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Slipknot · 1999

Slipknot

Historical music event in the Radio Music History database.

August 14, 1999Personal⭐⭐⭐

Description

Before a signing session in Norridge, Illinois, the nine members put on their masks and jumpsuits behind a jewelry store. Police arrived believing they were planning to rob the premises. After the group proved that they were a theatrical metal band rather than a criminal gang, police escorted them to the signing session.

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