Machine Gun Kelly Calls Slipknot “Weird Old Guys With Masks” At Chicago’s Riot Fest

Machine Gun Kelly called the Slipknot group “old and weird guys with masks” during a performance at Riot Fest in Douglass Park in Chicago on Sunday.

The remarks came from the 31-year-old artist / musical actor, real name Colson Baker, as he performed a closing show at the Windy City event, while Slipknot played the other on a separate stage, according to the Chicago Sun Times. .

“Turn on the lights,” artist Papercuts said, according to the newspaper. “Let me see who chose to be here instead of being with all the weird old dudes in masks.” “

Latest: Machine Gun Kelly, 31, called Slipknot “old and weird guys with masks” during a performance at Riot Fest in Douglass Park in Chicago on Sunday

He added of the band, “Hey you all know what I’m really happy not to do? Being 50, wearing a strange mask on a stage.

While it was not immediately clear why Machine Gun Kelly addressed Slipknot in his onstage remarks, speculation ensued that these were remarks that Slipknot lead singer Corey Taylor , 43, said during an appearance in February on the Cutter’s Rockcast podcast.

Taylor said on the podcast, “I hate all new rock for the most part” and dislikes “artists who failed in a genre and decided to go rocking,” adding, “I thinks he knows who he is .. .. but that’s another story.

In an Instagram clip on Monday, Machine Gun Kelly said, “People talk shit… so I say shit.”

On stage: The artist was pictured performing in New York last week

Machine Gun Kelly is no stranger to celebrity bullocks, having been embroiled in rivalries with fellow performers Eminem and G-Eazy before, as well as UFC mainstay Conor McGregor. He was snapped in Atlanta on Saturday

Machine Gun Kelly released their fifth studio album titled Tickets to My Downfall a year ago, which had more of a pop punk feel than its previous rap material.

After playing the song Bloody Valentine Sunday, he told the crowd, “Thanks for showing what the new generation of punk rock looks like – I hope you felt something good tonight.”

The Slipknot ensemble included a memorial to the late drummer Joey Jordison, who died at the age of 46 last July.

Machine Gun Kelly has previously been embroiled in rivalries with fellow artists Eminem and G-Eazy, as well as UFC mainstay Conor McGregor, who he had an altercation with earlier this month at MTV Video. Brooklyn Barclays Center Music Awards.

A McGregor insider told TMZ that the fighter initially approached Machine Gun Kelly seeking to shake his hand, but the music artist’s safety pushed him back.