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I was struggling to figure out what to do on the chorus. I had the screaming bit, but it just felt empty. Coming up with that melody line filled in the blanks for me.” Richardson, Jake (August 27, 2021). "Slipknot: Every song on Iowa, ranked from worst to best". Kerrang! . Retrieved September 1, 2021.

Top 100 Metal Albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on August 12, 2004 . Retrieved March 23, 2022. Hubbard, Michael (August 26, 2002). "Slipknot liven up Reading's finale". BBC News . Retrieved June 1, 2008. Ross was the one that wanted me to break it downa little more evil and a little cleaner. Then we would punctuate [it] with the heavy shit, until you got to the big chorus.” Mernagh, Matt (June 18, 2001). "Slipknot Kill The Industry". Chart. Archived from the original on February 9, 2009 . Retrieved February 12, 2009.

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Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson also played up a theatrical ghoulishness, but at the end of the day, Zombie was a Pratt alum and Manson a former music writer. Members of Slipknot worked night shifts at gas stations and porn stores, grappled with teenage drug addictions and stints of homelessness, practiced in a basement soundproofed with a pet store carpet that reeked of animal urine, and were hungry to channel all their isolation, frustration, and rage into exploding out of Iowa like a post-apocalyptic warhead forged in an abandoned metal shop.

Throughout this, we’ve realized Slipknot is bigger than any one of us, and it’s more important to the people it’s helped through life,” asserts Root. “We’ve learned how to communicate better. We had a really good teacher named Paul. For his legacy, we owe this to him. His favorite thing in the world was to create music and jam. One of the biggest things I’m going to miss in life is him standing next to me on stage and yelling, ‘Shred that shit!’.”

Grammy Awards Nominees Announced!". Blabbermouth.net. January 7, 2003. Archived from the original on June 20, 2008 . Retrieved December 16, 2007. Offiziellecharts.de – Slipknot – Iowa" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 13, 2021. At the turn of the 21st century, Slipknot opted to take the newfound fame and success rewarded by their self-titled debut, and run it into the ground in, what has to be, one of the most intriguing examples of chaos and inner band turmoil lending to an integral work.