, hatred and confrontation of everything that I'm pissed off about leaving no stone unturned. I don't have an official band or any official material out. I'm just saying that so readers don't get misled but I've been currently getting ideas together and creating a project where I totally release everything. Just needed to watch the video because I needed some fuel for the fire. Well wishes to you and also to Shawn. Hail Slipknot.
Much Respect from Northern Arizona U.S. This man saved my life!!!!
that was a fantastic interview. just asking a question and letting him speak. to many interviewers like to talk over there guest ruining what they have to say
Find my Salvation through my own Anger.
Well said.
I'm sorry, but the Uterus on the Drum Kit is so distracting.
why is this interview so short i could've listened to this for like 3 hrs, he goes really in depth
Amazing and it's so true to how you can find beauty in the most vile of spaces
An even with the loss of the great Paul R.I.P an Joey this band still keeps going strong an still rocking out to this day slipknots fucking life love this bad love everything they represent keep up the great work look foward to your new material 🤘there's only one clown
Shawn is a fucking legend. Thank you for bringing us the epic noise.
Ben a slipknot fan since I was 11 I am 33 now still a fan!! good for them and the success they have had
At 4:39. Seriously. To me, undoubtably the most aspiring thing i've heard in an interview. IT's REALLY not just music to people! It really is a part of life to people, and I find that incredible that a band can have people believe in something more than what they did before. Bravo Slipknot!
This whole interview is spectaculiar and very well said by clown. I had to give my laptop a round of applause when clown talked about the kids in high school at 4:39.
You're kissing his ass just a little too much...
this is the best interview i have seen ever. the mind of this man is absolutely amazing.
@4:59 - Surfacing, my all-time Slipknot favorite song. And it's not only the lyrics, it's his everything is put together as a whole.
Oh my God, his dedication is unparalleled.
with 1.25 speed it's much better to watch
Evgen thank you
Mvp
You saved me five minutes of life.
Yea it is
@Evgen, bless you
best kick drum ever!
I'm 16, discovered them when I was around 11/12, and their music helped me through a lot of shit. I used to live in a very richy-rich school district, where they all dressed like athletes or beach bros. Nero Forte was the first song I was exposed too, and the lyrics hooked me in. As I started to listen to more songs, I started to realize how much I relate to their message more and more. (Don't ever judge me, not the exact message but a summary) They gave me the courage to basically say "Fuk it! You have no room to judge me." And get over all the crap people gave me for even DRESSING differently.
Shawn is a very intelligent person!!
I like him so much!!
Clown answered two questions in about 11 minutes. I always like that, because he told and explained from start to finish!
That was one of the best interview I have seen!
Thanks for that!
Keep up the good work !!
#Slipknot 4ever
to be honest he was trying to hard, to much pseudo intelectual nonsense. Self titled and Iowa are still great albums doe
David Moreno Yes, I agree with you! The Iowa album are great!
It’s an age thing man. I’m 39 and I feel the same as I did those 20 years ago. I have real bad mental health issues man. Major depression and always the thought of suicide. The effect of slipknot isn’t what you think and are portrayed via media or any normal thinking human.
For me this represents everything he is saying. So what if he is sucking himself off man. Look I been a music producer for years and it’s so hard to “make it”. I can’t bend over and be a slave to the industry and I know this is why I will always be nobody. I know that and accept it.
Clown is proud cos they literally said “fk u” and they made it. Name a single artist in the world right now who has the guts to do that? There is none. It’s pop gum swearing it’s not genuine and meaningful.
I been down big time of late and you see the new video? It’s the first thing in fking years to make me feel something. We are maggots. All us lot. We are eating away at the BS of every day life but you know what? We fking have each other and there’s millions of us who feel this way about it.
Slipknot have the same essence essentially as WuTang clan. It’s not just a group, band or act. It’s a way of life and a community of people all in the same boat. You should be grateful and actually appreciate we actually got to see these make it. There isn’t a band in decades that has risen to say FK U and still have a career. The control today is so overwhelming that you must kneel and suck it dry or you won’t make it.
I envy these men and I’ll always always always be grateful cos when my demons beat me down, I watch some videos and I feel a bit better cos they give me strength mentally. Not violently but a calm and self control of adrenaline to fking believe in myself.
RIP to members and family that are no longer here. They put the band first (maybe wrong in some ways we will never know) so use this energy and make something of your life.
Rambling but this is why i said it’s more than just a band. When you get to my age and reflect you will appreciate the heights they have really got to and why they can be relevant anytime they want.
Imagine Kanye grabbing a mic off clown or Jim? Haha guitar over he head and a hammer would come out. Nobody has the right to touch or even step to you. Believe in yourself.
SLIPKNOT XXX
fuckin genius man!
I searched high and ow for an unmasked interview with this guy and this is especially good because its intimate and in his house. I've always loves Slipknot , I had the magazines when they first showed up but I've never been a massive fan really, I was more into other shit. However, this is the guy more then anyone else who I would get along with. I didn't know he was a welder. I'm a welder.
Clown just saved this soul of mine. I'm no longer a maggot. I'm a fly. Shawn, you touched my life on so many levels. I wish I could tell you this personally. You really did just save my life, and so did this video. Thank you guys so much! I actually know now why I've overcome everything I've ever faced in my life. I was that maggot with the shirt in school, I was that kid in the pits getting his ass whooped, but it made me a strong man. Thank you Shawn. Thank you Slipknot!
Clown thinks about life so deeply. I love it.
My God this man really has suffered some unimaginable tragedies
Who hasn't?
@@MrParkerman6 Did you ever lose a child?
Yeah, very sad. He lost his best friend, mother and daughter. The first two being very close to each other.
This man is brilliant. Great humble guy.
I lived in Iowa for three years, yeah, I know that feeling.
thank you shawn :)
big ups for you
you did it maaaaan
Oh my god people, come on please that's some true shit, some true life stories, well some kind of true meanning to all this violence to all this anger and pain that Slipknot members feeled and will always feel. They are like us metalheads misunderstoods and all you find to say is that his whole speech is bull fucking shit, seriously guys come on I know you are smarter than a fucking tomato
You clearly are not.
2 metal legends for me, slipknot was one of my favorite bands as a teenager, and Sam Dunn is the guy who made the metal documentary.
Not a metal documentary, THE METAL DOCUMENTARY
Amazing, pure insight.
how awesome would it be if Shawn crahan (clown) Co directed a movie with guillermo del toro. both minds collaborating and making just disturbing epicness on film
It is one thing to put together a mediocre band with masks and loud guitars that appeals to teenagers. It is far more difficult to create brilliant films like Guillermo Del Toro.
@@SaintNektarios they have a massive fan base spanning a far wider age range than you're trying to suggest here. There is more thought, creativity, and curatorial consideration involved in their aesthetic and visual output than what you're suggesting here. The Op's comment totally acknowledges Del Toro's brilliance; it's literally the reason for wanting the collaboration.
So, other than stipulating that you think Slipknot are mediocre, your comment is utterly useless, pointless, and irrelevant.
I love hearing his thoughts.
Only because you like his garbage music, if this was a 14-year-old standing out in front of Hot Topic you would just mock him.
Better than melatonin
@@smegacoveredpenisinayeasti8423 How is Slipknot's music garbage?
This is why i love slipknot
I’m pretty happy that out of all the bands that could have come from Des Moines, it’s them because the embody the spirit and promote Des Moines with their music and the way they give interviews
And this is why metal is better than all other genres
Paul James yo
Amen 🙏
Bullshit :)
Obviously
yeah sure, with all of the cringy edgelords and the elitists lol not even close
"Kids would get their mom to wash that t-shirt every night, so they could wear it every day". Rock and roll, haha!
Immeasurable respect for this man.
Love surfacing. I relate at 53. I grew up the same way. Can't wait for the new album.....
I agree totally what he's saying. and that's way i listen (and love) slipknot music
Why don't you answer me how his philosophy makes sense? How does rage lead to "salvation". It is such an imbalance putting it all anger and nothing for the other side. Any extreme leads to destruction. That's just the nature of things. He's self-absorbed and hungry for power it's not for your own good don't you see that?
that's your opinion. if you don't understand, then don't listen to it.
ArkaeaFCL3 my opinion? no, thats what today's society is starting to believe... that everything is relative and so with truth. That is false, logic is not an opinion. It exists with or without an opinion. It's not that I don't understand, its that it doesn't make sense
No rapper nor pop artist these days would be able to make such an intressting and deep insight to their music/art.
Clown is so facinating he has such a complex philosophy of everything having to do with life or slipknot, hes nuts but hes honestly fucking brilliant at the same time
Great interview! I like this dude
Why is this getting so much hate? I mean, I've watched interviews from lot's of bands/artists and this seems par for the course... if not better :P I like the way he explains shit since he just shows you what it means for him instead of trying to trying to be broader.
Awesome. Thank you, Sam Dunn. The best band in the nu-metal genre. RIP, Paul Gray. Long Live Slipknot.
Yes!!!!
+Chuloloc Slipknot isn't nu-metal. For the love of fuck! They are one of the bands that was key in the formation of the New Wave Of American Heavy Metal. They aren't Limp fucking Bizkit.
8:52 Clown man I owe a lot of my life to you and your band. I am a maggot who turned into a fly. The energy in Slipknot drove me to bust my ass even harder and succeed for myself and my family. I currently single handedly set up a 28'X40'X4' concert stage for a casino I work at in Wisconsin. I'm a white man in a natives land, but i am part of their tribe in spirit as they all know how absolutely hard I can bust my ass. I also do basic meeting AV and every single time I hook up sound to our convention center, I play SLIPKNOT loud as fuck!! Its the energy and the way slipknot delivers that motivates me and it always will. Thank you Shawn and members of Slipknot! I will be seeing you (for the 13th time) soon at your first every IOWA State Fair on August 10th ,2019! Cant wait for the new album and to get in that pit!
I started listening to Slipknot in 1999. I heard Wait and Bleed on a metal grab bag type album which had several bands on it. I thought 'who are these lunatics? I've got to find out!!!'...bought their debut album literally that week after hearing them, sometime in August-September 1999 or something (that was a long time ago!). It took the first minute of sic to completely hook me. (In fact the song summed up my entire year at that point, but I digress!). I must have listened the whole album three times that day. Unlike other bands for some reason to this very day I couldn't tell you which song is on which album, because I had my eyes closed when I listened to it just absorbing it, and I didn't care what the song titles were. That's just how it went for me.
I suspect that my own background might be why I gravitated towards them. I also hated the world that year, so Slipknot was the perfect antidote for me. They strike me as similar to people that I knew growing up (I'm about their age). They say the things I never could have when I was a teen. What Shawn said comes as no surprise. He strikes me as an intense guy that creates Intense music for intense people. Mad props to the Nine...
Brilliant man!!!
All hail
I could listen to Clown for just talk hours, why doesnt he do podcasts?? XD
SLIPKNOT was the band that got me into Metal as a kid.I use to go to school Getting into fights for wearing there Shirts And just for listening to there music HELLYEAH Thank you SLIPKNOT WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER!!!
Clown is so deep and cryptic. Love it
I feel bad, I understand what he's saying and that it's barley the tip of the ice burge. I'll wake up from deep abdominal crying in the middle of the night and realize it's been going on for some time, if not hours.
Man I wore that shirt just about everyday. But it got dirty, quick. Trippy...
6:16 you can imagine it being pretty liberating being on stage beating the shit out of stuff and just letting your emotions flow without indeed having to "worry" about what your face looks like since it's covered by the mask. People fill in that "void" themselves, pretty good explanaition. It's also private that way.
I LOVE what Slipknot manage to do for all of us during the last years! ;)
In this interview, Shawn looks like a cross between Ihsahn and Ed Kemper (serial-killer). I get the impression that if he wasn't in Slipknot, he'd probably be dead or in prison. The stuff he talks about where he used to video-tape animal corpses and study maggots and shit is what they call a "precursor". I guess it's a good thing he attained a positive artistic outlet for that shit. If not, things might have turned out very differently. I had a child-hood friend that used to fixate on death just like Clown did as a child. He's now serving life in prison for doing some crazy shit that I'm not gonna go into here.
anger, rage: behind my smile are hiding these feelings. Exactly Like him
that final part was great!!
wtf
3:15 I like the way he thinks, I'm in no way a musician but what he said works for a lot of things, It really shows what separate's from those who succeed and fail. Of course sometimes its dumb luck but Clown seemed to really go forward with the Idea and never gave up. From what I can see it looks like that every time he screwed up he just wrote down what happened and didn't make the same mistake twice Metaphorically speaking.
Metal = real life. Other genres are trying to run away from reality while metal embraces it.
Aren't you an edgy fuck.
Sure is an interesting thought. Industrial music is mostly technophilic or technophobic, electronic music usually has no depth or meaning, and indie shit, depending on the band, doesn't really talk about anything grand or important. I see a lot more creative freedom in metal music than any other genre of music -- so I'd have to agree with that statement, Glass.
you are the stupidest commenter on this video. like, by a really fucking lot.
what about NWA? what about Tupac or Biggie or Nas or fucking Run DMC?
are you this bad at being a person in western society?
@@adaisychain4azathoth metal hasn't been creative in over a decade.
Do you even power metal bro?🧐
Where's Silent Bob?
could be shawn crahan
So many people who do not understand a simple story. If you ask him about how he started as a member of the band then he will answer that by telling the entire story of how he came to be a member. Very easy to understand. Most things in life can not be explained with two words and a smiley, and actually need a full explanation.
Thank you Shawn.
0:06 shawn crayon lol
Tattered and torn
Something aches
Tattered and torn
Bad things slither
Tattered and torn
My floors are burning down
Tattered and torn
And I can't find a window
I could listen two hours straight to this guy, clown is such an inspiration and nice guy
Well said. I totally dig this.