Slipknot fans

[311boogieman]

OK. Almost done posting.

I feel like I've given these 3 bands a fair listen. I feel I've been in a cave somewhat. I like all 3 but I don't love all 3. Maybe they will grow on me more as time goes on. I'm still super pumped to see all of these bands and of course Slipknot.

The more I listen to these bands the more I realize how unlike they are from Slipknot but at the same time I can see why Slipknot would want to take them on tour with them. Each interplay a little differently if that makes sense. I also like how Slipknot is bringing out bands that are not from the US.

Behemoth - Poland
Gojira - France
Volbeat - Denmark

So here is my summary for better or worse. Don't take any offense please if I knock one of your bands. I DO appreciate everyone's recommendations and chiming in etc.

Behemoth - at first this was my least favorite but they are really growing on me. For death metal - they've got some cool hooks and great tone etc. Negral is pretty damn good guitar player I must say and I like how they share vocals and lead stuff. It appears Orion is quite the legend and he plays his part well. Love the imagery. They are definitely good live - I can tell. Pretty much looking forward to catching their act but it does start at 5:30 ....so. I. have. to. pace. myself.

Gorija - I knew this band but for whatever reason, kind of blew them off in the past. No real reasons. I was probably tied up tracking down other bands at the time. Not sure I would categorize them as technical death metal as wikipedia claims but def progressive metal with death metal influence. This band is probably my favorite of the 3 (openers) and seem to be the closest to Slipknot tone/song writing wise. They have some really catchy stuff. They, like Rush before them, seem to be able to create more sound than they have people. I almost wonder if there is a program or '5th person' you know what I mean? Looking forward to seeing all of the songs they plan to play based on the set-list I'm looking at. Also cool to see two brothers, Joe and Mario Duplantier, who are so talented. I Joe sporting Charvels.

Volbeat - this band ended up being my least favorite (for now). They are very tight and super talented. They have excellent hooky riffs. Awesome to see a band like this that is fresh and playing pretty much straight up rock and roll. They have new material I understand. Lead guitarist is amazing too. That said, I found that a lot of their tunes were too similar. A little too predictable for me. The singer, Michael Poulson, is a very very good singer and can play guitar too. Not sure who writes all the songs but I'm guessing he does for the most part. They are good live and tight band for sure - I don't want to knock them down too hard. I'm just not sure if I'll go buy all of their albums and pay real close attention. If I had to characterize what they remind me of it would a modern day Elvis meets Metallica's Load/Reload stuff in the vibe of The Offspring.

Well - that's my crash course review. I hope I was not too far off or disrespectful. Feel free to call me out

I think I do wish that Gojira was 3rd on the bill before Slipknot. Not sure I can do a whole hour of Volbeat - but I've got the lounge place I can chill and catch some of it too.

Congrats to Slipknot for bringing all these guys out and giving them some exposure



Looking forward to the show. Thanks again.

 

[GregM]

Guitar World interview with Jim and Mick.

Then for amps I had the brown Bogner Uberschall that I used on The Subliminal Verses [2004’s Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)].

"Reinhold [Bogner] brought it to me when we were recording that album and it’s the only one like it. He kind of played around with the EQ section a bit and changed some of the parameters, and it sounds like an Uberschall on steroids. I’ve asked him to make me another one, but he doesn’t remember what he did the first time. But that amp is on about 70 per cent of the record.

"[For] the other 30 percent, I used another Bogner Uberschall with a 'purple mod' and combined it with an old Mesa Boogie Mark IIC head that I think has been on a bunch of Metallica records

https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/sli ... -your-band

 

[RedB4Black]

Man. Of those bands I’d skip Slipknot and Behemoth. I’ve seen them before, but mainly because I’m not really into them. Volbeat and Gojira are two of my favorites. Volbeat especially on the earlier stuff. They do have a unique sound and I love some of their guitar riffs. I’ve seen Gojira before and they were great in concert.

 

[Apex1Rg7X]

I did see a post on Fryettes IG page a few months ago that Rob from Volbeat is running 2 Sig X heads live. I will admit the tone and playing was pretty tight from those guys, just cant get into the singer and his style. Gojira was using EVH 5150III's as usual but for whatever reason didn't sound the best where we were standing.

I would love to see a current rig rundown on Slipknot's rig because it has clearly changed since they last did one. Mick is currently running the Omega amps but with Jim not even using an Orange on the record and his sig stuff basically discontinued, I'm curious what he's using live. Their guitar tone was by far the best that night regardless of what he's playing.

 

[D-Rock]

Ok, so I'm about halfway through the new Slipknot album and it's pretty good. I'm glad it's successful on the charts because it's heavy music getting big exposure.
The guitars sound good, the vocals are good, and there's some really cool experimental and atmospheric sounds on the album.

 

[GregM]

I would love to see a current rig rundown on Slipknot's rig because it has clearly changed since they last did one. Mick is currently running the Omega amps but with Jim not even using an Orange on the record and his sig stuff basically discontinued, I'm curious what he's using live. Their guitar tone was by far the best that night regardless of what he's playing.

Jim posted a quick video showing the rack on Instagram last week. Rockerberb MKIII's live. He's using an Orange 4x12 in an iso cab instead of the single Eminance speaker that he used to use. Original Rockerverb is in the rack for a backup, and he also has a Synergy head that he said he hasn't used much, but has messed with Friedman and Soldano modules.

 

[romanianreaper]

Jim Root Says People Underrate Clown as Songwriter, Names New Slipknot Song That Demonstrates His Talent
"He's an amazing songwriter, and I don't think he gets a lot of credit for being such," the guitarist says.

That is the thing about Slipknot, each member brings something to the table. I like that they don't all insist they get equal parts on every song because it wouldn't sound right. If you had DJ work and sound effects all over the place, it would be too over-the-top. They always do what is best for the song.

 

[GregM]

...and as much as I'm guitar oriented, I love Spiders. That's not a song I would normally listen to but I think it's great.

 

[311boogieman]

So....

The entire thing was awesome. So much enjoyed Behemoth, Gojira and Volbeat more than I expected. After seeing this show I understand more about why Slipknot chose these bands.


AND...

Literally the day before the show I found out that some members of Slipknot were doing a limited signing of their new branded whiskey. No9

So I left at like 1pm so I could get in line at 2pm for the 3pm signing and then hustle to venue.

It was Jay, Clown and the New Guy (aka Tortilla Man). He actually signed the bottle "NG". The three percussionists. Below is pic of me with these 3 guys, the bottle and the show. One thing I noticed is that Jay is really small and Clown is a lot smaller than I expected. He has really lost weight. Good for him.

 

[311boogieman]

Fresh article on Tortilla Man (aka New Guy). He replaced Chris Fehn recently.

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/ge ... _says.html


"The guy is a world-class pianist; he's a great percussionist; he is schooled in music. He's not just a garage musician who came up and learned on his own.

"He obviously had natural ability, but he took it to another level and actually got a degree in music. So the guy is next-level. Plus he's just out of his mind. I didn't think it was possible for anybody to match us.

 

[skullfxr]

So....

The entire thing was awesome. So much enjoyed Behemoth, Gojira and Volbeat more than I expected. After seeing this show I understand more about why Slipknot chose these bands.


AND...

Literally the day before the show I found out that some members of Slipknot were doing a limited signing of their new branded whiskey. No9

So I left at like 1pm so I could get in line at 2pm for the 3pm signing and then hustle to venue.

It was Jay, Clown and the New Guy (aka Tortilla Man). He actually signed the bottle "NG". The three percussionists. Below is pic of me with these 3 guys, the bottle and the show. One thing I noticed is that Jay is really small and Clown is a lot smaller than I expected. He has really lost weight. Good for him.

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THAT is cool AF!

 

[Apex1Rg7X]

Yeah man I think the stress in Shawn's (Clown) life has had an effect on him. His daughter passing away weeks before the tour kicked off was heartbreaking. I cant imagine.

 

[311boogieman]

Ok, so I'm about halfway through the new Slipknot album and it's pretty good. I'm glad it's successful on the charts because it's heavy music getting big exposure.
The guitars sound good, the vocals are good, and there's some really cool experimental and atmospheric sounds on the album.

Exactly.

It is good for all metal fans whether you like Slipknot or not. Sadly, I don't even know who these other people are.

 

[japetus]

Around 97-98, my friend Ryan was driving up to Des Moines to see this band "Slipknot" that he could not stop talking about. He had some demos and I listened to them, never really got into them that much at the time. They ended up coming down here to STL for a festival, and we went, and I was blown away by their energy and stage presence. We ended up walking over to the tour bus area, and he screamed at one of the guys in the band (Mick the Guitarist) and he invited us up on the bus to shoot the shit. We talked about gear for awhile, he was the first "rockstar" that I found to actually be a bigger gear nerd than I was. I was way into 7 strings at the time, and he was explaining to me what he didn't like about 7's, his views on amps. I remember him telling me a lot of the crazy FX on their first album were on a Boss Multi FX..I think it was a GT3? ...and when that battery died he was fucked. They could not have been cooler guys, other than the drummer who came off like a total prick, but maybe it was a bad day. One thing that stood out was they threw all their masks in the sink on the bus and filled it up with water, to destink them. I will check out their new stuff always just because of that time...when they blew up I thought it was really cool.

 

[skullfxr]

Around 97-98, my friend Ryan was driving up to Des Moines to see this band "Slipknot" that he could not stop talking about. He had some demos and I listened to them, never really got into them that much at the time. They ended up coming down here to STL for a festival, and we went, and I was blown away by their energy and stage presence. We ended up walking over to the tour bus area, and he screamed at one of the guys in the band (Mick the Guitarist) and he invited us up on the bus to shoot the shit. We talked about gear for awhile, he was the first "rockstar" that I found to actually be a bigger gear nerd than I was. I was way into 7 strings at the time, and he was explaining to me what he didn't like about 7's, his views on amps. I remember him telling me a lot of the crazy FX on their first album were on a Boss Multi FX..I think it was a GT3? ...and when that battery died he was fucked. They could not have been cooler guys, other than the drummer who came off like a total prick, but maybe it was a bad day. One thing that stood out was they threw all their masks in the sink on the bus and filled it up with water, to destink them. I will check out their new stuff always just because of that time...when they blew up I thought it was really cool.

That is cool. I shared a similar experience with Matt and Corey from trivium in 2004. Then they blew up. Killer guys.

 

[Apex1Rg7X]

New rig rundown video with Jim from Slipknot. Has a new Friedman BE-100DLX in the rig now along with the Rockerverbs. The guy doing the interview is cool and has a great channel on You Tube. Pretty cool how he linked up with Jim to do this.

 

[311boogieman]

^Looking forward to checking it out.


This new album, We Are Not Your Kind, is really good. I'm going to have to back off of it a bit actually as I don't want to get burned out on it. I have a tendency to do that sometimes with new albums that I really like.


Here is a great interview for Slipknot fans that have not read it yet.

https://www.nme.com/big-read-slipknot-w ... rview-2019

 

[romanianreaper]

Around 97-98, my friend Ryan was driving up to Des Moines to see this band "Slipknot" that he could not stop talking about. He had some demos and I listened to them, never really got into them that much at the time. They ended up coming down here to STL for a festival, and we went, and I was blown away by their energy and stage presence. We ended up walking over to the tour bus area, and he screamed at one of the guys in the band (Mick the Guitarist) and he invited us up on the bus to shoot the shit. We talked about gear for awhile, he was the first "rockstar" that I found to actually be a bigger gear nerd than I was. I was way into 7 strings at the time, and he was explaining to me what he didn't like about 7's, his views on amps. I remember him telling me a lot of the crazy FX on their first album were on a Boss Multi FX..I think it was a GT3? ...and when that battery died he was fucked. They could not have been cooler guys, other than the drummer who came off like a total prick, but maybe it was a bad day. One thing that stood out was they threw all their masks in the sink on the bus and filled it up with water, to destink them. I will check out their new stuff always just because of that time...when they blew up I thought it was really cool.

That is badass!!! The way I feel about Slipknot is how I felt about Metallica in high school. Everyone just thought they were a band that was going to go nowhere and only a handful of us in school got it. Years later, all of these people starting listening to Metallica and it became mainstream. I'm glad I started listening to them when their first album came out and got to watch the climb.

It is crazy that I've met or been around a ton of famous people but never have met a rock star. I met Tupac when he literally bumped into me and knocked me forward. I talked with Franco Harris from the Steelers in Hawaii on the Air Force Base. I walked around a golf course with Donald Trump, Cheech Marin, Dan Quayle, and tons of other celebrities and sports athletes. How the F haven't I met any rock stars? LOL!

 

[GregM]

Takes the interviewer's mic and hands him the guitar, turns the rig on and helps him learn some parts correctly. Jim's so freakin cool.

 

[311boogieman]

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Interview with Jay on his audition as drummer. He didn't know it was for Slipknot when he few to LA. It was not until just before the audition did he find out. Conversely, Slipknot did not realize Jay knew all of the songs as deeply as he did. I guess it was a surprise audition for both parties. Pretty trippy. No one else ended up auditioning.
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/ge ... first.html

Around 97-98, my friend Ryan was driving up to Des Moines to see this band "Slipknot" that he could not stop talking about. He had some demos and I listened to them, never really got into them that much at the time. They ended up coming down here to STL for a festival, and we went, and I was blown away by their energy and stage presence. We ended up walking over to the tour bus area, and he screamed at one of the guys in the band (Mick the Guitarist) and he invited us up on the bus to shoot the shit. We talked about gear for awhile, he was the first "rockstar" that I found to actually be a bigger gear nerd than I was. I was way into 7 strings at the time, and he was explaining to me what he didn't like about 7's, his views on amps. I remember him telling me a lot of the crazy FX on their first album were on a Boss Multi FX..I think it was a GT3? ...and when that battery died he was fucked. They could not have been cooler guys, other than the drummer who came off like a total prick, but maybe it was a bad day. One thing that stood out was they threw all their masks in the sink on the bus and filled it up with water, to destink them. I will check out their new stuff always just because of that time...when they blew up I thought it was really cool.

That IS badass. Thanks for sharing.