Slipknot is from Iowa, and the drummer (one of them) I belive his name was Joey, is from a small town called Oskaloosa. (where I went to college) I worked with his girlfriend for quite some time and had chance to meet this person a couple of times in 1996 or so. I met the whole "band" one day at a Pappa Johns.
Few things to say, young men from Iowa are dweebs. That poor girl broke up with mr. SlipKnot and went to college!! (bad choice)
That, and I own two copies of SlipKnot demo cd's.
I was stunned when I moved back to PA and suddenly, I start seeing SlipKnot videos on MTV. Last thing I knew they were playing clubs in Des-Moines for like 100$ a gig.