In case you have ever questioned why there are not any guitar solos on Slipknot’s first album, Mick Thomson has defined why the band opted to chop them out.

Heavy music modified in lots of methods all through the ’90s, particularly from the reign of grunge at first of the last decade to the rise of nu-metal by the top of it. Flashy guitar taking part in was already on its method out within the early ’90s, so by the point bands like Slipknot took over, the instrument was used extra to maintain the rhythm of the track than something.

So when Thomson recorded some solos for Slipknot, they have been omitted.

“I truly had some solos in songs, however all of them obtained minimize out,” the guitarist recalled to Guitar World. “Because between Ross [Robinson] and Joey [Jordison], guitar solos are stupid now… Any kind of technical guitar playing was mocked and frowned upon.”

He also revealed that the song “(sic)” in particular was originally titled “Slipknot,” and it had some solos on it that were removed. Thomson understood the mindset behind the decision, but he admitted he was a bit hurt by it.

“Because it was one of those things where I’m like, ‘I’ve spent my whole life playing and now fucking here I am, and… nope! Never mind! It’s all gone!’… Like, ‘Just take it all away from me. That’s cool! Never mind that I sat in my room for years obsessing and trying to fucking do whatever, and then here I am and… nope!’”

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Despite his bitterness over the situation, Thomson assured that he learned a lot from Robinson, and mentioned that so many metal songs by that time had a formula when it came to the structure and solos.

Later on, both Thomson and Jim Root got to flaunt their stuff with their guitar-playing. But given the success of their first album, it appears they made a good choice in trusting Robinson and Jordison.

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