Over the past few days, there were heavy rumors of Corey Taylor joining Velvet Revolver behind the microphone (lolwat). After reading the news, three thoughts went through my head: 1) This is the end of Slipknot; 2) I need to take a crap; 3) Corey’s comments were (somewhat) interesting.
After I left the toilet, I came back to reading the article. So, what Corey basically says is that he’s kind of outgrown Slipknot (he’s not that whiny kid anymore, now he’s a douschy adult) and that the band lost a huge part when Paul Gray died. Well, with all respect to Paul (may he rest in piece), he might have contributed more than the others, but he’s still a member of a band that can loose half its members and not many people would notice.
Which got me thinking: Can Slipknot continue even if Corey leaves (I think a few people would jump with joy at news of them having a new vocalist)? Does anyone really care at this point (I think a few more people would jump with joy at news of them breaking up)? And finally, the theme of today’s trivia: is there a band on this planet that has more (useless) members than Slipknot?
Meet Haggard. Haggard is a German symphonic metal act that, at the time of writing this article has 19 people listed as official band members.
Asis Nasseri – vocals, guitar
Susanne Ehlers – soprano vocals
Veronika Kramheller – soprano vocals
Manuela Kraller – soprano vocals
Fiffi Fuhrmann – tenor vocals, bass
Giacomo Astorri – bass
Jonathan Whynot – guitar
Michael Stapf – violin
Ivica Kramheller – double bass
Andreas Fuchs – French horn, flute, percussion, drums
Linda Antonetti – flute, oboe
Steffi Hertz – viola
Johannes Schleiermacher – cello
Patrizia Krug – cello
Claudio Quarta – guitar
Hans Wolf – piano, keyboards
Ingrid Nietzer – piano, keyboards
Luz Marsen – drums, percussion
Michael Schumm – percussion
19. That’s more than 6 Motorheads, 2 Slipknots, almost 5 Metallicas and all of Anthrax’s former singers put together. Cool info, right? Now go brag about it to your imaginary girlfriend.
