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Date of review: 2007-02-08

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[edit] A special message to all the people who think that a band who either have or has had more than 4 people isn't a "real" band...

Look at how many people have been in Lynrd Skynrd, Marilyn Manson, KMFDM, Korn, Black Sabbath, GWAR, Danzig, etc... URFG 14:57, 29 March 2007 (UTC)URFG

None of them had more than 4-5 members at a time. Inhumer 18:30, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

You missed my point. HAVE or HAS more than 4 members. URFG 14:57, 29 March 2007 (UTC)URFG

By the way, GWAR has 5 members. Check it out here: GWAR.

What does this have to do with a band that has 9 members? Inhumer 18:01, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Well Satyricon only have 2 members. TWO! So numbers deosn't matter, it's what you do with the band members that you have Alexi Fury 21:25, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What does this mean?

"their albums and home videos have achieved - sales status" kabbelen 20:08, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

It was supposed to say "their albums and home videos have achieved platinum sales status.", but was vandalised at some point. I fixed it. --Wildnox(talk) 22:23, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thanks. kabbelen 22:33, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2008 not 2007

The band is currently on hiatus until 2007

Corey has said he will stay with stone sour til 08 and will let other band members finish there side projects he also stated that he never intended to do much with the band(slipknot) until very late 07 or early 08. source--76.18.0.54 17:32, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Changed the article to reflect the source you provided. Thank you for helping out. --Wildnox(talk) 03:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Second Rewrite

Over the last few days I've rewritten the article for a second time. I've pretty much finished citing the history, broken it up into sections, cleaned the image section, provided a handful of citations to the same section, removed any statements with cite needed tags for which I could not find a source, and provided a fair use rationale for the image used in the infobox. Any additional help and/or comments would be appreciated. --Wildnox(talk) 00:46, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA

Main concern is the prose and references.

  • formed in 1995 and currently signed to Roadrunner Records., remove 'and currently'
  • Solo years, 1995 should not be wikilinked
  • The demo sold well, but had a very small release of only 1000 copies. How can 1000 copies 'sell well'? and how about, was limited to 1000 copies, an explanation of why only 1000 would be good but not req'd.
  • The image in the info box fails WP:FUC #1, as it could be replaced by any photograph of the band and should be deleted.
  • A few major record labels became interested in the group. At that time, the band contained five members, but Roadrunner Records - At the time the band contained five members attracting the major record labels attention. Roadrunner etc
  • Roadrunner Records eventually signed the band,Slipknot dropped, the band then Slipknot after the comma
  • In spring of 2000 the album was certified platinum.[1] This was the first time an album released by Roadrunner Records received a platinum certification.[1] can be converted into one sentence
  • y,[14], too many commas
  • Categories: Semi-protected | Iowa musical groups | People from Iowa, People from Iowa? this is on a band not a person.
  • Early history(Before 1995), need a space before the bracket
  • December 5, 2006 wikilink full dates
  • References come after punctuation with no space, . [12] should be .[12]
  • The band also appeared in cartoon form in the adult comic Viz (issue 152, Feb 2006), where the band appear, appear appear
  • Vocalist Corey Taylor has stated, has can be removed
  • avoid using respective, didn't, wasn't spell it did not
  • One sentence paragraphs under 'Image and identities'
  • Single and videography should be subsection under discography
  • See also comes before references to meet WP:MOS
  • Please remove the fansite from external links
  • Biggest problem is the references, they aren't formatted correctly to include all the details it should. You can use the {{cite web}} to do this. Basically the the references need to include a publisher (website) date retrived, author etc, an example[1]
  1. ^ Huey, Steve. All Music Guide Biography of Slayer. Allmusicguide.com. Retrieved on December 10, 2006.
  • While additive terms like “also”, “in addition”, “additionally”, “moreover”, and “furthermore” may sometimes be useful, overusing them when they aren't necessary can instead detract from the brilliancy of the article. This article has 10 additive terms, a bit too much.
  • The new DVD Voliminal: Inside the Nine, wikilink, also remove 'new'

I suggest another peer review. M3tal H3ad 07:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for providing a list for me to work with. I'm slowly fixing each problem you listed. --Wildnox(talk) 22:17, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Current Members

Is there a reason its numbered 0-8? That seems just a tad bit odd, but I won't change since I'm not too familiar with this area of style.XXDucky21Xx 23:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

It's a thing with the band. I've considered removing the numbers, since they are a bit cruftish. --Wildnox(talk) 01:17, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Genre

Slipknot IS a typical Nu Metal band, so please don't rewrite it to rap metal. Thanks

-please don't put it as heavy metal either-

Who the hell put horror punk as one of the genres? They sure don't sound like it and even their image isn't really horror punk. That's like putting GWAR or Kiss as horror punk just because of their image and we all know that isn't true. I'm going to remove it. --Ilikepie714 21:09, 4 March 2007 (UTC)


Slipknot is Nu Metal(mainstream rock) -jarek

Slipknot is banned from the Metal Archives too.

[edit] Um...

"Slipknot is one of the best bands in existence and it would do you well to listen to them."


Fredwrecker 16:21, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mushroomhead feud?

I read over on the Mushroomhead article that there was a lot of argument between the two bands as to Slipknot 'stealing' Mushroomhead's image, having been signed to Roadrunner Records a year after Mushroomhead nearly did so. Surely this should be mentioned? Especially as Mushroomhead's article seems to be slightly biased toward them in the debate; it would at least give Slipknot a chance to defend themselves. 139.184.30.17 18:56, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Mushroomhead has been active since 1995.It is true that Slipknot did steal their gimmick and the mushroomhead article is full of facts. If u try to defend slipknot here ur basically just making the article like a stupid forum post. Only thing should be mentioned is that they have heat with Mushroomhead.

Um, no, they were both pretty local bands when the mask gimmicks were introduced, and in different areas, neither could have stolen the gimmick from the other.

[edit] Songs played at Concerts

Would an article recording the songs which have been played live be worth compiling? Obviously it would list where and when the songs were played Talk User:Fissionfox 10:28, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jump Up! (album)

Can someone confirm whether this is a real album? And if so, why it doesn't link from this (the purported band's) article? Just wondering whether to put an album infobox on it or whatever. Bubba hotep 13:16, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

If it's not confirmed, then I wouldn't believe it.

[edit] The Pic

I think the current live angled pic should be replaced by one which shows the entire band, dont you think?

[edit] Joey doesn't belong in Slipknot anymore

...And a new drummer did just join. Change it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mayorearth (talk • contribs) 07:14, 31 March 2007 (UTC).

were did you hear that?GuyDoe 23:32, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NYHC band

Perhaps the article should mention something about the 1980s hardcore punk band Slipknot?

[edit] 2nd sentence

Could someone please fix the second sentence in the article? We all have opinions so please dont force yours on me. ~sHyAn

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