“You know what, some of my favorite bass lines are the simplest ones ever. It's weird but I love the bass line in Van Halen's 'Running With The Devil' in open fucking E. Now, I appreciate any player who can lay down a solid bass groove, like Cliff Williams from AC/DC. Or Maiden's Steve Harris, who…”Tagged: van halen, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Bass
“I think I started playing bass in 1990, which is what? 19 years ago…Wow, I'm getting old! Actually I played guitar first—hang on, my sunglasses are totally fucking up here—I played guitar first and never picked up a bass, wasn't interested in it at all. Then I moved to Iowa and I didn't have any…”Tagged: Bass, bass players, slipknot, Iowa
“I listened to Chili Peppers, lots of funk and jazz players…Lots of Bootsy Collins stuff, so I tried to learn as much as I could.”Tagged: Red Hot Chili Peppers, bootsy collins, Bass, slipknot
“I mean there was a lot of weird memories on this tour, I guess some drunken tour memories, just ridiculous stuff. I mean the funniest one I think, I mean I don’t know, this tour we were pretty serious about it, we had a good time but I guess some of the drunken after show parties were pretty…”Tagged: slipknot, Touring, on the road
“We’re definitely trying to get everywhere we can, from the Middle East to...we have a lot of fans in the Middle East believe it or not, but there are just some places you can’t go. And you know, it’s not because we don’t want to, it’s because we can’t go, you know, political stuff.”Tagged: Middle East, Fans, slipknot, Politics
“I don’t see us being like the freaking Rolling Stones or some shit [laughs], but I could definitely see us playing for a while longer, definitely.”Tagged: slipknot, rolling stones
“I mean we have the best fans in the world. With the way things are going now with the economy and everything like that, I mean to come out and spend money to see a band is kind of hard to justify all the time, you know what I mean? We did well everywhere we played man, we actually played the biggest…”Tagged: Fans, slipknot