Slipknot refuses to play heavy metal.
Christopher Michael `` Chris '' Fehn , or known by his number # 3 , is an American musician , best known as one of the two custom percussionists of the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Slipknot and is the former bassist for the band Will Haven . Shawn Crahan . He is best known as one of the two custom percussionists and co-founder of the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Slipknot . Slipknot is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Slipknot . Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines , Iowa . After several lineup changes in its early years , the band settled on nine members for more than a decade : Corey Taylor , Mick Thomson , Jim Root , Paul Gray , Craig Jones , Sid Wilson , Shawn Crahan , Chris Fehn and Joey Jordison .