History YMMV / Slipknot

** An episode of NYInk had Taylor getting a tattoo in memory of Gray and spends the entire time bawling his eyes out to his wife about how much he missed his friend and wishes he was still here.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The song "Iowa" is basically nightmares given auditory form. Other creepy songs by them include "The Virus of Life", "Tattered and Torn", "Prosthetics", "Scissors", "Gently", and "Purity."

* TastesLikeDirt: Based on their attitudes during interviews and backstage, this is probably somewhat tongue-in-cheek.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=206768986028856&comments Jordison's Facebook post]] on the anniversary of Paul Gray's death.

* FaceOfTheBand: Jordison and Taylor mostly...which is sort of [[{{Irony}} ironic]] given their schtick.
* FanCommunityNickname: 'Maggots'.
* FandomRivalry: Mostly with {{Mushroomhead}} fans. {{Juggalo}}s and Maggots are also rivals somewhat, even though Slipknot's members are Juggalos. Music/InsaneClownPosse and Slipknot are actually [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_cP3HQB6bE mutual admirers]], although ICP is not fond of Slipknot's decision to call their fans "maggots".

* {{Mondegreen}}: "I wonder how why you can't see/Inside Michelle I wait and bleed" from "Wait and Bleed".
* OneOfUs: Taylor. Also, Thomson loves video games.

** The hidden track "Porn and Weed" on ''Slipknot'', in which [[spoiler:the band is recording themselves watching a scat porn video]], including [[NauseaFuel at least one member throwing up]]. This may also [[CrossesTheLineTwice Cross The Line Twice]] for some, especially due to some of the comments the guys make.

* MisattributedSong: {{KMFDM}}'s song "Sucks" has been spotted labeled as a Slipknot song. The song even ''states'' KMFDM's name!

* MostWonderfulSound: "8. 7. [[NumberOfTheBeast 6. 6. 6.]] 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Null."

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The song "Iowa" is basically nightmares given auditory form. Other creepy songs by them include "The Virus of Life", "Tattered and Torn", "Prosthetics", "Scissors", "Gently", "Purity", and "Gehenna."

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The song "Iowa" is basically nightmares given auditory form. Other creepy songs by them include "The Virus of Life", "Tattered and Torn", "Prosthetics", "Scissors", "Gently", and "Gehenna."

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The song "Iowa" is basically nightmares given auditory form. Other creepy songs by them include "The Virus of Life", "Tattered and Torn", and "Gehenna."

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The song "Iowa" is basically nightmares given auditory form.

* FandomRivalry: Mostly with {{Mushroomhead}} fans. {{Juggalo}}s and Maggots are also rivals somewhat, even though Slipknot's members are Juggalos. InsaneClownPosse and Slipknot are actually [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_cP3HQB6bE mutual admirers]], although ICP is not fond of Slipknot's decision to call their fans "maggots".

* TearJerker: The [[http://www.nme.com/news/slipknot/51244 live press conference]] held by the remaining eight members of the band the day after Gray's death. Listening to Jordison, Taylor, Crahan, and Wilson hold back tears as they spoke of how much they loved their fallen [[{{Nakama}} brother]] was insanely hard. Worse yet was when Thomson, upon being passed the mic, [[HeroicBSOD stared at the table in utter silence for a few moments before passing the microphone on down]].

* ItsPopularNowItSucks: YourMileageMayVary.

* AwardSnub: The 2003 Grammy awards nominated both Slipknot and Stone Sour in the Best Metal Performance category for "My Plague" and "Get Inside" respectively, giving Taylor and Root a 2/5 chance of taking home an award. {{Korn}} won that night (Slipknot won three years later for "Before I Forget" while Stone Sour is one of the most nominated bands without a win in the category's history).

* [[{{ptitle6cd1cskka05i}} It's Popular, Now it Sucks]]: YourMileageMayVary.

* MorePopularSpinoff: Slipknot was originally formed as a Stone Sour side project. Slipknot has since become Corey Taylor's main focus and many fans have no idea of the existence of Stone Sour.
** Slipknot was formed in 1995 (or [[OlderThanTheyThink 1992]] if you count the first sessions of what would become Slipknot as the formation rather than when the band was namned Slipknot), seeing how Corey joined in 1997 it's quite impossible for Slipknot to have been formed as his side project. I mean they even released an album before he joined, [[CanonDiscontinuity they prentend they didn't but they still did]].

* FandomRivalry: Mostly with {{Mushroomhead}} fans. {{Juggalo}}s and Maggots are also rivals somewhat, even though Slipknot's members are Juggalos. InsaneClownPosse themselves are admirers of Slipknot, though not of their decision to call their fans "maggots".

* FandomRivalry: Mostly with Mushroomhead fans. {{Juggalo}}s and Maggots are also rivals somewhat, even though Slipknot's members are Juggalos. InsaneClownPosse themselves are admirers of Slipknot, though not of their decision to call their fans "maggots".

* FandomRivalry: Mostly with Mushroomhead fans. {{Juggalo}}s and Maggots are also rivals somewhat, even though Slipknot's members are Juggalos.

* FandomRivalry: Mostly with Mushroomhead. Juggalos and maggots are also rivals somewhat, mostly over a (vaguely) similar image.

* {{Squick}}: The band released a box set that included a DVD [[MilestoneCelebration in honor of the 10th anniversary]] of the release of their first album on September 9, 2009, or 9/9/09 (a reference to the collective name "the nine"). The very first scene on the DVD, following a foreword by Crahan, is of Wilson vomiting for about a minute and a half.