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.