{"id":949050,"date":"2026-05-09T20:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/949050\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T20:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:50:16","slug":"ill-go-from-on-to-just-straight-up-i-feel-like-im-dying-slipknots-shawn-clown-crahan-needs-heart-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/949050\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I\u2019ll\u00a0go from on, to just straight up I feel like\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0dying.&#8221; Slipknot&#8217;s Shawn &#8216;Clown&#8217; Crahan needs heart surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"elk-6bb25c50-fbec-4605-b013-38b6cfb4d1c2\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/slipknot-albums-ranked-worst-best\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/slipknot-albums-ranked-worst-best\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/slipknot-albums-ranked-worst-best\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slipknot<\/a> percussionist <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/how-slipknots-clown-was-born\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/how-slipknots-clown-was-born\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/how-slipknots-clown-was-born\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shawn &#8216;Clown&#8217; Crahan<\/a> has revealed that he needs surgery to correct a skipping heart beat.<\/p>\n<p>Crahan, 56, says he discovered the problem after the band&#8217;s 2025 tour and that at times it leaves him feeling like he is &#8220;dying&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-6bb25c50-fbec-4605-b013-38b6cfb4d1c2-2\">He tells Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin: &#8220;I have a skipping heart and I got to get a surgery. And I found this out after my last tour.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Videos From<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/media\/img\/Louder_logo_v1a_black_on_white.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"block h-[18px] w-auto shrink-0 brightness-0 invert\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/media\/img\/Louder_logo_v1a_black_on_white.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"max-h-12 w-auto\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wasn\u2019t feeling good, and I went in and the nurse was trying to get an EKG thing going on me or whatever and it just wasn&#8217;t happening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I kind of fell asleep and I woke up. I\u2019m like, \u2018Are you going to get this thing?\u2019 And she\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s not working.\u2019 They thought I was having a heart attack right there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continues: &#8220;It hasn\u2019t happened since I\u2019ve been here with you, which is good, because I\u2019ll go from \u2018on,\u2019 to just straight up I feel like I\u2019m dying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Crahan adds that he is grateful that the surgery is a relatively straightforward procedure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a very easy surgery,&#8221; he explains. &#8220;You\u2019re usually out on the same day. It\u2019s not like they rip you open. This is something about the electricity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But at first, they thought maybe I needed a pacemaker. And I was like, \u2018Doc, listen, I get a pacemaker. I\u2019m done, right? Touring, Slipknot?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So he goes, \u2018Oh, no. You\u2019re going to feel better. You better get in shape because you got to do more now at 56.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And it\u2019s just like I just can\u2019t believe it, man, that this was me. It\u2019s wonderful. I\u2019m lucky.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Slipknot percussionist Shawn &#8216;Clown&#8217; Crahan has revealed that he needs surgery to correct a skipping heart beat. 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