Slipknot's Vman dives into meeting Slipknot while guitar teching for Coheed & Cambria and the gift Jim Root gave him during that tour, and shares that his first actual Slipknot experience comes from an MTV FANatic meeting at the age of 18, a video for which seems to have disappeared into ether.
He details his development within the nucleus of Slipknot, his musical upbringing starting with clarinet into piano and eventually progressing to classical guitar at age 11 where he would discover Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion II, and the rest is history.
Hear Vman divulge his first conert experience, previous musical project, working with Mastodon and almost getting fired on the first day, respecting Paul Gray's legacy and much more.