Michael Shawn Crahan (Clown)

So he's like, I'm not going to give up my drumming either.

And I was like, you play those.

So I made him drums.

And I had drums, and originally Slipknot was less people, and the original lead singer was the other drummer, and he was more up front.

And what was wonderful about that situation is he was a very technical, black metal, thrash.

Paul Gray playing guitar, Andy Ryle playing the drums and singing, a gentleman by the name of Donny Steele was playing guitar, and I was playing drum set.

And we all agreed that there was going to be a metal drummer coming in.

But, you know, and I always hated that because I told him, I'm going to stand up.

But, you know, I was jamming and I was, you know, so you just have to learn, you know.

And then one day I was in Colorado and Andy and Paul invited Joey to come over without telling me.

So I drove back from Colorado.

Yeah, I knew him.

Yeah, yeah, several times, yeah.

So Joey was told I wasn't going to be at practice, and I left Colorado at like 4 in the morning, left my family, and I came to practice.

My wife thought I was nuts.

I was like, Joey's not coming to my band practice.

Wow.

So I came, and we played three songs, and I looked at him at the end.

I just looked at him, and I said,

Need me to play anything again?