Before I Forget

Slipknot is an American metal rock band or known as 'nu-metal', a term coined for 'new metal' actually. i have heard of them some years ago but it was not until in early 2008 when i actually took notice of them when i heard their single 'Before I Forget'. A fast-paced song with brutal crunching guitars, i remembered listening and head-banging to this song many times and mimicking the excellent double-pedal drumming by their drummer Joey Jordison. I still do when i revisit the song from time to time.

Slipknot is made up of 9 members, with each wearing a distinct mask which they don it everywhere they go and on and off stage, thus maintaining a mysterious sense of obscurity but which gave this band such a unique identity.

The MTV of 'Before I Forget' is one of the best i have seen in modern music videos. Excellently shot with the members off their masks but with the cameras shooting them such that their full faces are never shown throughout, thus keeping true to the band's running theme of anonymity. This video won them a Grammy award in 2007 for 'Best Metal Performance'

I am a world before
I am a man
I was a creature before
I could stand
I will remember
before I forget
Before I Forget.

- Before I Forget