Michael Pfaff (born May 17, 1980[1]) also known as New Guy or Tortilla Man joined the band in 2019. He replaced Chris Fehn, who left the band in March 2019.
Early life[]
He was known for being the keyboard player for Shawn Crahan's other band Dirty Little Rabbits before joining Slipknot with the two being introduced to each other by DJ Sid Wilson.
Slipknot[]
After longtime percussionist Chris Fehn was Dismissed from the Slipknot due to his legal action against the band. Clown called and invited Michael Pfaff while he was working his day job to fill the 9th position.
Like other new members Jay Weinberg and Alex Venturella, his identity was kept a secret due to him only being a touring member of the band at the time. He was quickly nicknamed Tortilla Man by fans due to the design of his mask, which looked similar to a tortilla. However, fans on Reddit later identified him as Michael Pfaff by the way he moves on stage, his height, and the fact that he is bald. On March 16, 2022, Slipknot officially revealed Tortilla Man's identity to be Michael Pfaff.[2][3]
Mask[]
2019 - Mask made from a mold of his own head. The mask is turned inside out, with extra latex on it, and painted to look sick, with a zipper mouth.[4] Jim Ojala applied the fabrications to the mask. This mask was worn throughout the We Are Not Your Kind cycle
2022 - Mask was similar to his 2019 mask. A few changes were made with mutiple varients. All new varients had bigger eye slits and a more sinister expression for his mouth, most used varients typically had a grin or a frown and sometimes a white mask rather than the tortilla color. Theses masks were worn throughout The End, So Far album cycle.
2024 - for the 25th Anniversary of the self titled album ''Slipknot'', the band had new masks made. Pfaff has been seen sticking to his white mask, but with a more roughened look. his mask now has a wider grin, longer eye slits with zippers, and detachable pigtail dreads. He has also shown another version of mask with no eyes and detachable devil horns
Gallery[]
Masks[]
Trivia[]
- His mask has been through several changes with holes being added to each side of the head and the neck portion being removed.
- Fans complained about the sound of Michael's vocals during early 2019 performances but in 2020 fans have noticed an improvement on his vocals, especially during "Nero Forte".
- There was speculations that someone else wore his mask in the Unsainted music video, but it was actually Pfaff wearing clown's coveralls in the video.[5]
- Pfaff graduated with a college degree in music at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin and also holds a masters degree in music from New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Pfaff is a pianist.
External Links[]
Michael Pfaff on YouTube (Inactive)- Michael Pfaff on Instagram
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| Slipknot | |
|---|---|
| Current Members: | #0 Sid Wilson • #4 Jim Root • #6 Shawn "Clown" Crahan • #7 Mick Thomson • #8 Corey Taylor • (V) Alex Venturella • Michael Pfaff • Unidentified sampler • Eloy Casagrande |
| Former Members: | Anders Colsefni • #4 Josh "Gnar" Brainard • #2 Paul Gray • #1 Joey Jordison • Donnie Steele • Kun Nong • #3 Greg "Cuddles" Welts • #3 Chris Fehn • #5 Craig "133" Jones • (J) Jay Weinberg Live Only: (ᗺ) Brandon Darner |
References[]
- ↑ @tortilla_pfaff (April 4, 2023). Today is my internet wikipedia birthday….not sure how that happened….my actual birthday is May 17, 1980…….but I’m gonna enjoy today as well. Maggots Make Every Day Better #older #wiser #grayhairdownthere @ras_visual 📸. Instagram. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ↑ @slipknot (March 16, 2022). You've been warned. https://redd.it/tfnwai. Twitter. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ↑ @knotfestofficial (March 16, 2022). I am Michael Pfaff. I play Percussion in Slipknot and our 2022 KNOTFEST Roadshow tour starts today. AMA…. Reddit. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ↑ @knotfestofficial (March 16, 2022). Yes. That story will come out as well. Short answer, it was a mold of my face flipped inside out.. Reddit. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ↑ @knotfestofficial (March 16, 2022). It was me in the Unsainted video. I saw the theories. I actually wore clown's coveralls for the video.. Reddit. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
