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Slipknot's Clown Inspired By Paul Gray

. (TeamRock Radio) Slipknot's Clown says his artistic side was allowed to flourish thanks to the early support of his parents and the band's late bass player Paul Gray. And the percussionist, aka Shawn Crahan, says Gray - who died in 2010 - influences his artwork to this day. Crahan creates Slipknot's album artwork as well as other pieces and says he owes much of his expressiveness to childhood friend Gray, as well as his late parents who encouraged his artistic side.

Clown tells TeamRock Radio's Metal Hammer Magazine Show: "Paul loved my art. He believed in me all the way back then. He saw something in me. When I have my stuff I laugh and I'm like, 'This is some sick sh*t, he'd love this.' He's always on my mind man, he's always there.

"My mom must have recognised something really early because for whatever reason I grew up on fine art books like Rembrandt and Matisse that were written for kids. They were the photos very big, big sentences, very simple. And I have early childhood memories of staring at this stuff. Also Dr Seuss. Those were the two things in my world.

"That's really what started it. I'm positive my mom recognised it but she didn't push it. They always just encouraged me and were there for me. Everybody in my childhood and my life are always pushing that art on me, and it's who I am. It's what I live for." Read more here.

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