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The Clown is branching out

Shawn “Clown” Crahan is branching out. Which shouldn’t come as a surprise since every other member of Slipknot has a side project, plus the Clown does NOTHING in that band anyway, so he prolly needs something to do besides eating.

Anyways, he has a new band called The Black Dots of Death, and if you think the name is bad, wait till you hear the music. It’s as if someone took a NIN song and made it way worse. Is that even possible? Yes it is. It makes Trent Reznor look like Mozart.

“This is my new project, this is my new pain. Enjoy.” said the Clown about it.
“Wrong, Mr. Crahan, it’s your project but OUR pain. Ear pain, to be specific.” said Dose of Metal.

Make the jump to see/hear what I’m talking about.

Never trust a Clown

Slipknot‘s Clown, also known as the guy who adds nothing to the band’s sound, is modest about his band’s accomplishments (which he had nothing to do with).

“We’ll be back. It’s not a band, it’s a culture, and you can’t just wipe a culture off the face of the earth. People won’t have it.“ said Shawn “Clown” Crahan in some interview somewhere or something…

Really? A culture, huh? Well, come on, no need to get modest on us, Clown, tell us how you really feel about Slipknot‘s achievements.

To be fair, Slipknot‘s gimmick thing with the masks is very original, and has spawn a lot of imitations. Bands like Kiss, Gwar or Mushroomhead, who just took Slipknot‘s idea, went back in time and did it before them. So it is something of a phenomenon.