Surviving SLIPKNOT
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arrived to considerable fanfare in the summer of 2001,
drummer Joey Jordison dropped a bombshell by saying he
didn't think the band could last another two albums.
The pain and suffering of the band's combative, combustible
live shows were taking their toll on each of the nine
members, he said. How long the Grammy-winning metal act
from Des Moines, Iowa, could continue to be an artistic
force was also an issue, Jordison added.
Using Jordison's admission as a ruler, that would make
Slipknot's chart-topping album from last year, "All Hope Is
Gone" (Amazon.com: http://xrl.us/AllHopeGone ), its swan
song.
Slipknot singer Corey Taylor didn't try to avoid the issue
during a recent interview. In fact, he alluded to the fact
that Slipknot, while still a commercial force -- in fact,
one of the few in the metal genre to sell millions of
records in the illegal-download era -- might come to an end
sooner than most think..
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