“Gojira is so incredible, and they’re friends of ours” – Clown expresses admiration for the band’s performance at the Olympics

M. Shawn Crahan, also known as Clown, is a percussionist and co-founder of Slipknot. He has commented on Gojira’s performance during the Olympic Games opening ceremony last month. Gojira surprised everyone by performing a cover of the well-known French Revolution song “Ah! Ça Ira” with opera singer Marina Viotti and several beheaded dolls that symbolized the murdered Queen Marie Antoinette.

I got goosebumps. I know this is going to sound stupid, but I’m just so proud of them. I know the word ‘proud’ probably sounds weird coming from me, but that band is so incredible, and they’re friends of ours, and Mario is one of my favorite drummers in hard rock. When I saw the performance, I was just proud to have them do that. What a huge, huge honor, what a huge performance. And what an enormous metaphor: you have all these wonderful athletes, the best of the best of the best together, and someone involved thought, ‘We should get Gojira to open this up…’ Like, Gojira are the gold medal. M. Shawn Crahan