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Slipknot
- Thread starter Wes I AM
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just get my point ok dude? i love Jeff Ament and that dude from STP and Nirvana. man those guys (grunge rock) were my bands. that was what i grew up on. and i love old school sh*t too. but it has been discussed into the ground plenty for my taste ya know? thats enough. we get it. Jaco was a god, and Geddy is still kickin. Wooten can play like a freak and whoever else. whatever. thats killer. but now... ya get me? those dudes wont be topped. but they wont keep makin new tunes either and that is what i am after. i am probably the most open minded dude i know about most things so thats why i wanna get y'all to explore even if ya hate it. just dont preach the same old noise bout the same old sh1t.
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I heard that song and I admit that he's pretty good but I dunno maybe an old bass player or something 
Nope, thats the same dude. He was one of the original members and has never been replaced. You can't just hear a bands songs and automatically assume that an individual musician in the band is whack. They contribute what needs to be contributed to their style of music. He's a good player.
I think they like the "music is all that matters" image and try to bring that out in interveiws. But then they go and do a thing like wear masks and have little characters. Like members are not know usually as "the drummer" or "the bassist" but are known as "the clown" or " the pig dude". Hmmmm shows how much they really care about the music.
I have never liked slipknot that much, I guess just not my taste. I did read how ever that there next album is going to be a Techno rap type thing. My question is, what the heck can nine people do on a techno rap c.d. They wont be playing there instruments, thats for sure. Maybe they will all get really drunk and beat the crap out of each other at every show. All I know is that nobody from that band made me feel like they had any musical talent, besides beating on theings with a steady beat.
Mark King took the funkiness out of slap. He's the reason you hear slap on Muzak now. He is the anti-Larry Graham.
BTW, FUGGIT slipknot rules.
What I have heard of Slipknot is utter noise , it is so dire. The bass is completely buried beneath the extreme barriers of noise! If you want to listen to noise that is actually good check out a Japanese band called Melt Bananna I'm not sure if anyone will know of them but they are good and the bass is fully in the mix , the way it should be.
Its true that paul grey guy has a lot of hidden talent i used to like a slipknot a little,
i mean enough to download some of their songs from napster, and i got some of those old demo songs and i said to myself S**t that guy can really play, and i like how that guy screams and the show they put on i think its cool and fun to watch, but i'm all about punk (matt freeman) and grunge players (Krist Novoselic), and of course Les claypool, Flea, Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, etc etc..
have a nice day and god bless you all.
i mean enough to download some of their songs from napster, and i got some of those old demo songs and i said to myself S**t that guy can really play, and i like how that guy screams and the show they put on i think its cool and fun to watch, but i'm all about punk (matt freeman) and grunge players (Krist Novoselic), and of course Les claypool, Flea, Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, etc etc..
have a nice day and god bless you all.
lol! slipknot kicks ass! they all have some talent! they might not be the greatest and most talented band out there [cough(incubus)cough] but they are really great to listen to and I like em! They are definately in my top 5 list!
..sigh...Here, Food for though (Previously posted by myself)
Slipknot? Slipknot is about fury. Fury, transferred into music will not be, ah, pleasin(?) to many. They represent that feeling of absolute bloodwrath that many disenfranchised, alienated kids feel. They are as much the Zen of the youth culture as Gardening or car repair is to another generation (or even different ends of the same demographic spectrum). To say they are image based is as much a misconception as Mudvayne, or even the Arty Tool, or Zepplin, or Black Sabbath. Image happens to be something many take as a bad thing. Paganini had the image of a wildman, and yet his works are respected. His persona did not reflect his music. To that extent, Slipknots aggression and bombast is not a calculated marketing ploy, but just another aspect of the people, not necessarily the music. For some reason, the image is confused with "taking away fromt the music"...Image is something everyone has. Maybe Slipknot embraces it. Slipknot may not be so much a masked bunch of men. To many, many youths, they represent the alienation that they feel, both consciously, and in their Id. Suffice to say, taking them at face value is not advisable. To take them personally, as the manifestation of your anxiety, frustration, aggression, anger, pathos, and psychosis is a better way to feel/listen to them.
Or, I might just be crazy. Take your pick.
Slipknot? Slipknot is about fury. Fury, transferred into music will not be, ah, pleasin(?) to many. They represent that feeling of absolute bloodwrath that many disenfranchised, alienated kids feel. They are as much the Zen of the youth culture as Gardening or car repair is to another generation (or even different ends of the same demographic spectrum). To say they are image based is as much a misconception as Mudvayne, or even the Arty Tool, or Zepplin, or Black Sabbath. Image happens to be something many take as a bad thing. Paganini had the image of a wildman, and yet his works are respected. His persona did not reflect his music. To that extent, Slipknots aggression and bombast is not a calculated marketing ploy, but just another aspect of the people, not necessarily the music. For some reason, the image is confused with "taking away fromt the music"...Image is something everyone has. Maybe Slipknot embraces it. Slipknot may not be so much a masked bunch of men. To many, many youths, they represent the alienation that they feel, both consciously, and in their Id. Suffice to say, taking them at face value is not advisable. To take them personally, as the manifestation of your anxiety, frustration, aggression, anger, pathos, and psychosis is a better way to feel/listen to them.
Or, I might just be crazy. Take your pick.
Right on my brother! Although I am not much of a Slipknot fan you are right on the money with that statement.
LOL that has got to be the funniest thing I have read on here.
