While discussing the 25th anniversary of Slipknot’s self-titled album with Metal Hammer, M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan took some time to pay tribute to his late bandmates Paul Gray and Joey Jordison. The percussionist says “you can’t talk about any of this without talking about them.”
Clown said the following about the band’s classic lineup:
“Brother, the band will never be like that again. I can’t tell you how close we were then: we’re not that close anymore. People are gone. Craig’s out. Chris is out, Joey’s out, Paul’s out. The band is different. But, back then, there was nine guys that wanted to be in the same place, and we made it work. And we wound up here, and here is wonderful.”
He also added the following about Jordison and Gray:
“I’m doing these 25-year anniversary interviews, and not a lot of human beings are asking me about them. You can’t talk about any of this without talking about them.
They’re greatly missed, and every day that I go through this 25-year anniversary, I miss them more, but also appreciate, love, and just acknowledge who they were to all this. It’s very important for me to say that, because these are two gentlemen that should be talking to you, and they can’t.
Joey and Paul… Oh my God, they wrote this shit man. Number 1 and Number 2. The path changed for us after they passed, and we had to keep going, and take a new path, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t know where we came from, or ever forget what brought us here.”
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