Slipknot’s thriller member spoke for the primary time in a brand new masked interview, alongside bandmates Shawn “Clown” Crahan and new drummer Eloy Casagrande.
Whereas Slipknot confirmed Casagrande’s id on social media in April, simply after their very first reside performances with him, they’ve but to share the title of the thriller member, who changed Craig Jones in the summertime of 2023. As an alternative, they’ve merely referred to him as “Samples.”
In a brand new promotional interview for his or her masks collaboration with the online game Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, followers can hear Mr. Samples converse for the very first time since becoming a member of The ‘Knot. Within the clip, he is dubbed “New Man.”
“I believe anyone who’s listened to Slipknot over time or seen them, there’s an apparent darkness,” he stated.
“It is simply unusual, you already know? When you may have this on, it provides you an opportunity to essentially be somebody — an alter ego. I believe it simply displays an awesome alternative to have the ability to launch the beast, and it is an awesome expertise… I really feel prefer it’s an amplified model of me, however maybe if I used to be to step out and take a look at myself, I could discover a unique persona.”
Clown and Casagrande additionally spoke about what Slipknot’s masks imply to them and to their artwork.
“We now have the unhealthy facet, we now have the demons inside us, we now have the gods inside us,” the drummer added. “You simply must maintain the steadiness, and that is what Slipknot talks about.”
See the total video under.
Slipknot Interview – Clown, New Man + Eloy Casagrande, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Slipknot’s Thriller Member May Be Named Jeff
Again in April, previous to Slipknot’s first efficiency of 2024, followers uncovered some potential clues on the web site youcantkillme.com. One fan on Reddit opened the supply code of a hidden video they discovered on the positioning, which listed the names of the entire members.
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On the time, Casagrande’s id hadn’t formally been confirmed by the band but, however Eloy and Jeff have been two of the names discovered throughout the code. Thus, fellow Reddit customers speculated that Jeff is Jeff Karnowski, who was concerned within the venture Soiled Little Rabbits with Clown and Michael “Tortilla Man” Pfaff within the 2000s.
Karnowski was additionally a part of one other group known as The Snacks with Pfaff at one level, as nicely.
The Snacks Dwell (that includes Jeff Karnowski and Michael Pfaff)
All 19 Musicians Who’ve Been in Slipknot
Here is each musician who’s been a member of Slipknot.
Gallery Credit score: Lauryn Schaffner
