The band's members have grieved the deaths of bassist Paul Gray and drummer Joey Jordison and parted ways with longtime members Chris Fehn (percussion) and Craig “133” Jones (samples/keys), so the dynamic is not the same as it was back then.

After lineup changes and the deaths of Joey Jordison and Paul Gray, Clown says Slipknot “will never be like” how it was in the early days

Percussionist Shawn 'Clown' Crahan had high praise for the band's early contributors and admits that Slipknot aren't as close as they were in the early years.

You hesitate to call a member of Slipknot ‘wistful’, but that’s exactly the word you’d use to describe the mood of Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan in a recent interview with Metal Hammer. The percussionist is now the only remaining original member of the crew and he was talking about the state of Slipknot now,