Slipknot is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released on June 29, 1999, by Roadrunner Records, following a demo containing a few of the songs which had previous
Avant-garde metal band Fantômas was a major influence on Slipknot.
Paul Dedrick Gray, also known as the Pig, was an American musician who was the bassist, backing vocalist, and co-founder of the nu metal band Slipknot, in which he was designated #2.