Slipknot

Released: October 31, 1996

Songwriter: Joey Jordison Paul Gray Josh Brainard Donnie Steele Shawn Crahan Anders Colsefni

Producer: Sean MacMahon

[Intro: Clown]
Kill me!

[Verse 1: Anders Colsefni & Clown]
(Tattered and torn)
That’s where my soul is worn
(Tattered and torn)
That’s when I was born
(Tattered and torn)
I broke away from me
(Tattered and torn)
I knocked me to my knees

[Verse 2: Anders Colsefni & Clown]
(Tattered and torn)
I drink my own cell
(Tattered and torn)
A decomposing well
(Tattered and torn)
Roaches in my head
(Tattered and torn)
I become the living dead
Aah!

[Bridge: Anders Colsefni, Clown, & both]
(Tattered and torn) And torn
(Tattered and torn) And torn
(Tattered and torn) And torn
(Tattered and torn) And torn
(Tattered and torn) And torn
(Tattered and torn) And torn
(Tattered and torn) And torn
(Tattered and torn) And torn

[Outro: Anders Colsefni & Clown]
(Tearing myself apart) from the things that make me hurt
(Tearing myself apart) from the things that make me hurt
(Tearing myself apart) from the things that make me hurt
(Tearing myself apart) from the things that make me hurt
(Tearing myself apart) from the things that make me hurt
(Tearing myself apart) from the things that make me hurt
(Tearing myself apart) from the things that make me hurt
(Tearing myself apart) from the things that make me hurt

Slipknot is a metal group based in Des Moines, Iowa. They were formed in 1995, and are well known for their live shows and their image of nine masked performers. They are one of the most important bands of the NWOAHM (New Wave of American Heavy Metal).

The band released their demo album Mate, Feed, Kill, Repeat on October 31st, 1996. Slipknot went through several lineup changes before settling with their most known Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn “Clown” Crahan, Mick Thompson, and Corey Taylor.

This core line-up rose to the spotlight after their self-titled debut in 1999 which contained the breakout singles “Wait and Bleed” and “Spit it Out.” They would go on to release Iowa (2001), The Subliminal Verses (2004), and All Hope Is Gone (2008), and .5: The Gray Chapter (2014) and We Are Not Your Kind (2019). The band has sold millions of records worldwide.

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1995 Demo

From the albums

1995 Demo (1995)
Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. (1996)

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