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Slipknot does not cause self harm, says Taylor
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 22 May 2009
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor has rejected suggestions (I imagine not for the first time) that his band encourage young people to self-harm, because of the grim subject matter of some of their song lyrics. Taylor points out that such fans would want to damage themselves anyway, and the fact that they are Slipknot fans is irrelevant.
The frontman says: “If you’re setting out to hurt yourself, it’s not the music that’s causing it. There’s something else wrong. We get a lot of kids that cut themselves but I go out of my way to try and stop it. It may feel artistic to carve our names in your arm but to us, it’s just hurting yourself. As bleak as Slipknot can be, it’s supposed to be positive in the long term and the last thing we want is for anyone to hurt themselves. used to be one of those kids and I always try to explain to them that I know what it’s like to feel like you’re the last person on Earth. All you have to do is reach out and someone will be there”.
