Chris Fehn is an American musician known as one of the two custom percussionists of the heavy metal band, Slipknot. He's also the current bassist for the band Will Haven. Chris Fehn was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. Prior to joining Slipknot, Chris Fehn played as a kicker on the Wayne State University Football team. He joined Slipknot around April 1997, which he replaced percussionist Greg Welts, who was forced out of the band due to personal conflicts with drummer Joey Jordison which stemmed from Welts dating Jordison's sister. As well as Chris Fehn lending his percussion talents to Slipknot, he has also sung backing vocals on a number of songs that the heavy metal band Slipknot has both recorded and performed live. Outside Slipknot, Chris Fehn is a very keen golfer. Chris Fehn describes himself as a "big fan of the band" and says of Slipknot, "the world needed something like this." Slipknot bassist Paul Gray stated in an interview that Chris Fehn "often brings humor to the band." and that they "definitely need that guy." Before joining Slipknot in 1997, Chris Fehn was close friends with Slipknot's percussionist Shawn Crahan. Chris Fehn has said in the past that "Spit It Out" was the song that stood out to him the most. In the early years of Slipknot before their singing with Roadrunner Records, Chris Fehn was known to be an electrician. In a recent interview that Chris Fehn had with Face Culture, he said that the band members gave him a hard time in his early years with the band. He described that his time during the self-titled album era was his "hazing period" with the band. Here's an interesting fact: Chris Fehn's mask was featured in the movie Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay.

Corey Taylor is a founding member of Stone Sour, which there is one or more founders of that band, and has released three studio albums with that band. Corey Taylor joined Slipknot in 1997. He joined to replace the original singer Anders Colsefni. Corey Taylor released four studio albums with Slipknot. He constantly alternates between bands, since 2001, after the releas of Iowa, where he reformed Stone Sour immeditately after touring. Corey Taylor has worked with several bands, including Junk Beer Kidnap Band, Apocalyptica, Anthrax, Aaron Lewis of Staind, and Soulfly. He writes and sings songs in styles that vary by genre. Corey Taylor was ranked number 86 in Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. Corey Taylor was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He was the first of three children. He lived in Orlando briefly with his uncle, George Robson. though he was mostly raised by his mother in Waterloo, Iowa, a place described by Corey Taylor as a "hole in the ground with buildings around it. Corey Taylor was raised by his single mother and developed a fond feeling toward classic rock as a kid. His grandmother introduced it to him. By the age of fifteen, Corey Taylor had developed a drug addiction and had overdosed on cocaine twice. Corey Taylor and his father first met when he was an adult. Taylor has had alcohol abuse problems, which his ex-wife Scarlett helped him through as well as keeping him from committing suicide. Corey Taylor told MTV that he had attempted to jump off of a balcony of the eighth floor of the Hyatt on Sunset Boulevard in 2003, but somehow his ex-wife Scarlett stopped him in 2006. In Des Moines, Iowa, Joey Jordison, Shawn Crahan, and Mick Thompson approached Corey Taylor asking him to join Slipknot. He agreeably went to one of their practices, and ended up singing in front of them. Slipknot wanted Corey Taylor to join the band becuse of his melodic vocals. 

Shawn Crahan is an American musician, music producer, and artist. He is best known as one of the two custom percussionists of the Grammy-winning metal band Slipknot, and the drummer of To My Surprise and Dirty Little Rabbits. Shawn Crahan is the oldest member of Slipknot, which he is 42 years old. Shawn Crahan was born in Des Moines, Iowa. Shawn Crahan used to perform in bands such as Heads on the Wall and One Cup of Fat. He married his wife Chantel in June, 1993, in Des Moines, Iowa. Shawn Crahan and his wife have four children now. Their names are: Alexandria, Gage, Gabrielle, and Simon. Shawn Crahan hasn't only lended his percussion talents to the metal band Slipknot, but he has also sung backing vocals on a number of songs Slipknot has both recorded and performed live. He wrote the original draft of "Tattered & Torn", which appeared on the band's early demo, Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.. Outside Slipknot, Shawn Crahan has founded Big Orange Clown Records, a vanity label within  Sanctuary Records, which has so far signed the metalcore band Gizmachi. Shawn Crahan wears clown-style masks when he performs with Slipknot. He wears a death mask made from a cast of his own face when performing the song "Vermillion". 

Paul Gray was an American musician. He was best known as the bassist and the primary songwriter for Slipknot. Paul Gray was born in Los Angeles, California. Later his family moved to Des Moines, Iowa. Paul Gray has performed in bands such as Vexx, Nuclear Blast, Body Pit, and Inveigh Catharsis. Paul Gray was one of 3 original members of Slipknot remaining in the band. He was also one of the two members that were not born in Iowa (the other is Jim Root, who was born in Las Vegas). Slipknot released the Download 2009 performance on DVD in memory of Paul Gray in 2010. On May 24, 2010, The Des Moines Register reported that Gray had been found dead in room 431 at the Towneplace Suites hotel in Urbandale, Iowa. That was at about 10:50 a.m. local time. There was an autopsy done on Paul Gray. The autopsy determined that no foul play or trauma was involved, but it still didn't establish the cause of death. Paul Gray is survived by his wife Brenna and their daughter. He has a brother named Tony who worked for the band for many years. The day after Paul Gray died, a formal press conference was held in Des Moines, Iowa. They didn't take any questions from the media. The remaining Slipknot memers, Gray's brother, Tony, and wife, Brenna, paid tribute to him. There was another autopsy done on Paul Gray. On June 21, 2010, the results of the autopsy were released and stated that Paul Gray had died of an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl, and had shown signs of "significant heart disease". Shawn Crahan said: "He was kind of the person in the band that really wanted everybody in the band to always get along and just concentrate on the band. He was a really great friend and just a great person. He's going to be sadly missed, and the world is going to be a different place without him."

I have published quite a few of other blogs on this website, but I have never published one about Slipknot. That's why I am going to make a blog with information, videos, pictures, and more of the American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa called Slipknot! Slipknot is my favorite heavy metal band right now. I'm very excited for Slipknot because they're going to be performing at the Mayhem Festival this year. The start date for the Mayhem Festival is: June 30, 2012, and the end date is: August 5, 2012. Oh and just so you know, the special guest that will be at the Mayhem Festival will be announced on March 5th. Hopefully Slipknot will release a new album soon because their last album that was released was about 2 years ago. Their last album was called: "(sic)nesses". Probably sometime next week is when I'm going to be busy blogging a lot about Slipknot.