Theory: Slipknot Guitarist Mick Thompson Originated Crabcore

We often speak of talented musicians who inadvertently created a less-than-desirable trend: if not for Nirvana, we could have avoided Bush, deathcore as we know it would probably not exist if not for The Red Chord and Genghis Tron, Slayer played Reign in Blood in its entirety and then every other band in the known universe (including, uh, Slayer) started performing their most famous albums in their entirety, etc. Usually, my attitude in these situations is, “Hey, you can’t blame the trendsetter; they obviously had no idea that they were starting an avalanche.”

But if Five Guys in a Honda is correct, well… Slipknot guitarist Mick Thompson might have some real ‘splain’ to do.

See, the Dallas based life and entertainment blog posits that Thompson is The Godfather of Crabcore. Which sounds like total bullshit… until you see their extremely damning photographic evidence:

Of course, to lay the blame squarely at Thompson’s pinchers is to deny the contributions of Robert Trujillo, who’s been using the “about to take a dump” stance for pretty much as long as anyone can remember. Just check out this video of him performing with Suicidal Tendencies (opening for his future bandmates in Metallica) in 1993:

Still, while it’s possible to imagine the kids in Attack Attack! and other bands of that ilk being Slipknot fans, I would almost be willing to bet that they haven’t even heard of Suicidal Tendencies, and may or may not be fans of Trujillo-era Metallica. Which is to say, I do think it’s plausible that Thompson is the originator of crabcore.

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