We’ve all done some wacky stuff in the name of having a laugh on April Fools Day. However, a 90s pop-rock band covering one of the most aggressive-sounding nu metal forces in existence? That’s… that’s a new one.
In 2011, pop-rock trio Hanson, best known for their 1997 single Mmm Bop, decided they should have a stab at some Slipknot. Footage of the brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac doing an acoustic redo of Wait And Bleed was recorded in what seems to be a hotel room and published online by the US clothing chain Hot Topic, of all things. The ‘leak’, as it was promoted, showed two minutes of the cover and was reported as being the first taste of a planned Slipknot covers album.
