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What the fuck??

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE FUCK CLOWN FROM SLIPKNOT IS TALKING ABOUT?

 Friday, May 30th, 2008 at 3:44pm by

Look. I’ve made it clear before that I’m a Slipknot fan. But I just read percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan’s most recent interview with MTV, and while I’m not a doctor, I do feel confident saying that the dude either a) needs to be on some kind of medication or b) needs to stop taking whatever medication he’s on.

Here are some key excerpts from the interview, so you have some sense of what I mean:

  • “We’re a great band, and if you don’t know that, I don’t know what you know.”
  • “I’m not that guy who’s going to tell you [our new album is] harder. Harder, to me, doesn’t mean anything. I could give a shit about hard. Hard means nothing to the Clown.”
  • “Listen, we are the hardest ever.”
  • “So, it’s like, is this band heavy? Oh, yeah, we’re the heaviest. We’re heavy thinkers, heavy hitters, heavy writers and heavy people.”
  • “You’re finally seeing the kings of all the courts bringing their kingdom’s jewels in for one gigantic war.”
  • “For me, this is like going to Vietnam, serving your tour and then the government asking you to do another tour because you’re a badass. We’ve got 10 purple hearts, and we’re fucking killers. This isn’t your rock and roll; this is our rock and roll.”

Wow. Does anyone know where I can get some of the acid that this dude is dropping?

-AR

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  • Eric

    Obviously it takes someone with abrain to understand what he said……hence you don’t undersand

  • Meatwad

    Yeah, it’s in your butt, boy.. in your butt!!

  • Deez Nutz

    Slipknot is over-f’ing-rated. Although I enjoyed their first album, really, who gives two fucks about the Clown??!?

    …Not me, bitches…

  • d.o.g.o.b.g.y.n.

    There are 8 other guys in the band. Surely one of them is better suited to doing interviews than Clown.

  • bucketochicken

    Good thing he wears that mask, ‘cuz it’d be nearly impossible to keep a straight face while spouting all that nonsense. If I were him, I’d be laughing my fucking ass off after every one of those interviews.

  • http://www.myspace.com/freaksystemband Sammy

    That’s basic Ted Nugentspeak 101, man!

  • Brett

    I’m also a fan. Please don’t let him do interviews anymore. After reading that second quotation, the third one made me L-O-L.

  • ERiK

    Makes sense to me.

  • 36Thoughtless

    “For me, this is like going to Vietnam, serving your tour and then the government asking you to do another tour because you’re a badass.”

    Man, took the words right out of my mouth. When I think of similes for recording percussion for an album, Vietnam and the unfortunate tragedies that went on there is exactly what comes to mind.

  • http://lennui-melodieux.blogspot.com Randal Graves

    Sorry Brett, this is exactly why he should be the ONLY spokesman for the band, heh.

  • Joe A.

    With 9 guys from Iowa at least a few are going to be idiots.

    Noted reference: Corey’s remarks in the Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey film.

  • ozzyzak

    What he did worked. He wanted it posted everywhere. Drum up some press for the new Slipknot album, and whaddya know. It’s working.

  • http://DarkTwinCities.com devil

    Huh. A Metalhead that sounds like a complete idiot. How rare.

    [/sarcasm]

  • Zack

    I agree with ozzyzak… he wasn’t being serious in the interview, he just knew that it would stir up a bunch of bloggers realizing that every music site would publish it… and it seems to be working, haha.

  • http://www.sithomeandrot.com/celebs/ manny

    I am a doctor and this is called: justifyYourShitBandsContinuedExistenceItis

    it tends to happen to bands once they’ve been around a while.

  • http://www.myspace.com/divinationmetal thedoomsdaybroadcast

    he’s a turd… he thought [and apparently was right] that everyone would take it seriously… i mean who REALLY talks like that full of themselves? well, then again, what does he really do in the band anyway? bangs on a drum about 4 times during a live show, the rest of the time on stage, he is taking Pinoccio’s nose in the clown hole.

  • NuMallCore Pwns Yo Mama

    That last quote killed me. It’s good to see the badassification of our government in all three executoritive branches hard at work.

  • Chaz

    Wow….just wow… I mean I’ll give Slipknot credit, MFKR and the self titled release were pretty awesome, but it’s been downhill since. I won’t say I’m writing them off, but with so many other great deserving bands out there that deserve my attention, a shitty interview and a self indulgent teaser video won’t be enough to garner my attention. As long as Hot Topic is in business, they shouldn’t have issues selling albums.

  • Justin

    hahahah heavy people! this guy is great.

    but slipknot is eh.

  • Tyler

    Clown is the most unnecessary member in the entire band, he’s also the only non-metalhead (he’s said it himself, he’s more into alternative). I love Slipknot, but I tend to disregard these types of comments.

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