Slipknot Reveal Why They Refuse To Play With Foo Fighters

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Slipknot’s M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan took part in the Underground To Mainstream: What Are Metal And Hip-Hop Doing Right (And Where Does It Go From Here?) panel at the 2018 Pollstar Live! event in LA. The panel, which was moderated by Josh Bernstein, director of live events for Townsquare Media, included additional speakers Rich Best (Live Nation), Cory Brennan (5B Artist Management), Coolio (recording artist), Bex Majors (UTA), Modi Oyewole (Trillectro) and Danny Wimmer (Danny Wimmer Presents).

Danny Winner, who promotes festivals like Rock on the Range, said that he wanted Slipknot to be on festival bills alongside Foo Fighters, Crahan revealed why he was against it.

“I ask myself, does Slipknot want to play next to the Foo Fighters? The answer is no, because my kids don’t want me to do that.”

“If we play alongside the Foo Fighters, we are going to get new fans, I agree with that. I love that.”

“But I’m worried about the kid that won’t come to the show, because we’re playing with the Foo Fighters. He wants to know why we’re not playing with Nine Inch Nails. Those kids tell all of us what they want. So, don’t try to figure out ways of how to combine things for the new fan. I don’t need the new fan, I need the fan that has anxiety, parents are getting divorced, social problems, gender problems — I need them to come to the ultimate show. And they’re going to get that at Knotfest.”

Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor collaborated with Dave Grohl in 2013 for a song titled “From Can To Can’t” for the Sound City soundtrack.