SLIPKNOT Drummer: 'We've Grown Up A Lot'

MTV.com has posted a lengthy interview with producer Rick Rubin and SLIPKNOT members Corey Taylor (vocals) and Joey Jordison (drums) about the making of SLIPKNOT's much-anticipated third full-length album, "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)", due on May 25 through Roadrunner Records. What follows are several excerpts from that interview:

On his approach to producing SLIPKNOT:

Rick Rubin: "What I tried to stress from the beginning is that SLIPKNOT is a bigger idea than a sound. They can't be limited by what they think SLIPKNOT is supposed to sound like. What draws people to SLIPKNOT is how extreme it is. But extreme doesn't have to always be extreme in the same way. Sometimes extreme can be fast; sometimes extreme can be slow. Extreme could mean extreme musically."

"It was absolutely insane. I had no idea it would be as much of a challenge. If you're with a group of four people, and one of them is moody or has a problem with something, you can usually read it. Even if they don't say anything, you can just sense that something's up. But when there are nine people there, it's very difficult to sense anything."

On how they've changed as people:

Joey Jordison: "I think we've grown up a lot. A lot of the egos are gone. A lot of people got humbled."

Corey Taylor: "At the end of the day, who have you got? You've got your band and you've got your family. And we've got each other's backs 100 percent. It's at the point where record sales don't matter, radio doesn't matter, MTV doesn't matter. The central question is, 'Are you happy with what you're doing?' And I can sleep at night now because I'm making something that I love."

Read MTV.com entire interview with SLIPKNOT and producer Rick Rubin at this location.