Loud Wire: What do you see happening with Slipknot in 2012?

Corey Taylor: I think [2012] will just be more of a strengthening year for us. [The 2010 death of bassist Paul Gray is] still very fresh for us, even though it’s been a year and a half since his death. It is still something that breaks me down every night. I just know if we try to rush in and make an album that doesn’t feel right, the audience will know. The audience will know that it doesn’t feel right and they’ll know it was forced and they’ll know it isn’t genuine. If anything we have always been as genuine with our audience as possible. That is why I have gone out of my way to say ‘Look, I’m not ready to do it.’

And I know there are guys in the band that may or may not be comfortable saying it to anyone else but I know they feel the same way because they have said so to me. I think as long as the guys know we are going to eventually going to they are OK with that. It is not that time yet. When we make the album we all know it is going to be for Paul, you know? And I don’t think any of us are ready to open up that much yet. I think we need to take the steps to strengthen ourselves as a band first. And then start making those steps.

And, plus, he was one of our major, major songwriters. There is such a huge gap because of his loss. And I feel it. And that’s why I am not comfortable. It doesn’t make sense yet. And that is one of those things that makes me a villain to a lot of kids. Me saying we aren’t going to make an album is like me saying that the band is going to break up for some people. And everyone needs to calm down. I never said that. I said it is going to be a while before we make another album. But I think the more we put ourselves out there and the more we show ourselves as a band, a solid unit, the more people calm down about that.

Read the rest at Loudwire.

Source: Blabbermouth

Rock City Art Gallery in Bedford, UK is delighted to announce its first solo exhibition. Paul Harries brings his hugely successful Slipknot Exhibition outside of London for the very first time.

This is the perfect opportunity to display Paul Harries’ fascinating work that has taken him all over the world. This includes Slipknot’s hometown of Des Moines, Iowa and as far away as Australia. Over forty photographs will be on display, including behind the scenes and previously unseen images, only possible due to the trust and respect Slipknot has for Paul, allowing him exclusive access.

“Slipknot is not always the easiest band to capture in the true essence of photography and also not very easy to work with in the photo environment. Paul Harries has always been able to capture the band in its true form and has also been able to put up with all our bullshit that surrounds us night and day. Look at ‘the Knot’ as seen through the eyes of a true photographer, artist and friend.” Shawn Crahan aka Clown, Slipknot

Fans will be delighted to learn that entry to this event is completely free.

Paul Harries will be hosting a seminar at the gallery on Saturday 10 th March 2012 from 4pm until 6pm.He will be sharing stories behind the photographs on display and discussing his photography with a Q&A session afterwards.Tickets for this event are available at £15 from the Rock City Art store and are strictly limited to 25 people only. To buy tickets for Paul’s seminar please click here.

SLIPKNOT – A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION BY PAUL HARRIES
MARCH 9th – 29th 2012 ROCK CITY ART GALLERY
26,CASTLE LANE BEDFORD MK40 3US

You can listen to an interview with Paul Harries and check out the Slipknot photo slideshow at musicphotographers.co.uk

Source: musicphotographers.co.uk, Rock City Art Gallery

Slipknot‘s Mick Thomson, Jim Root and Sid Wilson will attend this years’ NAMM show in Anaheim, California. Check out the schedule below.

Thursday (January 19, 2012)
Sid Wilson – 1:30 PM – Korg Booth

Friday (January 20, 2012)
Jim Root – 1PM – Fender Booth
Mick Thomson – 2PM – EBS Booth
Mick Thomson – 5PM – D’addario Booth

Saturday (January 21, 2012)
Jim Root – 2PM – Orange Booth
Mick Thomson – 2PM – Seymour Duncan booth
Mick Thomson – 5PM – Ibanez booth

Source: forums.slipknot1.com

Squier brings you a brand new signature model in the crushing form of the Squier Jim Root Telecaster. Designed in cooperation with the acclaimed Slipknot/Stone Sour guitarist, it boasts several foreboding features, most notably a satin-matte finish in black or white, starkly simple single-knob/single switch control layout, black die-cast tuners and other black hardware, and two pulverizing passive humbucking pickups with black covers.

Other features include a mahogany body, modern C-shaped maple neck with satin matte finish, 12”-radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and parchment dot inlays, three-way pickup switch with black tip, single-ply pickguard (black on white body; white on black body), black numbered volume knob, and string-through-body six-saddle hard-tail bridge.

Source: Fender

Metal band Slipknot have always had a flair for the visual. Now co-founder/percussionist M. Shawn Crahan, also known as Clown, and frontman Corey Taylor are taking it to the next level: The pair are heading to Sundance next week to unveil a film production company, Living Breathing Films. They tell Rolling Stone they plan on making movies befitting Slipknot‘s music and aesthetic.

“Our movies are going to be psychological. They’re going to affect you. When The Exorcist came out people got up and left after 15 minutes and that turns us on,” Crahan says. “If I haven’t got someone to leave in five minutes for at least one of my films then I’m not doing my job.”

They’re longtime film fans; when the band got its “first bit of scratch,” Crahan says, Taylor bought $10,000 worth of DVDs. But, while they reference The Exorcist and Taylor calls director John Carpenter’s Halloween one of his favorite movies of all time, they are fans of a variety of movies.

From the band that created a musical revolution and a legion of fans across the world, comes LIVING BREATHING FILMS–a new Film and Television Production Company specializing in mystery, suspense, horror and the dark side of life.

A collaboration between the Grammy-winning Slipknot visionary and percussionist M. SHAWN CRAHAN and Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman COREY TAYLOR–LIVING BREATHING FILMS is heading to the Sundance Film Festival to announce projects on tap in 2012.

On Saturday, January 21, SHAWN and COREY along with Sanctuary5B Artist Management have organized a Press Conference, Launch Party and rare Acoustic Performance for attending media, festival-goers and select fans at The Carhartt Backcountry Club (Treasure Mountain Inn in Park City, UT) to discuss the exciting film projects heading for production this year.

“We’re heading to Sundance to connect with the industry since we’re now actively looking for TV and Film submissions,” SHAWN states (see submission info below). The company’s first film is already in development with COREY and SHAWN, both of whom are giving input to the script. TAYLOR promises, “It’ll be very psychological. It’s a study in ‘Did my eyes see what I think they saw?’ It’s definitely going to stir the pot and get the world talking. Those are the best movies.”

SHAWN and COREY are renowned worldwide as part of the visually macabre multi-platinum, Grammy-winning nine-piece group Slipknot–one of the biggest hard rock bands in the world. TAYLOR who is also the dynamic lead-singer for the multiplatinum group Stone Sour became a bestselling author last year with his debut Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good. The book spent four weeks on the New York Times Bestsellers Chart and fiveweeks on the Times of London’s Bestsellers Chart.Helming numerous documentaries on the group including Voliminal: Inside the Nine (2006), Nine: The Making of “All Hope Is Gone” (2008), (sic)nesess (2010), and Goat (2011), CRAHAN co-directed all of Slipknot’s music videos and the band’s acclaimed shot film for “Snuff” from their fourth album All Hope Is Gone in 2009. The 6-minute noir video for “Snuff” features legendary actor Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) while COREY stars in the enigmatic clip which garnered over 14 million views on YouTube. It was only a matter of time before they properly formed a production entity.

Slipknot now has over 11 Million Facebook fans eagerly waiting to devour their art, music, videos, written word and vision. With a history of subverting the mainstream and their connection to a younger generation of film fans that are ready to be exhilarated by movies again, 2012 is the start of LIVING BREATHING FILMS, and the beginning of a new chapter in film history.

“We’ve done it before–we’re equipped to do it again,” SHAWN says.  “Sit back and enjoy the next level of our art and vision.”

LIVING BREATHING FILMS PRESS CONFERENCE AND VIP COCKTAIL PARTY

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21–SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

Location: The Carhartt Backcountry Club (@Treasure Mountain Inn)
255 Main Street
Park City, UT 84060

6:00PM-6:30PM  LIVING BREATHING FILMS Press Conference
Media RSVP is essential: Libby Coffey/MSO
818-380-0400 x224/LCoffey@msopr.com

6:30PM-9:00PM     LIVING BREATHING FILMS VIP Launch Cocktail Party
                               Hosted by Corey Taylor, M. Shawn Crahan and Sanctuary 5B Management.

www.livingbreathingfilms.com

Source: msopr.com

“Slipknot are one of the most inventive metal bands ever. Specifically, they have redefined the role of percussion in heavy music, with a cavalcade of drummers and percussionists on stage. That said, their riffs and guitar licks perfectly compliment and lead the vitriolic parade. Jim Root and Mick Thomson serve as the perfect conductors.”

Corey Taylor: “I am looking forward to basically becoming a mad scientist in the studio and creating an album that no one wants us to make. I pretty much got permission to do whatever I wanted, which means that I’m essentially going against the grain in an age where people are fucking trying to simply put out singles. We’re looking to do a double concept album and really make it destructive.”

Read the rest at ArtistDirect.

Trivium will be supporting Slipknot for their sideshows during Soundwave Festival! Trivium will be joining The 9 at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney on February 27th and the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on March 1st.

Source: Maggots-Lair.com, Roadrunner Records Australia