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SLIPKNOT Frontman To Produce New FACECAGE Album
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SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor is
currently hard at work with Des Moines, Iowa-based metallers FACECAGE on
their next independent release. Formed in 2001, FACECAGE have grown into a powerhouse live act and an independent D.I.Y. (do-it-yourself) success story. Taylor describes the band as "the heaviness of SEPULTURA, the groove of [BLACK] SABBATH, the dark melodies of the Midwest and the drive of one hundred bands from either coast." Taylor added: "I've seen [FACECAGE] work very hard, go through various changes, pay their dues and become a great band over the years. I'm very proud of them. Success doesn't come without sweat." When asked about the recording process so far, Taylor stated that it's going "very, VERY well. . . I see them breaking out further and hitting the national circuit. If they can stay as competitive, poignant and focused as they have in the past, they have a chance of making it." Last summer, Taylor was approached by longtime friend and collaborator Denny Harvey about the possibility of producing FACECAGE's next album. Harvey and his (515) Management Group have managed FACECAGE for the last two years. Said Harvey: "Corey has been a friend and confidant to FACECAGE for some time and he was ecstatic to be a part of this. He has watched FACECAGE go from playing clubs and paying their dues to becoming a Midwestern success story. This is really the next step for the band and a chance for them to work together, something Corey has been interested in for awhile now." FACECAGE has independently released two albums so far: "Facecage" (2001) and "II" (2004). When asked about the future of FACECAGE, Taylor had some stern advice for those who would stand in the band's way: "Whoever signs them better be ready to keep up, because if they can't they've wasted a great band's opportunity. So don't waste our time if you're not ready for history." "Facecage III" is tentatively due next summer. FACECAGE is: Matt Nyberg - Vocals Fred Missouri - Bass Erik Long - Guitar Sam Dooley - Drums For more information, visit www.facecage.net. |
SLIPKNOT Replica Masks A Hit Among Fans
Launch Radio Networks
reports: Halloween may have come and gone, but you can still buy your very own
SLIPKNOT mask and costume and save it for next October 31. Morbid Industries has
created replicas of all nine SLIPKNOT members' masks, ranging in price from
$29.99 to $49.99. There's also a generic SLIPKNOT costume for $59.99 that goes
with all nine masks. SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison told Launch that these are
the first SLIPKNOT masks that the band has officially approved. "You know, we
found in, like, Europe, there's companies manufacturing our masks, and there's
people that — I guess our fans — want them," he said. "And instead of, like,
these companies that are ripping us off on slight altered versions of our masks,
it's like, if someone's gonna be ripping us off, we need to have control of
that. So we decided to go ahead and make the masks."
The masks and costume can be seen and ordered at
MorbidIndustries.com.
As previously reported, one SLIPKNOT fan should have worn his mask for
Halloween. According to the Auburn Journal, California's Placer County Jail was
locked down last week when it was reported that a man in orange coveralls and
shackles was seen getting into a car nearby. Thinking that an inmate had
escaped, officials locked down the prison and did a head count, but accounted
for everyone.
When police caught up with the car, it turned out that the man in the coveralls
was dressed for a Halloween party. His girlfriend had bought him the coveralls
so that he could go as a member of SLIPKNOT, but he took off the mask, slapped
on the shackles, and decided to go as a convict instead.
SLIPKNOT resumed its tour over the weekend following the death of percussionist
Shawn "Clown" Crahan's father. The band plays tonight (Monday, November 7) in
Worcester, Massachusetts.
SLIPKNOT: Audio Interview With CHRIS FEHN Posted Online
A
seven-minute audio interview with SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn, conducted
last month by Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF 101.1 FM, has been posted online at
this location
(Windows Media).
SLIPKNOT had to cancel three New York shows and reschedule two Philadelphia gigs
on their current tour following the death of percussionist Shawn "Clown"
Crahan's father last week. The trek resumes tonight (November 4) in Montreal and
is slated to end on November 15 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This tour is SLIPKNOT's
final round of shows in support of "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)", which has
sold 1.2 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan
Updates On Side Projects - New Albums Coming This Summer!
I got the official word today
that Stone Sour's as yet untitled follow up to 2002's self titled debut will not
be dropping in fall of 2006, but even better, SUMMER 2006.
As if that doesn't excite you enough, the odd yet very unique To My Surpise
featruing Slipknot's CLOWN will be dropping a follow up to their debut CD this
summer as well.
For updates on both albums please stay tuned to Gods_Funeral_666.com
Corey Taylor Reunited With Father
Slipknot star Corey Taylor
was so overwhelmed with emotion when his wife united him with his long-lost
father, he cried for 20 minutes.
Taylor's mother ordered his father to stay away from them before he was born,
yet he felt an immediate affinity with his estranged dad as soon as they met.
He says, "My wife found my dad and he's one of the coolest dudes on the planet.
"The first time I talked to him after my wife tracked him down was really
f**king emotional. We must have cried for about 20 minutes, it was really
intense.
"I never knew who my dad was; I didn't even know his name. He knew I had been
born but my mom told him to stay out of my life, basically.
"Anyway, my wife really got in my mom's face about it. She realized I was older
now and have kids of my own, so she sent me a letter and gave me his name and
all the information she had about him. My wife took that, hired a private
detective and found him.
"I'm so happy, I can't even express how happy I am at the moment.
"A whole new chapter in my life has opened."
CHRIS FEHN Discusses The Future of SLIPKNOT
Andre Mihsin of
ChartAttack.com recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT percussionist
Chris Fehn. Several excerpts from the chat follow:
ChartAttack.com: When we last spoke in January, you talked about how there was a
lot of b.s. surrounding the relationship between band members during the end of
the Iowa tour and during the break between albums. How are relations between the
band members this time around?
Chris Fehn: "They're killer. Like I probably told you before, it took that break
to save this band. Being in this band, being in this music world, it could tear
people apart really fast. So we took that break and now we're back stronger than
ever. But if you're talking about this leg of the tour, it's rough because it's
the last one. It's like waiting for Christmas or some shit. We're holding it
together, we're going to make it and then we're going to take some good quality
time off."
ChartAttack.com: What did you guys do differently this time to ensure that the
band would stick together for so long without getting at each other's throats?
Chris Fehn: "We're just a lot more open with everything that goes on. You grow
up every record cycle, you learn a little bit more about what's going on. We
always gain a little more respect for each other and more tolerance and we just
keep going because we know this band is the one, we're the chosen ones whether
we like it or not.
ChartAttack.com: There was very little communication between members during the
last break between albums. Do you think you guys will communicate more during
this break?
Chris Fehn: "Probably not. We spent so much time together; I've been living with
these guys on a 40-foot bus for 20 months now. I get more time with them than I
do with my family and everybody understands that. It's not like you feel
separated, I mean, we got so many people, wives and children that we need to
spend time with. Obviously we'll keep in touch once in a while. The Blackberries
help, that invention brought us a little closer because instead of having this
weird phone conversation, really quick you're just like, 'What's up dude?!'
Sometimes we'll see each other in clubs in Des Moines and there's always
SLIPKNOT business going on whether we like it or not. But we pretty much do our
own thing until we come back and everyone understands that. There's nothing
weird about it. It's family time."
ChartAttack.com: I know Corey [Taylor] and Joey [Jordison] and some of the other
guys have side projects away from SLIPKNOT. What do you have going on?
Chris Fehn: "I paint houses man. Yep, I go to work, straight up. SLIPKNOT's
enough for me [musically]. I'm going to get my first computer pretty soon, so I
might try and put some guitar riffs on it, just screw around with that. I
honestly don't have the energy to try to get something started and get a band
signed and figure all that out. I'm just not that guy. I'll probably just spend
time with the family and work a job and get back into that normal life, as
normal as it can be, and go watch Clown and Corey and those guys' bands."
Read the entire interview at
ChartAttack.com.