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Slipknot's Clown has been injured "a lot" onstage, but there's one that stands out as the gnarliest of them all. The percussionist opened up about the injury that made people "vomit when they saw it" during a recent interview with Vulture.
"The one that’s really done me in was when I ripped my bicep in half on stage by hitting a keg with a bat,” he recalled. “If you know anything about a bicep, it’s basically two wires, one on each side that holds the muscle in place — kind of like rubber bands that connect up by your shoulder. I ripped both those f***ers. So my bicep was actually on my forearm. Like, it just dropped down and my skin fell down with it."
“People would vomit when they saw it,” he added.
Clown underwent surgery to repair the torn tendons that caused him to lose “25 per cent of that arm."
“I’ll go to grab something on the top shelf in the fridge, think I’ve got it, and then whatever it is will just fall. It hurts,” he admitted. “I have swelling on my right side where this dissolvable screw was. Out of all the injuries, that one really is a daily reminder.”
The injury happened in 2021 and Slipknot spent a lot of time on the road this year to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their self-titled debut album. Thankfully Clown didn't suffer any notable injuries on tour.