Slipknot have become well-known for their raucous live antics over the years; from fighting each other onstage before playing to sniffing decomposing birds in a jar and getting various injuries - and it appears as though the band's newest member, known only as Tortilla Man, has brought that tradition upon himself by splitting his head open on the side of his drum!
As vocalist Corey Taylor told German website Rock Antenne earlier this month, Tortilla Man likes to let loose during the band's set:
"You have to be careful of the new guy - new guy gets crazy. like, the new guy almost got docked some money because he almost broke Jay [Weinberg]'s drums the other night.
Like, he's the fly in the ointment, he's the pube in the coke. I was, like, every time I turn around, he's doing something weird, so I started chasing him just to make sure I'm keeping track of his habits and shit.
And yeah, honestly, that energy is dope; it's really, really good. He's so into it and that it reminds me to be into it. After this many years, you can get out there and just be, like, you know, the audience is obviously gonna invigorate you, but then you can find yourself kind of going through, I don't want to say 'going through the motions,' but it's almost, like, automatic - like muscle memory.
And then this guy comes out of nowhere, he's hanging on people... I was, like, 'Oh, yeah, that's fucking Slipknot, dude!' And it gets really weird.
He's fucking his face up, which I think is funny. He's got a giant scar right in the middle of his forehead now because he smashed his head into the drums and cut it open.
He was bleeding during the show, so he had to pull the mask off during the show and they're bandaging him up. He looked like he's just been to war, and now he's got a scar in the middle of his forehead - looks like a coin slot. [Laughs]" [transcribed by Ultimate Guitar]
You can watch the entire (pretty hilarious) interview below:
