Mushroomhead

MUSHROOMHEAD CHOOSES AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR OF

CONTROVERSIAL "SLIPKNOT FILM" TO DIRECT NEW MUSIC

VIDEO.

Mushroomhead has enlisted Award Winning Filmmaker and

Music Video Director Chad Calek (Bleeding Through,

Index Case) to direct the music video to "Simple

Survival", the debut single from Mushroomhead's

forthcoming "Savior Sorrow" release on Megaforce

Records, slated to hit the shelves nationwide on

September 19th, 2006.

Mushroomhead and Calek joined forces shortly after

Calek's controversial tell-all Slipknot/Des Moines,

Iowa local music scene documentary, titled "A Clown

Short of Destiny" (although many MySpacers have

dubbed it the "SLIPKNOT FILM"), made national

headlines after winning back-to-back Audience and

Director's Choice awards for "Best Documentary" and

"Best Music Documentary" at the New York Independent

International Film Festival, as well as the Park City

Film and Music Festival. This success prompted stories

on "A Clown Short of Destiny" to appear on MTV.com,

and in the June issue of Revolver Magazine, which

featured the headline, "The Movie Slipknot Don't Want

You To See!" on the cover. Currently, "A Clown Short

of Destiny" is scheduling it's final film festival

screening run for this fall.

"With this record, we wanted to work with someone with

a new perspective on Mushroomhead. Someone that could

not only combine his own artistic edge with some of

our ideas, but also someone that could really capture

the true intensity of this band's live performance.

Chad's a younger director than most, and he's got a

lot of energy - which is exactly what we wanted. And

after watching his reel and talking with him in

detail, it was obvious that he was the right guy for

the job. Once he was on board with the video, Chad

offered to show us 'A Clown Short of Destiny'.

Honestly, I didn't know what to expect, but I was

pleasantly surprised. It's a great film, but that's

not what I was surprised about. Of course the press is

going to focus on the Slipknot stuff that's in the

film, but what I really got out of the film was how

much Chad cares about his scene. I didn't think it was

a negative or bitter movie at all. It's more of a

somber, but still promising film that shows the viewer

the truth behind what it means to be in a band and

dedicate your entire life to making music, while

sharing that cause with countless other bands who have

done the same. And specifically, it's a film about

keeping it real, and having each other's back, before

and after success arrives. How can someone not support

that? Not to mention that he spent over a third of his

life, ten years, making the film. That's the type of

loyalty and dedication that is very easy for us to

support." - Steve "Skinny" Felton, Mushroomhead

Drummer

"This whole thing happened the right way, which was

very important to me, especially since I've been a

Mushroomhead fan for many years. But since my film

addresses the controversial history between Slipknot

and Mushroomhead, I really felt as though I couldn't

contact Mushroomhead as a fan, or an interested music

video director, without causing worry of dual

interests. So when 'Skinny' (Steve Felton,

Mushroomhead drummer) called me and asked me to direct

their new video, without having seen 'A Clown Short of

Destiny' yet, needless to say, I was incredibly

honored. It just showed me that first and foremost,

they were interested in making a great video. Then I

got the chance to hear the un-mastered, rough mixes

from 'Savior Sorrow', which sealed the deal for me.

So we kept all of our managers and agents out of it,

and just made it happen. I then offered to fly to

Cleveland to arrange for a private screening of the 'A

Clown Short of Destiny Rough Cut' for all the

Mushroomhead guys. When it was over, everyone was

offering compliments, while Skinny paused for a quick

second to collect his thoughts and said, 'Bro, let's

fucking do this'. Needless to say, it was very

reaffirming to get that type of response. So to

Mushroomhead fans, I can promise that the forthcoming

video to 'Simple Survival' will be nothing short of

their most intense and artistic video to date." -

Chad Calek, Filmmaker/Music Video Director

For more information on MUSHROOMHEAD'S forthcoming

"Savior Sorrow" release, as well info on future tour

dates, media downloads and much more, please visit

www.mushroomhead.com

For more information on "A Clown Short of Destiny",

please visit www.myspace.com/aclownshortofdestiny