SLIPKNOT Percussionist: 'There Is No Greater Job Than Being A Rock Star'

September 12, 2005

SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan recently spoke to DesMoinesRegister.com about the importance of teamwork in the decision-making process.

"When you do decision-making, I've always preached this: The word 'I' always comes out first," Crahan said. "The word 'I' is pretty much the most satanic word ever. I hate it, and it's so selfish and it's so self-centered. You need to make it 'we.'

"This whole life is comprised of people coming together to get through life.

"There is no greater job than being a rock star," he said. "I get to travel the entire world to make decisions."

SLIPKNOT will kick off a North American tour on October 14 in Cincinnati, Ohio. This will be the band's final run in support of their 2004 release, "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)", which has sold 1.19 million copies in the United States (according to Nielsen SoundScan).

The band recorded its recent shows in Singapore, Las Vegas, and the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Osaka for a live CD/DVD package that's due out on November 1.

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