This week, Slipknot celebrate the 21st anniversary of their seminal self-titled record. The band have been getting sentimental about the whole affair, reminiscing about the early days of their illustrious career.
In a piece penned for Knotfest, Corey Taylor has delved into his all-time favourite Knot cut. Revealing that his favourite song “by far” is expansive Slipknot album closer ‘Scissors’.
“My favorite by far is “Scissors,” he wrote. “To this day it’s my favorite Slipknot song. I love it because every time we would play it, the whole second half was improvised.
“We played at each other, free form, free prose, everything. It was violent and gorgeous. Nothing will ever replace it for me- when we stopped playing it live, I had a hard time enjoying our sets for a very long time.”
In terms of what he believes to be Slipknot’s greatest lyrical triumph, Taylor has sung praises of ‘Eyeless’.
“I’ve always loved the lyrics for Eyeless. I’d never written anything as raw and open before,” he shared. “It was all about the absence of my father, being a teenage addict and also being forced to enter NA and Alateen when I was still fucked up. In treatment, they kept telling me, ‘It’s all in your head.’ That line resonates with me to this day.”
Earlier this week, former Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison shared a heartwarming, nostalgic post, reflecting on the legacy of Slipknot and revealing that the band’s debut record “made all of our dreams come true”.
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“It’s almost hard to believe how these years have flown by like blast beats,” he wrote in an Instagram post. “That album was and will always be some of the absolute best memories of my life. There’s nothing out there quite like it, and what it did for all of us and the metal world. It made all of our dreams come true, and the overall reaction from the fans almost collapsed venues and stadiums worldwide. We didn’t expect it, but it absolutely exploded!
“We were so determined, hungry, and ready to take on the world and we did. We feared no-one, and it showed when we took the stage. It was just ‘that’ time. Total mystery it was.”
Check out ‘Scissors’ by Slipknot’:
