The American/British heavy metallers, who hail from Des Moines, Iowa, have a British bassist and a turntablist who was born in the USA but whose parents are British and who visits his grandmother in Portsmouth every year. Lead singer Corey Taylor is an Anglophile and Dr Who fan who recently appeared on an episode of British gameshow QI.
Slipknot lead singer Corey Taylor has appeared - without his mask - on a recent episode of British comedy celebrity gameshow QI, hosted by the Danish-born British comedienne Sandi Toksvig.
Appropriately, he answered a question about a Belfast woman who has a voice even louder than his.