HEADS ON THE WALL

ORIGIN

Des Moines, Iowa, USA.

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GENRE

Rock

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MEMBERS

Douglas Waite 'Max' MacDonald - Vocals/Bass
Kun Pheng Nong - Guitar/Vocals
M. Shawn Crahan - Drums/Percussion

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DISCOGRAPHY

'Heads On The Wall' (self-titled) (1992)
- Side A -
01. Garden Spirit
02. Victim Of The Mind
03. The Worm
04. Head Jazz
05. Want To Kill
06. Small Reflections
07. Only You
08. Hot W
- Side B -
01. Ricochet
02. Down Dead In My Head
03. Sad Woman
04. At Pit
05. I Know
06. Where Do You Go?

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COMMENTS

Sometimes called 'Headz On The Wall', with shortened versions appearing such as 'Headz' or 'Hedz'.

The band formed at Des Moines' Hoover High School.

The line-up included a 15-year-old Shawn Crahan on drums, Asian teenager Kun Nong on guitar and a bass player named Doug, who also handled vocal duties.

Patrick Neuwirth was also once in the band.

Some sources say that the band formed as late as 1992, but this would make it far too late. The most likely explanation for this is that people are getting confused with the band that was early Slipknot (around the Basement Sessions era).

One song from that era was said to be called 'Skull Fuck Lobotomy', but one website states that this was during the period after HOTW ended, when Shawn and Pat played music with another bass player and singer.

Sometime later, Patrick and Shawn met Andy (Rouw) and Paul (Gray) at a place called the Runaway, where Headz would play all ages shows. They then used to sneak Andy and Paul into Hairy Mary's to see real music, and some point after that they got together in Paul's basement and pounded out some songs... forming the very first stages of what would go on to become Slipknot.

It has been said that the band made one sound cassette, called 'HOTW', and on it was a collection of spoken word and music.

It's also been said that when the band began jamming and decided to make it formal, they called themselves 'Cry'. They are said to have done mostly REM covers and the occasional 'Higher Ground' by the RHCP.

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LINKS

VIDEO
HOTW - Live at Hairy Mary's.mpg