Slipknot’s look on the 1999 Ozzfest is the stuff of legend. Making their debut on the travelling pageant’s second stage a full month earlier than their self-titled 1999 album was unleased on an unsuspecting world, the Iowa nine-piece’s full-on performances had been a taster for his or her impending greatness.
However not everybody was so impressed with them. Talking within the model new challenge of Metallic Hammer journal, guitarist Jim Root and percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan recall how their surprising affect made different bands jealous, prompting them to “shit speak” the Iowa nine-piece.
“They’d inform us on to our faces, ‘You’re not going to final’ or ‘You’ll be fortunate if you happen to promote 6,000 information’,” Jim tells Hammer. “It was sort of a psychological headfuck, and it reveals you ways aggressive it might be at the moment.”
The identical unnamed bands would additionally object to Slipknot and their road crew distributing free two-song cassette samplers within the crowd in an try and whip up some pre-album buzz, claiming it was proving a distraction by drawing individuals away from their very own reveals. These petty complaints resulted in Slipknot being instructed to cease handing out the cassettes, which they did out of respect for Ozzfest organiser Sharon Osbourne, who had been “so supportive”. Clown tells Hammer that he finally grew to become so annoyed that he determined to interrupt the ban on handing out the tapes.
“I stated, ‘Screw this, I can’t let these tapes go to waste anymore’,” he says. “I assumed, ‘We’re not gonna get kicked off the tour, and if I’ve to apologise later, I’ll.’ And wherever I went, all I might hear was our tape being performed on a whole bunch of automotive stereos.”
The jealousy wasn’t confined to Ozzfest both. Slipknot’s first nationwide tour in 1999 noticed them supporting Coal Chamber, who had been being managed by Sharon Osbourne on the time.
“We had been fucking unhinged, and I feel there have been strikes to kick us off the tour greater than as soon as,” says Jim. “However Sharon Osbourne could be like, ‘The rationale you might have individuals at these reveals is due to that band. Shut your fucking mouths and play your reveals.’ It was a really attention-grabbing time.”
You possibly can learn the complete story of the making of Slipknot’s debut album and extra within the model new challenge of Metallic Hammer, onsale now. Order it on-line and have it delivered straight to your door.
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