Shawn Crahan

Shawn Crahan, the Clown, is to me the calculating heart behind Slipknot's chaos. He co-founded the band in Des Moines back in 1995 and is now the last original member standing, designated #6. The masks and the beer-keg percussion can read as pure shock value, but spend time with it and you find genuine theatrical craft underneath. That he also directs films tells you this is an artist, not just a provocateur. I respect how he's sustained a coherent vision across decades. Beneath all that noise sits a real and surprisingly disciplined aesthetic.

Name (English)

Shawn Crahan

Name (Japanese)

ショーン・クラハン

Reading

しょーん・くらはん

Born

September 24, 1969 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

Origin

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Occupation

drummer / percussionist / record producer / film actor / film director

• Official sitehttps://theclown.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn%20Crahan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313875

Tags

• Iowa
• drummer
• percussionist
• record producer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.