An 11 minute interview where the interviewer only asked 2 questions. That pretty much sums up Clown right there.

Interviewer: How many more albums you think Slipknot will make before retiring? Clown: So I was at McDonald's Drive-Thru..

This reminds me of buying weed when I was a kid, when all you want to do is get your bag and get going but the dealer has an hour long story they _need_ to tell you before you leave

This guy seems low energy but he’s a ball of fire on stage. He’s a psycho on stage.

Slipknot was a band that helped me through a fucked up childhood. The fact they’re from Des Moines made me like them even more. Still got a copy of mate.feed.kill.repeat. and the original release of the self titled album.

hearing him talk about his uncle hurt. good grief, losing his uncle, mom, dad, now his daughter. clown has some genuine will power man, fucking love this dude

He may be cringey at times, but he really does put an artistic frame in everything he talks about. He really puts in the effort

he speaks so clearly and smoothly without making any mistakes and everything he says is just so intelligent i dont get it.

interviewer: where did the term maggots come from clown: I came up with the masks...

"Paper or plastic?" Clown: "It all started with me waking up at 4:30am....."

I rejoice that here is a man who's my age and he's making a ton of sense. For a clown he's done very well. He's very much the Paul Stanley & Gene Simmons of slipknot wrapped into one. I love this clown.

Interviewer: so what exactly do you do here?! Clown: I TOLD YOU!! I'M A PEOPLE PERSON!

So many people have forgotten what metal is about. And especially when slipknot came out big, they grabbed SO MANY PEOPLE with this message. I felt it and thats why i owe a lot to them, they helped me so much with anger when i was younger, and to this day. They have inspired me more than i can explain.

Q: What was the thinking behind the term "maggots"? Clown: I came up with the idea of wearing the masks because..

That dude is intense

I love Clown more than I should as a 53 year old straight man.

kudos to Shawn and the success he has had with slipknot!. Love it or hate it, they are one of the biggest bands in the world and not to mention have a fucking fantastic stage show.

How he described maggots makes me want to go in his mind and look around😂

I could listen to this man talk for days. \m/

clown is a genius I can't belive so many people say he is ignorant he is smart as fuck and everything he said is true

Interviewer: What Kind of guitar strings do you use? Clown: 11min long condensed life story

Holy fuck, you got him to sound like a human being. This is the most honest interview I've ever seen him give as Shawn or Clown. Thanks for providing this.

Why's this interview getting so much hate? He's not talking any pseudo-intellectual philosophy. He's not presenting Slipknot as anything other than it is/was. He's not saying anything that's untrue really. Most of it is his feelings, his personal life and their fans. Is it because he says Slipknot are one of the greatest bands ever? Well... firstly that's his opinion. I speak with a little more humility but I ain't gonna judge someone for being real about their own thoughts. Also, they are. If not musically speaking which is merely subjective they're incredibly successful, one of the most successful metal bands in history with a lot of noteriety and a lot of influence on the music scene. In that regard they definitely are. Slipknot also DID resonate very hard with a portion of society especially teenage and young males. It influenced what a lot of young people were and still are and for such a violent and aggressive band they had one HELL of an effect on the general population.

"They never found the killers..." Because killers are quiet.

As an Iowa native, just 70 min away from Des Moines, I most definately understand when he told the journalist "youre doing the right thing leaving Des Moines"

Motivation + Intelligence = Rockstar

Lots of passion. True inspiration. Shawn, Maynard, Trent, Morello, Serj are just some of the people I look up to. Something they all have in common is their passion to share something with the world and they do an incredible job.

Dope interview we demand more interviews like this. Bangers

Great interview and insight into the artistic aspect of the band!

that guitar in the back propped up against the amp is giving me anxiety

this is amazing and inspiring! thx a lot for this, solid interview, both of them did a great job on this.

Awesome, Sam. I know I posted a comment here before but I'm posting another and also watching the video again because I felt the need to. That's because I've been going through some of the things that Shawn has been speaking about and also things the bring me complete disgust. I know that Slipknot has their own way of expressing themselves and I have my own which is all out, unapologetic, uncompromising release of angry, aggression, hatred and confrontation of everything that I'm pissed off about leaving no stone unturned. I don't have an official band or any official material out. I'm just saying that so readers don't get misled but I've been currently getting ideas together and creating a project where I totally release everything. Just needed to watch the video because I needed some fuel for the fire. Well wishes to you and also to Shawn. Hail Slipknot.

that was a fantastic interview. just asking a question and letting him speak. to many interviewers like to talk over there guest ruining what they have to say

At 4:39. Seriously. To me, undoubtably the most aspiring thing i've heard in an interview. IT's REALLY not just music to people! It really is a part of life to people, and I find that incredible that a band can have people believe in something more than what they did before. Bravo Slipknot! This whole interview is spectaculiar and very well said by clown. I had to give my laptop a round of applause when clown talked about the kids in high school at 4:39.

I enjoy ur work so much man thx u !

dude that was seriously amazing :') I'm gonna go listen to them right now shiiit

This man is an inspiration to all of us who have menial jobs we hate and are living boring, status quo lives. I'm in Omaha and I completely understand everything he says about Des Moines...same feeling right here in The Good life....

Find my Salvation through my own Anger. Well said.

Much Respect from Northern Arizona U.S. This man saved my life!!!!

Ben a slipknot fan since I was 11 I am 33 now still a fan!! good for them and the success they have had

Amazing and it's so true to how you can find beauty in the most vile of spaces

An even with the loss of the great Paul R.I.P an Joey this band still keeps going strong an still rocking out to this day slipknots fucking life love this bad love everything they represent keep up the great work look foward to your new material 🤘there's only one clown

Shawn is a very intelligent person!! I like him so much!! Clown answered two questions in about 11 minutes. I always like that, because he told and explained from start to finish! That was one of the best interview I have seen! Thanks for that! Keep up the good work !! #Slipknot 4ever

I'm sorry, but the Uterus on the Drum Kit is so distracting.

this is the best interview i have seen ever. the mind of this man is absolutely amazing.

with 1.25 speed it's much better to watch

why is this interview so short i could've listened to this for like 3 hrs, he goes really in depth

I'm 16, discovered them when I was around 11/12, and their music helped me through a lot of shit. I used to live in a very richy-rich school district, where they all dressed like athletes or beach bros. Nero Forte was the first song I was exposed too, and the lyrics hooked me in. As I started to listen to more songs, I started to realize how much I relate to their message more and more. (Don't ever judge me, not the exact message but a summary) They gave me the courage to basically say "Fuk it! You have no room to judge me." And get over all the crap people gave me for even DRESSING differently.

Awesome. Thank you, Sam Dunn. The best band in the nu-metal genre. RIP, Paul Gray. Long Live Slipknot.

best kick drum ever!

Clown just saved this soul of mine. I'm no longer a maggot. I'm a fly. Shawn, you touched my life on so many levels. I wish I could tell you this personally. You really did just save my life, and so did this video. Thank you guys so much! I actually know now why I've overcome everything I've ever faced in my life. I was that maggot with the shirt in school, I was that kid in the pits getting his ass whooped, but it made me a strong man. Thank you Shawn. Thank you Slipknot!

Great interview! I like this dude

And this is why metal is better than all other genres

Clown thinks about life so deeply. I love it.

8:52 Clown man I owe a lot of my life to you and your band. I am a maggot who turned into a fly. The energy in Slipknot drove me to bust my ass even harder and succeed for myself and my family. I currently single handedly set up a 28'X40'X4' concert stage for a casino I work at in Wisconsin. I'm a white man in a natives land, but i am part of their tribe in spirit as they all know how absolutely hard I can bust my ass. I also do basic meeting AV and every single time I hook up sound to our convention center, I play SLIPKNOT loud as fuck!! Its the energy and the way slipknot delivers that motivates me and it always will. Thank you Shawn and members of Slipknot! I will be seeing you (for the 13th time) soon at your first every IOWA State Fair on August 10th ,2019! Cant wait for the new album and to get in that pit!

I’m pretty happy that out of all the bands that could have come from Des Moines, it’s them because the embody the spirit and promote Des Moines with their music and the way they give interviews

Oh my god people, come on please that's some true shit, some true life stories, well some kind of true meanning to all this violence to all this anger and pain that Slipknot members feeled and will always feel. They are like us metalheads misunderstoods and all you find to say is that his whole speech is bull fucking shit, seriously guys come on I know you are smarter than a fucking tomato

I love hearing his thoughts.

This is why i love slipknot

@4:59 - Surfacing, my all-time Slipknot favorite song. And it's not only the lyrics, it's his everything is put together as a whole.

My God this man really has suffered some unimaginable tragedies

I agree totally what he's saying. and that's way i listen (and love) slipknot music

2 metal legends for me, slipknot was one of my favorite bands as a teenager, and Sam Dunn is the guy who made the metal documentary. Not a metal documentary, THE METAL DOCUMENTARY

Shawn is a fucking legend. Thank you for bringing us the epic noise.

It’s an age thing man. I’m 39 and I feel the same as I did those 20 years ago. I have real bad mental health issues man. Major depression and always the thought of suicide. The effect of slipknot isn’t what you think and are portrayed via media or any normal thinking human. For me this represents everything he is saying. So what if he is sucking himself off man. Look I been a music producer for years and it’s so hard to “make it”. I can’t bend over and be a slave to the industry and I know this is why I will always be nobody. I know that and accept it. Clown is proud cos they literally said “fk u” and they made it. Name a single artist in the world right now who has the guts to do that? There is none. It’s pop gum swearing it’s not genuine and meaningful. I been down big time of late and you see the new video? It’s the first thing in fking years to make me feel something. We are maggots. All us lot. We are eating away at the BS of every day life but you know what? We fking have each other and there’s millions of us who feel this way about it. Slipknot have the same essence essentially as WuTang clan. It’s not just a group, band or act. It’s a way of life and a community of people all in the same boat. You should be grateful and actually appreciate we actually got to see these make it. There isn’t a band in decades that has risen to say FK U and still have a career. The control today is so overwhelming that you must kneel and suck it dry or you won’t make it. I envy these men and I’ll always always always be grateful cos when my demons beat me down, I watch some videos and I feel a bit better cos they give me strength mentally. Not violently but a calm and self control of adrenaline to fking believe in myself. RIP to members and family that are no longer here. They put the band first (maybe wrong in some ways we will never know) so use this energy and make something of your life. Rambling but this is why i said it’s more than just a band. When you get to my age and reflect you will appreciate the heights they have really got to and why they can be relevant anytime they want. Imagine Kanye grabbing a mic off clown or Jim? Haha guitar over he head and a hammer would come out. Nobody has the right to touch or even step to you. Believe in yourself. SLIPKNOT XXX

how awesome would it be if Shawn crahan (clown) Co directed a movie with guillermo del toro. both minds collaborating and making just disturbing epicness on film

I searched high and ow for an unmasked interview with this guy and this is especially good because its intimate and in his house. I've always loves Slipknot , I had the magazines when they first showed up but I've never been a massive fan really, I was more into other shit. However, this is the guy more then anyone else who I would get along with. I didn't know he was a welder. I'm a welder.

10 minutes go by so quickly when you're entertained.

No rapper nor pop artist these days would be able to make such an intressting and deep insight to their music/art.

Why is this getting so much hate? I mean, I've watched interviews from lot's of bands/artists and this seems par for the course... if not better :P I like the way he explains shit since he just shows you what it means for him instead of trying to trying to be broader.

SLIPKNOT was the band that got me into Metal as a kid.I use to go to school Getting into fights for wearing there Shirts And just for listening to there music HELLYEAH Thank you SLIPKNOT WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER!!!

Love surfacing. I relate at 53. I grew up the same way. Can't wait for the new album.....

thank you shawn :) big ups for you you did it maaaaan

fuckin genius man!

Oh my God, his dedication is unparalleled.

I lived in Iowa for three years, yeah, I know that feeling.

"Kids would get their mom to wash that t-shirt every night, so they could wear it every day". Rock and roll, haha!

I could listen to Clown for just talk hours, why doesnt he do podcasts?? XD

Amazing, pure insight.

I LOVE what Slipknot manage to do for all of us during the last years! ;)

Brilliant man!!!

I feel bad, I understand what he's saying and that it's barley the tip of the ice burge. I'll wake up from deep abdominal crying in the middle of the night and realize it's been going on for some time, if not hours.

Well said. I totally dig this.

I could listen two hours straight to this guy, clown is such an inspiration and nice guy

Man I wore that shirt just about everyday. But it got dirty, quick. Trippy...

Where's Silent Bob?

Immeasurable respect for this man.

This man is brilliant. Great humble guy.

Metal = real life. Other genres are trying to run away from reality while metal embraces it.

anger, rage: behind my smile are hiding these feelings. Exactly Like him

Clown is so deep and cryptic. Love it

What a great guy! He's def achieving his purpose with Slipknot.

Tattered and torn Something aches Tattered and torn Bad things slither Tattered and torn My floors are burning down Tattered and torn And I can't find a window

0:06 shawn crayon lol

I started listening to Slipknot in 1999. I heard Wait and Bleed on a metal grab bag type album which had several bands on it. I thought 'who are these lunatics? I've got to find out!!!'...bought their debut album literally that week after hearing them, sometime in August-September 1999 or something (that was a long time ago!). It took the first minute of sic to completely hook me. (In fact the song summed up my entire year at that point, but I digress!). I must have listened the whole album three times that day. Unlike other bands for some reason to this very day I couldn't tell you which song is on which album, because I had my eyes closed when I listened to it just absorbing it, and I didn't care what the song titles were. That's just how it went for me. I suspect that my own background might be why I gravitated towards them. I also hated the world that year, so Slipknot was the perfect antidote for me. They strike me as similar to people that I knew growing up (I'm about their age). They say the things I never could have when I was a teen. What Shawn said comes as no surprise. He strikes me as an intense guy that creates Intense music for intense people. Mad props to the Nine...

This Man is a legend, hes to longest running member of the Band hes just #2... he should be number 1....

Obviously the people who "liked" this video aren't the same as the ones who commented hah.. But if you're a cult fan of the band you get exactly what he's saying. Obviously if you dislike the band, or are even neutral on them, this sounds like he's just talking nonsensical shit lol.

In this interview, Shawn looks like a cross between Ihsahn and Ed Kemper (serial-killer). I get the impression that if he wasn't in Slipknot, he'd probably be dead or in prison. The stuff he talks about where he used to video-tape animal corpses and study maggots and shit is what they call a "precursor". I guess it's a good thing he attained a positive artistic outlet for that shit. If not, things might have turned out very differently. I had a child-hood friend that used to fixate on death just like Clown did as a child. He's now serving life in prison for doing some crazy shit that I'm not gonna go into here.

thank u!

AA I love slipknot's music and there messages and the personality the members of slipknot are like the 9 wise men of the world...