Definitely not the homeless guy I met in NYC like 6 years ago that was licking parking meters and pontificating to specifically the windshield of an empty taxi. 😂
Early Slipknot (first 2 albums) absolutely shit on ANYTHING they’ve done since. It’s not even a debate. They still have a decent song or 2 every album but their first two albums were perfection.
@@user-er8eb9cx2d That was We Are Not Your Kind, and that was a silly thing for Corey to say, because it didn't at all. It was, in my opinion, the best album since Iowa
Joey was one of the greatest drummers of all time, tbh. An absolute legend, gone far too soon from both Slipknot and the world. And obviously Paul as well...rest easy, #1 & #2. The maggots miss you. ❤
Every time I hear Heretic Anthem I smell blood lol I got thrown over a wall at a Slipknot concert and had half my face caked in dried blood when they played it, and that memory always sticks with me 💕💕
The beginning "UK garage drums" is actually Craig Jones the Sampler. The part where the bass kicks in is where Joey also comes in. That's why you hear the layered percussion. Joey's drums come in on top of Craig's sample in the mix. It's a brilliantly designed intro.
@@neilpatrickhairless yeah I think Sid was the last member they recruited in 97 like right when they did their demo. Dude was playin bars and clubs, then he's in slipknot 😂.
Yes. It is a sample of "Ease Yourself" by The Collective, which is a beautiful DNB/Jungle track from the UK edm scene in the 90s (iirc). Craig Jones and Sid Wilson are often overlooked, as they're not upfront, and easily accessible to even see what they're doing. But they very much are as important to the band's sound (especially the self titled album, where it seems to be the most visible imo) and overall creativity.
I was at a festival in the late 90s to see Primus, System of a Down, Tree and Machine Head. These guys opened their set with this song. Their 1st album had just dropped a week or two prior and no one had ever heard of them. This song, LIVE, was my introduction to Slipknot. Still my favorite.
@@NPK476 Nice! Buckethead was there, too. He played with Primus. I didn't know who he was, so I thought he was in Slipknot because of the mask. Great day, that was!
@@NPK476 No, I missed that one. Small venues are always the best, though. Little clubs, old theatres... seeing 2 or 3 great bands for like 20 bucks in the 90s was a glorious time. And no sea of people holding up cellphones, either!
First time I saw Slipknot was at a small club in Winston Salem NC. On tour for this album. Definitely one of the best and craziest shows I’ve ever seen.
Early Slipknot in a small venue is fuckin nuts. I saw them in a tiny ass hole in the wall in Illinois somewhere right before the Ozzfest appearance and they were fuckin nuts
Joey was an absolute god on drums and there are live shows you absolutely need to see where he's got the raised drum set that light goes sideways and spins around. It's fûcking insane. I am still crushed by his loss. He was the only member of the band I ever got to know in any way. Slipknot mixess samples and media and then there are three drum sets technically. There's one more traditional drum set in the back and then there are two guys who beat on kegs and metal drums with black drumsticks and sometimes metal pipes on either side of the stage in front. With the kegs and metal pipes it technically falls under the umbrella of industrial/industrial metal and that's where my heart is. I know Sean's/Clown's drum set used to be on a scissor jack so it would occasionally raise and fall throughout the set.
One of the best songs from their first album, which is, in my opinion, their best album by a very huge margin. So good. Every album after isn’t anywhere near as strong.
Marlon Brando had a wild, tumultuous life that saw as much bad as it did good. He saw success and pain, love, fame, and ugliness as well. The meaning behind the title is you can’t really see or know California without having experienced the range of experiences it can provide. Corey was very raw with these lyrics, in particular regarding his father and how similar they were (addiction and struggles). This song is definitely a banger.
Random fact in sneezing. If bright lights make you sneeze that's actually hereditary. It works for me, too. So whoever that works for somewhere in their lineage there's some connection somewhere. 🤘
Molly, in the early 1990's there was a new genre of music called Digital Hardcore. In the UK/Germany, the two biggest names were Atari Teenage Riot and Alec Empire. In the USA, we had The Shizit. This genre is a mixture of Garage/Drum'n'Bass/Jungle/Gabber/breakcore mixed with hardcore/punk/metal. Some notable songs to check out: The Shizit - Herdcore The Shizit - Spit AK The Shizit - Point Click Kill
Awesome song. The beats at the beginning remind me so much of how jungle techno started back in the 90s, and the bass guitar is phat as fook on this. Such a good mix. Corey and co went all out on this one. Cheers. 🤘🏻
I can't believe you react to this song because it's my favorite Slipknot song and probably my favorite song ever. The old school stuff from their first two albums by them is their best material to date. I would definitely check out The Heretic Anthem, People = Shit or Surfacing. 🤘🔥🤘
More from Slipknot? You should check out everything from "Iowa", and also "Birth of the Cruel" - "Nero Forte" - "Solway Firth" - "Custer" - "Killpop" - "Sulfur", and a bunch more!
Quite easily actually seeing as it's separate structures in the throat responsible for creating this kind of distortion that are evolutionarily designed to not ruin your voice
Longtime "Maggot" here, love when new ppl find Slipknot because a MAJORITY of the time ppl end up becoming Maggots as well! "Maggot" - a nickname the OG band gave their fans because when they looked at the crowds of ppl they would perform for they would be jumping around on each other like maggots. For a perfect example of this, watch "Spit It Out" by them but the live version from 2009 DOWNLOAD concert. You'll see exactly what I mean by "MAGGOTS".
Spit It Out! Gotta be next. This album blew me away when it came out. Saw them live that tour and to this day it’s the most intense, amazing show I’ve ever seen!
Always have to return to metal! Congrats on obtaining 40K goal! I believe your subscriptions will increase as you begin to open your mind and ears to other amazing genres! To quote a Who song "Sickness will surely take the mind Where minds can't usually go Come on the amazing journey And learn all you should know"
I think the best interpretation of that “Marlon Brando” line is that you can’t appreciate the glitz and glam of something without understanding the filth and decay that sits underneath. For example: Hollywood. “Look me in my brand new eye” means they are starting to see it for themselves. The majority of the music was composed by Joey, Paul and Shawn: the original three members of the band, typically speaking an album with those three on it was quintessential Slipknot. Sadly both Paul and Joey passed away so their sound has never quite been the same. The best way I can describe the first album is “exhausting” that feeling of wanting to get up and smash something, happens with almost every song on the album and each song feeds right into the next almost non-stop. At the end you are completely destroyed from listening to it.
I wanna suggest you doing whole album reactions from earliest to latest of Slipknot, if its something you may have an interest and insight into doing. I'm sure a lot of maggots including myself would love to see from you. It's always a good way to start and end a day with Slipknot!!!!🤘🤘
Also, I believe what he's saying about not being able to see California without Marlon Brando's eyes is because Marlon Brando is such an icon in Hollywood that to really get a feel for that world you have to have experienced it through his eyes. At least that's the impression that I got from it.
They will never, and can't ever be, that brilliant again. That album(self titled) was lightning in a bottle. IOWA, their second, is their best and heaviest album .. then they lost it. Still make good music, but their intensity was spent on their first 2 albums. I get it but its sad they couldn't keep doing it
a lot of rock/metal artists used drum&bass/jungle beats back then. a couple of my favourites songs in that style: Clawfinger - Two steps away Pitchshifter - Genius Nine Inch Nails - Perfect Drug ...
You really need to watch the "Disasterpieces" concert from 2002 if you can get the DVD then you can select which member's camera to watch while playing. And oh yeah, it was in London
The beat you hear at the start isn't UK garage. It's actually a sample of the Winstons amen brother. One of the most sampled tracks in history. It was heavily used in drum and bass in the jungle era that blended that sample with ragga samples
LETS GO!!! Awesome reaction!!! Keep reacting to their heavy stuff(first two albums) After you get to their Iowa album react to Slipknot London live 2001 you won’t b disappointed 🤘
Grade 12 English class. When the teacher told us we were watching A Streetcar Named Desire, me and my bestie were singing the Marlon Brando line.. and promptly got kicked out of class. 😅🤘
Ha ha. I saw that you were reviewing this song, and the very first thing that popped into my head was "you can't see California without Marlon Brando's EYES!!" Lmfao. Killer track. Yeah, what everyone else has already said... Their first two albums SHRED. Possibly some of the heaviest shit I've heard. Love it 🤘
Was my favourite band when I was 16 lol and my gateway to heavy music. I used to listen to Linkin Park before them😂 Also going to see them end of the year for first time I'm 32 now lol. You're from Birmingham too bro you should definitely go! 🎉
Not sure what "UK Garage" is, but... Somehow I feel like this might pre-date it: This is from Slipknot's debit album released in 1999, recorded in 1998. Their original "demo," 'Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.' was recorded in 1997, which did not have Corey (The current vocalist).
