6 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 3, 1999 Harpo's all tied up By Ian Dyament For the Daily Adrenaline! Insanity! Armed Robbery? Expect all of this and more when the nine member, gut-churning, metal collective known as Slipknot invades Harpo's tonight. Hailing from Des Moines, Iowa toting special made masks, prison-like coverals and ambiguous numbers 4 Slipknot Harpo's Tonight at 7 instead of names, Slipknot are out to destroy the rock and roll cliche and leave fans hungry for more. Fresh off of playing Coal Chamber's "Livin' La Vida Loco" tour and the second stage of last summer's annual Ozzfest, Slipknot takes their own show arrive up at a show and we would be playing like a Chi Chi's in Texas and the club would have 500 people crammed in like cattle going complete- ly insane' remembers percussionist No. 6. Born Shawn Crahan, he dresses up like a deranged clown that sports a mask scary enough to make Ronald McDonald cry. "We wear masks because it's not about our names or our faces," No. 6 boasts. "People might think it's a 'cop out' but I don't care what people think. I'm sick of the rock and roll cliche, it's so retarded, ugly, and overdone and it's such a lie. Who cares what we look like, it's not about our hairstyle, what we wear, or endorse. We're there to play music and unite in the universal language." No. 6 plays a specialized drum set and adds a unique element to the group's live show. His custom drum kit consists of a beer keg and bass drums on top of a hydraulic lift that bounces up and down during the performance. Notorious for their intense violent performances, some members of Slipknot have been rushed to the hospi- tal after shows for head trauma or bro- ken bones. "I'm in so much pain," said No. 6, "we just got off tour and I went to the chiropractor for the first time, in Slipknot they took some x-rays, and found out was a jewel two of my ribs are out of line." Most of icked think No. 6's rib complications are due to and called front flips he performs nightly on funny exper stage. "Most of the time I land on The only back!" boasts No. 6, "I'll never stop with the C doing them, but I'll just have to be seediest r more careful." Slipknot is "In Slipknot you have to mentally afraid of an prepare for the show. Our live show is evil shockd like a war. When you get on stage you about his I are part of a war and can certainly be a Coal Cham casualty." After six months of touring evil spirits, Slipknot are working hard perfecting spend som there live show and gaining new fans energy ins every stop on the tour. "We are at a They'd be st totally new level in the band right now" WhenI Said No. 6, "We will fucking destroy Slipknot d you! We are so mental, so ready to kill, Harpo's $ we are unstoppable right now." pumped. T Tell that to the police. When adrenaline Slipknot were in Chicago to do an telling peop autograph signing they had a slight said No. 6, skirmish with local authorities. "We anybody el underestimated the time to get to be the ban Chicago and forgot about traffic. So we because w were 2 hours late." reminisces No. 6, want VH It "We were pissed, so to save time we someday an pulled into this shopping center with because the two unmarked vans identical, nine peo- our career. ple get out, start throwing on masks 'this guy g and cover al's and when we go to take shit if you'r off, five cop cars surround us. Their right decisi show ry store and the owner pan- ing he was getting robbed the cops. It was a pretty rience." thing scarier than a run in hicago police is Detroit's ock club Harpo's where playing. "The clown is not nything, but Harpo's put an down my spine," said No. 6 ast experience opening for. ber. "That place is full of which I dig. People need to e time checking out the ide without people in it. urprised on what they find." preparing for a show ocs not rely on drugs or 1 drink specials to get The band runs on pure and insanity. "I get off on ple that we don't do drugs," , "I'm not here to play by se's rules, ever. I'm here to d that doesn't get on VH I e don't have disasters. I to do a documentary on us nd say that they can't air it ere is no turning point in They do Poison and say ot in a wreck' it's all bull- re human you can make the ons" 14 r t , " '1 COME TO 420 MAYNARD ST. AND GET FREE PASSES AND STICKERS FEA- TURING THE EPIC ANIMATED FILM "PRINCESS MONONOKE," I .. NOW PLAYING AT THE on the road with Biohazard before they head to Europe. Consisting of a drum- mer, a bassist, a DJ, a sampler, a vocal- ist, two guitarists and two custom per- cussionists, Slipknot often have the problem of finding a stage big enough to play on. 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