Slipknot band From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Redirected from SlipKnoT Jump to navigation search Slipknot Slipknot performing at 2008 s Mayhem Festival Background information Also known as The Pale Ones Meld The Nine Origin Des Moines Iowa United States Genre s Alternative metal heavy metal nu metal Years active 1995 present Label s Roadrunner Nuclear Blast Associated acts Stone Sour Murderdolls To My Surprise DJ Starscream Dirty Little Rabbits Painface Website Members Sid Wilson Joey Jordison Paul Gray Chris Fehn Jim Root Craig 133 Jones Shawn Clown Crahan Mick Thomson Corey Taylor Former members Donnie Steele Anders Colsefini Greg Cuddles Welts Josh Brainard Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines Iowa formed in 1995 Slipknot consists of nine members the current band members are Sid Wilson Joey Jordison Paul Gray Chris Fehn Jim Root Craig Jones Shawn Crahan Mick Thomson and Corey Taylor Each member of the band wears a unique mask Slipknot formed in 1995 and underwent several line up changes following the independent release of their first demo Mate Feed Kill Repeat in 1996 That album featured original lead vocalist Anders Colsefini Their self titled major label debut Slipknot was released in 1999 featuring permanent new lead vocalist Corey Taylor and was followed by Iowa in 2001 and Vol 3 The Subliminal Verses in 2004 On August 25 2008 the band returned to release their fourth studio album All Hope Is Gone which debuted at the top spot on the Billboard 200 charts The band has released three DVDs including Welcome to Our Neighborhood Disasterpieces which was certified quadruple platinum in the United States and Voliminal Inside the Nine Contents hide 1 History 1 1 Early years 1995 1998 1 2 Self titled debut album and commercial success 1998 2001 1 3 Iowa and side projects 2001 2003 1 4 Vol 3 The Subliminal Verses 9 0 Live and hiatus 2003 2007 1 5 All Hope Is Gone 2008 present 2 Influences and style 2 1 Image and identities 2 2 Purgatory masks 2 3 Controversy with masks 3 Band members 4 Discography 5 Awards 5 1 RIAA certifications 5 2 Grammy Awards and nominations 6 References 6 1 Notes 7 External links History Early years 1995 1998 Early formations of a band were beginning to coalesce as early as 1992 with the core band members drummer Shawn Crahan vocalist Anders Colsefini and bassist Paul Gray enlisting the help of guitarists Donnie Steele and Quan Nong 1 In September 1995 the band The Pale Ones was created comprising Crahan on drums Gray on bass Colsefini on vocals and guitarist Steele 2 Joey Jordison joined the band shortly after taking up the role of drummer and subsequently Crahan moved to percussion 3 The band continued to develop their vision of what the band would be deciding to add a second guitarist recruiting Josh Brainard and moving Colsefini to percussion along with lead vocals 4 The band played their first live performance under the name of Meld on December 4 1995 at a club called Crowbar in Des Moines 5 Soon after Jordison suggested renaming the band Slipknot after their song that eventually appeared on Mate Feed Kill Repeat 6 The band also began experimenting with their image wearing grotesque make up and eventually the anti image concept developed towards the members wearing masks 7 Up until this point the band had remained mainly obscured due to their desire to wait until their music was fully developed 6 Slipknot Slipknot 1996 29 second sample from the song Slipknot which the band was eventually named after Slipknot s earlier music was slower than their later material and vocalist Colsefini had a much deeper vocal style than that of Taylor 8 Problems listening to this file See media help With plenty of material ready the band began recording in a local studio SR Audio with Sean McMahon 9 In February 1996 guitarist Steele left the band due to his Christian beliefs though the other band members were prepared to allow him to stay Steele decided to leave 10 His replacement Craig Jones arrived during the mixing stages of this new project 10 On April 4 Slipknot played their first public performance at Des Moines reggae club the Safari where they played most of their early gigs 11 Their second gig at the Safari