Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone came in at #2 on Billboard's Top 200 for 1st week sales. The album sold over 238,000 copies according to Soundscan. The Game's LAX sold 13 copies more than Slipknot to barely hold onto the #1 spot.
Before Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi settled on the bandname Black Sabbath, they were in bands called Earth, Mythology, and even a blues band called Polka Tulk Blues.