
3, he wore a silver mask that had the same slits, but they were longer and the eyes were altered, making it look more aggressive and featuring an evil grin. Later in the� Slipknot� era, and in� Iowa, Thomson wore a leather mask that looked like metal and had slits in the mouth area. Masks Mick Thomson performing at the Allstate Arena in Illinois on January 30, 2009During Slipknot's demo tape and self titled era, Thomson wore a hockey mask that had six circular holes in the mouth area which was a mottled green color. Mick has a number of tattoos on his body: he has the word "嫌惡" on his right arm (which means "detest" and "disgust" in Mandarin and "HATE" in Japanese), the word "Seven" on his left forearm, a "demon attempting to� rape� an angel" on his shoulder (actually artwork from� Immolation's first album Dawn of Possession), on his other shoulder a morbid angel tattoo by Paul Booth, an� inverted cross� on his upper back, "Slipknot" going down his right calf, and the Zodiac sign for Scorpio on his left calf. On the topic of the latter, Thomson himself has stated, "If I were a famous killer, I'd take some of the finer points of quite a few of them-� Albert Fish� and� Ed Gein� spring to mind. He also made a guest appearance in the music video for Lupara's "No Pity on the Ants".Īccording to Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor, Thomson is an avid writer of poetry, loves cats, and has a fascination with� serial killers. Outside Slipknot, Thomson has taught guitar lessons at Ye Olde Guitar Shoppe, a local music shop in Des Moines, and has appeared on� Malevolent Creation's album� Doomsday X. For example, as well as being credited with the number in the liner notes of albums he has recorded, he also has the word "seven" tattooed on his left arm, and features the word "seven" on the designs all of his custom Ibanez guitars, and on all of his Ibanez MTM1's. Thomson expresses his pseudonym as #7 more than most members of Slipknot. Thomson joined Slipknot in 1997, replacing the band's guitarist,� Craig Jones, who then became the band's� sampler. In his youth, he performed in bands such as Body Pit. Mick Thomson is one of the guitarists for� Slipknot.
