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A: I believe I joined sometime around the end of 1997. It was the end of 95 myself Paul and Joey played in a punk band called The Have Nots while they were in Slipknot with Anders. When they wanted to separate front percussion from lead vocals and recruit Corey Taylor from Stone Sour. Anders wasn\u2019t keen on the idea of just playing percussion having been the singer and quit..can\u2019t blame him really. That\u2019s when I was approached by Paul and Joey at a Have Nots practice to audition and got the gig.<\/span><\/p>\n Q 2 \u2013 Do you remember who\u2019s idea it was to wear the coveralls?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n A: I wanna say the coverall idea was Shawns. Pre corey taylor everybody kinda did their own thing but once Corey and I came into the band there was a sense of unifying everything together our different entities with the masks, and numbers. But one machine in the identical coveralls.<\/span><\/p>\n Q 3 \u2013 How did you become #3?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n A: I really can\u2019t remember the whole number process. I believe to a degree some of us had an opportunity to choose as my # was 3 , was my favorite number as per it\u2019s the universal mathematical number.<\/span><\/p>\n Q 4 \u2013 Did Slipknot ever wear the coveralls without any designs or logos on them?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n A: As far as coveralls go I wore the first sets which were the navy blue and the bright red ones. They had the barcode on the back the tribal S on the left sleeve , your # on the right and the barcode on the left chest \u2026I\u2019m clueless what happened to my red ones , but still have my blue set.<\/span><\/p>\n Q 5 \u2013 Where and when was your first show?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n A: My first show with Slipknot was early 98\u2032 not sure of the exact date. It was in Lincoln Nebraska, @ a place called Knickenbauchers , a biker bar that was half music venue and half tittie bar. Pretty sure there was some shady shit going on in that place\u2026I remember being pretty nervous for the first time in a long time..and excited as well since I had always been a drummer in the back , this was my first opportunity to be up front on stage<\/span><\/p>\n Q 6 \u2013 Do you have a favorite memory or a gig you\u2019ve played with the band?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n A: My favorite show by far was when we were going through a bidding war with a ton of different labels and we played the Eat Em\u2019 Festival in Las Vegas..a showcase festival very similar to South by SouthWest in Austin Texas , these festivals would be filled with A&R reps from every record label out there..we did play a very long set but the amount of energy in the air at this fucking place was like a drug. IT WAS AWESOME<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.mfkr1.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/b00ch.jpg\")
Q 1 \u2013 When did you join Slipknot, and how did it happen?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n