Background
Fehn was born in Des Moines, Iowa and grew up in Ankeny, Iowa.
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Fehn was born in Des Moines, Iowa and grew up in Ankeny, Iowa.
Prior to joining Slipknot, he played as a kicker on the Wayne State University Football team Fehn joined the band around July 1998, replacing percussionist Greg Welts, who was forced out of Slipknot due to personal conflicts with drummer Joey Jordison which stemmed from Welts dating Jordison"s sister. Fehn stands 6"1" in height and is of Norwegian descent.
As well as lending his percussion talents to the band, Fehn has also sung backing vocals on a number of songs Slipknot has both recorded and performed live.
Outside Slipknot, Fehn is a very keen golfer, and evidences this on the band"s 2006 Digital Video Disc, Voliminal: Inside the Nine, where he is interviewed while playing golf. According to Fehn, he had originally asked Crahan if he could be drummer Joey Jordison"s drum technical
Shortly after his request was made, Fehn was given an offer to play custom percussion in the band. Fehn was then given a rough demo that contained all of Slipknot"s songs.
Fehn has said that "Spit lieutenant Out" was the song that stood out to him the most.
Fehn then tried out on percussion and was subsequently made part of Slipknot. Of the nine members, Chris was the eighth to join the band. In the early years of Slipknot before their signing with Roadrunner Records, Fehn was an electrician.
In a recent interview with Face Culture, Fehn said that the band members gave him a hard time in his early years with the band.
He described that his time during the self-titled album era was his "hazing period" with the band. His mask was featured in the movie Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay.
He is collector of sports cards, mainly Baseball, and Football.