Clown (Slipknot) reveals why he relocated to Palm Springs after decades in Iowa

Slipknot co-founder and percussionist M. Shawn Crahan (also known as Clown) was asked if he still resides in Iowa in a recent interview with the “Kennedy Saves The World” podcast, as per Blabbermouth.

No, we moved to Palm Springs. There’s some health things. And the sun is always out here. It is always blue skies. The energy is incredible, and it’s just better for what my wife and I are doing now in our life, which is trying to be stress-free as much as possible and appreciate each other. All the kids are out of the house. So it’s been a long haul dedicating to art and life. So we moved to Palm Springs to take a load off and get a different energy and have blue skies, warm weather that just feels good all day, every day.

When Kennedy, the podcast host, asked Crahan if he felt “at peace” in Palm Springs, he responded as follows.

Man. Well, I’m not trying to turn this, ’cause you asked the question. I gotta be always honest. I don’t lie, cheat or steal. We lost a family member, and in the Midwest — anywhere with great people, anywhere with good people around — they’re always gonna be there for you. And it’s hard for my wife and I to be in the situation we were in, and so many good people around. Like I always say, a lot of people will go home to dinner, and we’re kind of stuck in it anyway. And so, yeah, a lot of peace here in Palm Springs. Different energy. My wife was ill, and we came here a couple of times and her spirits got really a lot… I mean, just her spirits and her health and everything just went up. And one day it was 120 degrees, and we were laying out in the pool looking at these little mountains just, like, ‘Whoa, are we here?’ She’s, like, ‘I could live here.’ So we’re here. So that’s it. She just had to say that. And, honestly, yeah, we’ve got a lot of peace. So it’s nice to change your situation, get out of the woods, get in the desert.