The Making of Slipknot's Self-Titled Debut: Chaos, Pain, and Dedication
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Revolver Staff
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A retrospective on Slipknot's 1999 self-titled debut album, chronicling the band's chaotic, self-destructive, and intense journey during the album's creation and subsequent touring. The article covers the band's poverty, hunger, drive, and the extreme physical and mental toll the process took on its members, including broken bones, fire, and other forms of mayhem.
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· 3 pulledPeople think we're egotistical. I don't give a shit. The fact is no one fucking kills themselves like Slipknot. No one. Not even fucking close.
We were poor, hungry, driven and self-destructive during the making of that record.
No one fucking kills themselves like Slipknot. No one. Not even fucking close.
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