Slipknot: Clown recovering from surgery after tearing bicep

On November 5, 2021, Shawn “Clown” Crahan, final founding member of Iowa’s own influential alt-metal 9-piece Slipknot, tore his bicep onstage while relentlessly beating the shit out of a keg with a metal baseball bat (his signature move). He gave the following announcement about his surgery and not being able to join his bandmates on stage for upcoming shows (for the time being):

Ladies and gentlemen,

If you look close enough you can pinpoint the exact frame where clown completely tore the bicep tendon from the radial tuberosity with proximal retraction, proximal to the coronoid fossa of the humerus. Ladies and gentlemen,

If you look close enough you can pinpoint the exact frame where clown completely tore the bicep tendon from the radial tuberosity with proximal retraction, proximal to the coronoid fossa of the humerus.

Hail The Knot🤘🏽

Shawn “Clown” Crahan on his injury (Instagram)

See his instagram post and update below, describing his absence from the band’s headlining performance at the Welcome To Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, FL on November 11th:

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