Ex-members

Kun Nong, guitar player; left February 1995, just a month after the band started.

Donnie Steele, guitar player; left January 1996 because he said that playing in the band went against his Christian beliefs.

Anders Colselfni, vocalist; left June 1997 shortly after Corey Talor joined. He felt betrayed that another vocalist had been recruited without him knowing, and he was only doing backing vocals in the end, with Corey doing all the main singing.

Greg Welts, custom percussionist; was fired from the band in June 1998. A reason why has never been given.

Josh Brainard, guitarist; left January 1999, only a few months before the self titled album's release. His reasons for leaving have been keep to himself for thte most part. It was his bondage hood that Jim wears on the cover of the first album. Jim played one show in it and then never wore it again because he said it was too hard to breathe and was more uncomfortable that it should've been. Josh had been comfortable in it because he said it was meant for himself and no one else.

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Why I Like Slipknot so Much

Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of other bands out there who are more talented than Slipknot, but I'm not saying that Slipknot aren't talented. Jim and Mick are great guitarists, Paul writes some cool bass riffs, Corey has incredible endurance (he can scream for an hour and a half and still sound awesome all the way until the end of the show), Joey is just a fucking insane drummer (the drum solo he did at the Pledge of Allegience show was just nuts), Sid can spin like a motherfucker (he also busted out a solo at the Pledge of Allegience show), Craig has some cool shit coming out of his media mixer thingie, and Chris and Shawn are just nutcases, climbing all over their custom drum sets, throwing shit around, and what not. But still, a guitar player like Yngwie Malmsteen surpasses them by far in terms of musical talent (Hell, he surpases ANYONE in musical talent). But it's not just Slipknot's musical ability that I like. It's just the way their music sounds, and the message it carries. It's hard-ass heavy-as-shit music with a positive message lying underneath it all. It inspires one like me to surpass the obstacles in life; to ascend to a higher level than that of one's enemies. They seem to tell the whole world "We don't give a shit what you think of us, we're here, we're not going away, and we're not going to change for anyone."
They also convey the same message to their fans. They basically tell us "Be whatever the fuck you wanna be. Don't let anyone else fucking cut you down for who and what you are or believe in. Just do what you want to do, be what you want to be, and live your life the way you want to." And the whole anti-image idea that they uphold is great. They stated before that they knew that no matter who they were they were going to just be a number in the record industry, so they beat them to it. They put on the masks to conceal their identity, got matching jumpsuits, and stenciled barcodes on the back of each. To me they don't seem like people behind masks, but just a musical force. I just can't picture the actual people behind the masks, it's really odd. After seeing them in person and shaking their hands, I was just thinking "Is this really them? They don't seem the way I imagined them to be up close". But once I saw them up on stage in their jumpsuits they seemed completely different. They just get so into their music and connect with the audience so well. I haven't seen many bands that could do that as well as Slipknot can. It's a complicated matter, but I personally think that they would rather be known as a musical force than as people, because they are in it just for the love of making music and sharing it with others; not for fame, money, or any of that other bullshit. That is why Slipknot is my favorite band.

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