Shawn "Clown" Crahan

Shawn "Clown" Crahan uses a Custom Shawn "Clown" Crahan Kit, crafted from Dunnett Classic Drums. The kit includes two rack toms (12"x8" and 13"x9") and two floor toms (14"x14" and 16"x16"). This setup is documented by Slipknot-metal, as detailed by the ToTheMoonTeam.

It says in this interview with Shawn: I’ve had a lot of Maggots come up to me and say they can’t figure out how to duplicate my keg tone, so let me let you in on a little secret: you can’t just hit any keg with any baseball bat and expect it to sound like the culture-changing event that is Slipknot. I exclusively use Geemacher 1/2 kegs. They’re stainless steel, which helps lend to that metallic sound when you hit it.

When asked about what he uses to beat his kegs, he says "I used to use Demarinis but recently switched to the Easton Mako Torq. It’s well-balanced, and it’s got great pop. They’re a little pricier than your average bat, but the warmth of tone they supply really shows you where that extra money went. I use the BBCOR ones; the big barrels have larger sweet spots but, frankly, they’re a little unwieldy. Obviously the force of your hits are as important as anything else, so you need a bat that you can swing effectively without straining your rotator cuff too much."

You can see him at timestamp 0:25 using these sticks

IN this interview, he says: "It should go without saying that grip is incredibly important. The last thing you want is for the bat to give you blisters or, worse, fly out of your sweaty hands as you’re swinging it and knock one of your bandmates in the head (trust me, I learned the hard way when I accidentally knocked out Craig Jones on our first Ozzfest… the injury he sustained as a result severely limited his mobility and speed, and is the reason he so rarely moves on stage). That’s why I use XPROTEX Krushr Batting Gloves… ain’t nothing slipping outta these bad boys. If you used them to rub one out, they’d rip your cock off. Now that’s quality!"

Shawn "Clown" Crahan used the Pearl FFX CarbonCore Snare during Slipknot's performance in Auckland, as detailed in a review on Stuff.co.nz.

Shawn "Clown" Crahan used the CXS-1 CX Airframe Snare Carrier during Slipknot's "All Hope Is Gone" era, as noted in the Stuff.co.nz review of their Auckland performance.

In this photo, from mfkr1.com when Slipknot played at the Ranch Bowl in Omaha, NE in 1998 Shawn is holding a Shure SM58 with grey duck tape around most of the microphone.