Ex-members


Sean McMahon, MFKR producer "During late '95 I was contacted by former members of a band called *Body Pit* to check out their new band at their rehearsal space. I did. I was Floored! That band was Slipknot. At the time, Slipknot had 3 drummers and a guy who wore a wolfskin loin cloth, singing songs about life as a Werewolf. They were so incredibly tight! I did not understand where they were coming from, lyrically, but I could plainly see they were extremely good at what they did: Pushing the Envelope of the Hardcore genre'. I produced Slipknot's First CD, "Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat." That was followed By a second CD, which will never see the light of day. We also recorded demos of 6 songs, including "Spit It Out", their first single. "Spit It Out" is the only studio track appearing on their #1 Selling Music Video, "Welcome To Our Neighborhood". Two other songs from that period, "Interloper" and "Me Inside" appear on the European release of Slipknot's Roadrunner debut album. Yes, much happened in between M.F.K.R and Slipknot's Signing with Roadrunner. I spent about 2000 hours in 1996 - 1997 in the studio with Slipknot, and devoted my free time towards the advancement of the band's career. Fortunately, I was able to get Slipknot into the hands of people who possessed the know-how and power to make the Slipknot happen." Donnie Steele, ex Slipknot Guitarist Donnie was the original guitarist for Slipknot. Even before Josh. He recorded on ALL of the songs on the CD. He quit the band for personal reasons (he found God, and felt there was a conflict) while we were still finishing up the mixing. Mick wasn't even on the album, though his pic is in there. Josh #4 ex Slipknot Guitarist Josh Brainard, or Gnar as his band mates new him was the original Slipknot lead Guitarist. Josh was there from the birth of the band and the days of handing out tapes and flyers and working their asses off to get their music some exposure. He was there when the band made the ep Mate Feed Kill Repeat and added the jumpsuits and Corey to the line-up; he was there when they were just about to break the big time. After Recording the self titled album josh decided to leave the band Cuddles #3 ex Slipknot Percussion Greg Welts, or Cuddles as he is affectionatley known as was the ex-Slipknot percussionist for the band. He operated in a similar capacity to Chris Fehn (his replacement) but Cuddles was one crazy muther-fucker like Sid. He smashed up the entire sets during shows and threw his drum set into the crowd and that sorta shit. The mask that Cuddles wears is available at most mask shops and is called Baby Face. Cuddles entered the band between "Mate Feed Kill Repeat" and "Slipknot." Cuddles is the man who tattooed the tribal "S" on Anders' leg and all the other guys tattoos, as well as inked the outline for Anders' backpiece. He's also known as "Giggles", the guy who temporarily replaced Anders on percussion in Slipknot. Cuddles was also featured on the inside of the tray of MFKR; the guy in the leather jacket is Dav-o, owner of the Axiom piercing shop in Des Moines and booker at the Safari Club (now known as Hairy Mary's II). Cuddles was the naked guy, long before he was in the band, though. They were both thanked on the back of the album. Cuddles currently has a tattoo shop in South Dakota called: "The Ultimate Prick". He played his last show in April 1998 and was quoted for leaving the band for personal and family reasons... Cuddles, we salute you... Anders ex Slipknot Vocalist Anders Colsefni was the original Slipknot Vocalist. He was asked in 1995 to join a band called Slipknot, by friend Shawn Crahan, that was to have not just one style of music like what was hot at the time, but a blend of all genres including Rap, Funk, Metal, you name it. So Anders, an inexperienced vocalist used to Metal, had to adapt to change his style and so he did. The deep power-driven voice of Anders was what slipknot were based upon, he blew all fans away live, and in 1996 they got a chance to put that onto CD and they did in the highly experimental yet successful ep Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. Anders' voice gets a lot of criticism from current Slipknot fans but don't forget his voice created the band and it's much like that of Max Cavalera. After supporting MFKR's release for over a year the band hired Corey Taylor to take over the reigns with a more radio-friendly voice and put Anders into the sole position of Percussion. However, Anders' voice had developed into a great Heavy Metal voice and so decided to leave Slipknot and create his own band PAINFACE and takeover where Slipknot left off with Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.... Anders, we salute you...

Sean McMahon, MFKR producer

"During late '95 I was contacted by former members of a band called Body Pit to check out their new band at their rehearsal space. I did. I was Floored! That band was Slipknot.

At the time, Slipknot had 3 drummers and a guy who wore a wolfskin loin cloth, singing songs about life as a Werewolf. They were so incredibly tight! I did not understand where they were coming from, lyrically, but I could plainly see they were extremely good at what they did: Pushing the Envelope of the Hardcore genre'. I produced Slipknot's First CD, "Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat." That was followed By a second CD, which will never see the light of day.

We also recorded demos of 6 songs, including "Spit It Out", their first single. "Spit It Out" is the only studio track appearing on their #1 Selling Music Video, "Welcome To Our Neighborhood". Two other songs from that period, "Interloper" and "Me Inside" appear on the European release of Slipknot's Roadrunner debut album.

Yes, much happened in between M.F.K.R and Slipknot's Signing with Roadrunner. I spent about 2000 hours in 1996 - 1997 in the studio with Slipknot, and devoted my free time towards the advancement of the band's career. Fortunately, I was able to get Slipknot into the hands of people who possessed the know-how and power to make the Slipknot happen."

Donnie Steele, ex Slipknot Guitarist

Donnie was the original guitarist for Slipknot. Even before Josh. He recorded on ALL of the songs on the CD. He quit the band for personal reasons (he found God, and felt there was a conflict) while we were still finishing up the mixing. Mick wasn't even on the album, though his pic is in there.

Josh #4 ex Slipknot Guitarist

Josh Brainard, or Gnar as his band mates new him was the original Slipknot lead Guitarist. Josh was there from the birth of the band and the days of handing out tapes and flyers and working their asses off to get their music some exposure. He was there when the band made the ep Mate Feed Kill Repeat and added the jumpsuits and Corey to the line-up; he was there when they were just about to break the big time. After Recording the self titled album josh decided to leave the band
Cuddles #3 ex Slipknot Percussion

Greg Welts, or Cuddles as he is affectionatley known as was the ex-Slipknot percussionist for the band. He operated in a similar capacity to Chris Fehn (his replacement) but Cuddles was one crazy muther-fucker like Sid. He smashed up the entire sets during shows and threw his drum set into the crowd and that sorta shit. The mask that Cuddles wears is available at most mask shops and is called Baby Face. Cuddles entered the band between "Mate Feed Kill Repeat" and "Slipknot." Cuddles is the man who tattooed the tribal "S" on Anders' leg and all the other guys tattoos, as well as inked the outline for Anders' backpiece. He's also known as "Giggles", the guy who temporarily replaced Anders on percussion in Slipknot. Cuddles was also featured on the inside of the tray of MFKR; the guy in the leather jacket is Dav-o, owner of the Axiom piercing shop in Des Moines and booker at the Safari Club (now known as Hairy Mary's II). Cuddles was the naked guy, long before he was in the band, though. They were both thanked on the back of the album. Cuddles currently has a tattoo shop in South Dakota called: "The Ultimate Prick". He played his last show in April 1998 and was quoted for leaving the band for personal and family reasons... Cuddles, we salute you... Anders ex Slipknot Vocalist

Anders Colsefni was the original Slipknot Vocalist. He was asked in 1995 to join a band called Slipknot, by friend Shawn Crahan, that was to have not just one style of music like what was hot at the time, but a blend of all genres including Rap, Funk, Metal, you name it. So Anders, an inexperienced vocalist used to Metal, had to adapt to change his style and so he did. The deep power-driven voice of Anders was what slipknot were based upon, he blew all fans away live, and in 1996 they got a chance to put that onto CD and they did in the highly experimental yet successful ep Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. Anders' voice gets a lot of criticism from current Slipknot fans but don't forget his voice created the band and it's much like that of Max Cavalera. After supporting MFKR's release for over a year the band hired Corey Taylor to take over the reigns with a more radio-friendly voice and put Anders into the sole position of Percussion. However, Anders' voice had developed into a great Heavy Metal voice and so decided to leave Slipknot and create his own band PAINFACE and takeover where Slipknot left off with Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.... Anders, we salute you...