Slipknot

Fact Sheet

Country	USA
Years active	1995-

Slipknot is a nine-piece metal group, with each member having a number 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8, from Des Moines, Iowa. Mixing hip-hop with heavy metal, this band have became one of the most popular metal bands.

The band are noted for their image; the members wear matching boiler suits, and each has an individual mask. On their first major label album, each band member was referred to by first name and number only; the band members are far from secretive about their identities, however, and their full names were present on their second major label album. Five members of the band have been photographed without masks: Vocalist Corey Taylor and guitarist Jim Root with their band Stone Sour, drummer Joey Jordison with his side-project Murderdolls, bassist Paul Gray,and drummer Shawn Crahan through mugshots leaked through thesmokinggun.com.

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