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Slipknot's Clown: Identity of New Band Member Is "Nobody's Fucking Business"

Let the fan theorizing continue
slipknot percussionist 2019, Alexandria Crahan Conway
Slipknot's mystery second percussionist
photograph by Alexandria Crahan Conway

Since Slipknot unleashed their new single "Unsainted," revealed the details of their new album We Are Not Your Kind, and unveiled their new masks, attire and mystery second percussionist, the biggest question for Maggots around the world has been, who the fuck is behind that Cenobite mask? The band parted ways with longtime member Chris Fehn — he of the infamous dick-nose — in March, leading some to think that the Nine might have to proceed as the Eight, but no, when Slipknot resurfaced in the "Unsainted" music video, there was a new masked man in Fehn's place. His appearance has led some fans to draw up elaborate theories, and others to consider slightly more plausible possibilities. For their part, Slipknot seem dead-set on keeping their secret secret.

When Kerrang! interviewed Shawn "Clown" Crahan in Vegas last week for the magazine's new cover story, the band co-founder was tight-lipped on the subject. "The position you may or may not be talking about is nobody's fucking business," he responded when asked about the 'Knot's second percussionist, adding that it will be up to the fans to ultimately decide whether the mystery man is Slipknot material or not. "The proof is in the pudding," he said. See the band's new percussionist throw down on Kimmel below.