A user on a particular Reddit thread alleged that footage from the band’s iconic 1999 concert at First Avenue in Minneapolis was leaked online, so the individual who filmed a lot of the bootleg concert videos gave permission to the accounts in the trading scene to upload the rest of the clips he provided them.
It’s unclear at this time which account leaked the initial video, but there are now several channels on YouTube with a plethora of newly-uploaded Slipknot concert and soundcheck footage from the late ’90s and early 2000s.
One video that’s specifically been making the rounds is from the band’s 1999 concert in Cleveland, Ohio, where the members fought off Mushroomhead fans in the audience during the set because they were throwing things at the stage.
At the 9:19 mark, Corey Taylor shouts to the crowd, “Step up, pussy.
Step up, bitch,” and then some of the band members jumped off the stage and started fighting people in the audience.
The majority of fans shared positive and excited reactions to the footage now being available online.
“Honestly I’m glad. It always seemed weird to have a small group of people holding onto old quality footage when the entire fanbase would love to see it,” one fan wrote on the Reddit thread.
