活结乐团的“小丑”肖恩·克拉汉认为音乐界的“未来头条”是“可怕的乐队”

在最近接受 NME 采访时，Shawn “Clown” Crahan 谈到了英国摇滚乐队 Sleep Token 在 Download 2025 音乐节上的表现。

Slipknot’s founding percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan has recently shared his thoughts about the future of the music industry, mentioning that its “future headliners” are “horrible bands.” In a recent interview with NME, Shawn “Clown” Crahan talked about British rock band Sleep Token headlining the Download 2025 festival. Although the 55-year-old musician gave the band some credit, it was not done positively.

活结乐团的创始打击乐手肖恩·“小丑”·克拉汉最近分享了他对音乐产业未来的看法，并提到其“未来的头条人物”是“可怕的乐队”。在最近接受 NME 采访时，Shawn “Clown” Crahan 谈到了英国摇滚乐队 Sleep Token 在 Download 2025 音乐节上的表现。尽管这位55岁的音乐家给了乐队一些信任，但并没有得到积极的回应。

When asked about Sleep Token, Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan makes the following statement:

当被问及睡眠令牌时，肖恩·“小丑”·克拉汉做出了以下声明：

“They have their niche, and they must be doing their business well. The old me might have torn it down, but the new me, the real me, is just like ‘Hey, it’s always up to the fans.’ The fans let the business people know what to do. The fans speak, and the business people listen.”

“他们有自己的利基市场，他们必须把自己的业务做好。旧的我可能已经把它撕毁了，但新的我，真正的我，就像“嘿，这总是取决于粉丝。”球迷让商界人士不知所措。球迷说话，商界人士倾听。”

After giving the band some credit, Crahan goes on to criticize fans’ music taste:

在给予乐队一些荣誉后，克拉汉继续批评歌迷的音乐品味：

“They must be very popular, and you’ve got to remember that there’s not a lot of good music out there. There just isn’t. In my opinion, these days, there are so many horrible bands right now.”

“它们一定很受欢迎，但你必须记住，那里没有很多好音乐。只是没有。在我看来，现在有很多可怕的乐队。”

He adds about Sleep Token:

他补充了有关睡眠令牌的内容：

“I’ve seen Sleep Token, I’ve watched them for a bit, and I’ve downloaded their stuff. They have their niche, and they have a fan base. It doesn’t matter if it has divided (Download fans) because that means 50 percent are getting what they want.”

“我看过《睡眠令牌》，看了一会儿，还下载了他们的东西。他们有自己的定位，也有粉丝基础。是否存在分裂（下载粉丝）并不重要，因为这意味着 50% 的人得到了他们想要的东西。”

Continuing on, he adds:

他继续说道：

“I no longer worry about these sorts of things, I just worry about being me and about being in the moment. If they’re a good band, and if they work hard—as it seems like they do—They deserve everything they get.”

“我不再担心这些事情，我只担心做我自己，活在当下。如果他们是一支优秀的乐队，如果他们努力工作——就像他们看起来所做的那样——他们值得得到他们所得到的一切。”

At this point of the interview, Crahan was asked if he thought that concert organizers have accountability to exhibit younger and up-and-coming bands. The musician made the following reply:

在采访中，克拉汉被问及他是否认为音乐会组织者有责任展示年轻和有前途的乐队。音乐家做出了如下答复：

“The days of great music have come and gone at the moment.”

“伟大音乐的时代已经过去了。”

He also added:

他还补充道：

“As I was saying, there are so many horrible bands who are going to be our future headliners. You don’t want me to start naming off names because we’ll both start laughing and laughing.”

“正如我所说，有很多可怕的乐队将成为我们未来的头条新闻。你不想让我开始点名，因为我们都会开始大笑。”

Continuing on, he adds:

他继续说道：

“We’re seeing the backlash of the computer, and we’re seeing the backlash of everybody being able to get in (to the music industry). But where is everybody that got in and did it themselves? They all need validation.”

“我们看到了计算机的强烈抵制，我们看到了每个人都能够进入（音乐行业）的强烈抵制。但是那些自己参与进来的人都在哪里呢？他们都需要验证。”

Finally, he also makes a personal statement about why he got into music:

最后，他还发表了个人声明，阐述了自己进入音乐领域的原因：

“I didn’t get in a band to get validated. I validated myself. When someone said I needed to work harder, I worked fucking harder. I didn’t need the internet, or socials, or anything to validate me.

“我加入乐队并不是为了得到认可。我验证了自己。当有人说我需要更加努力时，我就更加努力地工作。我不需要互联网、社交或任何东西来验证我。

We have a real problem now, and bands that are good these days—which is few and far—are being prepped for this future. We saw that with Bring Me The Horizon. They’re a great band, and I’m a fan. I’ve listened to the band since the very, very beginning, and they’re doing big things like headlining Download because they can make that jump.”

我们现在面临一个真正的问题，现在优秀的乐队——数量很少而且很远——正在为这个未来做好准备。我们在《Bring Me The Horizo​​n》中看到了这一点。他们是一支很棒的乐队，我是他们的粉丝。我从一开始就听乐队的歌，他们正在做一些大事，比如主打《下载》，因为他们可以实现这一飞跃。”

Finally, he wraps up with:

最后，他总结道：

“Great bands are being pushed into these new circumstances. What else do we have (without artists like that)—a bunch of crap bands that won’t draw tickets. So yes, the business people need to take chances and push these few good bands in the right direction.”

“伟大的乐队正在被推入这些新环境。我们还有什么（没有这样的艺术家）——一群拉不到票的垃圾乐队。所以，是的，商界人士需要抓住机会，将这些优秀的乐队推向正确的方向。”

Listen to Sleep Token’s song “The Summoning” On YouTube:

在 YouTube 上聆听 Sleep Token 的歌曲“The Summoning”：

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Photo courtesy of Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan

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