History Music / Slipknot

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1zCN0YhW1s Wait and Bleed]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPUZwriSX4M Spit It Out]]"

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRNYp1IiUuE My Plague]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26PRhCJtgPQ The Heretic Anthem]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1jQKpse7Yw Left Behind]]"

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__8OqgtqYuE The Blister Exists]]"

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKcbYUwmmlE Vermilion]]" & "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvetJ9U_tVY Vermilion, Pt. 2]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw2LU1yS7aw Before I Forget]]"

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAAvNmoqDq0 Sulfur]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5abamRO41fE Psychosocial]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiaFz07y7oc Dead Memories]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXEKuttVRIo Snuff]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn2w3j_xmbw All Hope Is Gone]]"

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wKw3oGb9-g The Devil in I]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgA7KIwKlOE The Negative One]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJh5_6MuCk Killpop]]"

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpATBBRajP8 Unsainted]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3ADK6gsDGg Solway Firth]]"

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dymAGwL2kQI The Chapeltown Rag]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INi3qP1oWlY The Dying Song (Time to Sing)]]"
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCyF-NPcnBo Yen]]"

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* ThisSongGoesOutToTVTropes: Taylor loves this.

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fVE8kSM43I Duality]]"

While the band had always incorporated melodies into their music, notably through Taylor singing instead of screaming/rapping, their early style gave way to more experimentation firmly based in melody, with all of their output from their third studio album ''Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)'' onwards showing explicit influence from genres including {{alternative metal}} and [[AlternativeRock rock]].

* ButtMonkey: Venturella and Weinberg, the replacements for Gray and Jordison respectively. Not even the band seemed to hold them in high regard initially, and weren't afraid to publicly lambaste them. Taylor and Crahan, however, said that this was a method of testing them, to see if they could deal with the pressure of possibly being the permanent replacements for two longtime members. Given that they're already on their second album, it seems they'll be staying a while.

The band's sound began as a mix of normal heavy metal with shades of more extreme metal styles alongside a down-tuned guitar setup, extensive percussion and turntablism, creating darkness and intensity complemented by the band's energy and lead vocalist [[Creator/CoreyTaylor Corey Taylor's]] catchy songwriting. The band was and is routinely classified as {{nu metal}}, a label which they went on record distancing themselves from and claiming was only assigned to them as their rise was simultaneous with that of the genre. The band has dubbed their style of music "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment metal metal]]".

The band went through small lineup changes in its early years before settling on the 9-man roster that would stick for over a decade through their rise to mainstream fame. From this roster, five members are still in the band; the other four (Gray, Jordison, percussionist Chris Fehn and keyboardist/sampler Craig Jones) left in cases of dismissal or unexpected death. The band has since recruited a new bassist (Alessandro Venturella), percussionist (Michael Pfaff), and sampler (currently unknown); a drummer (Jay Weinberg) was also recruited, but the band announced in 2023 that it would "part ways" with him.

The band went through small lineup changes in its early years before settling on the 9-man roster that would stick for over a decade through their rise to mainstream fame. From this roster, five members are still in the band; the other four (Gray, Jordison, percussionist Chris Fehn and keyboardist/sampler Craig Jones) left in cases of dismissal or unexpected death. The band has since recruited a new bassist (Alessandro Venturella), drummer (Jay Weinberg), percussionist (Michael Pfaff), and sampler (currently unknown).

* J: '''Jay Weinberg''' (2014-): drums

* J: '''Jay Weinberg''' (2014-): drums
** Was intended to stay unconfirmed for a while for various reasons in spite of a preponderance of evidence in his favor. Nevertheless, his identity was leaked by a former drum tech of the band.

* {{Juggalo}}: Some overlap; see FanCommunityNicknames.

** Founding vocalist of the band who appeared on their early demos, briefly performed with Corey as part of a VocalTagTeam before he burned out and quit in 1997.

* #8: '''[[CCreator/CoreyTaylor Corey "The Great Big Mouth" Taylor]]''' (1997-): lead vocals

The band's sound began as a mix of normal heavy metal with shades of more extreme metal styles alongside a down-tuned guitar setup, extensive percussion and turntablism, creating darkness and intensity complemented by the band's energy and lead vocalist Corey Taylor's catchy songwriting. The band was and is routinely classified as {{nu metal}}, a label which they went on record distancing themselves from and claiming was only assigned to them as their rise was simultaneous with that of the genre. The band has dubbed their style of music "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment metal metal]]".

* #8: '''Corey "The Great Big Mouth" Taylor''' (1997-): lead vocals

** The weird baby crying in "Prosthetics".
** And the OminousMusicBox/toy thing in "Tattered and Torn".
** They like metallic grinding noises, too,
** That distorted screaming of people and what sounds like birds flying away (Or gunfire!) at the beginning of "Iowa" which could be interpreted as a school shooting.

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** Root and Thomson. Root is actually a little taller, but lanky; Thomson is bulkier. Gray and Fehn were also tall and bulky dudes, while Crahan is a bit shorter but is still quite bulky.

** Wilson is very skilled as a turntablist and is famous outside of Slipknot as [[{{Transformers}} DJ Starscream]]... but he's frequently gotten into fistfights with Crahan on stage, and broken Fehn's drum kit with his headbanging. He even ''broke both his feet'' by jumping from a piece of equipment, which Taylor later poked fun at by yelling "You broke your fucking feet, Sid!" while Wilson was on stage in a wheelchair.