Slipknot: Inside the Sickness, Behind the Masks

by Jason Arnopp, Ozzy Osbourne (Introduction)

Ignoring every rule in the book and more besides, Slipknot have achieved unprecedented success, selling two million copies of their debut album worldwide. Outraging authorities and courting controversy at every turn, they have wowed crowds across the globe by risking life and limb during extraordinary live performances. This us a tale of struggle, fear, madness and hideous injuries, all seen through the eyeholes of the band. And best of all, no one knows what they look like. Featuring an introduction by the legendary Ozzy Osbourne and an afterword by Gene Simmons, plus exclusive quotes from Slipknot themselves, Inside the Sickness, Behind the Masks fully documents the Des Moines crew's transaformation into unorthodox mega stars.

Genres: Nonfiction, Music

248 pages, Paperback

First published April 26, 2001

About the author

Jason Arnopp is the author of the chiller-thriller novels Ghoster (2019) and The Last Days Of Jack Sparks (2016). He is also the co-author of Inside Black Mirror with Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.

Arnopp wrote the Lionsgate horror feature film Stormhouse, the New Line Cinema novel Friday The 13th: Hate-Kill-Repeat, various official Doctor Who works of fiction (including the BBC audiobook Doctor Who: The Gemini Contagion) and script-edited the 2012 Peter Mullan film The Man Inside.

Arnopp has also written 2012's Beast In The Basement, a horror novella available at Amazon, and experimental ghost story A Sincere Warning About The Entity In Your Home.

He is the author of non-fiction ebook How To Interview Doctor Who, Ozzy Osbourne And Everyone Else. He is on Twitter here, and is represented by literary agent Oli Munson at The AM Heath Agency. He is also represented for film and TV by Lawrence Mattis at Circle Of Confusion.

He runs a private cult - sorry, that should have read CLUB - at Patreon, where members enjoy various perks.

Reviews

[Maggie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great band. Meh book.

[Simona Stamate · Rating 5 out of 5]

F***ing amazing. I've learned a lot about the band. Just loved the book.

[Kristoffer Markussen]

A very good close look on Slipknot's early days. Perhaps a new and updated book is in order?

[Russ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly well written and an entertaining account of the band upto the recording of Iowa. Shame the author couldn’t be bothered to research his literature/movie references as well, as one point referring to Danny Torrance from The Shining somewhat inexplicably as “Adam”. 😂

[R. M. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting anecdotes but the layout was odd; jumping around topic and time without much sense. Feels a little like a teenage hard-core Slipknot fan writing a Wikipedia entry on the band rather than a biography.

[Bats · Rating 3 out of 5]

pretty underwhelming? maybe it's because i knew a lot of the things in it but it just didn't live to the hype. it was boring and dragged out to me, i could only get up to chapter 4? not a horrible book, pretty decent but just not much of a wow factor that pulls you in

[L.H. Pritchard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting insight into Slipknot and their begins.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

schöne Einblicke in die frühe Zeit der Band

[Maia Jacobson · Rating 3 out of 5]

hey, wtf, lol. I love the goodwill.

[Nolan Legg · Rating 5 out of 5]

slipknot kicks ass.

[Ron Oom · Rating 5 out of 5]

it waz wicked!!

[Rmarcassoli · Rating 2 out of 5]

The author goes really out of his way to describe how "awesome" slipknot is. Sounds like it was written by a 14 year old boy who is trying to sound older.

[Mikey Coffey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slipknot are fucking ridiculous but it's a cool book

[Mia · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book, i learned alot about the band. the book gives a look into the bands early days and features (mainly joey and clowns) perspectives throughout