Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan is often seen as the band’s leader, and he’s helped successfully navigate the band to nearly 30 years of heavy metal success. In a new interview with Knotfest, however, Crahan said he has often struggled with his position musically in the band and confessed to feeling insecure about what he does with the group as their percussionist.
“I’ve had a rough twenty-five years trying to reassure myself that anything I do is really important,” he said. “Because I don’t have people asking me about my album covers. I never have people ask me about my videos. Eloy Casagrande is up for drummer of the year. No one in twenty-five years, including Modern Drummer, has asked me about the keg.”
Crahan went on to say that he wants to work on his insecurities as a sort of New Year’s resolution. “2025 I’m going to work on ‘No complaining,’” Crahan said. “Just not going to do it anymore. I realized my expectations are never going to be met. So I need to give myself a break. It’s probably the last part of ego I need to work on. That way I can just float.”
He concluded: “Nothing will bother me. I can just work on positive potential. We got a new album. We’re gonna start at some point. I just want to roll into that with an energy like it’s all starting again. That’s how I want to approach it.”
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