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Slipknot Percussionist Ready To Leave Group

Slipknot (2008) Slipknot rocker M. Shawn 'Clown' Crahan desperately wants to leave the band to spend more time with his family.

The percussionist admits he has become disillusioned with life on the road with the heavy rock group and hopes he will be able to quit or take an extended hiatus.

Crahan's wife Chantal was diagnosed with bowel condition Crohn's disease in 2001, and the star insists he would love to be at home with her and their four children.

He says, "I'm in a really weird place in my life right now. I'm at a point where I wouldn't say I'm having a mid-life crisis but... I'd love to be doing anything other than Slipknot right now.

"I've never wanted to be around my family as much as I want to be around them now. My wife is in the best health she's been in for a long while and I'm enjoying watching my kids grow up.

"I guess I don't know who I am any more and that's pretty scary."


   

Date: Jul 24, 2008
As Reported by: World Entertainment News Network


Tags:  SlipknotShawn 'Clown' CrahanShawn Crahanclownpercussion

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Comments

dead - 2009-02-24 11:19:40
I understand that he needs to be with his family but he had a break ya know.Family comes first but hes leaving behind alot of things friends and fans ~Maggot4life~

egore - 2009-02-04 11:26:19
I think you guys are the best band ever of the years from 2000-2009.My favorite 2 songs you guys playes were Before I Forgot and Dead Memories.

maggot - 2008-12-03 14:22:39
dang

maggot4life666 - 2008-10-12 12:11:40
shawn you can't leave the band you are a vital part and you are necessary! slipknot needs you i need you all of the maggots need you please,if i could i would get on my hands and knees and beg you not 2 go!!you were gone for 4 yrs without slipknot and you had your chance then to b with ur family and if you leave even though i'm a deadly dedicated slipknot maggot i will have 2 resign as one less maggot!!!!!!!slipknot is the greatest heavy metal kickass band and every since i discovered slipknot i've been in love you saved my life you saved me from killing myself corey taylor once said ''i'd rather our fans be in the mosh pit working out their anger than at home dealing with it some hurtful way so please don't leave shawn we maggots need you!!!!!!!!!maggot4life666

Juanbrujox - 2008-09-24 19:47:30
He should kill that fucking woman instead of leaving the group... Anyway she's gonna die soon

My Vile Existence - 2008-07-31 08:17:16
Saw Slipknot in West Palm at the Mayhem Fest, the sound SUCKED! But not as bad as homo calling himself Pantera898 sucks. Machine Head KILLED at the Mayhem Fest. Machine Head should have been on the main stage.

Bernardus - 2008-07-29 22:54:23
family comes first.. I agree with Shawn/

Chris - 2008-07-26 04:24:47
Clwon is NOT leaving. 9 out of 10 times they get misquoted and taken out of context.

Sweeney Todd - 2008-07-25 19:33:20
Clown should do whatever he wants just if he leaves it can wait till this Sundays show is over because i want to see him

EEyorE327 - 2008-07-25 10:45:34
listen im a huge fucking maggot and if ther are family problems ther are fucking family problems take a break man but the tour just started at least wate for mayhem to end u were the one telling everybody this is your shit your taking no prisnors and to stay of you stage now dont go and leave ur fucking place on stage to leave your brothers and ur maggots not yet man and when u do go fuck the replacement shit slipknot is not just some fucking band if clown isnt gonna be ther then u leave his spot alone to manefest and let it sit untill the big bad clown is ready to fucking return and no your some clown beating a fucking keg man we all respect you and what u do ther would be no slipknot if it wasnt for you man so stay sic and do what you think is right just dont let me down let ur maggots down and dont ever leave for good stay (sic)

shawn - 2008-07-25 09:18:57
leave the band, you fat dickhead!

My Vile Existence - 2008-07-25 07:00:56
He said it pretty much in one of those interveiws on MTV. How He brings more to the table than they use and that he's tired of just beating a keg and all that. From what I read, he's not leaving for family reasons but to persue a drummer position in another band. So be it, GO ON THEN!

flowingcrimson - 2008-07-25 05:44:22
He's one of the only original Slipknot members left. So much for that. And whoever the fuck said that Clown carried the group is full of shit.

My Vile Existence - 2008-07-25 03:14:23
I'll do His job for half His paycheck. I think He's too big for the band anyway. He's carried Joey and the reat of the band on His back. All of them should bow to Clown, Ass clown! Fk'em, go home you over paid egotistical celeb. Don't lead your maggots to beleive you care about them, or your fellow band members.

My Vile Existence - 2008-07-25 03:06:55
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1591189/20080718/slipknot.jhtml, yet another story where He sounds just SO unhappy. He actually sounds like He feels better than Slipknot and wants to go play drums with someone else. I don't know if anyone would really miss Him if He was gone, what does He do again? "I've worked hard the last five years to get back to what I started doing many decades before I started Slipknot, which was to play drums. I'm tired of being some big guy with a clown nose hitting a keg with a bat — I mastered that."

My Vile Existence - 2008-07-25 02:54:58
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1591102/20080717/slipknot.jhtml, WOW, I think that Clown sounds like He's doing just fine on the tour.

My Vile Existence - 2008-07-25 02:32:12
What a clown. Nah, Just kidding. If you read the story again it says that His wife is "in the best health She's been in for a long while". It doesn't say She is so sick that She needs Him to come home. I understand what Dude's saying about it not being cool. I am a Family Man and Family first but Crahan's cut from the tour should go to His replacement. He should have thought harder about His commitment to Slipkont before getting involved with the tour. A band is like a second family, be true to ALL your family. If He wants to go home, go then, but don't leave your Brothers high and dry either. Find a replacement so your not hurting the tour, your fans or your Brothers. Good luck to Him but I'm sure He's going to cash in on Slipknot either way. It really is a win lose situation. Pesonally if My wife was "In the best Health She's been in for a while" I'd go earn that paycheck so She could afford to be that way. My wife would not want Me to come home unless I didn't want to be in Slipknot anymore. My investment in Slipknot would have to be 100% before I'd commit to touring again. He should have thought harder before He made a commitment to the band. Don't hate Me because I don't care what He decides. I'm just mearly pointing out the obvious.

The Great Clown King - 2008-07-25 01:52:58
Go and be with them, you are a metal god but our family of fans comes second to your family at home. be with them, do what you must or you will regret it later and never forgive your self for what you didnt do. you can still produce or have an infulence in slipknot with out being their on tour.

StuD - 2008-07-25 00:34:31
no dont get a girlfriend they ruin u root a bunch insead

Stevenn - 2008-07-24 22:43:10
Yea it sucks terribly that he might have to leave. And he did leave for awhile because of his family before. It was a long time yes, but it's still his family. 'Clown' in Slipknot can't exist if Shawn can't think normally. Just imagine if your mother or somthing had cancer or some shit, and you were on tour half way across the country. How bad would you feel for leaving her there?

sladog78 - 2008-07-24 22:23:21
hey, something like dead...we know that everybody in slipknot owes you every ounce of their being, because you spent 15 bucks on a CD. we also know you live in your moms basment, and have never been on tour for months on end. first, get a grip on reality second, get a god damn life third, a girlfriend wouldn't hurt either. then maby you might understand what this is all about. i wish the best of luck to the Crahan family

vomitgod - 2008-07-24 22:21:59
he makes too much money in slipknot. His label failed so he has nothing to fall back on.

Matt - 2008-07-24 21:54:55
He'll tough it out, I know he will. In the end the payoff will be finally reuniting with his family.

Modu - 2008-07-24 20:45:48
something_like_dead, you are a fucking inhuman moron. He has a fucking family, and spending ANY time away from them is hard on normal people. Add to the fact that his wife is sick, and he has every right to just wanna be home and not have anything to do with slipknot right now. You should pull your stupid fucking head out of your over grown anus and be fucking human

Bootlegger - 2008-07-24 19:18:09
well if his wife is sick then he needs to be there with her.

- 2008-07-24 18:27:49
that is true. family does come first and im sure all the other band members would agree to that. best of luck to him and his family

HvyMtl0666 - 2008-07-24 18:11:06
Family comes before any and everything... good luck to him in what he decides

sociald - 2008-07-24 17:27:07
way to support a man and his family there pal.

something_like_dead - 2008-07-24 14:52:31
shit....thats not cool.....he had a few YEARS without SlipKnoT didnt he?? i mean the time from volume 3 to all hope is gone....christ...not cool....



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