Slipknot's Clown isn't ever taking off his COVID-19 mask, among other masks
In a recent interview, Shawn "Clown" Crahan makes it clear he still very much believes in the motto of Iowa's second song.
Transitioning to wearing face masks every time we stepped out in public was a pretty big adjustment for a lot of us, although we assume it was smooth sailing for at least nine people out there: the members of Slipknot. For over 25 years, the nü-metal legends have donned a variety of, shall we say, extremely comprehensive facial coverings before proceeding to somehow not pass out while smacking a bunch of beer kegs with baseball bats in front of millions of fans across the globe.
It’s not terribly surprising, then, to hear one of the band’s founding members (fellow founding member Joey Jordison died back in July) not only shrug off any frustrations over the public health necessity, but also endorse the notion that everybody, maggot or not, should consider wearing masks well beyond the pandemic. “I’ve been in this business 25 years, and people are filthy all over the world. So when I had to be in the studio and I was asked to put on a mask, it didn’t bother me, it was business as usual,” Crahan informed Forbes during a recent interview on Slipknot’s legacy and his new, appropriately-named marijuana company, Clown Cannabis.