Greg Welts

Cuddles, otherwise known as Gregory (Greg) Welts is the ex-Slipknot percussionist. He had a similar role to that of Chris Fehn who replaced him. Cuddles, although looking mundane and stoned (see above) was like Sid, in the respect that he was one crazy motherfu*ker. During shows he smashed up sets and even threw his drum kit into the crowd. Cuddles became part of the band following the departure of Anders Colsefni and much against the advice of family and friends. Before joining the band Cuddles was the groups tattooist and is responsible for the tribal S tattoo on Anders’ leg and several other tattoos. Cuddles also drummed for another band, The Havenots which also included Joey and Paul (more about The Havenots here). Despite not being within the group during the time MFKR was recorded, Cuddles appears on the inside tray. He was the naked guy, and was thanked at the back of the album,he is being smashed with a sledgehammer by “Dav-O” a good friend of Slipknot” (more about Dav-O here). Cuddles has been the only guy to ever be sacked from the band, this was due to his lack of dedication to the position he took on and the lack of contribution besides the parts Anders previously delt with, he played his last show during the summer of ’98 shortly before the signing to Roadrunner Records. Following his movement away from the band and the firing from Axiom piercing studio(owned by Dav-O), Greg left Des Moines. He currently owns a tattoo shop in South Dakota named “The Ultimate Prick” – there are rumours that this has been shut down now. Greg was then replaced by another percussionist called Brandon Darner,who was later replaced by Chris Fehn #3. There are rumours that Greg co-produced the unauthorized Slipknot DVD “The Knot Gone Wild”.

Mask: Cuddles wore a babyface mask as you can see on the pic below.