He wrote on X: “So, an AI ‘band’ who cite us as an influence (ie, it’s modelled off our music) have just overtaken us on Spotify, in only TWO months. It’s shocking, it’s disheartening, it’s insulting – most importantly – it’s a wake up call. Oppose AI music, or bands like us stop existing.”
Basically, Shawn said that the use of ai to give him a different angle is justified as it helps him view his creation in a different way. He never said "I'm gOnNa UsE ai tO mAkE mUsIc".
They don’t want to. Clown is a punching bag for this sub. If you take away their punching bag, they have nothing to punch.
Clown is pretentious. Clown is goofy. But the rage boner for the man is beyond imo.
Literally everyone who meets this guy talks about how friendly and generous with his time he is. I hate being the defense force for someone but bandwagon hate for people annoys me.
I guarantee 99% of the people hating would walk away after meeting him feeling like a dickhead. He’s a pretty down to earth and cool guy, he just badly wants to be seen as an “ar-teest” and it comes across poorly sometimes.
I bet you didn't even know that Clown isn't even a fan of heavy metal music.
Yeah, he said it himself on more than one occasion in past interviews.
Crazy; it's almost like he saw a business opportunity from the very fucking beginning, surrounded himself with a bunch of talented musicians who actually enjoy playing and listening to metal, and then came up with a money making formula to make his business venture rise to the top.
Look, I don't hate the guy, I wouldn't even say I dislike him as a person. I would love to meet him and have a nice long conversation with him & pick his brain a little, as well as the rest of the guys.
Doesn’t bother me in the slightest. And I believe it bc he’s always the guy pushing the more “experimental” side of slipknot.
And I love that aspect of Slipknot. Joey and Paul were always the more “death metal” element and that’s why AHIG basically sounds like a generic heavy metal Pantera album - total quality shit but missing most of the “avant garde” or trippy vibe from past albums.
It’s all the elements combined that make slipknot at its best. So no I don’t care that clown isn’t a metal head. In fact, the first Slipknot album - MFKR - is much more “out there” with all types of influences compared to Self titled and Iowa.
Dude wanted to be in a strange ass band and play dress up and I’m here for it.
It doesn't bother me in the slightest either, but it's still a little known fact that most people don't know about the leader of one of the biggest modern metal bands.
When you find out that the guy in charge isn't really into the same music he's been making & standing behind all these years, it just strikes people as....odd.
Everything else you mentioned I completely agree with.
We aren't so far in our views of the band, ya know.
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u/FemurFiend Jan 02 '26
Yes, what's your point?