Meet'n'Greet in Glasgow: Slipknot
Ian Gittins, Guardian, The, February 2002
IT'S VALENTINE'S SAY afternoon in Glasgow and a strange kind of love is afoot. Outside the citys Virgin Megastore, a tearful 13-year-old boy is gasping for breath while simultaneously beaming with joy. Stuart McKechnie has just encountered his true love, and he wasnt disappointed. "I met Corey!" he explains. "He was fantastic! I asked him if he would spit on me and he did!"
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