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The line ups before present day slipknot

Anders ex Slipknot Vocalist

Anders Colsefni was the original Slipknot vocalist, following friend, Shawn asking him to rejoin the band in '95 following earlier thoughts in '93, using the fact that the band would play a series of genres including rap, jazz, metal and even disco. As a result Anders, a relatively inexperienced vocalist, had to adapt to the new music by changing himself and his style - so he did. The driving force of Anders' voice was the basis of Slipknot and it defined what Slipknot were about, fans were blown away by him. In 1996 Anders performed on the album MFKR where his talent will remain stored. Many fans of Slipknot today criticise Ander's voice, despite a role in the band very similar to that of Max Calvera of Soulfly (previously Sepultura). A year after the release of MFKR, Corey Taylor was brought in to produce a more radio friendly voice to the band, pushing Anders into the position of percussionist. Anders however wanted to put his heavy metal voice to a good cause and as a result left Slipknot to create his own breed of heavy metal band, Painface and essentially take-over where Slipknot's MFKR left off

Cuddles #3 ex Slipknot Percussion

Cuddles, otherwise known as Greg Welts is the ex-Slipknot percussionist. He had a similar role to that of Chris Fehn who replaced him. Cuddles, although looking mundane and stoned (see below) was like Sid, in the respect that he was one crazy mother fucker. During shows he smashed up sets and even threw his drum kit into the crowd. Cuddles became part of the band following the departure of Anders Colsefni and much against the advice of family and friends. Before joining the band Cuddles was the groups tattooist and is responsible for the tribal S tattoo on Anders' leg and several other tattoos. Cuddles also drummed for another band, The Havenots which also included Joey and Paul. Despite not being within the group during the time MFKR was recorded, Cuddles appears on the inside tray. He was the naked guy, and was thanked at the back of the album. Cuddles has been the only guy to ever be sacked from the band, this was due to his lack of dedication to the position he took on and the lack of contribution besides the parts Anders previously delt with, he played his last show during the summer of '98 shortly before the signing to Roadrunner Records. Following his movement away from the band and the firing from Axiom piercing studio, Greg left Des Moines. He currently owns a tattoo shop in South Dakota named "The Ultimate Prick" - there are rumours that this has been shut down now.

Josh ex-guitarist

Josh Brainard, or Gnar as his band mates new him was the original Slipknot lead Guitarist. Josh was there from the birth of the band and the days of handing out tapes and flyers and working their asses off to get their music some exposure. He was there when the band made the ep Mate Feed Kill Repeat and added the jumpsuits and Corey to the line-up; he was there when they were just about to break the big time. Slipknot knew they had what it took to make the big time and sacrifices had to be made including time away from family. After spending time writing the riffs to the new album, just before they entered the studio to record "Slipknot" Josh decided it was in the best interests of his family to leave the band, because if he hadn't he'd have been away from home monthes at a time. Josh was replaced by James Root.

Donnie Steele (Ex Slipknot Guitarist) Donnie was the original guitarist for Slipknot. Even before Josh. He recorded on ALL of the songs on the CD. He quit the band for personal reasons (he found God, and felt there was a conflict) while we were still finishing up the mixing. Mick wasn't even on the album, though his pic is in there.