742617000027

742617000027 is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. The short instrumental track serves as both an intro to the band's debut self titled debut album and an oveture to the album's second track, "(sic)". It was composed by band member Craig Jones and consists entirely of samples.
The sounds featured include several unspecified mechanical noises and distorted sound effects played alongside a looped female voice sample that randomly varies in speed and pitch. The voice is heard to be saying "the whole thing, I think is sick".
The name of the track, "742617000027" is the UPC barcode number for Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat., the band's first demo released in 1996.
Speculation and true origin
Since the initial release of Slipknot, this track has continued to spark various rumors and theories concerning the origin of the voice sample. One particular rumor states that the voice is that of Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor. Another suggests that it is a line taken from the 1997 cult film Gummo.
In fact, the sample is taken from the 1973 film Manson, an Academy Award nominated documentary film dealing with the Charles Manson family and their crimes committed in the late 1960s. The voice belongs to Corey Hurst, a cell mate of Susan Atkins. Hurst was amongst several other women that Atkins 'bragged' to about her involvement in the Sharon Tate murders. Two of these women went on to report Atkins' statements to the authorities, which in part led to the arrest and subsequent conviction of Atkins, Manson and several other 'family' members active in the crimes.
The now infamous words originally appear in an interview with Hurst around 41 minutes into the film:
"...like they... they think it's right to murder, they want to murder. Look at all the people- and they get a kick out of it. A sexual kick out of it. The whole thing, I think it's sick. I mean, I don't know."

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