It was faster and heavier than their previous record. Finally, the band managed to sign contract with Roadrunner Records and release self-titled album on June 29, 1999. But for a long time record labels were refusing to work with Slipknot due to their image. Later that year, Slipknot had returned to the studio having developed new material, which demanded more vocal melody, so they recruited Corey Taylor. On Halloween, October 31, 1996, Slipknot self released their first album Mate. Soon the same story repeated with uniform jumpsuits – this part of the band's image was also invented by Crahan.Īt the same time, current members were gradually joining band one by one. It's a way for us to become unconscious of who we are and what we do outside of music', explains Corey Taylor. 'It's our way of becoming more intimate with the music. Musicians came to an idea of wearing masks when Shawn Crahan spent one of the rehearsals wearing clown's mask. They started to perform in their native town Des Moines, Iowa, under the name of Meld that was soon changed to Slipknot. Shortly after, they split up and formed the band again in 1995.

For the first time it happened in 1992, when three friends, drummer Shawn Crahan, vocalist Anders Colsefini and bassist Paul Gray, decided to form the band. Three of them, namely 'Gently', 'Slipknot' and 'Idiot', were also used as a basis for later Slipknot songs.Slipknot is undoubtedly one of the strangest bands in modern music. All eight songs have leaked on the internet, where they can be found with different names, such as 'Gently (The Genesis Track)' or 'Wise Up (Construction)'.The following two sessions were recorded.Īll track are written by Anders Colsefni, Paul Gray, Shawn Crahan & Patrick M. It was essentially a proto-Slipknot, but fell through because Paul was evicted from his home and the band lacked a place to record.

Neuwirth on guitar, Paul Gray on bass and Shawn Crahan on drums. The line-up of this short-lived band was Anders Colsefni on vocals, Patrick M. Independent The Basement Sessions is the name fans have given to a group of songs recorded in Paul Gray's basement in 1993 by Painface.

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