All nine members of Slipknot are rarely seen in public without their masks, and in a new BBC documentary, band members Corey Taylor and Shawn Crahan will finally explain why they wear them. They also talk Trent Reznor and Eminem in the new documentary, entitled Artsnight, which encourages “stepping out of our psychological skins” for those featured.
In the Artsnight trailer, frontman Taylor says of the masks, “when it comes to all this, all bets are off. You can really let the animal off the chain as far as you really want to go.”
Crahan adds his thoughts, explaining that the members don’t “really see ourselves” and that wearing the mask encourages him to be who he really is.
NME reports that Taylor gave fans a shock when he suggested a collaboration with Eminem this past week, as well as one withTrent Reznor.
“Everybody from Trent Reznor - I would love to work with Trent - to… I was just thinking about this the other day… I would love to do something with Eminem. I would love to trade some stuff back and forth with him, because I love the way he writes and the way he flows and the attitude; you know, the emotion that’s in it. And I’m very, very attracted to that. And I would love to do something where we kind of go back and forth. Will it ever happen? Probably not. But, you know, it’s still a dream.”
The band is slated to do a tour of the U.K. in February, with dates at Cardiff at the Motorpoint Arena on Feb. 8, London at the Alexandra Palace on Feb. 9, Birmingham at the Genting Arena on Feb. 12 and Leeds at the First Direct Arena on Feb. 13.
Taylor also jumped on the bandwagon of musicians speaking out against controversial Republican candidate, Donald Trump, this past December and went as far as to compare him to David Duke, grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
