SLIPKNOT: Mayhem With The Masked Metallers

Hustler
September 2005

 In the late "90s, Iowa-based Slipknot exploded on the scene with a theatrical sense rivaled by the ferocity of their hard-hitting music. Adopting a variety of chaotic, spiky masks, the nine-member metal outfit carved a name for themselves as one of the premier live acts.
 A few million albums sold and a few hundred thousand miles later, Slipknot is back. The group's latest Roadrunner Records release is titled Vol. 3. [The Subliminal Verses], and as usual the gruelling tour schedule will take them around the globe.
 Via phone, HUSTLER Entertainment Editor Tom Farrell caught up with drummer Joey Jordison, who talked about life on the road, burning hotels, groupies with penchants for knives and masks and what makes Slipknot so special.

HUSTLER: What do you guys do to keep yourselves amused? You figure you got nine guys with masks, a tour bus...
JOEY: When you've been on the road for so long, you just come up with stupid shit, and you start getting a little senile. So it’s not one thing I could really pinpoint. 
HUSTLER: Considering the way you guys look and act, you've probably been thrown out of a few hotels.
JOEY: Yeah. I remember me, Chris Fehn and one of our roadies almost burned down a Hilton in Germany once. Yeah, we set the hotel on fire. We were like, "No, we didn't set the fucking hotel room on fire!" And they were like, "Really? Watch this videotape."
HUSTLER: Did you guys manage to get out of Germany without being incarcerated? 
JOEY: We did have to pay like $5,000 worth of damages before we could leave.
HUSTLER: Do you think there'll come a day when Slipknot loses the masks like KISS lost the makeup?
JOEY: Never say never. We always talked about maybe on Halloween taking them off for a show.
HUSTLER: What are some of your most memorable fan encounters? 
JOEY: We were in Australia for the first time in 2000, and we were doing an in-store. You know, we have a song called "People = Shit." Well, a group of kids came up with their shirts off, and they turned around. These guys showed us a videotape of them carving people. One guy had P, one guy had an E, and they stood in a row. They all had "People = Shit" carved in their backs. That was probably one of the craziest yet. 
HUSTLER: What do you have to say about Slipknot's groupies? 
JOEY: To tell you the truth, most of us have girlfriends, and we're over the groupie thing right now. We attract a lot of the bondage-type groupies. You know, because of the masks We get all sorts—not really one type. You'd be surprised. But we get a lot of the girl-next-door type too. They're looking to unleash their really bad side with a member of a band like us. 
HUSTLER: Well, nothing really sticks it to Daddy like screwing a guy with a box of nails sticking out of his head.
JOEY: We get a lot of those girls who want to get fucked with one of the masks on. We get freaky chicks like that. Groupies are not bashful or shy at all. They know what they're looking for.
HUSTLER: What have you guys done to engender such loyalty?
JOEY: We're a one-of-a-kind band. There are so many members, plus our lyrical content and how vicious we are onstage. It’s so many things. There's no other band like us. 

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