Episode 34: Slipknot's "Iowa", or The Episode Where We Start To Get Serious

It's a truly wild episode of the POD Kast this month, as Bryan talks about the first time he did acid...at the age of 12. It sets the tone for the entire episode, as we discuss Neighborhood Jesus, Mick Thomson's "sense of humor" and just how it became that a very heavy metal band made a very heavy sophomore album and still managed to capture the hearts and minds of people everywhere. Of course, this was also right around the time Slipknot began to take themselves VERY seriously, and John wonders if borrowing some of Corey Taylor's recording techniques, like smelling animal remains and puking and pissing everywhere while recording might make the podcast better (it won't). Slipknot also loves to tell you how much they hated making this album and we get into one of the most egregious examples of a band giving Rolling Stone exactly the type of coverage they would want from them, and Rolling Stone eating it all up with a giant, masked spoon.    If you want to be spoonfed more content from us, you can head on over to patreon.com/thepodkast, where $4/month gets you access to THREE bonus episodes every single month. Last month, we covered Linkin Park's "Reanimation" with our good friend Chris James in an episode a lot of people are calling an "all-timer", and on a singles episode, we recoil as we cover the Metallica/Ja Rule monstrosity that might be the single worst song we've ever covered. Plus, you get bonus posts from us, access to our Discord, and more. So check it out!