Greg "Cuddles" Welts
Greg "Cuddles" Welts is the original custom percussionist along
with Shawn. He didn't stay that long and left to work on his tattoo parlor
at South Dakota called "The Ultimate Prick".
Brandon
Brandon is the replacement for custom percussionist, Greg Welts. He didn't
stay long and was later on replaced by Chris.
Josh Brainard
Josh Brainard was part of Slipknot from the beginning as the guitarist
and planned to stick with the band until the recording stages of the s/t
album. He left the band right before "Purity" was finished.
He now has his own band called "Deadfront".
Anders Colsefini
Anders Colsefini is one of the founding members of the original Slipknot
line-up along with Shawn. A huge fan of the White-Wolf RPG, Werewolf:
The Apocalypse -- Anders incorporates elements taken from the game in
writing song lyrics. He left Slipknot after playing a few shows with Corey
(as the 2nd vocalist) and formed Painface in 1998, which disbanded earlier
this year. He now has a new band called "On A Pale Horse" and
has yet to release a full album.