History YMMV / Slipknot

* TearJerker: "Snuff", "Vermilion Pt. 2", "Goodbye".
** ''The End, So Far'' features "Heirloom", which talks about domestic abuse and TheChainofHarm.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: Outside the band, Crahan is a prolific artist; his work pretty much lives and breathes the trope.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: One review of their first album concluded that "these boys are clearly upset about something." They weren't kidding.

* {{Mondegreen}}:
** The sample repeating on "742617000027" is of a woman saying "The whole thing, I think it's sick." It is commonly misheard as "I hope your husband gets sick."
** "I felt the hate rise up in me" on "Wait And Bleed" has been misheard as [[InflatingBodyGag "I felt the air rise up in me."]]
** "Packaging subversion" on "Psychosocial" often gets humorously misheard as "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]]'s a virgin!"

* HiddenDepths: Corey Taylor once made a credible appearance as a guest on ''Series/{{QI}}'', proving to be both knowledgable and possessing an excellent dry wit.

** I push my fingers into my eyes. [[labelnote:explanation]]The iconic LyricalColdOpen to "Duality".[[/labelnote]]

* MemeticMutation: Starting with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPtJt4A7iOA "Psychosocial Baby,"]] it's become fun practice to remix the vocals from Slipknot songs with music from [[https://soundcloud.com/gabriel-schleifer/shake-off-the-maggots-taylor-swiftknot bubblegum]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl1ubZ6dqF0 pop]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm08v69vG10 tracks]].

* AcceptableTargets: Music/MachineGunKelly [[https://consequence.net/2021/09/machine-gun-kelly-slipknot-feud-timeline-corey-taylor/ became Public Enemy No. 1]] among the Maggots in 2021 with a crack at one of his shows about being glad that he's not "50 years old wearing a weird fucking mask", a public claim that Corey recorded a "fucking terrible" verse for his album that he turned down (although Corey responded with emails indicating that he simply turned down the spot), and interview comments he made (reportedly in jest) about his distaste for rock musicians who wear comfortable shoes. Following this, aside from the online backlash, recordings of MGK's shows with instances of mass booing, heckling, and even him getting into physical altercations began surfacing. There were also multiple fan recordings of Slipknot shows containing ''massive'' "Fuck MGK!" audience chants.

* FaceOfTheBand: Although it's sort of {{iron|y}}ic given their schtick...
** Taylor mostly, followed by Jordison (prior to his departure), Wilson, Root, and Crahan.

** "I felt the hate rise up in me" on 2Wait And Bleed" has been misheard as [[InflatingBodyGag "I felt the air rise up in me."]]

** “Packaging subversion” on “Psychosocial” often gets humorously misheard as “[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]]’s a virgin!”
** “I felt the hate rise up in me” on “Wait And Bleed” has been misheard as [[InflatingBodyGag “I felt the air rise up in me!” ]]

* SignatureSong: A four-way split between "Wait and Bleed", "Psychosocial", "Duality", and "Before I Forget" that really depends on who you ask.

* {{Mondegreen}}: The sample repeating on "742617000027" is of a woman saying "The whole thing, I think it's sick." It is commonly misheard as "I hope your husband gets sick."

** Jordison's departure from the band and Gray's death also broke the fanbase quite a bit, as they wrote a good chunk of the band's best material and some were worried that the rest of the band wouldn't be able to match up to their songwriting.
** ''Every time they change to new masks''.
*** Many fans have been rather disappointed with the new masks following Jordison's departure, '''especially''' with Corey and Sid's masks.
*** While most of the band's masks for ''We Are Not Your Kind'' were praised, Corey's translucent mask was mocked to high heaven by fans for its rather large cheeks, making Corey look goofy, fat, or both.
** ''Jay. Weinberg.'' Especially from Music/AgainstMe fans, as Laura Jane Grace responded to rumors about him joining by sarcastically wishing the band good luck, and indicating he was hard to work with. He's either the kick in the ass that the band needed after years of increasingly poor performances from Joey, or he's a hack playing way above his ability level who got in solely because of his connections and whose energy and theatricality can't make up for his grossly inconsistent playing. People have warmed up to him over time, however, between the revelations about why Joey left (which also explained his steadily declining performances) and Jay's own massive improvements as a drummer and development of a style that is faithful to Joey's, but has his own touch, rather than just trying to copy Joey in every way.

** The band's reputation suffered this again following Chris Fehn's firing from the band and suing them over royalty disputes (alongside Donnie Steele, who was a touring member for the band following Paul Gray's passing), making fans wonder if the band has been falling apart ''due'' to the aforementioned passing of Paul. Of course, those who've followed from the beginning might be very well aware that Slipknot have been having numerous fights within itself for years now even before ''Vol. 3''; and the passing of Paul could've been what's started to knock the house of cards down.

** Mostly with Music/{{Mushroomhead}} fans. There's one particularly notorious incident while Slipknot were supporting Music/CoalChamber on their 1999 ''Livin' La Vida Loco'' tour, where they went out to perform in Cleveland, and a bunch of Mushroomhead fans were waiting for them. Said fans proceeded to throw things at the band, including a padlock right at Paul Gray's face. The band - plus members of Amen and Music/MachineHead, who were also on the bill - got into it with those fans physically as soon as the set was over, until the cops broke it up. Adding fuel to the fire was Mushroomhead vocalist Jeff Hatrix, who admitted he helped orchestrate the incident. All that being said, ever since the death of Paul Gray, this feud has simmered down.

** Despite being the lead vocalist, Corey Taylor was once considered TheScrappy of the band (and some would say still is), thanks to overexposure on metal/hard rock sites like Blabbermouth.net and him generally saying and doing a lot of things that rub both fans and non-fans of Slipknot the wrong way, from polarizing the fanbase with his political views to slapping the cell phones out of fans' hands at concerts., with some people thinking that Blabbermouth has featured him in their articles usually saying something inflammatory just to rile people up (almost all the time). In spite of the controversy he generates, however, Corey can also be recipient of admiration from both fans and haters of Slipknot whenever he stands up to other artists who also have the reputation of being primadonnas. He ''did'' get some appreciation by hardcore detractors when he himself bluntly told [[Music/LinkinPark Chester Bennington]] off for his behavior in regards to fan's reaction to ''One More Light''. Also, when Kanye West made the delusional claim that he was the "greatest living rock star on the planet," just about everybody was on Corey Taylor's side when he told Kanye off.

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: The treatment Alessandro and Jay got from the band upon joining. The band ''weren't'' too happy with the two being replacements of Paul or Joey, Crahan in particular saying in an interview, [[BrutalHonesty "This is Slipknot, fuck both of those guys. ... They'll never be in the band. Never."]] It was, ''however'', pointed out that the reason the band (Corey and Crahan ''especially'') were hard on the two is because it was part of a "hazing" to see how they could handle being in the band before actually confirming them as true members. Considering [[ToughActToFollow who Jay and Alessandro are replacing]], it's understandable that the band doesn't want to immediately give them Joey and Paul's numbers, #1 and #2. In the end, they were given letters instead of numbers to solve this problem.

* Mondegreen: The sample repeating on "742617000027" is of a woman saying "The whole thing, I think it's sick." It is commonly misheard as "I hope your husband gets sick."

* AcceptableTargets: Music/MachineGunKelly [[https://consequence.net/2021/09/machine-gun-kelly-slipknot-feud-timeline-corey-taylor/ became Public Enemy No. 1]] among the Maggots in 2021 with a crack at one of his shows about being glad that he's not "50 years old wearing a weird fucking mask", a public claim that Corey recorded a "fucking terrible" verse for his album that he turned down (although Corey responded with emails indicating that he simply turned down the spot), and interview comments he made (reportedly in jest) about his distaste for rock band members who wear comfortable shoes. Following this, aside from the online backlash, recordings of MGK's shows with instances of mass booing, heckling, and even him getting into physical altercations began surfacing. There were also multiple fan recordings of Slipknot shows containing ''massive'' "Fuck MGK!" audience chants.

* FridgeBrilliance: In the "Dead Memories" video, Paul stops mirroring Corey when Corey raises his hand. Paul was left handed.

* FanNickname: With the identity of Michael Pfaff having been a mystery until 2022, fans started calling him either "Chrisn't" or variations on "Tortilla Man" due to the appearance of his mask.

* FanNickname: With the identity of Chris Fehn's replacement a mystery, fans started calling him either "Chrisn't" or variations on "Tortilla Man" due to the appearance of his mask.

** The demo ''Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.'' The band themselves basically ignores its existence, now considering it a demo album rather than a full debut album and having re-recording or reworked most of the songs. But it, along with early Slipknot in general, has a small but dedicated fanbase, some of whom actually consider it better than what came after.
** The band's reputation suffered this again following Chris Fehn's firing from the band and suing them over royalty disputes (alongside Donnie Steele, who was a touring member for the band following Paul Gray's passing), making fans wonder if the band has been falling apart ''due'' to the aforementioned passing of Paul. OF course, those who've followed from the beginning might be very well aware that Slipknot have been having numerous fights within itself for years now even before ''Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)''; and the passing of Paul could've been what's started to knock the house of cards down.

** The album ''Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.'' The band themselves basically ignores its existence, now considering it a demo album rather than a full debut album and having re-recording or reworked most of the songs. But it, along with early Slipknot in general, has a small but dedicated fanbase, some of whom actually consider it better than what came after.

!!YMMV tropes about the band itself:

!!YMMV tropes about the music:

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: "Dogfish Rising". Clearly the result of boredom while recording ''[[CanonDiscontinuity Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.]]'' Half the band switches instruments, and clearly Josh Brainerd playing bass isn't as good at it as Paul was.

* LighterAndSofter: All Hope Is Gone is this, according to Slipknot-standards, at least. It's undoubtedly their most mainstream-sounding album to date.

*** While most of the band's masks for ''WANYK'' were praised, Corey's translucent mask was mocked to high heaven by fans for its rather large cheeks, making Corey look goofy, fat, or both.

** The band's reputation suffered this again following Chris Fehn's firing from the band and suing them over royalty disputes (alongside Donnie Steele, who was a touring member for the band following Paul Gray's passing), making fans wonder if the band has been falling apart ''due'' to the aforementioned passing of Paul. OF course, those who've followed from the beginning might be very well aware that Slipknot have been having numerous fights within itself for years now even before Subliminal Verses; and the passing of Paul could've been what's started to knock the house of cards down.

* BrokenBase: ...
** Over the shift away from their nu-metal beginnings. On that topic, is ''.5: The Gray Chapter'' NuMetal or not?

* GrowingTheBeard: Depending on how much you hate nu-metal, the group's move to a more traditional metal sound with more guitar solos and less intrusive use of samples and turntablism could qualify.

** The hidden track between "Scissors" and "Eeyore" 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.

* AcceptableTargets: Music/MachineGunKelly [[https://consequence.net/2021/09/machine-gun-kelly-slipknot-feud-timeline-corey-taylor/ became Public Enemy No. 1]] among the Maggots in 2021 with a thinly-veiled crack at one of his shows about being glad that he's not "50 years old wearing a weird fucking mask", as well as a public claim that Corey recorded a "fucking terrible" verse for his album that he turned down, although Corey responded with emails indicating that he simply turned down the spot. Following this, aside from the online backlash, recordings of MGK's shows featured instances of mass booing, heckling, objects being thrown at him, and even him getting into physical altercations. There are also multiple fan recordings of Slipknot shows containing a ''massive'' "fuck MGK!" audience chant.