Saturday, April 25, 2009

Sid wilson



Sidney George "Sid" Wilson (born January 20, 1977) also known as Ratboy, DJ Moonboots, #0 and DJ Starscream, is an American musician most widely known as the turntablist of the Grammy Award winning metal band Slipknot.


Sid Wilson was born in Des Moines, Iowa (though his family comes from England[citation needed]). He was born with extra digits on his hands,[citation needed] but these were removed shortly after[citation needed]. When Shawn Crahan heard of this, he was angry that Wilson had his extra digits cut off. Crahan stated: "They cut off his goddamn fingers 'cause society doesn't like it. Think what a DJ he coulda been with these fingers! We've been deprived of that 'cause of those motherfuckers!" He performs in Slipknot, and also tours as DJ Starscream, a name which derived from the Transformers character of the same name. He is a fan of the Transformers franchise, and even evidences this with tattoos.

Wilson is notorious for his on-stage antics while performing with Slipknot. He has been known to initiate fights during shows with percussionist Shawn Crahan, to jump into the crowd and to set himself on fire. In his interview on the band's 2006 DVD, Voliminal: Inside the Nine, he stated that in the future he would cease these stunts for fear of being arrested and charged with attempted suicide for his human inferno act, and that, "When it comes to jumping off stages, there have been too many close calls." During the first show of the 2008 Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival in Auburn, WA he jumped from a piece of stage equipment and broke both of his heels.[1] Wilson was determined to continue the tour with his bandmates and played the tour in a wheelchair. On the Mayhem Festival tour Corey Taylor would have the crowd yell to Wilson "You broke your fucking feet,Sid." Recently in October 2008 he has been seen with a cane onstage. On March 11, 2009, he was seen headbanging on Chris Fehn's drumset so hard that one of the kegs fell off.

Outside Slipknot, Wilson has made a following in Japan as a jungle musician, under the pseudonym DJ Starscream, and is currently signed to the Japanese record label N2O Records.[2] He recently collaborated with The Mad Capsule Markets vocalist Hiroshi Kyono on a song called "HAKAI (Deathtroy)" released on The Songs for Death Note the movie～the Last name Tribute～, a tribute album dedicated to the live action movie for the second Death Note film.[3] A remix of the track also appeared on the Wagdug Futuristic Unity mini-album Nu Riot and 2008 album Hakai.[4]

[edit] Mask

Sid Wilson's first mask was a Canadian C3 Gas Mask and seven other models of gas masks. The C3 was used for the self titled album cover. The next mask he used for Iowa had the same face, except that there are teeth in the mouth area. It is also a full head mask that resembled a skull. For Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses), Wilson's mask dropped away from the gas mask face motif. It now looked like an actual skull, with two or three crooked teeth. Halfway through the tour, however, he changed the mask to a full-head skull, as he had shaved his hair off.

Wilson's mask for the latest album All Hope Is Gone is known to have its eyebrows and mouth move in a mechanical fashion and also has antennae at the top of the mask which can also move. It is rumored that the mask is made to resemble Starscream, his DJ namesake. The electronic glass eyes on his mask are also known to light up different colors, most notably red as seen during the music video for "Psychosocial.


  • Mackie d.2 Pro DJ Mixer
  • Shure M447 needles
  • Digitech Whammy 4 pedal
  • KP2 KAOSS Pad 2 digital effect/controller
  • Line 6 PODxt Live Guitar Multi Effect Pedal Board
  • Roland DJ 1000, or 3000 10"
  • Sony MDR-V700DJ Headphones
  • Two Vestax PDX-2000 turntables
  • Vestax Pmc 07 pro d samurai mixer
  • Since feb. 2008 Sid now uses two technics SL1200MKII turntables





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