Unlocking The Secrets Of The KNOTFEST MUSEUM With CAELIN MEREDITH

Interview by Kris Peters
One of the lesser known wonders of the travelling Knotfest music
extravaganza is the Knotfest Museum.
An extension of the music program, the Knotfest Museum is more than
a distraction tacked on as an afterthought. 
Much more.
Everything on display is 100% genuine Slipknot, with the band
members offering up personal items to be showcased as well as
perfectly curated extras from Slipknot Museum Global Manager Caelin
Meredith.
In collaboration with the band, Meredith oversees the entire
production and assembling of the museum, from shipping the contents
out to Australia to attending at Knotfest to make each experience
as personal as possible.
This year sees the Slipknot Museum celebrate next year's 25th
anniversary of Slipknot, with added features such as a dedicated
album display, playable instruments and much more.
Meredith joined HEAVY this morning to explore the many wonders of
the Slipknot Museum.
"Basically, for Knotfest I bring the museum, and it's the band's
representation at the festival," she began. "This year we're
bringing a 25-year retrospective, so we're starting from Iowa in
1999, and you will basically walk the album cycles from their
beginning to now. And we've pulled key pieces that represent each
of the albums, so whether it's wardrobe, or whether it's musical
instruments… the fans will also have the opportunity to play some
of the instruments. So Mick's guitar, Jim's guitar, V-Man's bass
and all the settings are on the quad quartex to their
specifications, so as you're playing you're gonna hear it how V-Man
plays it. We're bringing some rad art from Clown and some secret
surprises, so it's for the Slipknot fan, but it's also for the
Knotfest fan. It's to celebrate their 25-year anniversary, so it's
a really big deal, and I'm excited to bring it back to
Australia."
In the full interview, Caelin talks more about the Knotfest Museum,
what to expect, more of the wonders contained within, some of the
rarities, the interactive aspects, Slipknot's 25th anniversary and
more.