Footage Surfaces Of SLIPKNOT’s Well-known 1999 Battle With MUSHROOMHEAD Followers

The Slipknot vs. Mushroomhead feud has utterly subsided in recent times, however again in 1999 it was nonetheless going sturdy. For proof, look no additional than a recently-resurfaced Slipknot present filmed in Cleveland from 1999.

Mushroomhead followers within the crowd began heckling Slipknot and throwing objects at them earlier than vocalist Corey Taylor ultimately had a sufficient. Proper earlier than Slipknot performed “(sic)”, Taylor yelled “Step up, pussy! Step up, bitch!” earlier than percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan dove into the group to combat a number of the followers.

Clown obtained pulled by safety and Taylor addressed the hecklers as soon as extra. “I knew you guys would fucking present up, man. Do you guys need to see a combat or do you need to see a fucking present, man?” stated Taylor, later including: “All petty fucking bullshit apart, are you able to have a superb fucking time tonight? As a result of over my fucking useless physique will I’ve anyone damage this fucking night time for anyone right here!”

Regardless of the confrontation and Taylor‘s phrases, the animosity between the Mushroomhead followers and Slipknot would not fairly subside by means of the entire present.

Taylor defined the feud in a 2012 Q&A with followers, saying his drawback was at all times with Mushroomhead followers and never the band themselves.

“My drawback has by no means been with that band, my drawback was with their followers on the time,” stated Taylor. “The primary time we performed Cleveland, their followers got here down, thoughts you we did not fucking say shit, their followers got here down and threw all the things however rocks at us. They hit Paul [Gray, bassist] within the face with a padlock the scale of my fist; that is whereas we’re onstage.”

And sure – there was an altercation after the present. “Once we obtained carried out enjoying, we took all of our shit off and went into the viewers. There have been lots of them, however there was all 9 of us, there was Machine Head, and all of our buddies from a band known as Amen – and let’s simply say we fucking dealt with it proper there.”