I've never made my way to or through Iowa. Part of me is afraid that I'd run into the guys from Slipknot. It's not the masks that scare me or their overly aggressive metal...it's the fact that they are identified by numbers. Are you automatically given a number at birth if you're born in Iowa? I guess we all are (social security) but I'm afraid if I step foot in the Hawkeye state that I'll be followed around by #3 or #56 or #194. Their song "Iowa" from their 2001 album of the same title seems to fit the bill for the 50 state tour. Slipknot said they derive a lot of inspiration from their home state in their music. While recording the song "Iowa", lead singer Corey Taylor, or if you're talking Iowan, #8, recorded the song completely naked, vomiting on himself and cutting himself with broken glass. Maybe I'll hold off on a trip to Iowa for awhile...or forever. But at least I can throw in Slipknot's "Iowa" for the 50 state tour.
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