Overview
- Crahan disclosed the condition on Rick Rubin’s Tetragrammaton podcast, saying episodes leave him feeling like he is dying.
- He said the problem surfaced after the most recent tour when staff struggled to get an EKG reading and briefly thought he was having a heart attack.
- Doctors first considered a pacemaker, but he now expects a simple outpatient electrical procedure rather than open-heart surgery.
- He also described a daytime heart rate near 43 and called himself overweight, offering more detail on his current health.
- At 56 and as Slipknot’s last founding member, he has not announced a surgery date or any changes to touring, and recent coverage also notes the band’s Record Store Day 2026 release of Look Outside Your Window.