SLIPKNOT's Corey Taylor: "You don't put the mask on... you wrap it on" - Watch #8 Speak About THE MASK!

"When you put that mask on you go places you would never imagine," Taylor said during his June 2011 appearance at at the Oxford University. "It comes from a spot that's uncomfortable and really dark." He added: "The mask was a way to visualize everything I was feeling in heart and my gut — all that pain I was holding on to. I didn't have the worst childhood but I didn't have the best, and when you grow up like that you have certain limitations invariably stuck inside you. SLIPKNOT was a way to work it out."

In a Janaury 2012 interview with ESPN.com, Taylor said, "I refuse to wash my mask during a tour. I can't do it. It's like, I don't want to lose it, you know what I'm saying? And it's gnarly, dude. By the end of a tour cycle, my mask smells like an episode of 'CSI'. It gets bad. My wife won't even let 'em come in the house: 'You put that thing in the garage, in the corner, under boxes. I don't want to see it, smell it — fuck that thing."



Come see Corey Taylor and THE MASK at the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL! SLIPKNOT is headlining!

6/30 – San Bernardino, CA
7/1 – San Francisco, CA
7/3 – Seattle, WA
7/6 – Phoenix, AZ
7/7 – Albuquerque, NM
7/8 – Denver, CO
7/10 – Dallas, TX
7/11 – Houston, TX
7/13 – Tampa, FL
7/14 – Atlanta, GA
7/15 – Indianapolis, IN
7/18 – Oklahoma City, OK
7/20 – St. Louis, MO
7/21 – Chicago, IL
7/22 – Detroit, MI
7/24 – Cincinnati, OH
7/25 – Cleveland, OH
7/27 – Philadelphia, PA
7/28 – Pittsburgh, PA
7/29 – Washington, DC
7/31 – Saratoga, NY
8/1 – Buffalo, NY
8/3 – Boston, MA
8/4 – Scranton, PA
8/5 – Hartford, CT

Tune in to Rockstar Mayhemfest.com and Livenation.com for up-to-date ticketing information.

Related links:
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The 2012 MAYHEM FEST 72 Hour “Get Off Your Ass” Ticket Pre-Sale Starts Tomorrow – VIP Packages Also Available Tomorrow!

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, the world’s largest touring Heavy Music festival experience, kicks off the 72 hour “Get Off Your Ass” ticket pre-sale tomorrow at 10 AM local time! A limited amount of tickets are available with a $5 discount during the 72 hour ‘Get Off Your Ass” pre-sale (this includes pit, reserved, and lawn tickets). Should the allotment of pre-sale tickets sell out, don’t worry; you will still have the chance to purchase regularly priced tickets. The pre-sale ticket is a 3D commemorative ticket that also doubles as a jump the line pass that permits early entrance to the venue (while supplies last). Please note that there is a maximum limit of six (6) tickets per order. Please also note that this offer does not apply to Boise, Bonner Springs and Oklahoma City tour stop tickets. Boise tour stop tickets are available now.

Additionally, this year VIP packages will be made available for the first time as part of the pre-sale, so get yours tomorrow before they are all gone! There will be two packages available: A Reserved Seat package and a General Admission package. Details of what is included in each package can be found here. A special collector’s item NEW for 2012 is this specially designed, limited edition Mayhem mini statue (with custom box).

THE Lineup:

- Slipknot
- Slayer
- Motörhead
- Anthrax
- As I Lay Dying
- Asking Alexandria
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Whitechapel
- High On Fire
- Jagermeister Opener

and many more!

Also recently announced: Sumerian Records is joining the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL! Headbang For The Highway will be presenting the Sumerian Records Stage at the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL this year. Sumerian Records, who are known for some of the most cutting-edge bands in heavy music today, will be bringing UPON A BURNING BODY, I THE BREATHER and Headbang For The Highway “Battle of the Bands” winners along for the ride. DIRTFEDD will also be performing on the festival. The fun doesn’t end there, as Headbang For The Highway will be holding contests all over the U.S. for unsigned bands to win opening spots on the Sumerian Records Stage at the festival. Stay tuned to Facebook.com/sumerianrecords for more info coming soon on the line-up and how you can enter your band!



ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL 2012 TOUR DATES:

6/30 – San Bernardino, CA
7/1 – San Francisco, CA
7/3 – Seattle, WA
7/6 – Phoenix, AZ
7/7 – Albuquerque, NM
7/8 – Denver, CO
7/10 – Dallas, TX
7/11 – Houston, TX
7/13 – Tampa, FL
7/14 – Atlanta, GA
7/15 – Indianapolis, IN
7/18 – Oklahoma City, OK
7/20 – St. Louis, MO
7/21 – Chicago, IL
7/22 – Detroit, MI
7/24 – Cincinnati, OH
7/25 – Cleveland, OH
7/27 – Philadelphia, PA
7/28 – Pittsburgh, PA
7/29 – Washington, DC
7/31 – Saratoga, NY
8/1 – Buffalo, NY
8/3 – Boston, MA
8/4 – Scranton, PA
8/5 – Hartford, CT

Tune in to Rockstar Mayhemfest.com and Livenation.com for up-to-date ticketing information.

Watch Clown Of SLIPKNOT's "Get Off Your Ass" Video For MayhemFest - Pre-Sale Details Available!

It's time once again to Get Off Your Ass for Mayhem 2012! 

Slipknot's Clown put together the video below for the 2012 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival featuring SLIPKNOT, SLAYER, MOTÖRHEAD, ANTHRAX and more!

Tickets go on sale THIS FRIDAY, April 6 so Get Off Your Ass, go to RockstarMayhemfest.com, and sign up for the Pre Sale!!

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL 2012 TOUR DATES:

6/30 – San Bernardino, CA
7/1 – San Francisco, CA
7/3 – Seattle, WA
7/6 – Phoenix, AZ
7/7 – Albuquerque, NM
7/8 – Denver, CO
7/10 – Dallas, TX
7/11 – Houston, TX
7/13 – Tampa, FL
7/14 – Atlanta, GA
7/15 – Indianapolis, IN
7/18 – Oklahoma City, OK
7/20 – St. Louis, MO
7/21 – Chicago, IL
7/22 – Detroit, MI
7/24 – Cincinnati, OH
7/25 – Cleveland, OH
7/27 – Philadelphia, PA
7/28 – Pittsburgh, PA
7/29 – Washington, DC
7/31 – Saratoga, NY
8/1 – Buffalo, NY
8/3 – Boston, MA
8/4 – Scranton, PA
8/5 – Hartford, CT

Tune in to Rockstar Mayhemfest.com and Livenation.com for up-to-date ticketing information.

Shawn "Clown" Crahan Clears The Air About The Future Of SLIPKNOT - Interview Available!

The dudes over at Metal Injection caught up with Clown, aka M. Shawn Crahan at SXSW, right before he hosted a Q&A session for his NEW photo book, 'The Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey', out June 19th. Crahan discusses how the book came about and addresses all the recent controversy about the future of Slipknot. Here are some excerpts from the interview.

"I can clear it up easily for you. Everyone in the band is writing all the time. Whether it's a micro-cassette recorder or a memo on your iPhone or Corey writing random things he invents in his head on a piece of paper or Joey saying 'I got nothing to do, I'm gonna go in the studio with all these ideas. I'm going to rent out a studio for a month and a half and I'm going to fucking write.'

"I think what people don't understand about what's being said is that we're all dealing with Paul's death differently. Some want to move, some want to take time. But basically, what's being said is of course things are being written. But nothing is done because we're not together yet. And there is no reason to get together to talk about it because there are other things moving, like the grieving process.

"Stone Stour is going to go out and do their thing, which they should. They've earned it. It's a good thing. Just me down here at SXSW, I'm the only guy here, doing something. I should be allowed to have this outlet.

"Really, what it all comes down to is that, yes, writing is being done seriously every day, but it is going to be a while. It's just going to be. There's things going on. It gets a little perverted in the press, almost like 'he says yes, he says no, we got a problem.' It's more like, yeah, writing is going on but it's going to be a while, and both of them are telling the truth, and I'm here to tell you, we're not going nowhere!"

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL 2012 TOUR DATES:

6/30 – San Bernardino, CA
7/1 – San Francisco, CA
7/3 – Seattle, WA
7/6 – Phoenix, AZ
7/7 – Albuquerque, NM
7/8 – Denver, CO
7/10 – Dallas, TX
7/11 – Houston, TX
7/13 – Tampa, FL
7/14 – Atlanta, GA
7/15 – Indianapolis, IN
7/18 – Oklahoma City, OK
7/20 – St. Louis, MO
7/21 – Chicago, IL
7/22 – Detroit, MI
7/24 – Cincinnati, OH
7/25 – Cleveland, OH
7/27 – Philadelphia, PA
7/28 – Pittsburgh, PA
7/29 – Washington, DC
7/31 – Saratoga, NY
8/1 – Buffalo, NY
8/3 – Boston, MA
8/4 – Scranton, PA
8/5 – Hartford, CT

Tune in to Rockstar Mayhemfest.com and Livenation.com for up-to-date ticketing information.

Related links:
Slipknot