Butcher's Hook

Album: All Hope Is Gone (2008)
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Songfacts®:

  • Lead singer Corey Taylor (from Kerrang! July 19, 2008): "It wouldn't be a Slipknot album if I didn't rag on the recording industry. This time, it's all about those little emo boys with their sweet haircuts and their girlfriend's pants. People give us s--t for wearing outfits, but all of those guys look exactlythe same."

Comments: 4

  • Steve from Anoka, MnHa. emo kids. "You might have a lot of money and be famous, but the next time you talk s--t about Slipknot and it's fans ....we will kill you."
    Corey FTW
  • Josh from Shelby, Ncwow....so true
  • Henry O. Godwinn from Wheeling, WvReally? I thought that this song was all about Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
  • Jerimias from Nuuk, GreenlandAmen, Corey... Amen...
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