It’s September 11, 1999, and Slipknot are on top of the world. Hot off a game-changing self-titled debut album, the masked nine-piece are in Cleveland, Ohio, taking part in the enormous Livin’ La Vida Loco tour. They’re there as part of a stacked bill headlined by Coal Chamber and also featuring Machine Head and Amen. It should have been another magnificent night of what had been a hugely successful trek.
Except it wasn’t. At a gig in Cleveland, Slipknot found themselves facing an unexpectedly aggressive audience.
