
Read the exclusive interview with Slipknot percussionist Chris Fehn.
As the wind from an unforgiving cold front whipped across every inch of exposed flesh of the 13,000 concert goers at Concrete Street Ampitheater, one of nine figures on stage held the microphone to his mouth.
“I want to f*cking hear you sing it from the bottom of your hearts,” Corey Taylor screamed. “This song’s called Dead Memories.”
With energy explosive enough to simultaneously trigger mosh pits and orgasms, Slipknot erupted into a frenzy of controlled chaos.


Fifteen years ago, before the sold-out arenas and headlining festivals, heavy metal five-piece Lamb of God was loading up their van to play in basements to crowds of twenty kids in exchange for cases of beer and whatever the host had in their refrigerator, recalls guitarist Mark Morton.