#58 - Clown of Slipknot, Masked Metal Magician

The Witch Wave

Pam Grossman

Arts, Visual Arts, Spirituality, Other, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Clown is the percussionist, creative director, and co-founding member of Slipknot, one of the world’s biggest, most beloved bands, metal or otherwise.

Slipknot has released 6 studio albums including their most recent, critically acclaimed, WE ARE NOT YOUR KIND, as well as 2 live albums, 1 compilation album, and 5 live DVDs. The band formed in 1995 and have since gone on to sell upwards of 30 million albums, receive 10 Grammy nominations, and win a Grammy in 2006 for Best Metal Performance with their song “Before I Forget.”

Today Clown is the band’s only original founding member, and as such he’s worn many hats - and clown masks - over the years. He is also an accomplished photographer and filmmaker, collaborator on numerous side projects, and host of his own podcast, The Electric Theater.

On this episode, Clown discusses the magical exchange that happens between performer and audience, the transformative power of masks, and the illusory nature of fame.

Pam also speaks about Samhain and ritualized disguise, and answers a listener question about how to grieve and honor the passing of a beloved.

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0:54.0	The world is filled with bewitching people, and you might be one too.
1:03.7	Welcome to the podcast where art is magic, magic is real and reality is
1:08.7	stranger than dreams.
1:10.8	I'm Pam Grossman and this is the witch wave.
1:15.0	Oh, in the in the night.
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1:27.0	A mountain for me to my feet to my feet to my feet to my feet
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