Shawn "Clown" Crahan

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Shawn Crahan

Background information
Birth name Michael Shawn Crahan
Also known as Clown, #6
Born September 24, 1969 (age 37)
Country flag Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Genre(s) Nu Metal, Heavy Metal, Others
Years active 1993 - Present
Label(s) Roadrunner
Associated
acts		 Slipknot, To My Surprise
Website Slipknot website

Shawn "Clown" Crahan, (born Michael Shawn Crahan on September 24, 1969), is a percussionist in the nu metal band Slipknot. He has a set of deeply tuned toms (drums) on which he provides backup (along with Chris Fehn) to the drumming of Joey Jordison. He has a height of 5' 10". According to Slipknot, he was the first band member to wear a mask (he had an old clown mask). He found his mask sitting lonely in a shop one day and he decided "it was right."

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[edit] Personal

Because Shawn has a background in welding, his drum set, which was made by Dunnet Classic Drums, is made of titanium, with an empty beer keg thrown in for variety in the percussion. He is also one of the co-founders of Slipknot with Paul Gray#2 and Anders Coselfini. Shawn does most of the interviews and also ran www.Slipknot2.com which no longer exists. In 2003, Shawn changed his mask along with the rest of the band. He has fought Sid Wilson in some live concerts, as seen in the "Spit it Out" video. They are not enemies but have been described as having a brother-like relationship - only play fighting in order to get the adrenaline needed for shows. In a current Revolver interview where Shawn talks about Voliminal: Inside the Nine, it shows a picture where he is sitting at an orange shell Ludwig 5 piece drum set.[citation needed]

[edit] Production

Shawn was an executive producer for the Mudvayne album L.D. 50 as well as the 40 Below Summer album Invitation to the Dance. He has also made a brief appearance in the American Head Charge music video for "Just So You Know" and remixed one of their tracks for the Just So You Know single release.

[edit] History

Crahan says he had a happy youth. His parents financed Slipknot in the early days and he professes nothing but the utmost respect for them. In the early '90s, he had a drinking problem, exacerbated when he bought a Des Moines bar, "The Safari". Frustrated by the lack of success, he says he would have killed himself if he hadn't met his wife Chantal. "My savior, my hero," he says. "She saved my life." - Q Magazine. He also has two daughters and a son, which he says "I'm a perfect father and a fucking psychopath, ok? No contradiction." - [1]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Slipknot

[edit] To My Surprise

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Other Projects

Shawn also is the founder of Big Orange Clown unit of Sanctuary Records, and signed metalcore act, Gizmachi. Shawn is also the drummer and vocalist for the band To My Surprise. He appears unmasked in this band.

  • Heads on the wall: 1993 - 1995 Shawn - Drums
  • Quan - Guitar: This band played four shows with Slipknot's drummer Joey Jordison's band, Modifidious.
  • Slipknot: 1995 - Present
  • To My Surprise: 2003 - Present
Slipknot
#0 Sid Wilson | #1 Joey Jordison | #2 Paul Gray | #3 Chris Fehn | #4 James Root | #5 Craig "133" Jones | #6 Shawn "Clown" Crahan | #7 Mick Thomson | #8 Corey Taylor
Anders Colsefini | Greg "Cuddles" Welts | Josh "Gnar" Brainard | Brandon Darner | John Green | Quan "Meld" Nong | Patrick M. Neuwirth | Donnie Steele
Discography
Albums: Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat | Roadrunner Records Demo | Slipknot | Iowa | Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
Singles: Wait and Bleed | Spit It Out | Left Behind | My Plague | Duality | Vermilion | Before I Forget | The Nameless
Live: 9.0: Live
DVDs: Welcome To Our Neighborhood | Disasterpieces | Voliminal: Inside the Nine


[edit] External links

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