Slipknot’s grundare samt trummis Shawn M. Crahan även kallat Clown har uttalat sig både om Slipknot’s kommande greatest-hits album Antennas To Hell och förlusten av Paul Gray.
Om greatest-hits albumet säger Clown, ”The songs were put in a certain order by us, so you get a very unique listening experience; it’s like its own piece of art. Not even a machine could do that. Also, I spent two months on the CD booklet. You don’t just get a little piece of paper that goes inside the album cover. You get a huge booklet of some sculpture, photographs and theory that kids can ponder, conceptualize and really enjoy.”
Clown uttalar sig även om Donnie Steele, originalgitarrist i Slipknot som kommer vara med under Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival spelningarna där han kommer spela bas, denna gång bakom scenen. Clown säger, ”What gives him the right to be onstage with us right now? When we’re going through an experience like this with our fans, they need to concentrate on the eight members that are grieving [over the loss of Slipknot bassist Paul Gray, who was found dead of an overdose of morphine and fentanyl at a hotel in Urbandale, Iowa in May 2010], not on someone new. This isn’t a diss on Donnie. I love Donnie, but we chose to tour for just one reason — to share the tragedy, pain and grief of what happened to Paul with our fans instead of going through it alone.”
Om ett kommande album som följer upp All Hope Is Gone från 2008 säger Clown,
”That’s how everyone is coping with the loss of Paul, by writing. Will all of that stuff be used? No. Will some of it be used? Of course. But until we get to that area I can’t tell anybody anything. It’s like asking me who the next bass player is. I’m not gonna give you an answer ’cause I don’t have to think about it right now. I need about a year to grieve get my shit together so I can control my emotions in the studio, which is something I can’t do right now. I want to be able to go in there and realize my brother’s not there. And then when I’m asked to do a part, I can control myself and give Paul, the band and the fans everything that Slipknot needs to be.”
