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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Slipknot
ByPauli PoisuoandKathy Benjamin
The masked, boiler suit-wearing members of Slipknot have been disrupting the music scene since 1995 with their percussion-laden metal.
The respectable length of their career is no accident, as their eye-catching uniforms, chaotic concerts, aggressive music, and brutal lyrics come with a healthy dose of genuine musical talent. With three No. 1 Billboard 200 albums to their name, few people can deny that they're a creative force to be reckoned with, no matter how deliberately off-putting their stage antics and ever-evolving masks may be.
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Still, their significant success hasn't come without a cost.
Slipknot is a large collective, and as you can probably imagine, there are all sorts of strange characters behind the custom-made horror movie masks. As such, the band's history is full of odd events and deep-cutting tragedies, and most everyone in the group has a tragic tale