Slipknot: Jim Root’s track by track guide to We Are Not Your Kind

Guitarist Jim Root gives Kerrang! the guided tour of Slipknot​’s sixth album We Are Not Your Kind. Diving into each track individually, we discover the stories behind the ​’Knot’s most experimental album to date.  Let’s get stuck in. 1. Insert Coin “This seems very airy and open, and feels like you’re in a giant field and it’s very bright, but maybe the UFOs are getting ready to come over the horizon and overtake you – at least, that’s how it makes me feel! (Laughs) While Mick, Alex, Jay and I were tracking the meat of the heavy, guitar-oriented stuff, Clown was working on a lot of these segues, and he was also working at home, too. Every once in a while, I would pop over. We were bouncing ideas back and forth, and trying to be as creative as we poss...

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