Rock and Metal's Slipknot Thread

[radtaste]

First time I've seen a member do an instrumental lesson without a mask, even Mick and Jim wore masks for a magazine tutorial I saw a couple of years ago. How old is Paul Gray, he looks really young there or is it just me

He's 36. Yeah, I too was surprised that he didn't appear with his mask on, given what the guitarists did.

Wow, he looks nothing like I expected. Kinda like a metalcore scene kid!

Lol. I'm more accustomed to his mug shot... looks more metal.

The thing that made me laugh was that he looked like he was on the half-smirking, as in: "What the hell am I doing here?"

[bunit9488]

Back when that album came out I ripped all my cds in 128kbps because Musicmatch software told me that was cd quality. That's why it sounds like butt. I'm gonna find it in higher quality somewhere online when I get a chance.


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[radtaste]

Interview with James Root on the Roadrunner Records Catalogue 08/09:

1) Most memorable Roadrunner Album of the past?

"King Diamond? No. Merciful Fate? Nope. Can't say that I ever really listened to many of those bands... aside from Arise (Sepultura)... was Arise on ****ing Roadrunner? Ok, there you go! I don't remember seeing it in a store but a buddy of mine had the record and he copied the cassette for me, and then we passed it around in the band I was in at the time and that was it! But even when I was a big metalhead, I wasn't the kind of guy that would follow records and look to see what label they were on. About as deep as I would go was to look to see where it was recorded at. The only thing I cared about was the end result which was the music you were listening to"

2) Most Memorable Albums from the present Roadrunner Catalogue?

"Not really, no... I think it's all **** (laughs...)"

3) Album looking forward to for the future?

"I'd like to see a bunch of bands disappear... I think the genre pool musically has been pissed in so thoroughly that there is nothing really artistic, or that has any kind of integrity left. Most record labels just go on a signing spree and throw a bunch of **** to the wall and see what sticks instead of seeking out really good artists. Listening to the radio, its a ****ing joke. Every other song sounds like the one before. It's pathetic."

4) Most Memorable Slipknot Album of the past?"

My Favourite Slipknot record is probably "The Subliminal Verses" still. We came together as a band, as nine people, and we all experimented with music in a way that we haven't done previously up to, or since. Because of that we were able to create some really cerebral music along with what we would normally create anyway. So to me that album is a lot closer to an experimental record which is what I like to do with music. I'm not trying to take anything away from All Hope Is Gone, but I haven't had a chance to let it sink in yet. The way we recorded it was very unorthodox from the way we normally record. Maybe I'll change my mind but for now, "Subliminal Verses" is my favourite one."

5) Most Memorable Experience from making All Hope Is Gone?

"Just being able to create and write the music at the house that didn't make it to the record. Honestly. I spent 3 and a half months every day at the studio, completely immersed in creating and writing, and of course that's what I'm going to remember because that's what I did"

6) What are slipknot working on for the future?

"Were just going to tour our asses off and then we are going to figure out how to sneak out some of the music that we created, that didn't make it to the record."

I find Root slagging off fellow bands on the label rather funny. I would dearly love to see the music that didn't make AHIG released on another record.