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 Name: Craig Jones
Number: 5
E-Mail: 5@Slipknot2.com, 133@slipknot1.com
Facts:
*He's the sampler.
*He is married.
*He's the brains behind the opening track from Slipknot's new album, 742617000027.
*He originally joined the band as a guitarist.
*Him and his wife run Slipknot1.com.
*He leaves shows early to maintain his anonymity.
*He feels isolated and independant.
*He maintains the official site.
*He is a computer game freak, his screen name when playing Quake 3 Arena online is ZZ 5. He even has his own "Slipknot member" skin, so it looks just like him when he plays.
*At photo shoots, he wears leather covering his eyes from being seen, and prefers not to take part in any interviews, to remain anonymous.
*He gets most of his samples from movies. For example, in (sic), he got the "here comes the pain" part from the movie Carlito's Way.
Quote: "Sometimes, when we are working our way up to the stage, we'll shove our way through the crowd. When people see me coming, they mostly get out of the way. But sometimes they don't..."
Mask: Craig wears a diver's helmet that he found at a gas station. He put the "spikes" through it himself using tape. The "spikes" are really nails. Contrary to popular beleif, the old mask he wore had the flashlight at the top and he new one doesn't. The new modifications include more white at the top, and no tube hanging out the bottom.
Other Comments "A long time ago, back when they were playing at Mary's, someone did get a little close to getting hurt. Someone came up from behind him and startled him. He can't hear a lot in that mask because it's pretty airtight. When they came up behind him, they were wanting his autograph and they tapped him on his shoulder. He wasn't expecting anyone to come up behind him and he whipped around a little and one of the nails on his mask got caught in a chick standing next to him's hair. It took Paul and Shawn just a few seconds to get them untangled. That's as close to anything that I know of as far as any incidents with Craig's masks."
"Very quiet, the epitome of Killers Are Quiet. I remember him going with me and some others to the 1988 And Justice for All - Metallica/The Cult concert. My car's radiator blew on the way home." Craig didn't record MFKR, although his pic is in the inside sleeve of the album. The samples were put together by Anders and producer Sean Mcmahon after MFKR was recorded. Not many people know this but Craig actually joined the band as a guitarist to take over Donnie Steele's position. His sampling was integrated into the mfkr songs for example the song gently started off with a sample from the movie "Falling down" featuring the conversation between "d-fens" and the army surplus Nazi."
Instrument:
Yamaha controller
Yamaha PSR 720
Roland JP8000
AKAI MPC2000XL sampler
Nord Lead Synth or a Yamaha Crsx-7 for 74126000027
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