Was Joey Jordison a Founding Member Of Slipknot?
We all know and love Slipknot, with founding members Shawn 'Clown' Crahan, Paul Gray, and Joey Jordison. Or do we? During a recent interview with 'The Break Down With Nath & Johnny,' Shawn 'Clown' Crahan disclosed something about the band's founding members that not many of us knew. He revealed the original third founding member to be Andy Rouw (Anders Colsefni), the original vocalist. His words were "There's all these real misunderstandings about who started the band or whatever. And the bottom line is it was Andy Rouw, the original singer, myself, and Paul."
"Andy ended up leaving really early in the game, and so once we were signed, it was basically just Paul and I. The press and the families and all the people that have their heads up their asses, they like to adhere to everything because of ego. But I'm here to tell you, my friend, Paul Gray was at my wedding three years prior [to] he and I and Andy starting the band. That's that."
There has been a lot going on with Slipknot lately with rants and lineup changes, so it's interesting for this fact to only just surface now.