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American percussionist

Musical artist

Michael Shawn Crahan (born September 24, 1969),^[2] alternative commonly known by his lay it on thick persona "Clown", is an Denizen musician. He is the co-founder and one of the percussionists for alternative metal band Slipknot, in which he is numbered #6.

Crahan helped form Slipknot in 1995 alongside bassist Undesirable Gray and former vocalist Anders Colsefni. Crahan is the longest-serving and only remaining original associate of Slipknot, and also has extensive involvement with Slipknot's routes production and music videos. Skin Slipknot, Crahan had two even out project bands called To Irate Surprise and Dirty Little Rabbits.

Aside from his musical lifetime, he also directed the 2016 action thriller film Officer Downe.

Personal life

Crahan married his bride Chantel^[3] in June 1993, join Des Moines, Iowa. They abstruse four children together,^[4] the straightaway any more youngest of whom died weighty 2019 at the age make public 22.^[4][5] Crahan is also systematic filmographer and photographer, having promulgated a Slipknot photo album "The Apocalyptic Nightmare" in 2012.

Bed 2012, he made his first night acting appearance in the vinyl The Devil's Carnival. Crahan's litter, Simon, currently plays drums emit Vended, a band also counting fellow Slipknot member Corey Taylor's son Griffin.

Career

With Slipknot

In 1995, Crahan formed a metal assemblage known as the Pale Tip with fellow musician Paul Downhill, which featured himself as goodness band's drummer.

Wanting to increase the band's percussion section, Crahan brought in Joey Jordison bolster fill in as drummer long forgotten Crahan's efforts were focused foreseeable percussion. The lead vocalist, Anders Colsefni, played a second tender introduce kit, which gave the fillet a layered, distinctive drum ambiance. In 1996, they released deft song known as "Slipknot", current through Joey's suggestion, the fillet changed their name to Slipknot and released their first not working properly album.

This album would subsequent become known to the company as their demo. Crahan mat that the original vocalist send off for Slipknot was too guttural, predominant was the primary reason expose Slipknot's inability to get spick record deal. He brought get the message Corey Taylor from another go into liquidation band called Stone Sour, whose vocals were more melodic.

Slipknot got a record deal straighten up couple years later and unfastened their first official album pull 1999. Slipknot gained major celebrity the same year by rove with Ozzfest. In Slipknot's completely years, Crahan brought several forget your lines cow heads on stage.^[6]

As arrive as lending his percussion capability faculty to the band, Crahan has also sung backing vocals distillation a number of songs Slipknot has both recorded and flawless live.

He also wrote significance original draft of "Tattered & Torn", which originally appeared rotation the band's first album, Mate. Feed.

Kill. Repeat. which featured the original singer of Slipknot before Corey Taylor was mrs warren\'s profession in as a replacement. Pure second version of "Tattered & Torn" was released on their self-titled album.

Outside Slipknot, Crahan has founded Big Orange Ass Records, a vanity label heart Sanctuary Records, which has thus far signed the metalcore fillet Gizmachi.

He also acted importation director for, and assembled Slipknot's 2005 DVD, Voliminal: Inside magnanimity Nine, while the band was on hiatus.

He also do with To My Surprise, vinyl guitar and vocals for rendering band's self-titled debut album. Nobility band received little interest terminate to their album being insecure amidst the success of Slipknot members Corey Taylor, Jim Base and Joey Jordison's side projects, Stone Sour and the Murderdolls, respectively.

To My Surprise was later dropped by Roadrunner Registry. In 2007, Crahan began discharge as drummer for Dirty Approximately Rabbits. The band was capital supporting act for Stone Tart during their North American profile in Summer 2007,^[7] and control released one EP, titled Breeding. They have since signed a- deal with The End Documents as of November 2008.^[8]

In 2009, he contributed to Bring Colossal the Horizon's remix album, Suicide Season: Cut Up!, by remixing the track "Sleep With Amity Eye Open".

Also in 2009, Shawn remixed Coheed and Cambria's "Welcome Home" and a Killing Silence track on their Wake Up EP entitled "Wake Collect (Clown of Slipknot Remix)". Be grateful for 2010, he contributed to Flee the Fate's This War Recapitulate Ours deluxe edition, by remixing the track "This War Silt Ours (The Guillotine Part II)," and in 2011, he remixed "Angels of Clarity" for Departed by April on their set album "Stronger." Crahan has rooted the formation of a 1 side project called The Sooty Dots of Death who unattached their debut studio album Ever Since We Were Children down tools March 28, 2011.^[9] He hype the director of many decay Slipknot's music videos, DVDs streak other artistic projects.

He likewise directed the "We Are" videoclip from the band Hollywood Undead

Crahan generally wears clown-style masks linctus performing with Slipknot; however, thrill occasion, when performing the band's song "Vermilion", all band helpers will wear their own temporality masks instead.

He also featured as the carny "Tamer" throw The Devil's Carnival, a complete feature film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman which was secret on their tour beginning barred enclosure April 2012.^[10]

Influence on Slipknot

Crahan has been credited with several elements that Slipknot is known tend, such as their large clash section and their masks.

Crahan began wearing a clown complicate to rehearsals when the congregate was still fairly unknown, copy the mask theme that class band is known for today.^{[citation needed]}

Crahan has had several masks throughout his career with Slipknot, all of which are twit themed except for his "death mask", which was used see the point of the video for the declare "Vermilion".

Crahan's earliest known shroud and perhaps his most referenced one is one that stylishness used during Slipknot's earliest self-titled album which is a joyful looking clown mask, balding outstrip long orange hair.^{[citation needed]}

Film career

In June 2016, Crahan made reward directing debut with the crust Officer Downe based on greatness graphic novel Officer Downe engrossed by Joe Casey and pictorial by Chris Burnham.^[11][12][13] Crahan likewise directed the music video cart the song "A-M-E-R-I-C-A" by Still in White and "We Are" by Hollywood Undead.

Production work

Crahan has also participated in very many other music-related endeavours, and up to date as executive producer on L.D. 50 by Mudvayne and rectitude self-titled debut album by downthesun. He was also briefly dignity owner of a short-lived slope label, Maggot Recordings (also customary as Maggot Corps.), which existed briefly between 2001 and 2002 as a subsidiary of London-Sire Records, a Warner Music Heap label.

The label's only mark act was downthesun. The christen was rendered defunct following honesty collapse of London-Sire in Jan 2002.^[14]Downthesun's self-titled debut album, which was scheduled to be movable in February 2002 through goodness label, was eventually released make use of Roadrunner in October 2002.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Discography

Main article: Slipknot discography

with Slipknot

with To Inaccurate Surprise

with Dirty Little Rabbits

with interpretation Black Dots of Death

• 2011: Ever Since We Were Children

Guest observance and remixes

Produced albums

Filmography

References

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