Slipknot‘s Clown has shared particulars of his worst ever on-stage harm.
The founding member and percussionist (actual identify Shawn Crahan) was just lately interviewed by Vulture, the place he opened up in regards to the grisliest harm he suffered on stage.
Although Crahan admitted he’s had “lots” of accidents, “the one which’s actually finished me in was once I ripped my bicep in half on stage by hitting a keg with a bat.”
“If something a couple of bicep, it’s principally two wires, one on both sides that holds the muscle in place — sort of like rubber bands that join up by your shoulder,” he defined. “I ripped each these fuckers. So my bicep was really on my forearm. Like, it simply dropped down and my pores and skin fell down with it.
“Folks would vomit once they noticed it.”
Crahan went on to say that he ultimately had surgical procedure, the place he misplaced “25 per cent of that arm.
“I’ll go to seize one thing on the highest shelf within the fridge, assume I’ve obtained it, after which no matter it’s will simply fall. It hurts,” he continued. “I’ve swelling on my proper facet the place this dissolvable screw was. Out of all of the accidents, that one actually is a day by day reminder.”
In 2021, it was reported that Clown had torn his bicep tendon throughout the band’s Los Angeles efficiency at their annual Knotfest competition.
Clown has beforehand opened up about gory accidents to NME in 2020, the place he admitted: “I don’t just like the blood a lot any extra. There actually was lots and it sort of made me sick. It has totally different results on me today.”
Slipknot just lately introduced their 2025 European tour, the place the band will kick off at Sweden Rock Competition in Sölvesborg, Sweden on June 4. From there, Corey Taylor and co will journey via Germany, Austria, Italy, Denmark and extra, rounding off their tour at Barcelona’s Rock Fest and Viveiro Ressurectionfest.
Basic ticket gross sales begin tomorrow (November 8) at 10am native time – go to right here to buy tickets and see right here for the full listing of dates.
In the meantime, NME spoke to Clown in December final yr, the place he gave updates on the band’s long-lost album ‘Look Outdoors Your Window‘.
“It’s undoubtedly arriving subsequent yr,” he stated. “You’ve got my phrase. The artwork’s been finished. It’s been combined. It’s been mastered. It’s undoubtedly popping out in 2024 and it’s such an ideal album. Corey is my favorite singer ever, and also you’ll by no means hear him sing in the identical method as on this album, so it’s been price holding it again. It’s such a distinct, timeless venture.”
In the identical interview, he shared {that a} new album was “taking place, however that’s one other plan.” “These reside dates are coming first and we’re right here to have a great time,” he added. “This band has by no means been happier, and that takes lots as a result of we’ve been via lots — medicine, girls, cash, fame, ego, isolation. However we’re on monitor.”