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Slipknot is a band originating from
Des Moines,
Iowa, formed in
1995 and currently signed to
Roadrunner Records. There is a debate concerning the group's
musical genre, with some classifying them as
alternative metal while others classify them as
Nu-metal. Aside from their real names, members of the band are also referred to by numbers 0 through 8. Each of them wear different masks.
Slipknot is currently one of the more popular musical groups of the
contemporary music scene, with violent stage performances, and music which is perceived as extreme in comparison with other bands in the mainstream market. Their albums and
home videos have achieved Platinum-sales status, with
Grammy indications in the "Best Heavy Metal" and "Best Hard Rock" categories for songs from all three of their first major-label albums. They recently won the 2006 Grammy for Best Metal Performance, with their song 'Before I Forget'.
The band is also known for its peculiar image: the members wear matching uniform
jumpsuits (most of which have
UPC barcodes printed on them) and each has a unique
mask. They change masks after every studio album, though they rarely have major changes in them. Some members have several masks for each time period.
Initially, the members had a desire to remain mysterious, and preserve their
secret identities, refusing to be photographed maskless, even to the point of conducting interviews or posing with fans while wearing their masks (or at least obscuring their faces in some other way).
Today most members of the band have now been openly photographed without their masks, largely as the result of their work in other, non-Slipknot bands:
In the video for "Before I Forget", they performed without their masks; however, the band members' faces are shown only as brief glimpses (mainly close-up shots on their eyes and mouths), with the camera focused mainly on their hands and instruments.