Anders Colsefini

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Anders Colsefini, real name Andrew Rouw, is an american musician and singer. He was the original lead vocalist and co-founder of the nu metal group Slipknot. He was replaced by Corey Taylor after their self-released debut Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat. Then Anders formed Painface and was in the band during On A Pale Horse. Despite leaving Slipknot, he has a very close friendship with DJ Sid Wilson.

After MFKR, Slipknot believed that, in order to find a major label, they needed a more radio friendly voice (they said Anders's grunts were like Max Cavalera's), so they found Corey Taylor. The band still wanted Anders to perform backing vocals and percussion, but got tired of the idea and he quit publicly before Slipknot was signed to Roadrunner Records.

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Anders is now in a band named "Vice Grip Throttle", and they already recorded their eponymous first album. Once they had run an Internet contest to determine a new name for the band. Visitors of their homepage submitted a band name that they came up with, and the band should use that name. The prize for the winner of the contest was a bundle of things (See website for more information). But instead of using that name, "Vice Grip Throttle" decided to stick with their temporary name, despite the "Rename VGT" contest, saying that "It just makes too much sense, considering our style and personalities."

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In place of wearing a mask like most Slipknot members, Anders wore electrical tape on his face, paint on his flesh, and a fur skin skirt. The tape was inspired from Dogfish Rising, where Shawn rips tape to make a special noise. The get-up was only worn on special occasions.

Anders's lyrics "Only one of us walks away" were used in "Only One," track 13 of Slipknot.

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