SLIPKNOT KICK OFF HEADLINING NORTH AMERICAN CLUB TOUR WITH KITTIE AS DEBUT CD TOPS SALES OF 300,000

FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/KRISTINE ASHTON/AMANDA CAGAN (MSO) 818 380 0400
or JAMIE ROBERTS/MARIA GONZALES (ROADRUNNER RECORDS) 212 274 7500

SLIPKNOT KICK OFF HEADLINING NORTH AMERICAN CLUB TOUR WITH KITTIE
AS DEBUT CD TOPS SALES OF 300,000;

BAND’S GOLD-CERTIFIED HOME VIDEO HOLDS #3 SLOT ON
BILLBOARD CHART AND NEARS PLATINUM STATUS

Success is exploding for SLIPKNOT as their debut CD tops sales of 300,000 and continues clawing its way up the Billboard “Top 200 Albums” chart. The self-titled CD has just vaulted to #118 with a “pacesetter bullet,” indicating the greatest percentage increase in sales of all albums on the chart that week (over 21,000 copies). At the same time, the band’s gold-certified home video–WELCOME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD–is currently the #3 video (according to Billboard) and will be certified platinum in the near future.

Shows are also selling out for SLIPKNOT‘s headlining U.S. club tour with Kittie which just kicked off January 7 in Davenport, IA. Quickly becoming known as rock’s new provocateurs, the group wrapped up a widely successful European jaunt before the holidays and are now back for another extensive U.S. and European run that will last through Spring.

In other news, SLIPKNOT continue to gain praise from the media and currently occupy the cover of the NME, Britain’s most popular music weekly. Of the band, NME said: “Slipknot wear bar-coded matching overalls (marked naught through to eight) and freaky fucking scary monster masks. Get over it. Slipknot are brilliant…They are, in short, the most utterly fucking intense rock band the world has seen since Rollins-era Black Flag–period.” Band member #6 describes the experience of wearing the masks in the feature by saying: “Everybody in this band has a demon. My mask goes over my whole head. I’m in a tunnel. The heat doesn’t escape. Everybody in Slipknot has got their own hell…”

Catch SLIPKNOT‘s insane live show in the following cities and check out their two websites [www.slipknot1.com and www.slipknot2.com] or Roadrunner Records’ website [www.roadrunnerrecords.com] for additional information.

More dates to come…

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