“A lot of us in Slipknot, we get to go to wounded soldier hospitals where soldiers have lost their limbs. That's surreal. It's even more surreal to talk to them about your band. They're talking to you about war and losing their limbs, and at same time, they're talking about their favorite album, these kind of things.”

American musician, born 1969

Shawn Crahan, known on stage as Clown, is an American musician best known as a co-founder and percussionist of the alternative metal band Slipknot. Born Michael Shawn Crahan, he has been part of the band since it formed in 1995 and is identified there as #6. Crahan is Slipknot’s longest-serving member and has also been closely involved in the group’s media production and music videos. Beyond Slipknot, he played in the side projects To My Surprise and Dirty Little Rabbits, and he directed the 2016 action thriller Officer Downe.