History Trivia / Slipknot

* FanNickname: With the identity of Chris Fehn's replacement a mystery, fans started calling him "Chrisn't".

** In the band's Google Autobiography, most of the members admit that they consider ''All Hope Is Gone'' to be their worst album, citing issues with their producer at the time, feeling that that were "playing it safe" with the sound, problems with getting all nine members together to record, and even Crahan saying he felt the name of the album was pretty bad because it [[HarsherInHindsight foreshadowed Paul Gray's suicide]]. Nowadays, the only song to remain on setlists is its signature "Psychosocial", with the rest being dropped.

* BlackSheepHit: "Snuff" from All Hope Is Gone is a slow, mournful ballad that sounds very different from Slipknot's usual stuff. It went on to become Slipknot's most successful single ever, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. They also have not played it live since 2012 and have no intention of bringing it back, though Corey Taylor has played it at solo appearances.

* SleeperHit: The self-titled, and, honestly, the band in general. [[WordOfGod As per Corey Taylor]], they were the one band on Roadrunner's roster that ''wasn't'' expected to go anywhere; they were a bunch of broke, drunk, and stoned twentysomethings from a part of the US that no one cared about with an extremely aggressive, abrasive, and generally not mainstream-friendly style who were hoping to maybe clear 200,000 units (which, at the time, was the bare minimum needed to convince a major label that you were worth their time and money) and thought that Amen (whose debut was being mixed around the time that they were recording) was going to be the band that was going to blow up. Instead, they went platinum in less than a year, wound up getting pushed up to direct support on a tour with Coal Chamber just so people wouldn't leave halfway through the night after they got off, and became something pretty close to a household name by 2001.

* BlackSheepHit: "Snuff" from All Hope Is Gone is a slow, mournful ballad that sounds very different from Slipknot's usual stuff. It went on to become Slipknot's most successful single ever, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

** Corey Taylor happens to be a big fan of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and even had pictures taken with him at the studio. He is also a fan of Series/{{QI}}, having appeared on the show.

* OldShame: ''Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.'' has pretty much been disowned. And apparently, their unreleased second demo album ''Crowz'' never existed.

* ColbertBump: For "Psychosocial" after "Psychosocial [[Music/JustinBieber Baby]]" happened.

* OneOfUs: ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' served as the basis for the lyrics of ''Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.'' Sid Wilson is a ''huge'' fan of the Transformers (his DJ name is actually DJ Starscream), and has several Transformers tattoos (including the Autobot and Decepticon insignias on the backs of his hands). Thomson loves video games, and Taylor is a ''huge'' ''Series/DoctorWho'' fan, and was then hired to voice the screams of the Series 9 monster The Fisher King, which included getting to go to Cardiff and tour the set during filming.
** Corey Taylor is a WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic [[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1467922093274247.1073741849.127127037353766&type=3 fan]]. He even wears an "[[Film/StreetFighter OF COURSE!]]" shirt while performing in Chicago. He even got to cameo in [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS10E16 an episode]].

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: The band's videos and live shows are incredibly brutal and intense, but the band members are universally known to be nice guys out of costume. Corey in particular is a dedicated husband and father in real life, and a total goofball on his personal Instagram page.

* ApprovalOfGod: In 2011, a YouTube musician mashed up "Psychosocial" with... Music/JustinBieber's "Baby." Corey Taylor ''LOVED IT''!!

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Their demo album, ''Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.'', was limited to only 1,000 copies and is a sought-after rarity among fans. None of the band members even have a copy of the album anymore. Its legacy is kept alive by bootlegged CD's and MP3's.

** Corey Taylor happens to be a big fan of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and even had pictures taken with him at the studio. He is also a fan of Series/QI, having appeared on the show.

** Corey Taylor happens to be a big fan of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and even had pictures taken with him at the studio.

* KeepCirculatingtheTapes: Their demo album, ''Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.'', was limited to only 1,000 copies and is a sought-after rarity among fans. None of the band members even have a copy of the album anymore. Its legacy is kept alive by bootlegged CD's and MP3's.

* CreativeDifferences: One of the reasons behind Jordisons departure.

** Corey Taylor is a WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic [[https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1467922093274247.1073741849.127127037353766&type=3 fan]]. He even wears an "[[Film/StreetFighter OF COURSE!]]" shirt while performing in Chicago.

* CreatorBacklash: In the band's Google Autobiography, most of the members admit that they consider ''All Hope Is Gone'' to be their worst album, citing issues with their producer at the time, feeling that that were "playing it safe" with the sound, problems with getting all nine members together to record, and even Crahan saying he felt the [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking name of the album was pretty bad]]. Taylor also isn't fond of ''Vol. 3'' for similar reasons; the recording process was unpleasant due to inter-band tensions and Rick Rubin being "completely fucking useless," his attempts to expand his vocal range led to lots of results that he felt should have gone back to the drawing board, and his drinking problem at the time led to lots of bad (as far as he was concerned) vocal takes making onto the final product. Rubin also didn't spend a lot of time with the band, as he was juggling several projects at once; when he did appear, it usually was for less than an hour, and he would usually lay down, play a couple preproduction tracks, grunt out a few comments, and then leave. He and Cory also got into a heated argument over the chorus of "Before I Forget," which Ruben argued wasn't catchy enough but Cory refused to change in any way.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: In 2010, Paul Gray, #2 and bassist, died. He was one the creative brains behind the band, and in the wake of his death, the members of Slipknot questioned whether there would ever be a new album. Fortunately (for their fans, that is), in 2014, six years after their last album, Slipknot released .5: The Gray Chapter. Several songs on this album are about Paul Gray.

* OneOfUs: ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' served as the basis for the lyrics of ''Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.'' Sid Wilson is a ''huge'' fan of the Transformers(his DJ name is actually DJ Starscream), and has several Transformers tattoos(including the Autobot and Decepticon insignias on the backs of his hands). Thomson loves video games, and Taylor is a ''huge'' ''Series/DoctorWho'' fan, and was then hired to voice the screams of the Series 9 monster The Fisher King, which included getting to go to Cardiff and tour the set during filming.

* CreatorBacklash: In the band's Google Autobiography, most of the members admit that they consider ''All Hope Is Gone'' to be their worst album, citing issues with their producer at the time, feeling that that were "playing it safe" with the sound, problems with getting all nine members together to record, and even Crahan saying he felt the [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking name of the album was pretty bad]]. Taylor also isn't fond of ''Vol. 3'' for similar reasons; the recording process was unpleasant due to inter-band tensions and Rick Rubin being "completely fucking useless," his attempts to expand his vocal range led to lots of results that he felt should have gone back to the drawing board, and his drinking problem at the time led to lots of bad (as far as he was concerned) vocal takes making onto the final product. Rubin also didn't spend a lot of time with the band, as he was juggling several projects at once; when he did appear, it usually was for less than an hour, and he would usually lay down, play a couple preproduction tracks, grunt out a few comments, and then leave.

* CreatorBacklash: In the band's Google Autobiography, most of the members admit that they consider ''All Hope Is Gone'' to be their worst album, citing issues with their producer at the time, feeling that that were "playing it safe" with the sound, problems with getting all nine members together to record, and even Crahan saying he felt the [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking name of the album was pretty bad]]. Taylor also isn't fond of ''Vol. 3'' for similar reasons; the recording process was unpleasant due to inter-band tensions and Rick Rubin being "completely fucking useless," his attempts to expand his vocal range led to lots of results that he felt should have gone back to the drawing board, and his drinking problem at the time led to lots of bad (as far as he was concerned) vocal takes making onto the final product. Ruben also didn't spend a lot of time with the band, as he was juggling several projects at once.

* CreatorBacklash: In the band's Google Autobiography, most of the members admit that they consider ''All Hope Is Gone'' to be their worst album, citing issues with their producer at the time, feeling that that were "playing it safe" with the sound, problems with getting all nine members together to record, and even Crahan saying he felt the [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking name of the album was pretty bad]]. Taylor also isn't fond of ''Vol. 3'' for similar reasons; the recording process was unpleasant due to inter-band tensions and Rick Rubin being completely fucking useless, his attempts to expand his vocal range led to lots of results that he felt should have gone back to the drawing board, and his drinking problem at the time led to lots of bad (as far as he was concerned) vocal takes making onto the final product.