Report: SLIPKNOT Still Angry Over Battle With THE GAME For Number One - “This Was Our Time”
February 13, 2009, 15 years ago
RollingStone.com has issued the following report:
SLIPKNOT, the Iowa-based nine-piece masked metal band entering it's tenth year on the national stage, has just been announced as one of the headliners of Columbus, Ohio’s Rock On The Range Festival. The third annual fest - which also features MÖTLEY CRÜE, ALICE IN CHAINS and KORN - goes down May 17th and 18th. But right now, Slipknot are in the midst of their biggest American tour to date, including a massive gig at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The arena tour - with COHEED AND CAMBRIA and TRIVIUM in tow - comes on the heels of last year’s All Hope is Gone, the band’s first number one album, a victory that almost didn’t happen.
Initial reports from SoundScan put rapper THE GAME’s LAX in the top spot by a margin of 13 albums, but after a recount the positions were reversed, with Slipknot taking it by over 1,100 units. And it’s a near-slight that still drives the band nuts, even six months later.
Read the full report at RollingStone.com.
