Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan says that whereas he is honoured Slipknot have been an affect on many nice acts, he is rather more fascinated with the place his personal band goes subsequent.
As they wrap up a tour to have a good time the twenty fifth anniversary of their self-titled debut album, Slipknot do not seem to have any plans to decelerate.
Clown just lately stated they’ve a number of albums in them and now, as he displays on all that has occurred within the 25 years for the reason that launch of the debut, he’s targeted on their subsequent transfer.
He tells Kerrang: “Nothing was a certainty again then, nothing was a assure.
“There was no gold on the finish of the rainbow. It was simply us towards everybody else. In our hearts, it nonetheless is. Our legacy is that we’re nonetheless right here.
“We’re not having an interview the place it’s all accomplished and we’re speaking a couple of band from the previous. I’m proudest that we’re nonetheless in it. We’re nonetheless doing this. We nonetheless write. We nonetheless carry out. We nonetheless thrive. We’re nonetheless collectively.
“And we’re going to maintain going till that is accomplished.”
As for his or her affect on different atists, he provides: “There has by no means been something like Slipknot. Not earlier than. Definitely not after.
“And as a lot as I see all of the doorways that we’ve opened up for different artists, and what an honour that’s, I may care much less.
“In any case these years, it’s nonetheless my band towards your band. That’s simply the best way it’s. And we’re solely getting an increasing number of harmful.
“That is to the dying. That is to the tip. At this level, that is simply who we’re.”
Slipknot launched their newest album, The Finish, So Far, in 2022.