"People = Shit" is my fav from these guys, and that's on Iowa. Apart from that, if you want to check out a very different but still awesome side to Slipknot's singer, "From Can To Can't" with Dave Grohl and others is a great one off song.
In 1999, I was a black kid(still black), in an all black neighborhood, and I was the only one in the ENTIRE neighborhood listening to this. This album made my mom burst into my room and tell me to "turn that satanic, devil worshipping chit off". I was 16. I moved out 3 years later.
12:44 fun fact if you ever wondered why track #1 is all those numbers, the number is a shipping code that appeared on their first CD/demo released in 1995 called “Mate, feed, kill, repeat” it was only sold locally in Iowa. They then put the number and barcode on their boiler suits along with the slipknot logo giving them their signature look with the masks on stage.
In 99 I was 17. Saw slipknot at ozzfest in Camden for the first time. I was blown away. Over this summer I took my kids to the 25th anniversary tour at the same arena I fist saw them. It was unreal.
Went to the 25th tour when they were in PA in August, best show I’ve ever been to, it was my first Slipknot show and I had just gotten into them last year but they carried the absolute best energy I have ever seen and they moved the crowd like no other!
I went to their 25th anniversary tour for this album. They played the whole album in order, it was like listening to the album but live, and man they were phenomenal. I'm not even a huge fan of Slipknot and only knew like 4 or 5 songs from the album at the time but the energy created was unmatched, one of the best concerts I've ever been to.
fun fact about "eyeless", There was a homeless guy who was saying on repeat "you can't see california without marlon brando's eyes" while the lead singer was homeless & they decided to include it into a song
Oooh never read the lyrics always understood "you can't see california with des moines up inside" always thought it was a weird line😂 Them coming from there though I thought it meant you can't see your way to stardom when you have a small town mentality😂 And now I think about it, the core meaning of it could still apply, like you need the "I can make it" perspective to succeed and hard work of course and some luck😁
Bros i'm not sure but i'm almost sure that it was a homeless woman, and if if my mind is not playing tricks on me they said she was kinda old. Again, someone have to check it, but i'm not kidding, i think they said it was a homeless old woman holding a sign and screaming the Marlon Brandon phrase.
I was 11 years old when i got this album in late '99. The first night I listened to it on repeat all night long and went to school fully energized off zero sleep.
Yep in this album cycle i think he used to individually feed them through the holes in the mask. Then he cut them off and glued them sometime before Iowa
Im a 14 year old metalhead, My favourite bands are System of a Down and Slipknot and its great to see another kid my age reacting to the music i love, Love your videos dudes.
Scissors is Corey's favourite song and they just started playing it live for the first time in over 20 years for the 25th Anniversary tour of the self titled album - the 2nd half of Scissors is pure improv every time. It is still to this day one of their best tracks imo
Yea corey said it was annoying and kinda painful to pull his dreads in and out before and after shows, plus at the end before the iowa masks, the original mask was taped together bc the mask had pretty much decayed due to all the spit, throw up and makeup.
yep would add the reason behind the masks was so people would focus on the music rather than the members of the band and anonymity as for many years no one knew who they were outside of the band
Old man here, awful gatekeeping metal elitist hipster and all that. If you met me on the street and asked me about metal I’d tell you about horribly obscure tech death grind bands or whatever. THAT BEING SAID: I was a kid in the 90s and I had the singular experience of seeing Slipknot as an OPENING band in October 1999. You can imagine my shock and bewilderment hearing this live, before they were launched into the stratosphere as the biggest metal band ever. It was raw and terrifying and from another planet. I’ll be honest, I don’t even like Iowa or anything after this from the band but I was obsessed with this album when it came out. Fast forward several decades later, I was working in a restaurant and had the honor of waiting on the late Joey Jordison. That’s its own story but he was a very lovely humble man, may he RIP. Definitely an inspiration in my own drumming career. Anyway, shame the “creepy songs” skipped Purity. That song got removed after the first pressing because of the story behind it, but I recommend seeking it out because it’s the “scariest “ song they’ve done-even if it’s not a true story. Tattered and Torn leads into it and the atmosphere is immaculate.
Yeah, it's immaculate. Though I would say that Vol.3 Subliminal Verses can vie for that spot. I think it's fair that they can be interchangeable depending on mood/season and whatnot
I agree I used to listen to Slipknot during my teenage years in the mid 00's, self titled and Iowa are nostalgia trip to me now, still enjoyable but that's about it. Vol. 3 on the other hand is, imo, just a good album, period. No nostalgia needed to enjoy it. @@thedappermagician6905
@@thedappermagician6905 naw. 2 different types of heavy. IOWA is their masterpiece, vol 3 was a great follow up but is no where near as dark and mean. just not the same
@@jack-of-all-trades1234 I believe is Disturbed - Down with the sickness You should listen to "Chico Science e Nação Zumbi - Da lama ao caos (Album) - Brazilian rythm (maracatu) with drums and metal.
this is one of the best fuckin reactions of this album ive ever seen. im really glad you guys listen to this to the end truly. this album is was set it off!!!
I'm 38 years old right now & I was 13 in 1999 when this album dropped. I actually had the CD single before the album came out. It was one of the first metal albums I bought & it really opened me up to the genre as before that I almost exclusively listened to rap music. So to see lil broski who is I think 14 checking out this album is dope!
Little man is awesome. Smart kid. Articulate and open minded. He seems really mature for his age. You guys should definitely have him back. I love this channel, you guys are really cool. I got this album back in 99 when it came out. I was brand new in the military and I slept with music on since I was a young teenager. I would fall asleep with pantera blasting at full volume and my parents couldn’t understand how I would sleep soundly. They were cool though and would just let me do my thing. So when I was brand new at my first base after training I would sleep in my dorm room with MTV2 on and I remember being half asleep and the wait and bleed video was on so I sat up and waited until the video was over so I could see who the band was because I loved their sound. The next day I drove to the mall to grab the CD and I’ve been a fan ever since. I’ve seen them live front row like 10 times. Just saw them this past August in Massachusetts and it was this entire album pretty much.
literally how i went to bed to. id break the headphones at times from sleeping on em ha. i dont think i could sleep like that now..but man, how immersive was that
When I moved off base I had a house with 2 guys in my squadron who were ATC and my roommate came to my room to wake me up because my supervisor was on the phone and he handed me the phone and turned my music down (I had pantera far beyond driven full blast) and said “how the hell do you sleep like that?”
45:42 - "These guys have to have good cardio..." Oh, you sweet summer child...watch ANY of their live performances. It boggles the mind not just that they could perform like that in '99...but that 25 years of success later, they'll STILL regularly tire you out just WATCHING their live performances. They really are one-of-a-kind. I first found them around '02, and I've been a loyal maggot ever since. ❤🤘🤘🤘
It’s so weird hearing this album without Frail Limb Nursery and Purity. Purity was my favorite song on this album when it came out. This is the hands down best Slipknot album. Iowa gets a lot of love, but nothing can match the rawness and pure intensity of this album. You guys listen to Mudvayne’s LD50 album if you’re doing this type of music. Slipknot self titled and LD50 are both S tier albums for sure.
The first time I heard metal was at 12 and it was wait and bleed. Fell headfirst into metal after that. Really changed me. My parents were VERY concerned, but it was just a phase... It was in fact not a phase 😂
In Spit it out he says, "where you gonna be in the next 5 years?" but at the 25th anniversary concert he says, "Where you gonna be in the next 25 years?"
37 year old here. One thing that is missed about what Slipknot meant back in the 1995 - early 2000's is how little other bands sounded like this on the radio. This was like NOTHING else that had a chance to play on the radio and it was a shock every time. Wearing slipknot merch could get you suspended in school. It was just the loudest way to poke people in the eye and it was AMAZING.
They also photoshopped Chris (the long nose guy) into the cover, being the actual photo was taken in 1998 before Chris joined the band. Edit* Also forgot to mention, the dude in the black mask on the album cover was their original guitarist Josh Brainard, and it's the only photo Josh is in. All the photos in the booklet of the album is Jim Root in Joshes mask, and later released editions of the album is where you see Jim's photoshopped purple hair on the album cover.
also important to note that while joey jordison was doing the heavy lifting its the extra percussion by other memebers going on that I think really sets it over the edge to where its as if the drummer has extra hands
That kid in the middle is gonna be a metalhead now, he just has no idea yet, all joking aside, great reaction, nice to see younger people listening to some good Nu Metal
btw, Tattered and Torn was actually the 'intro' of a three-parts-song. The other two were Frail Limb Nursery, and then Purity - which those were then taken off the albums after well, the lawsuit. But seriously though, I'd love yall listening to them again with these 2 original songs in the list. Those three compliments each other perfectly.
The puking that you’re wondering about was originally between Scissors and Eeyore. It was a clip of the initiation with all of them watching the video and you can clearly hear Chris vomit and it splashing onto the floor. My favorite exchange from that clip is when someone says “Just think of it as pudding.” And someone else says “Don’t say that, man. I like pudding.”😂😂 By the way, Corey worked the desk at an adult video store and that’s how they got the tape for the initiation.
Not gonna lie... this video popped up on my recommendations and first glance I was like "Ah.. great, a bunch of Gen Z kids who don't know what good music is about to complain about Slipknot... Seeing y'all vibe and headbang to the same music that got me through high school... it made me smile. Especially Lil Bro vibing with it too. I was generational profiling and I apologize.. much love and respect to you. You earned a new sub. Also two things... the dreads on Corey's mask were real. Originally he pulled his dreads through holes in the mask. Then eventually cut his dreads off and attached them to his mask after. And yes... Corey damaged his voice while recording their second album Iowa.. the way he screams in that album was extremely unsafe. Screaming to the point where he would throw up and cough up blood. It was insane. Since then, he dialed it in and he still has a great voice to this day.
For me being 12 yrs old in 99 hearing this album blew my mind. Of course I thought is was one of the best nu metal albums I ever heard and now I’m pushing 40 and watching these young dudes enjoying it means the world to me. We were losers skaters and potheads now seeing it as “cool” is wild lol
I'll never forget the day I was driving to the local game store to play some MTG, saw two of my boys walking back from the mall so I pulled over to give 'em a ride. My buddy Dave tells me he grabbed some new fire that just dropped that week and tossed this album to me to put in...I never made it to the game store, but I did go pick up my own copy of the album after I dropped them off.
My brother showed me this album and Iowa when I was in 4th grade. I will never forget how much it changed my music taste pretty much overnight. Still remain some of the best metal albums of all time. Yall gotta do Iowa next.
Dude in the middle looks like he played as a touring member of the Talking Heads for one year when he was 17, got bit by a vampire, and then became a professional hitman, but never lost his fashion sense from back in the 80s. He might have read American Psycho and got the wrong idea.
Mosh pits in my experience have actually been pretty friendly lol people in the concerts Ive been to have generally looked out for one another. The metal crowd tends to be pretty cool. Glad you guys reacted to this album its pretty wild and unique.
I saw Slipknot right after they released Iowa in a place called the Norva in Norfolk Virginia. 9 guys on a pretty small stage. It was one of the most INSANE shows I've ever seen. 20+ years later I still remember the crazy mosh pits and the wall of death. Man... I miss those days.
99' I was 19, coming off hearing and falling in love with Korn Slipknot is and was my favorite band. I saw them a few months ago for 25 anniversary of this album! Still have my og cd lol
When Slipknot plays Surfacing live, they call it the maggots (slipknot fans) national anthem. They also ask the crowd to stick their middle fingers in the air
Diluted is my favorite song off this album bevause it literally saved my life. The lyrics connected with me on a level beyond spiritual. To feel heard and understood on such a level was one of the only things keeping me afloat at that time in my life
This album and Iowa were hands down in my opinion the best 2 albums ever made by them. Seeing them live at Ozzfest 99' was one of the best concerts I've been to, also was the first time I was introduced to Deftones they are 2 of my favorite bands.
Before they broke out on radio, I got to see them at a Halloween show at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC in '99. That was brutal, fun, but brutal. I got hit with f'king trash can thrown from the balcony. But they were AWESOME live, absolute technicians, Joey was incredible in his prime, easily one of the best live drummers I ever saw perform. Corey nailed every song. They were really special during that period, I saw ton of Nu-metal era acts and they were absolutely at the top of giving you your money's worth. I would have recommended finding the original cut of this album with 'Purity', definitely recommend listening to that song on your own, it's one their best. You'll absolutely love Iowa, after that their discography gets a little shaky imo.
Young man really adds a lot to the dynamic, and he was shockingly open minded about this for his age. You guys gotta keep him around! Loving these videos! Keep it up! If I might add a recommendation to the pile, my favorite album release in recent years, and quite the wild ride: Kim Dracula's inaugural album "A Gradual Decline in Morale." That might really test the limits on how open minded you all are, but to me it's an S-tier album. A must listen.
@@naintro7796 from mars to sirius or magma personally, but lenfant sauvage and fortitude are amazing too, i think the way of all flesh is a tad overrated
Arguably one of the greatest debut metal albums of all time, even the greatest metal album, my basic introduction to metal and was the first I listen to straight thru , became a slipknot and metal fan bc of it, maggots for life 🐐
While this is a great debut LP and one of the best debut LP, I think Korn self-titled takes that title. I respect your your opinion though. Love self-titled Slipknot
Don’t know about a lot of other fans but I started listening to Slipknot training in the gym, as the weights got heavier the music got heavier … now I could listen to them while falling asleep 😂
The comment after "Sic" about Corey "rapping". Yes, that's what Nu Metal is. It's a mixture of metal and hip hop. That's why you have a sampler, im referring to Sid Wilson, in the band. Corey would start to drop the rapping in their second album, Iowa
I seen slipknot at ozzfest when they first came out in 99.. they played the 2nd stage and i was right in front.. they took the world by storm from that tour and i went on to see them live 10 times since. They put on a hella show, just pure insanity and chaos the whole time.. look up some of their older live videos and u will see how nuts these guys were on stage and how they gst the crowds involved.. people werent ready for this back in 99 and when they arrived onto the scene, it was a game changer. I was 13 when that first album came out, and was hooked ever since. 38 now and still my favorite band to this day.. Iowa is badass too..super heavy.. if u liked this one u will love that one. I got my nose broken in a mosh pit when they did disasterpiece live. What a time to be alive and be able to witness all that madness back in the day. Btw Corey Taylor the lead singer really has a good voice, he is in a 2nd band called stone sour which is still hard rock but not as hard as slipknot.. u get to hear more singing* with that band if u ever wanna check them out just wanted to throw that out there to ya guys in case ya didn't know.
Saw Slipknot for the first time two months ago. The whole concert was literally just this album. Special 25th anniversary tour. Broke my ankle in the mosh pit 4 songs in, but stayed until the end. Totally worth it. Best show of my life by far.
There’s not many if any better first albums than this one, they were so fresh when they came out, they literally took over the world, they were supporting bands on tours and people were leaving after they played it was crazy, their live shows in 99/00 were wild
I convinced my wife that that when Corey sang "liberate my madness" he was actually singing "do you like bananas?" I let her sing it like that for years before someone told her the real lyric.
Saw Slipknot on there first full UK tour in 2000, absolutely mental gig, Sid jumped off a balcony and landed right in front of me injuring a girls neck, she had to go to hospital, i also saw them at Leeds fest the same year then Ozzfest in 2001, Leeds Fest in 2002 & Download in 2004, great memories, they were great back then.
Some extra info about the members, There’s 2 guitarists, Mick Thompson is the lead guitar you hear in your right ear while Jim root in your left. They switch ears in some albums. Welcome to slipknot.
Btw, my father saw them live. My fav stories of his are when the members set themselves on fire, one of them jumped into the crowd from 50ft then broke his legs and the drummer playing the drums upside down
IOWA NEXT!?
Yes
Guys IOWA will be the most heavy sh1t that you'll hear in your lives...
"People = Shit" is my fav from these guys, and that's on Iowa. Apart from that, if you want to check out a very different but still awesome side to Slipknot's singer, "From Can To Can't" with Dave Grohl and others is a great one off song.
yes
Yes please its their angriest album
Showing this album to an unexperienced music listener is wild it feels like your'e showing porn to the amish lmao
One of the analogies of all time
Best way to put it
This is like the Brittney Spears of metal music.
@@xSikks that would be Sleep Token
@@xSikks It really isnt.
In 1999, I was a black kid(still black), in an all black neighborhood, and I was the only one in the ENTIRE neighborhood listening to this.
This album made my mom burst into my room and tell me to "turn that satanic, devil worshipping chit off".
I was 16.
I moved out 3 years later.
Hey, same in 1999 but I'm a south Asian girl 😁 my dad came into my room and said it sounded as if someone was being killed.
🤘🏼
I'm glad you clarified that you're still black. I was worried something might have happened there! 🤣
"still black" had me cracking up lol
@@hennaali1754 I'm south Asian too and I DO NOT have the guts to play slipknot out loud near my parents 😂😭
Kid was respectful and open minded, good vibes.
kid also has the classiest outfit in his age group. leather gloves and a tuxedo what a combo
12:44 fun fact if you ever wondered why track #1 is all those numbers, the number is a shipping code that appeared on their first CD/demo released in 1995 called “Mate, feed, kill, repeat” it was only sold locally in Iowa. They then put the number and barcode on their boiler suits along with the slipknot logo giving them their signature look with the masks on stage.
Lil bro is the most sophisticated 14 year old
that's me but in 1998 buying off a burned cd of Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat off ebay thinking it was the real deal lol
He was asked if he’s ever listened to a whole album and he was like yeah once it was Thriller. wtf man
He's the grown-up in the room, they should slow down and let him speak more
@@Oogidahboogidahthriller iconic wym
@@sufferyetgain thriller is fine but one album at his age is wild
In 99 I was 17. Saw slipknot at ozzfest in Camden for the first time. I was blown away. Over this summer I took my kids to the 25th anniversary tour at the same arena I fist saw them. It was unreal.
i was there too
That is awesome dude
Bruh that is so fucking dope.... taking your kids to the same arena to see the same band you saw as a kid. GOALS!!!!!
Went to the 25th tour when they were in PA in August, best show I’ve ever been to, it was my first Slipknot show and I had just gotten into them last year but they carried the absolute best energy I have ever seen and they moved the crowd like no other!
"How many drummers do you need?"
Slipknot: "Yes."
"How many percussion instruments do you need?"
Slipknot: "Yes."
How many were fired since Paul doesn't shoot the shots? Yes.
How long can a drummer stay in Slipknot?
"No."
Today they have the actually best drummer in the world 🤘🏽
@@juniorskatermaster The best METAL drummer specifically.
I went to their 25th anniversary tour for this album. They played the whole album in order, it was like listening to the album but live, and man they were phenomenal. I'm not even a huge fan of Slipknot and only knew like 4 or 5 songs from the album at the time but the energy created was unmatched, one of the best concerts I've ever been to.
25 years Holy crap
I'm going to knotfest in a few weeks and they're gonna be doing the same - I'm so freaking excited! 13yo me is going to die!
Saw them on this tour in December. Up there with one of my favourite gigs of all time
fun fact about "eyeless", There was a homeless guy who was saying on repeat "you can't see california without marlon brando's eyes" while the lead singer was homeless & they decided to include it into a song
Was coming her to say this very same thing
Oooh never read the lyrics always understood "you can't see california with des moines up inside" always thought it was a weird line😂 Them coming from there though I thought it meant you can't see your way to stardom when you have a small town mentality😂 And now I think about it, the core meaning of it could still apply, like you need the "I can make it" perspective to succeed and hard work of course and some luck😁
Corey wasn't homeless at that time, but everything else you said was true
It was actually clown that heard the line and told Corey and Corey loved it
Bros i'm not sure but i'm almost sure that it was a homeless woman, and if if my mind is not playing tricks on me they said she was kinda old.
Again, someone have to check it, but i'm not kidding, i think they said it was a homeless old woman holding a sign and screaming the Marlon Brandon phrase.
I was 11 years old when i got this album in late '99. The first night I listened to it on repeat all night long and went to school fully energized off zero sleep.
Same age for me too... I must have worn a groove in the CD from the laser on Wait and Bleed, Diluted, Despise, and Get This.
I was ten and this shit did not leave my cd player for months
Crazy I was also the same age 😂
i think thats what we all did when heard this in 99... it blew our minds.
28:38 the reason why you may recognize the Spit it Out riff is because XXXTENTACION sampled it in the track Off The Wall!
Little bro having Scissors in his top 3 automatically makes me put this guy as one of the best human beings on earth❤😂😂
Scissors is bottom 3.
I love scissors took me a week to get used to
Best track on the album though the whole thing is [SIC]
he forgot surfacing was his top song haha
Someone loves Norma Jean here right nikhil?
Can you guys let the kid talk without interrupting him
it kinda pisses me off ngl
I noticed it too
quick tip, Coreys dreads were originally real he cut them off and attached them to the mask.
Yep in this album cycle i think he used to individually feed them through the holes in the mask. Then he cut them off and glued them sometime before Iowa
@@Hipno702 Indeed! second mask i think was glued So somewhere between ST and Iowa id guess
@@Hipno702 He cut them off pre self titled around 1998 I think
@Hipno702 he cut them off in 98
I recall corey saying he ripped his dreads out and putting them on the mask later regretting it cause he got a scalp infection
This album is like jumping out of a jet about to crash into a volcano while you're on fire and your parachute is a tiger with a rocket launcher
I'm so indescribably annoyed at how apt that is.
Accurate 👍
Also describes the moshpits on that first tour, but add 20cc's of adrenaline
Very... JoJo scenario
That little dude speaks so well lol
Perks of having a father.
@@DyslexicBatnam99 That hits hard, bro
@Вгостяхугеймера-м1к Lol, didn't even remember writing that.
@Вгостяхугеймера-м1кбро, когда уже будут видео по сталкеру
@jateex.8955 Я их скрыл, слишком скучные получились
Im a 14 year old metalhead, My favourite bands are System of a Down and Slipknot and its great to see another kid my age reacting to the music i love, Love your videos dudes.
PLEASE KEEP THE YOUNG MAN IN THE VIDEOS HE MADE THIS VIDEO FOR ME
It gave the video a sort of MKULTRA vibe that I enjoyed
100%Agreed!!!
Yes and they should let him speak and not rush his answers
FRR
So many bands I wish I could listen to for the first time again. You guys are lucky to have heard this for the first time ever. Sorry my bad English!
I hope little man grows up to be like 6'5 250lbs and still gets called little man. Dude's a legend!
Scissors is Corey's favourite song and they just started playing it live for the first time in over 20 years for the 25th Anniversary tour of the self titled album - the 2nd half of Scissors is pure improv every time.
It is still to this day one of their best tracks imo
Correction for Sam... Corey's dreads in that mask were real at first. He then made the decision to cut them off and make them part of the mask.
Yea corey said it was annoying and kinda painful to pull his dreads in and out before and after shows, plus at the end before the iowa masks, the original mask was taped together bc the mask had pretty much decayed due to all the spit, throw up and makeup.
Whoops my bad
yep would add the reason behind the masks was so people would focus on the music rather than the members of the band and
anonymity as for many years no one knew who they were outside of the band
Old man here, awful gatekeeping metal elitist hipster and all that. If you met me on the street and asked me about metal I’d tell you about horribly obscure tech death grind bands or whatever. THAT BEING SAID: I was a kid in the 90s and I had the singular experience of seeing Slipknot as an OPENING band in October 1999. You can imagine my shock and bewilderment hearing this live, before they were launched into the stratosphere as the biggest metal band ever. It was raw and terrifying and from another planet. I’ll be honest, I don’t even like Iowa or anything after this from the band but I was obsessed with this album when it came out.
Fast forward several decades later, I was working in a restaurant and had the honor of waiting on the late Joey Jordison. That’s its own story but he was a very lovely humble man, may he RIP. Definitely an inspiration in my own drumming career.
Anyway, shame the “creepy songs” skipped Purity. That song got removed after the first pressing because of the story behind it, but I recommend seeking it out because it’s the “scariest “ song they’ve done-even if it’s not a true story. Tattered and Torn leads into it and the atmosphere is immaculate.
noah needs to make a return, got the style, got the class, got the best takes, mans a legend
I always thought "tattered and torn" was the one song that actually sounds the way the band looks.
Brilliant take! You're absolutely right, I can hear T&T looking at the album cover lol.
Iowa is their best record IMO. It’s darker, heavier, and according to Corey Taylor, was born out of a period of extreme tension within the band
Yeah, it's immaculate. Though I would say that Vol.3 Subliminal Verses can vie for that spot. I think it's fair that they can be interchangeable depending on mood/season and whatnot
I agree
I used to listen to Slipknot during my teenage years in the mid 00's, self titled and Iowa are nostalgia trip to me now, still enjoyable but that's about it. Vol. 3 on the other hand is, imo, just a good album, period. No nostalgia needed to enjoy it.
@@thedappermagician6905
@@thedappermagician6905 naw. 2 different types of heavy. IOWA is their masterpiece, vol 3 was a great follow up but is no where near as dark and mean. just not the same
Iowa is my favorite since it
released.
The album is just a meat grinder. I'll never forget that album dropping my sophomore year of high school
15:36 That kids brain has been forever altered, sick introduction to metal
I saw Slipknot live when I was 15. Caught one of Clown's drum sticks in the mosh pit. 🤘
I saw them when I was 15 also, at Ozzfest in 2004.
Congrats. All 3 of you had Eyeless in your top 3. You passed the test 🤘
you probably recognize spit it out bc ski mask and xxx sampled it in the beginning of one of their songs
I guess it's called Off The Wall.
@@jack-of-all-trades1234 I believe is Disturbed - Down with the sickness
You should listen to "Chico Science e Nação Zumbi - Da lama ao caos (Album) - Brazilian rythm (maracatu) with drums and metal.
You’re right
Damm i didnt know that
this is one of the best fuckin reactions of this album ive ever seen. im really glad you guys listen to this to the end truly. this album is was set it off!!!
This is so cool to see yall diving into heavier music!
I'm 38 years old right now & I was 13 in 1999 when this album dropped. I actually had the CD single before the album came out. It was one of the first metal albums I bought & it really opened me up to the genre as before that I almost exclusively listened to rap music. So to see lil broski who is I think 14 checking out this album is dope!
Little man is awesome. Smart kid. Articulate and open minded. He seems really mature for his age. You guys should definitely have him back. I love this channel, you guys are really cool. I got this album back in 99 when it came out. I was brand new in the military and I slept with music on since I was a young teenager. I would fall asleep with pantera blasting at full volume and my parents couldn’t understand how I would sleep soundly. They were cool though and would just let me do my thing. So when I was brand new at my first base after training I would sleep in my dorm room with MTV2 on and I remember being half asleep and the wait and bleed video was on so I sat up and waited until the video was over so I could see who the band was because I loved their sound. The next day I drove to the mall to grab the CD and I’ve been a fan ever since. I’ve seen them live front row like 10 times. Just saw them this past August in Massachusetts and it was this entire album pretty much.
literally how i went to bed to. id break the headphones at times from sleeping on em ha. i dont think i could sleep like that now..but man, how immersive was that
When I moved off base I had a house with 2 guys in my squadron who were ATC and my roommate came to my room to wake me up because my supervisor was on the phone and he handed me the phone and turned my music down (I had pantera far beyond driven full blast) and said “how the hell do you sleep like that?”
i can only thank my dad for introducing this album to me when i was 5
Corey cut his actual dreadlocks off and attached them to the mask that he wore for this album cycle.
45:42 - "These guys have to have good cardio..."
Oh, you sweet summer child...watch ANY of their live performances. It boggles the mind not just that they could perform like that in '99...but that 25 years of success later, they'll STILL regularly tire you out just WATCHING their live performances. They really are one-of-a-kind. I first found them around '02, and I've been a loyal maggot ever since. ❤🤘🤘🤘
4:40 the invisible guy in the back next to sid in the gas mask is Mick Thomson, one of the bands guitarist
Its crazy he didnt knew who Mick is 😂
I was like you gotta be kidding me you didn't know that was Mick.
@@MayhemfromAllStateI was too, I was baffled that he didn’t mention Mick
It’s so weird hearing this album without Frail Limb Nursery and Purity. Purity was my favorite song on this album when it came out. This is the hands down best Slipknot album. Iowa gets a lot of love, but nothing can match the rawness and pure intensity of this album. You guys listen to Mudvayne’s LD50 album if you’re doing this type of music. Slipknot self titled and LD50 are both S tier albums for sure.
same i also really liked purity
Purity is one of the best
Got maggot corps and ld50 for Easter that year. The memories. Pretty sure i was the only 4th grader at my school bumping this shit 😂
L.D 50 is just 👌👌
yeah Purity is my favorite slipknot song
The first time I heard metal was at 12 and it was wait and bleed. Fell headfirst into metal after that. Really changed me. My parents were VERY concerned, but it was just a phase... It was in fact not a phase 😂
In Spit it out he says, "where you gonna be in the next 5 years?" but at the 25th anniversary concert he says, "Where you gonna be in the next 25 years?"
kid in the middle looks like he was pissing himself lmao
w pfp helmet is amazing
Helmet fucking rips
Great profile pic
Nice pfp
I think he may have shit himself when the guitar fell over hahahah.
37 year old here. One thing that is missed about what Slipknot meant back in the 1995 - early 2000's is how little other bands sounded like this on the radio. This was like NOTHING else that had a chance to play on the radio and it was a shock every time. Wearing slipknot merch could get you suspended in school. It was just the loudest way to poke people in the eye and it was AMAZING.
They also photoshopped Chris (the long nose guy) into the cover, being the actual photo was taken in 1998 before Chris joined the band.
Edit* Also forgot to mention, the dude in the black mask on the album cover was their original guitarist Josh Brainard, and it's the only photo Josh is in. All the photos in the booklet of the album is Jim Root in Joshes mask, and later released editions of the album is where you see Jim's photoshopped purple hair on the album cover.
also important to note that while joey jordison was doing the heavy lifting its the extra percussion by other memebers going on that I think really sets it over the edge to where its as if the drummer has extra hands
That kid in the middle is gonna be a metalhead now, he just has no idea yet, all joking aside, great reaction, nice to see younger people listening to some good Nu Metal
You love too see it
btw, Tattered and Torn was actually the 'intro' of a three-parts-song. The other two were Frail Limb Nursery, and then Purity - which those were then taken off the albums after well, the lawsuit.
But seriously though, I'd love yall listening to them again with these 2 original songs in the list. Those three compliments each other perfectly.
This is so nostalgic and exciting to see the younger generation experience this kind of music. thanks for sharing your thoughts and reaction to it.
Got this album with my first paycheck back in the year 2000, I'll never forget it... Still treasure it to this day.
The puking that you’re wondering about was originally between Scissors and Eeyore. It was a clip of the initiation with all of them watching the video and you can clearly hear Chris vomit and it splashing onto the floor.
My favorite exchange from that clip is when someone says “Just think of it as pudding.” And someone else says “Don’t say that, man. I like pudding.”😂😂
By the way, Corey worked the desk at an adult video store and that’s how they got the tape for the initiation.
Is it on youtube?
@@arthur.7181yes look up slipknot mudslide it’s an audio of them watching the scat vid called mudslide
@@arthur.7181 yeah i remember hearing that it was in certain CD releases as a hidden track
Not gonna lie... this video popped up on my recommendations and first glance I was like "Ah.. great, a bunch of Gen Z kids who don't know what good music is about to complain about Slipknot... Seeing y'all vibe and headbang to the same music that got me through high school... it made me smile. Especially Lil Bro vibing with it too. I was generational profiling and I apologize.. much love and respect to you. You earned a new sub.
Also two things... the dreads on Corey's mask were real. Originally he pulled his dreads through holes in the mask. Then eventually cut his dreads off and attached them to his mask after.
And yes... Corey damaged his voice while recording their second album Iowa.. the way he screams in that album was extremely unsafe. Screaming to the point where he would throw up and cough up blood. It was insane. Since then, he dialed it in and he still has a great voice to this day.
Y'all should really react to S.C.I.E.N.C.E by Incubus!!!!! It's like an album infused with funk, electronic, nu-metal, and 90's grunge!!!
PLEEEEEASE
Yes please.
And then listen to the band Thank You Scientist
I agree. SCIENCE is far from their biggest album, but the genre roulette is so damn fun.
Probably my favorite album by incubus!
For me being 12 yrs old in 99 hearing this album blew my mind. Of course I thought is was one of the best nu metal albums I ever heard and now I’m pushing 40 and watching these young dudes enjoying it means the world to me. We were losers skaters and potheads now seeing it as “cool” is wild lol
middle guy would love GOJIRA
God they should listen to The Way of All Flesh
He gonna involve into black metal 😂
@@TylerSampson51hell yeah! I just commented this lol
I dig this cuz this is how i discovered slipknot like with friends and listening to the whole album in its entirety.
I'll never forget the day I was driving to the local game store to play some MTG, saw two of my boys walking back from the mall so I pulled over to give 'em a ride. My buddy Dave tells me he grabbed some new fire that just dropped that week and tossed this album to me to put in...I never made it to the game store, but I did go pick up my own copy of the album after I dropped them off.
I listen too this band all the time
if we on the nu-metal train yall gotta go with some koRn next
Ohohohoho there you go. The Nu Metal classics Alone will age them beyond their entire generations
Make them react to freak on a leach and twist
Also Limp Bizkit cuz as much as ppl hate on them they reallyyyyy blew the genre up.
Let’s get some godsmack happening
My brother showed me this album and Iowa when I was in 4th grade. I will never forget how much it changed my music taste pretty much overnight. Still remain some of the best metal albums of all time. Yall gotta do Iowa next.
Dude in the middle looks like he played as a touring member of the Talking Heads for one year when he was 17, got bit by a vampire, and then became a professional hitman, but never lost his fashion sense from back in the 80s. He might have read American Psycho and got the wrong idea.
not a zinger man
@@coronic Damn. I guess I'll have to give up my long and prominent career in comedy then.
Mosh pits in my experience have actually been pretty friendly lol people in the concerts Ive been to have generally looked out for one another. The metal crowd tends to be pretty cool.
Glad you guys reacted to this album its pretty wild and unique.
listening is 1 thing... watching these guys live on stage is a whole other experience!!
I saw Slipknot right after they released Iowa in a place called the Norva in Norfolk Virginia. 9 guys on a pretty small stage. It was one of the most INSANE shows I've ever seen. 20+ years later I still remember the crazy mosh pits and the wall of death. Man... I miss those days.
I saw quite a few shows at the NorVa, when I was stationed in Norfolk. I miss that place!
99' I was 19, coming off hearing and falling in love with Korn Slipknot is and was my favorite band. I saw them a few months ago for 25 anniversary of this album! Still have my og cd lol
When Slipknot plays Surfacing live, they call it the maggots (slipknot fans) national anthem. They also ask the crowd to stick their middle fingers in the air
literally so corny lmao
@yourhandsmyheart you have to think of the era they started it in...
@@iKnewCarlosIRL Yes, but it is fun
Diluted is my favorite song off this album bevause it literally saved my life. The lyrics connected with me on a level beyond spiritual. To feel heard and understood on such a level was one of the only things keeping me afloat at that time in my life
Purity gets skipped often due to copyrights and the inclusion of Me Inside. Shame, it's one of the best tracks imo.
It’s funny you mentioned “masterpieces” cuz the have a dvd called “Disasterpieces” and it is mind blowing. You’ll get the full visual effect. 10/10
Corey’s dreads were real on that album cover, but after the next tour cycle he cut them off an glued them to the mask. Also Paul passed in 2010
Honestly, 14 is a prime age for Slipknot. That's when the angst begins.
I just discovered this channel with this vid and it's awesome, new subscriber
This album and Iowa were hands down in my opinion the best 2 albums ever made by them. Seeing them live at Ozzfest 99' was one of the best concerts I've been to, also was the first time I was introduced to Deftones they are 2 of my favorite bands.
Before they broke out on radio, I got to see them at a Halloween show at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC in '99. That was brutal, fun, but brutal. I got hit with f'king trash can thrown from the balcony. But they were AWESOME live, absolute technicians, Joey was incredible in his prime, easily one of the best live drummers I ever saw perform. Corey nailed every song. They were really special during that period, I saw ton of Nu-metal era acts and they were absolutely at the top of giving you your money's worth. I would have recommended finding the original cut of this album with 'Purity', definitely recommend listening to that song on your own, it's one their best. You'll absolutely love Iowa, after that their discography gets a little shaky imo.
Congrats on 100k subs
Dude you’re the original GOAT. I watched you all the way back to rock reacts. Have a great day G
@@theeJAYBUDshow ♥. This is one of my favourites records ever - from when I was proooobably around the age you guys are now. Love it.
Young man really adds a lot to the dynamic, and he was shockingly open minded about this for his age. You guys gotta keep him around! Loving these videos! Keep it up!
If I might add a recommendation to the pile, my favorite album release in recent years, and quite the wild ride: Kim Dracula's inaugural album "A Gradual Decline in Morale." That might really test the limits on how open minded you all are, but to me it's an S-tier album. A must listen.
The way that kid in the middle is vibing... head down.. knee bouncing... he's a metalhead.
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
HELL YEAH
You mean Rage for the Machine right?
@@we_are_baconsRage with the Machine
Be Contempt with the Machine
@@zachsutton6195 RAGE WITH THE MACHINE LMFAOOO
Faith in the youth: restored
You should react to some gojira albums, they are pure fire!
And their drumer is insanly good.
fr they have so many banger albums
@@yaboy3than106 yeah I know, what you think is their best album?
@@naintro7796 from mars to sirius or magma personally, but lenfant sauvage and fortitude are amazing too, i think the way of all flesh is a tad overrated
@@yaboy3than106 Terra Incognita till I die 😇
@@lonely_adolescent2715 i honestly have listened to terra incognita the least ill give it a listen tho
I’m even kind of envious! I wish I could get back in time just to listen to the self-titled album for the 1st time again ❤️
I remember being 11 and discovering slipknot. God it was a holy experience
Who ever edited this guys intro “teaching” section deserves an award. That was fantastic only because of the editing. Job well done fellas! 👏🏻
IOWA will freaking blow your mind after this. And if you wanna checkout their live shows then checkout the Disasterpieces DVD.
The sound of my childhood!
So happy to hear them live for the 25th anniversary tour!
Arguably one of the greatest debut metal albums of all time, even the greatest metal album, my basic introduction to metal and was the first I listen to straight thru , became a slipknot and metal fan bc of it, maggots for life 🐐
This isn’t slipknot a debut.its their second album
@ technically it was there debut , there first one was an LP
While this is a great debut LP and one of the best debut LP, I think Korn self-titled takes that title. I respect your your opinion though. Love self-titled Slipknot
@@raulfigueroa588honestly I hold the self titled korn album close to the ❤️ both albums do
Your lil bro is genuinely a good addition to this, a fresh opinion from someone so young is refreshing.
Also he’s funny as hell
Don’t know about a lot of other fans but I started listening to Slipknot training in the gym, as the weights got heavier the music got heavier … now I could listen to them while falling asleep 😂
The comment after "Sic" about Corey "rapping". Yes, that's what Nu Metal is. It's a mixture of metal and hip hop. That's why you have a sampler, im referring to Sid Wilson, in the band. Corey would start to drop the rapping in their second album, Iowa
The sampler was Craig. Sid is the DJ. 👍
As a metal head, slipknot live is easily the top shows I’ve ever been to. Cory’s crowd work is crazy
Seen them live a few times now. You can just go all out crazy and have an incredible time! The energy at their shows is so much fun.
I seen slipknot at ozzfest when they first came out in 99.. they played the 2nd stage and i was right in front.. they took the world by storm from that tour and i went on to see them live 10 times since. They put on a hella show, just pure insanity and chaos the whole time.. look up some of their older live videos and u will see how nuts these guys were on stage and how they gst the crowds involved.. people werent ready for this back in 99 and when they arrived onto the scene, it was a game changer. I was 13 when that first album came out, and was hooked ever since. 38 now and still my favorite band to this day.. Iowa is badass too..super heavy.. if u liked this one u will love that one. I got my nose broken in a mosh pit when they did disasterpiece live. What a time to be alive and be able to witness all that madness back in the day. Btw Corey Taylor the lead singer really has a good voice, he is in a 2nd band called stone sour which is still hard rock but not as hard as slipknot.. u get to hear more singing* with that band if u ever wanna check them out just wanted to throw that out there to ya guys in case ya didn't know.
I like that your edits are well timed and aren't jarring to the ear. Props.👏
Chris vomiting was in a secret interlude in between Scissors and Eeyore that you can find on a CD or vinyl record I’m pretty sure
Saw Slipknot for the first time two months ago. The whole concert was literally just this album. Special 25th anniversary tour. Broke my ankle in the mosh pit 4 songs in, but stayed until the end. Totally worth it. Best show of my life by far.
Was that at Aftershock? I was in a pit there as well. Pretty good show
There’s not many if any better first albums than this one, they were so fresh when they came out, they literally took over the world, they were supporting bands on tours and people were leaving after they played it was crazy, their live shows in 99/00 were wild
That’s cool the kid discovering this. I was 15 when this album came out but I was listening to Metallica and Nirvana literally at 6 years old
I convinced my wife that that when Corey sang "liberate my madness" he was actually singing "do you like bananas?" I let her sing it like that for years before someone told her the real lyric.
Saw Slipknot on there first full UK tour in 2000, absolutely mental gig, Sid jumped off a balcony and landed right in front of me injuring a girls neck, she had to go to hospital, i also saw them at Leeds fest the same year then Ozzfest in 2001, Leeds Fest in 2002 & Download in 2004, great memories, they were great back then.
Some extra info about the members, There’s 2 guitarists, Mick Thompson is the lead guitar you hear in your right ear while Jim root in your left. They switch ears in some albums. Welcome to slipknot.
Btw, my father saw them live. My fav stories of his are when the members set themselves on fire, one of them jumped into the crowd from 50ft then broke his legs and the drummer playing the drums upside down