Same man, used to play SOAD and Sipknot in my school pool/rec room, was kinda popular. I also played hardcore techno and Venetian Snares but they didn't go down so well.
When I was like 11 or 12 years old, I was filled with anger, was not violent, but suffered a lot, it was like a time bomb. And SlipKnot was the first metal band I knew, and god, they saved my life for sure. All those things I had inside, Slipknot made them more easy to overcome, as you said, it was a catharsis. The best one and exactly in the right moment. I owe them a lot :)
@@tr0ph_huntr634 the amount of people there, the amount they oversold tickets (they defo did, I was there, crowded as fuck), I wouldn't be surprised if it was 120k people all getting on the ground
Just 'cause I have nerves don't mean that I can feel I wasn't very much fun to be with anyway Just let the blood run red 'cause I can't feel. Is so badass The way he sings it
Funny how Alex didnt listen to their whole studio discography but still made a video about "what your favorite Slipknot Album says about you' when he literally didnt even listen to the whole albums (????) Like this is the 1st time he's listening to the studio version of spit it out, Prosthetics, Diluted, Are so underrated and brutal and he didnt even check it out GAMATRIA, ONE OF THEIR BEST SONGS OF ALL TIME and didnt even take a listen to the whole AHIG album Alex lost his edge
The whole X-factor thing with Slipknot is completely true, It is so hard to point to exactly what "it" is with all eras of Slipknot. They have that just... I guess the best word is energy? They have a sound to them that's just very them, they have anger but its also darkness, the feeling that they give isn't really "Angry for the sake of it" but more like "Let out your anger" you know? It's the best way I can describe it.
@@ZoltanvamosOfficial Slipknot is not always supportive. Theyre more often than not just bitching about their lives (though it absolutely works super well). There’s a good few exceptions obviously, and I’m not too familiar with anything past .5
@@liminalcriminal_ It is supportive, IMO. They are vocalizing what so many people are feeling and letting them know that they aren't alone and they do belong somewhere.
I think you nailed it. I think they just reflected a lot of the frustration and rage that was tearing through us teens in this era. Their music was such a good outlet. I had the pleasure of seeing them live in the early 2000's, so many bruises, good times.
Me too...Ozzfest 2001. Marilyn Manson played after them though and blew them away! That was back when Manson had John 5, Jeordie White, and Ginger Fish in his band though they were on fire back then during the HolyWood tour.
Fun fact: this is actually THE DEMO of spit it out, they decided to put the demo version into the album because they find it better than the version we were supposed to have (the Stamp you out remix, or the hyper version, either of 2) and Corey wasnt satisfied with his vocals so the demo is quite hard, but the Hyper Version is really fast
I honestly think the re-recorded version is much better than the demo, but it felt so weird since I was already used to the demo version. But, if I'm gonna jam Spit it Out these days, I listen to the re-recorded version because it has the same sound and mix as the rest of the album. And, I think Corey sounds much better in that one as well.
@@TheJokesterSCR honestly I love the Hyper version, so fast, I actually used to find weird how Spit it Out sounds compared to the rest of the self titled album, it really did felt like a demo, Corey also sounds mord deep and gutural, similar to his IOWA vocals, the re-recored version he rly sounds more like his self titled tone But I still can't decide between the 2, not the biggest fan of the Stamp u Out remix tho
6:07 Fun fact: they used to destroy stuff when they played this song (almost at the end of it) back in 99' . It was literally chaos everywhere, besides the band going crazy, of course
I used to sing this at karaoke when it first came out. One night, the electricity went out in the bar right after I finished the first verse. The DJ allowed me to start again from the beginning. For anyone that was under the illusion that I was just mumbling incoherently, I performed it exactly the way I had the first time. It's difficult with how fast he goes, but when you nail it, it's fun as hell. On the subject of Slipknot, have you listened to their first album? They remade some of those songs for their first two major lable releases, but it's fascinating to hear their origins. Back in 2000, when Slipknot was touring the US in support of their major label debut, I went to their website. I found out their tour dates and the cities they were going to. It was quite disappointing to see that they would not be hitting up my town. Their website had a place where you could send them a message. I told them that here in Tucson, I'd sung a majority of their songs at karaoke and would love to see them live. Not two days later, they added Tucson to their tour list. I'm not going to say it was me, but deep down inside, I like to think that it was because of my message. Anyway, I saw them and they were amazing!
There were sooooo many bands doing music with similar concepts and arrangements and structures during a 3 or 4 year period back then. What pushed them up was that their singer is world class, same for their drummer RIP, their bass player RIP, the guitarists are both top tier, and the DJ did his job but also took it to extremes on stage with the percussionist, that made them collectively unstoppable
This is why for reaction channels I say it's always best to hear the studio version first, then whatever songs you like you go and listen to live versions of it. It also makes it so that for a song people can put in comments their favorite live version of the song and maybe even link the vid. As far as this song being 5 years late...well yeah, it is but better late than never and now that one commenter can finally relax! XD
I think the live version sucks ass. I don’t even know why people recommend it. Only because “jump the f up” which I also think sucks 😂 This plus the video is sick
I agree, it doesn’t make sense to me why people hear live versions first. The studio version is how the song should be heard at first listen, then see the differences in the live versions.
@@TheAspiringFitnessGuru Because sometimes iconic things happen live where just like this studio version was passed up for sop long a reaction channel might just skip the live version and totally miss something special.
Classic Slipknot! Back when they still wore the jumpsuits and had the homemade or converted masks. RIP Paul and Joey. It's also good to see Chris and Craig again.
I like SlipKnot but I saw them live at Ozzfest and took a p!ss break during their set lol. IDK what it was, maybe they were having a bad day but their energy just wasn't really there. Maybe it was because they were still a young band at the time and they were on the main stage at Ozzfest at an amphitheater...they were probably used to playing small clubs back then. Marilyn Manson played after them though and blew them away!
Primal is the way to describe Slipknot at this stage. The energy and the rawness of the performance is what sets it apart in my opinion. This album and Iowa were absolutely entrancing on the atmosphere and the coarse vibe created. It feels unscrupulous, turbulent and intense. The extreme force of it when you consider the roughness, but how hard it is to express feelings that crude.
@@Dante7yagami trilogy maybe misleading.. There is the live slipknot version.. Studio/ video version.. and Corey Taylor doing it solo on his acoustic guitar..
Yo if you're still on your Slipknot deep dive, you should do the deep cut for Danger - Keep Away. I would also recommend the full version which is a bonus track off the deluxe version of Vol 3.
Released way back in 1999, at the time I was just a humble 1st year at secondary school (high school for the non uk).. This song was my introduction to slipknot at 12 years old when it aired on kerrang, when kerrang was on TV Good vibes and an absolute throw back to my era Keep up the awesome reactions 👌
This is the song that got me into Slipknot and metal/rock music as a whole. It came at the perfect time considering the mental state i was slipping into at that time. Also, please do some reviews on Murderdolls. Make sure to hit the deep cuts.
Now you have to listen to the third version of Spit it Out... The acapella version at the end of the Corey Taylor Live in London video... There are so many great moments in that show. The crowd singing along is magical in the songs Bother and Through the Glass.
To describe Slipknot in this era in one word, I would have to say they are frenetic. So much chaotic energy there that just makes you happy to go fucking crazy headbanging! Speaking of which, lemme get back to it! :D
In other words, they would’ve had a tougher time in an earlier era of mainstream, radio and labels. The Internet allowed for expanded opportunities and distribution for talented bands like this to explode.
I’ve been a huge fan of Slipknot for almost 20 years now. You hit the nail on the head with this type of music being a catharsis and a positive outlet for inner turmoil. These past couple of years have been the most difficult and challenging times of my life and other than music, your music and movie reaction channels have been a bright light for me in this dark time. Thank you for everything you do man. I hope you and your wife are enjoying yourselves in Hawaii!
I think they were always destined to rise to the level they did because of the aesthetic. Regardless of the music, that kind of things draws people’s attention. It gets people talking, positively, and negatively and any publicity is good publicity. Not to mention, there’s an inherent darkness inside of every human being, and I feel like the slipknot of this era, and the Iowa era personified that darkness. I know it gave me, in my angrier years, a place to put my anger. Self titled will always be my favorite era, because it was the time I discovered who I was as a person at that time, and they were the catalyst for that. Anyhow, good stuff!
The one word I'd use to descripe Slipknot from that era is Visceral. It's unapolageticly upfront about the intents and topics and for their time it was brutally heavy.
They were the big thing from Roadrunner Records so most metal fans instantly knew they were worth listening to back then, that's how they managed to get in to HMV on the listening posts
Slipknots first album when I heard it as a kid changed my whole path in what music I listen to, I remember hearing sic for the first time and it just made me want break the fucking walls down in my house.
Their first album is visceral. They were always heavy but that first album was just raw agression and all of the pent up rage from the lives to that point.
I remember being at their second Ozzfest show back in 99 in Indianapolis In,nobody new who they were..nothing we have ever seen before super unique for its time...long-lived the knot
Slipknot in that era, from memory as a kid I'd say they're horror metal. I mean a ton of The Shining in this vid, the masks scream 80s horror remakes. Was an absolute trip back in the day, still get a smirk listening to their old stuff
It would be cool to see you react to some really old metal like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden...stuff like that. Scorpions and Helloween are good too.
Man, it's been a MINUTE since I saw you come across my timeline. Love the energy, as always! You should check out the band Shadows Fall, I think you'd dig their stuff. Notable songs, take your pick: What Drives the Weak The Power of I and I The Idiot Box A Fire in Babylon My Demise The Wasteland Fire From the Sky
This song was an anthem for young people who were bullied or just generally had some kind of repressed anger towards people that suck during 99 and the early 2000s. I remember loving this song as a 13 year old kid who got bullied and had no outlet for my emotions. I remember getting in trouble for yelling “fuck me I’m all out of enemies” over and over all the time.
Alex, there's more Slipknot songs u need to listen haha try Child of burning time for ex, it's a good one from All hope is gone era. OH, and you need see SIC but from a liveshow (2012, knotfest). This one is fire!
Time to venture to new countries too! I recommend Le Manu by New Zealand band Shepherds Reign. They sing in Samoan, a language you haven't tested before!
I still remember seeing these guys live for the first time in 1999. I was hooked from minute one. They were all wearing the identical jumpsuits from the video (this video was clips from Ozzfest 99'), and it was nothing but a red blur from them running around and slapping each other on stage. There was pure chaos in a bottle, and I figured there was no way this band would last. I can't believe even with the extreme ups and downs that, they still do. I saw them three times at different festivals last year, and it cemented again just how well the music and energy are still alive! #spititout
I was 14 when i first heard SlipKnoT, I couldn't believe how this music spoke to me. Diluted saved my life, everytime i couldn't deal with my life, i heard that song; I released all my anger and sadness screaming it.
I would say revolutionary- they took what rock was in their day put their heart/ feelings/ aggression and recreated the wheels of what rock and metal sounds like. I remember listing to them for the first time as a freshman in high school and they got me through some dark times.
Honestly man it was a different time back then. As a teen growing up in the 90’s when slipknot hit the scene in 99 it was that jolt of aggression my youth was into at the time. 99-2003 so many crazy good metal bands came on the scene.
This was my introduction into slipknot, the only kind of metal I had listened to before was ADTR because it was my brother’s favorite band when he was my age. This is probably one of my favorite songs.
Awesome reaction bro!! I’ve been watching you for about three years now and I never realized you never reacted to the studio version of this song lol. Fun fact, because at this point they were just starting out as the 9, they had just gotten Corey on vocals so this was very much the baby stages of them as a 9-piece. They didn’t have a building big enough to house all their instruments so all the music had to be recorded outside and all the mixing was done completely by Joey and Shawn, this was voted the number #1 best sounding song on the album. Along with Surfacing at #2 for having the heaviest breakdown in the middle of the song, you can’t really hear it unless you have the bass cranked up but it’s there, pretty impressive!!! Keep up the awesome work my brother, love and respect!!! 💯🤘👊
It's the absolute ORGANIZED CHAOS... When you can put all the individual insanity into a 3 minute song and awaken the inner parts of your pshycy and make you submit to your true feelings. It has no other choice but to work.
It's been 20 years since I first heard this from a mix cd a friend burned for me (for all the younguns that's the dark ages before sending eachothers Spotify playlists was a thing) It still goes hard nowadays
Dude another fuckin awesome video. From the second the music hit my head was rockin non stop. Love your energy and passion man. And i also have contained energy bursts that make me feel like punching pillows.
Slipknot hit at the right time. After Korn and Limp and the like was a first outlet for the angst that was in SO MANY people. I mean, "Break Stuff" from Woodstock 98 anyone? Slipknot coming out the next year with even more amped up aggression. The controlled chaos of it all. Slipknot had your raw anger, your middle finger to a society you hated. Your catharsis from it all.
If i remember correctly part of the quick rise to fame was the fact that their live performances were soo crazy and intense that no one wanted them to open for them so they had to immediately start headlining tours...lmk if im wrong on that
My favorite band when I was in high school. I'm 40 years old now , I still listen to these guys.
47 here in Aus, & totally agree with you. 👊🏻🇦🇺👍🏻
Same man, used to play SOAD and Sipknot in my school pool/rec room, was kinda popular. I also played hardcore techno and Venetian Snares but they didn't go down so well.
Since I was 4 going on 29
I discovered them in my early 30's. Now I'm 50 and I still love them! Especially the self-titled and Iowa albums!!
@@melissavukelic413856 and I'm with you
When I was like 11 or 12 years old, I was filled with anger, was not violent, but suffered a lot, it was like a time bomb. And SlipKnot was the first metal band I knew, and god, they saved my life for sure. All those things I had inside, Slipknot made them more easy to overcome, as you said, it was a catharsis. The best one and exactly in the right moment. I owe them a lot :)
I feel this that’s why I got the s tattoo to commemorate
Same, man
Same man
I saw them at download festival this year. 120,000 people jumping up at the same time was INSANE
A lie: defintly not 120.000 at the same time.. if Corey says: EVERYBODY GO DOWN ON THE F*CKING GROUND: not everybody goed down on the ground... always
@@tr0ph_huntr634 If you want to be pedantic, sure
But the maggots do 🤘🏼🤘🏼
@@tr0ph_huntr634 the amount of people there, the amount they oversold tickets (they defo did, I was there, crowded as fuck), I wouldn't be surprised if it was 120k people all getting on the ground
Yo I was there too. It was my first ever live concert outing, and my first time watching them Live. Absolute madness. Loved every second.
Classic track but "Scissors" is their most PSYCHOTIC and intense song. My favourite! Please give it a listen! 🤘
That or IOWA
I second this
Just 'cause I have nerves don't mean that I can feel
I wasn't very much fun to be with anyway
Just let the blood run red 'cause I can't feel. Is so badass The way he sings it
Totally psychotic and awesome
Funny how Alex didnt listen to their whole studio discography but still made a video about "what your favorite Slipknot Album says about you' when he literally didnt even listen to the whole albums (????) Like this is the 1st time he's listening to the studio version of spit it out, Prosthetics, Diluted, Are so underrated and brutal and he didnt even check it out
GAMATRIA, ONE OF THEIR BEST SONGS OF ALL TIME and didnt even take a listen to the whole AHIG album
Alex lost his edge
The whole X-factor thing with Slipknot is completely true, It is so hard to point to exactly what "it" is with all eras of Slipknot. They have that just... I guess the best word is energy? They have a sound to them that's just very them, they have anger but its also darkness, the feeling that they give isn't really "Angry for the sake of it" but more like "Let out your anger" you know? It's the best way I can describe it.
Aggressive?
@@QuantumCat5446 I guess, but more of a supportive aggressive I guess? 😅
@@ZoltanvamosOfficial Slipknot is not always supportive. Theyre more often than not just bitching about their lives (though it absolutely works super well). There’s a good few exceptions obviously, and I’m not too familiar with anything past .5
@@liminalcriminal_ It is supportive, IMO. They are vocalizing what so many people are feeling and letting them know that they aren't alone and they do belong somewhere.
I think you nailed it. I think they just reflected a lot of the frustration and rage that was tearing through us teens in this era. Their music was such a good outlet. I had the pleasure of seeing them live in the early 2000's, so many bruises, good times.
Me too...Ozzfest 2001. Marilyn Manson played after them though and blew them away! That was back when Manson had John 5, Jeordie White, and Ginger Fish in his band though they were on fire back then during the HolyWood tour.
I saw the Holywood Tour, too. Peak Manson.
Best word to describe slipknot during this phase is honestly just… unhinged. So fire.
Fun fact: this is actually THE DEMO of spit it out, they decided to put the demo version into the album because they find it better than the version we were supposed to have (the Stamp you out remix, or the hyper version, either of 2) and Corey wasnt satisfied with his vocals so the demo is quite hard, but the Hyper Version is really fast
I honestly think the re-recorded version is much better than the demo, but it felt so weird since I was already used to the demo version. But, if I'm gonna jam Spit it Out these days, I listen to the re-recorded version because it has the same sound and mix as the rest of the album. And, I think Corey sounds much better in that one as well.
@@TheJokesterSCR honestly I love the Hyper version, so fast, I actually used to find weird how Spit it Out sounds compared to the rest of the self titled album, it really did felt like a demo, Corey also sounds mord deep and gutural, similar to his IOWA vocals, the re-recored version he rly sounds more like his self titled tone
But I still can't decide between the 2, not the biggest fan of the Stamp u Out remix tho
6:07 Fun fact: they used to destroy stuff when they played this song (almost at the end of it) back in 99' . It was literally chaos everywhere, besides the band going crazy, of course
I used to sing this at karaoke when it first came out. One night, the electricity went out in the bar right after I finished the first verse. The DJ allowed me to start again from the beginning. For anyone that was under the illusion that I was just mumbling incoherently, I performed it exactly the way I had the first time. It's difficult with how fast he goes, but when you nail it, it's fun as hell. On the subject of Slipknot, have you listened to their first album? They remade some of those songs for their first two major lable releases, but it's fascinating to hear their origins. Back in 2000, when Slipknot was touring the US in support of their major label debut, I went to their website. I found out their tour dates and the cities they were going to. It was quite disappointing to see that they would not be hitting up my town. Their website had a place where you could send them a message. I told them that here in Tucson, I'd sung a majority of their songs at karaoke and would love to see them live. Not two days later, they added Tucson to their tour list. I'm not going to say it was me, but deep down inside, I like to think that it was because of my message. Anyway, I saw them and they were amazing!
There were sooooo many bands doing music with similar concepts and arrangements and structures during a 3 or 4 year period back then. What pushed them up was that their singer is world class, same for their drummer RIP, their bass player RIP, the guitarists are both top tier, and the DJ did his job but also took it to extremes on stage with the percussionist, that made them collectively unstoppable
Slipknot back in this era was everything that you needed to live for.
Seen them three times in last three years they still killing it!! Last of a an era.
This is why for reaction channels I say it's always best to hear the studio version first, then whatever songs you like you go and listen to live versions of it. It also makes it so that for a song people can put in comments their favorite live version of the song and maybe even link the vid.
As far as this song being 5 years late...well yeah, it is but better late than never and now that one commenter can finally relax! XD
I think the live version sucks ass. I don’t even know why people recommend it. Only because “jump the f up” which I also think sucks 😂 This plus the video is sick
@@Camm85 I always felt the Disasterpieces live version of Spit it Out was better than the 2009 Download live version.
I agree, it doesn’t make sense to me why people hear live versions first. The studio version is how the song should be heard at first listen, then see the differences in the live versions.
@@TheAspiringFitnessGuru Because sometimes iconic things happen live where just like this studio version was passed up for sop long a reaction channel might just skip the live version and totally miss something special.
I've always had a way of looking at slipknot as like rusty metal. Not rusty as in old or bad but dark gritty hard. Fucking loving these guys.
Classic Slipknot! Back when they still wore the jumpsuits and had the homemade or converted masks. RIP Paul and Joey. It's also good to see Chris and Craig again.
I like SlipKnot but I saw them live at Ozzfest and took a p!ss break during their set lol. IDK what it was, maybe they were having a bad day but their energy just wasn't really there. Maybe it was because they were still a young band at the time and they were on the main stage at Ozzfest at an amphitheater...they were probably used to playing small clubs back then. Marilyn Manson played after them though and blew them away!
Primal is the way to describe Slipknot at this stage. The energy and the rawness of the performance is what sets it apart in my opinion. This album and Iowa were absolutely entrancing on the atmosphere and the coarse vibe created. It feels unscrupulous, turbulent and intense. The extreme force of it when you consider the roughness, but how hard it is to express feelings that crude.
You now need to complete the " spit it out " trilogy and watch Corey Taylor do the Acoustic version live in London 😈☺️
YES! 100% agree on this 👍🏼
There's a trilogy to this song???
@@Dante7yagami trilogy maybe misleading.. There is the live slipknot version.. Studio/ video version.. and Corey Taylor doing it solo on his acoustic guitar..
This is the case where the live version is most awarded than the studio's version. Such a wild masterpiece.
Yo if you're still on your Slipknot deep dive, you should do the deep cut for Danger - Keep Away. I would also recommend the full version which is a bonus track off the deluxe version of Vol 3.
Full version is best.
Released way back in 1999, at the time I was just a humble 1st year at secondary school (high school for the non uk).. This song was my introduction to slipknot at 12 years old when it aired on kerrang, when kerrang was on TV
Good vibes and an absolute throw back to my era
Keep up the awesome reactions 👌
This is the song that got me into Slipknot and metal/rock music as a whole. It came at the perfect time considering the mental state i was slipping into at that time.
Also, please do some reviews on Murderdolls. Make sure to hit the deep cuts.
Now you have to listen to the third version of Spit it Out... The acapella version at the end of the Corey Taylor Live in London video... There are so many great moments in that show. The crowd singing along is magical in the songs Bother and Through the Glass.
one of the best videos ever....saw it when it first released and was instantly a Slipknot fan! and word to describe them in that era.....BRUTAL
To describe Slipknot in this era in one word, I would have to say they are frenetic. So much chaotic energy there that just makes you happy to go fucking crazy headbanging! Speaking of which, lemme get back to it! :D
In other words, they would’ve had a tougher time in an earlier era of mainstream, radio and labels. The Internet allowed for expanded opportunities and distribution for talented bands like this to explode.
I’ve been a huge fan of Slipknot for almost 20 years now. You hit the nail on the head with this type of music being a catharsis and a positive outlet for inner turmoil. These past couple of years have been the most difficult and challenging times of my life and other than music, your music and movie reaction channels have been a bright light for me in this dark time. Thank you for everything you do man. I hope you and your wife are enjoying yourselves in Hawaii!
I think they were always destined to rise to the level they did because of the aesthetic. Regardless of the music, that kind of things draws people’s attention. It gets people talking, positively, and negatively and any publicity is good publicity. Not to mention, there’s an inherent darkness inside of every human being, and I feel like the slipknot of this era, and the Iowa era personified that darkness. I know it gave me, in my angrier years, a place to put my anger. Self titled will always be my favorite era, because it was the time I discovered who I was as a person at that time, and they were the catalyst for that. Anyhow, good stuff!
The one word I'd use to descripe Slipknot from that era is Visceral. It's unapolageticly upfront about the intents and topics and for their time it was brutally heavy.
There is another version of this that Corey done on an acoustic tour and holy hell its great. If you can please watch that one its great
They were the big thing from Roadrunner Records so most metal fans instantly knew they were worth listening to back then, that's how they managed to get in to HMV on the listening posts
The reason the early slipknot is something else is cause it's technically 90s music which has a divine touch to it ;)
Sepultura - Dead Embryonic Cells 🔥
Slipknots first album when I heard it as a kid changed my whole path in what music I listen to, I remember hearing sic for the first time and it just made me want break the fucking walls down in my house.
How to describe them in the 90s? Metal. How to describe them now? Pop/rock
Please tell me you’re not considering we are not your kind as pop/rock
Their first album is visceral. They were always heavy but that first album was just raw agression and all of the pent up rage from the lives to that point.
Definitely a track on your gym playlist….lift like an animal
Watching these guys at my first few metal festivals, in Australia in the early 90s, was utterly life changing.
Slipknot didn’t exist in the early 90s
The word I would use is “cathartic.” Every lyric, every scream, every riff, is absolutely raw emotions being let out.
Controlled chaos, this era of SlipKnot was controlled chaos
I remember being at their second Ozzfest show back in 99 in Indianapolis In,nobody new who they were..nothing we have ever seen before super unique for its time...long-lived the knot
Okay I didn't know there was anyone with a broad interest in music who hadn't heard this song, but glad you jumped into it!
Slipknot in that era, from memory as a kid I'd say they're horror metal. I mean a ton of The Shining in this vid, the masks scream 80s horror remakes. Was an absolute trip back in the day, still get a smirk listening to their old stuff
It's not anger, it's screaming the pain away
It would be cool to see you react to some really old metal like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden...stuff like that. Scorpions and Helloween are good too.
The first album was so rough, raw, rude… energetic as hell
Alex you gotta react to more Death songs! “Flesh And The Power It Holds” is my recommendation!
On the verge - thrown, this is a must. Very similar feelings
5 years of rock🔥🔥 you've come a long way I remember when the name was Hip Hop Head lol 🤘🏼
Man, it's been a MINUTE since I saw you come across my timeline. Love the energy, as always! You should check out the band Shadows Fall, I think you'd dig their stuff.
Notable songs, take your pick:
What Drives the Weak
The Power of I and I
The Idiot Box
A Fire in Babylon
My Demise
The Wasteland
Fire From the Sky
Gotta listen to the whole first album now!
Friends & SlipKnoT! Dude we would get along so well!
This song was an anthem for young people who were bullied or just generally had some kind of repressed anger towards people that suck during 99 and the early 2000s. I remember loving this song as a 13 year old kid who got bullied and had no outlet for my emotions. I remember getting in trouble for yelling “fuck me I’m all out of enemies” over and over all the time.
The studio version is actually a demo, that’s why it sounds so raw
Alex, there's more Slipknot songs u need to listen haha try Child of burning time for ex, it's a good one from All hope is gone era. OH, and you need see SIC but from a liveshow (2012, knotfest). This one is fire!
it was the brutal honesty and driving music which gave them their edge. they stood above the rest because it was a band you could vent your rage with
First video I’ve seen of slipknot and was hooked ever since
The way I see slipknot is creatively chaotic
Yo! Was not expecting Animal Collective to come out your mouth! Love them.
“Bury your ass with the chrome, straight to the dome” is such a good line, I’ve always loved his writing since day one 😂
Time to venture to new countries too! I recommend Le Manu by New Zealand band Shepherds Reign. They sing in Samoan, a language you haven't tested before!
I still remember seeing these guys live for the first time in 1999. I was hooked from minute one. They were all wearing the identical jumpsuits from the video (this video was clips from Ozzfest 99'), and it was nothing but a red blur from them running around and slapping each other on stage. There was pure chaos in a bottle, and I figured there was no way this band would last. I can't believe even with the extreme ups and downs that, they still do. I saw them three times at different festivals last year, and it cemented again just how well the music and energy are still alive! #spititout
Go to a rage room and play Slipknot while you're there.
I was 14 when i first heard SlipKnoT, I couldn't believe how this music spoke to me. Diluted saved my life, everytime i couldn't deal with my life, i heard that song; I released all my anger and sadness screaming it.
Cool, now a year from now you can do Spit It Out (Hyper Version)
I would say revolutionary- they took what rock was in their day put their heart/ feelings/ aggression and recreated the wheels of what rock and metal sounds like. I remember listing to them for the first time as a freshman in high school and they got me through some dark times.
The Prodigy - Firestarter. You need to do this
This one's great but I love the hyper version a lot more
Honestly man it was a different time back then. As a teen growing up in the 90’s when slipknot hit the scene in 99 it was that jolt of aggression my youth was into at the time. 99-2003 so many crazy good metal bands came on the scene.
Someone I work with heard metal music and said “metalheads need therapy”. Dude… metal IS the therapy.
This was my introduction into slipknot, the only kind of metal I had listened to before was ADTR because it was my brother’s favorite band when he was my age. This is probably one of my favorite songs.
Awesome reaction bro!! I’ve been watching you for about three years now and I never realized you never reacted to the studio version of this song lol. Fun fact, because at this point they were just starting out as the 9, they had just gotten Corey on vocals so this was very much the baby stages of them as a 9-piece. They didn’t have a building big enough to house all their instruments so all the music had to be recorded outside and all the mixing was done completely by Joey and Shawn, this was voted the number #1 best sounding song on the album. Along with Surfacing at #2 for having the heaviest breakdown in the middle of the song, you can’t really hear it unless you have the bass cranked up but it’s there, pretty impressive!!! Keep up the awesome work my brother, love and respect!!! 💯🤘👊
this was a raw chaos time. Iowa was polish and well produced chaos. This era was back yard wrestling to Iowa's WWE.
It's the absolute ORGANIZED CHAOS... When you can put all the individual insanity into a 3 minute song and awaken the inner parts of your pshycy and make you submit to your true feelings. It has no other choice but to work.
One of my favorite bands.
Those who don't get it, don't get it.
Love your reaction videos
It's been 20 years since I first heard this from a mix cd a friend burned for me (for all the younguns that's the dark ages before sending eachothers Spotify playlists was a thing)
It still goes hard nowadays
4:49 The band has said this exact thing in so many interviews.
I think "anger" is that X factor you are thinking of! They were pissed!
Slipknot is chaos, and will be always during the first 3 albums
I remember seeing this in 99 at about 3 o'clock in the morning on rage, changed my life
When the song is so good you have to mosh with your chair.
Damn, it's been at least five years since I subscribed because I remember getting the notification for the Slipknot reactions.....time flies.
This era of Slipknot is RAW
The music was so Savage!!! That's the best word I can give you for it.
The word is authentic
Brand of Sacrifice "Between Death and Dreams" and "Blinded" 😊
Dude another fuckin awesome video. From the second the music hit my head was rockin non stop. Love your energy and passion man. And i also have contained energy bursts that make me feel like punching pillows.
Spit it out is a good song, what they do for the live version is beyond epic, go see them live
Slipknot hit at the right time. After Korn and Limp and the like was a first outlet for the angst that was in SO MANY people. I mean, "Break Stuff" from Woodstock 98 anyone? Slipknot coming out the next year with even more amped up aggression. The controlled chaos of it all. Slipknot had your raw anger, your middle finger to a society you hated. Your catharsis from it all.
„Are you high“ meme
Alex: I don’t know
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻perfect cut
Now thats the way a reaction is supposed to be done!
You crack me up bro! Love it!
Editor Alex was on point this vid hahaha made this reaction one of the classics for me 😂😂😂
It's primal bro, the word your searching for is PRIMAL!🤘 High horns mate.
Time for some Devildriver!! Clouds over California!
If i remember correctly part of the quick rise to fame was the fact that their live performances were soo crazy and intense that no one wanted them to open for them so they had to immediately start headlining tours...lmk if im wrong on that
I know you reacted to Kamelot in the past, so I figured you would probably have a great reaction to The Great Divide from Kamelot!
Description in one word is RAW
Perfect album.
Spit it Out was my introduction to Slipknot, almost 25 years ago.