SLIPKNOT Linked To German School Massacre - Apr. 30, 2002

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SLIPKNOT CDs have been found in the collection of German killer Robert Steinhaeuser, who shot dead 13 of his teachers, two teenagers and a policeman at his old school in Erfurt in Germany last week. Among the items found in Steinhaeuser's possession was a the supposed SLIPKNOT track "School Wars", the lyrics to which include the line: "Shoot your naughty teachers with a pump gun,” according to various European media outlets. A spokesperson for SLIPKNOT's record label Roadrunner Records, however, has denied that such a track exists, and has refuted reports that the lyrics in question were penned by the group.

As a result of this latest episode, SLIPKNOT's music and lyrics may now be held up to even closer scrutiny amongst the moral majority.

Last year, MARILYN MANSON was blamed for inspiring the Columbine school killings in Colorado where two teenagers went on rampage and shot dead 12 pupils and a teacher. MANSON's albums were found in the killers' collections.
 
i dont know if this expecific song influenced the looney kid, but their music is so boring that maybe the guy has gone nuts.

vanish with this clows forever.
 
The fact that Slipknot sucks or not is not the issue. I fuckin' hate slipknot, but i hate more the fact that Heavy Metal is the scapegoat for fuckin' ignorant Politicians looking for someone to blame. the more i see the fucking stupidity and ignorance the more I want to fucking shoot some people. Metal doesn't kill people, fucked up moronic kids kill people. It's just like the West Memphis 3, free them! (sorry, i had to throw that in there, if u don't know what it is, check out www.wm3.org , you'll probably get as pissed as i did, fuckin' ignorant society)
 
back in my pissed-off days of junior high ( :lol: ), i can't say how many times heavy metal STOPPED me from going on a rampage and beating the shit out of someone. the release of anger when listening to metal is totally theraputic. maybe the music these germans listened to wasn't heavy and violent ENOUGH. give 'em some cannibal corpse, and they would have been too brain-fried to kill anyone.

just my $.02. . .
 
Originally posted by Black Winter Day
back in my pissed-off days of junior high ( :lol: ), i can't say how many times heavy metal STOPPED me from going on a rampage and beating the shit out of someone. the release of anger when listening to metal is totally theraputic. maybe the music these germans listened to wasn't heavy and violent ENOUGH. give 'em some cannibal corpse, and they would have been too brain-fried to kill anyone.

just my $.02. . .
I'm in junior high right now(going into high school next yr).7th grade was THE ABSOLUTE WORST. OK,I went to a school where everyone listened to hip-hop and rap and believed in god and was scared of Marilyn Manson.There I am-a girl who has long brown hair,wears black all of the time,listens to Mariln Manson and Metallica and Godsmack and Korn(these people had no concept of death metal whatsoever.Those bands were the worst to them.If people had known about Cradle of Filth,Morbid Angel,Cannibal Corpse,etc. it would've only inhanced my image as an evi Satan-worshipping witch).I was called freak,witch,loser,Satan-worshipper,goth and I was screamed and stared at.And there were plenty of times when I was angry and depressed and could imagine inflicing pain on my antagonists or even myself because I was just so messed up.There actually could've been a chance that maybe the music I listened to helped me think that way,adding fuel to the fire.The loud angry aggressive music helped stir up my emotions and feelings...but instead of shooting up my school or beating people up and cutting myself,I started writing. So the music conjured up my negative energy,but it inspired me to do somehting positive w/ it. And I just cringe when I hear about music inspiring people to do negative things like kill people.It's beyond stupid when they say that a cd found in a killers cd collection caused them to murder peopel.If someone murdered someone and left A BIBLE at the scene of the crime,would it be said that the Bible cuased that murder?
 
i guess it's just that music has a different effect on some people. when am pissed or depressed i listen to music (even though i listen to it when i am happy),

i only write when i am happy, it is the only time i have the patience.

but even if the music did enhance the rage of these germans, there had to be a shitload more going on in their lives/heads that made them do this.


like manson said, the media always needs a scapegoat to blame stuff like this on and he is right. . .

it is one of humanity's greatest flaws that we seek blame instead of finding a reason/solution for the problem. . . people are stupid, ignorant, and apathetic. . . true proof of the (d)evolution of mankind from the primates
 
They don't even have a song named "School Wars." I guess the US gov't isn't the only country that uses metal music as a scapegoat (i.e. Manson, Slayer, Metallica). Some people have no clue...and most reside on this board
 
They don't even have a song named "School Wars." I guess the US gov't isn't the only country that uses metal music as a scapegoat (i.e. Manson, Slayer, Metallica). Some people have no clue...and most reside on this board

I think everyone is well aware that they dont' have a song named 'School Wars', it's only been said at least 3 times, including the origional post. Where'd the ignorant people on the board comment come from?
 
ya know i was really pissed off when they tried to blame music and video games for the colombine shootings instead of looking for the real reason it happend. those kids shot up their school because they were made fun of, beat up and just generaly ostricized by everyone at that school. everyone knew, teachers, administrators, students, and didnt do anything about it. all the warning signs were there. colombine wasnt a senseless tragedy, it was an expectible outcome. the only people to blame for things like this are the people who did the shooting, and the people that could have stopped it from happeneing in the first place.
-neal
 
Originally posted by Poison God
They don't even have a song named "School Wars." I guess the US gov't isn't the only country that uses metal music as a scapegoat (i.e. Manson, Slayer, Metallica). Some people have no clue...and most reside on this board

Everyone uses something as a scapegoat because most people aren´t able to look inwards and find the REAL problem. I find it incredibly ignorant when music, television or video games are blamed for when children go off shooting people. If there is quality parenting then no matter what a person subjects themselves to it´s not going to influence them to do something stupid like killing other people.
 
Originally posted by neal
ya know i was really pissed off when they tried to blame music and video games for the colombine shootings instead of looking for the real reason it happend. those kids shot up their school because they were made fun of, beat up and just generaly ostricized by everyone at that school. everyone knew, teachers, administrators, students, and didnt do anything about it. all the warning signs were there. colombine wasnt a senseless tragedy, it was an expectible outcome. the only people to blame for things like this are the people who did the shooting, and the people that could have stopped it from happeneing in the first place.
-neal

Indeed, few people understand this more than I. My friends and I ( a total of about 7 people) were suspeneded from school indefinitiely until we took psychiatric evaluations to prove that we weren't going to 'blow up the school' on may the 18th like my friend's aol profile apparently claimed we were planning (he didn't even have aol). Looking back it's funny :lol:. but when you're a junior in high school who has no friends and can't get laid because of this BS then it's quite frustrating. Amusing point of fact: 85% of the school was called off by thier parents the day the event was supposed to occur (may 18th). Amusing because the newpaper published that it was BS and that the remaining % were absoulutely terrified of us :grin: :grin:

If it weren't for metal and boxing i probably would have shot those fuckers :mad: :mad: j/k
 
blaming minorities for something is nearly always profitable .. at least for politicians ... cause that worrys only few ppl!
metalheads are a minority
so they are to blame
ppl playing fpo are a minority (ok, there are a lot of kiddies and even grown ups playing Counterstrike or UT or the like but in the end we are only the smallest pice of the cake)
so go blame them!
grrr
 
yeh UT is the bomb! but i like q2 better. ill own you like property in q2. especially the slimy place. goddamn q2 had the best dm maps ever.
-neal