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I knew no-one that was into metal, so I gave him a Slipknot CD and said, ‘Do your research.’ He took it home, and they’re still his favourite band. After that, he learned drums because I knew guitar, ...

They function as sort of the drums for an orchestra ... Joey Jordison (lead drummer for Slipknot) and Charlie Benante (current drummer for Pantera). I definitely like heavy metal.

They also shared a stubborn streak in support of heavy nerd rockers like Primus and Mr. Bungle, and the decreasingly cool nu-metal acts they’d grown up on: Slipknot and System of a Down ...

At its recent Vancouver show, Enter Shikari controlled pitch and tempo to absolutely fuck us up. Opener Yours Truly kicked off proceedings with a polished pop-punk set. As lead si ...

And the Slipknot!> Franklin’s rocks supremely as well. The last song you wanna hear next, “Victim or the Crime,” follows, then it’s “Eyes of the World” into Drums and Space.

He was telling me about Slipknot. He loves Foo Fighters ... and I would try to force him to play drums, and he didn’t want to do it. He wanted to play baseball and all that stuff.