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Slipknot on their new show masks and coveralls: “I refuse to be what I was 25 years ago”
American legends Slipknot are currently on the road playing shows for their “Here Comes The Pain” tour, which is also their 25th anniversary tour.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Slipknot‘s percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan explained how the band’s OG’s met up before the tour to discuss their appearance on this very special tour, which marks the band’s 25th anniversary. Crahan explained how the band wanted to have something that remembered the early Slipknot, but still have something different. On that note they decided to make a new version out of the outfits they wore very early on, the orange coveralls.
“That was 25 years ago. So yes, these coveralls are different, different company. They’re tailored. Back in ’98, those were just bought off the shelf and then silk-screened or screen printed. The old coveralls had a barcode on the back, barcode over the heart, number on the left shoulder, tribal ‘S’ on the right side, and that’s where we were. It was real simple. It was all uniform and everybody was in it. This time, we did armbands that say ’25’ for 25 years. On my coveralls, I reinvented another tribal S.”
“We agreed that we would do takeoffs on our masks because I refuse to be what I was 25 years ago because that’s a fucking lie. I’m not interested in reliving something I absolutely cannot be. So we agreed, ‘Let’s all take our own artistic expressions to evolve the coveralls in a manner that suits you and then do a spin on your mask.”
“I just did a version of O.G. look. I’m not into orange hair anymore. The orange hair was fake to begin with, and I could roll like that in ’98. I had that mentality, but I’m not rolling anything fake. It’s got to be as authentic to me at this age and what I do.” Shawn “Clown” Crahan, percussionist of Slipknot
Find out all the tour dates for Slipknot’s current tour in the Instagram post below!