![]() “What I tried to stress from the beginning is that Slipknot are a bigger idea than a sound. Rubin himself explained his approach to the album as being more about getting the band to deal with each other rather just concentrating on the mechanics: He really helped us open up as far as our talent was concerned, building on everything we’re known for and taking it to the next level.” We wanted Rick’s take and taste on what we do. “We wanted someone with a different opinion and a different perspective. ![]() The choice of Rubin was crucial to the whole exercise, as he brought an extra dimension to the project, as explained by Jordison: The question is, ‘Are you happy with what you’re doing?’ I can sleep at night now, because I’m making something that I love.” It’s now at the point where record sales don’t matter, radio doesn’t matter, MTV doesn’t matter. We watch each other’s backs 100 per cent. “At the end of the day, who have you got? You’ve got your band and you’ve got your family. In the end, it needed all of them to be fully interactive. Taylor felt that it was the commitment of the nine to each other and to the ideals of Slipknot that would ultimately overcome any petty differences between them. Everything you’ve loved about us is in place, and a shitload more.” “I think the time away has only rekindled the spirit that we had in the beginning. Twenty songs have been written for this record and that’s something we haven’t done before, there’s no settling for anything sub standard… We’re comin’ back to reclaim the crown of the world’s most brutally honest and insane band. I know that all bands say that their new record is gonna be the best, but in all sincerity this is gonna show all the new bands how it’s really done. As far as the progress of the record goes, we have all the main tracks done and are in overdub mode currently. “So here we are, all living together for very the first time in a couple of years and it feels like a family again. The gang's all here, backstage at Big Day Out in 2005 (Image credit: Getty Images)īut, slowly things began to come together, as Jordison told Metal Hammer early in 2003:
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