You’ve got little doubt heard of the legendary beef between Slipknot and Mushroomhead, largely regarding frustrations over accusations that Mushroomhead have been trying to capitalize on Slipknot‘s recognition after the masked nonet blew up in recognition regardless of Mushroomhead having worn masks whereas taking part in nü-metal first.
In a brand new interview with Metal Hammer, sole remaining Mushroomhead OG Steve “Skinny” Felton says that issues have been exaggerated again then and he sees what Slipknot‘s mainstream recognition has finished for a lot of bands that make use of masks gimmicks.
“Slipknot, man, wonderful. One of many greatest heavy steel bands on the planet. Holy shit, it’s gigantically large and what they’ve finished is wonderful. And I feel it opens the doorways for different bands in addition to my very own. Individuals like this masked steel. They like theatrics.”
Felton additionally acknowledged that Slipknot have confronted loads of trials and tribulations of their very own, from deceased members and extra.
“There have been a lot of individuals signing a lot of bands within the day. It wasn’t like we received the very same supply by the identical man who signed Slipknot. And I’ve numerous compassion for them, as a result of they’ve put up with numerous bullshit simply to make music and artwork, they usually’ve misplaced good individuals. I commend them for the whole lot they do and it simply goes to point out that I wasn’t that far off a few years in the past that the sort of factor was going to be larger than we even knew. I wasn’t improper. It simply wasn’t my band.”
The ’90s and early aughts have been a very long time in the past now (even though it seems like simply yesterday for many people), so it is good to see everybody getting alongside. There’s actually room for each bands within the scene.
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