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Alternative metal outfit Vended have enjoyed an undeniable early boost in their career thanks to their familial links. If the involvement of vocalist Griffin Taylor and drummer Simon Crahan among their ranks wasn\u2019t enough to get them in front of eyes and ears, their respective fathers in Slipknot\u2018s Corey Taylor and M. Shawn \u201cClown\u201d Crahan certainly bumped up the young band\u2019s profile with multiple coveted opening spots at Slipknot shows.<\/p>\n
While the apple didn\u2019t fall far from the tree in terms of Vended\u2018s general sound either, the band have repeatedly been hammered with claims of profiting from nepotism, leading to detractors and hecklers.<\/p>\n
In an interview freshly released online by Metal Hammer, Griffin weighed in on how that affected him early on, offering: \u201cI was a teenager with a lot of feelings and a lot of emotions and I didn\u2019t know how to deal with it. It would simply depress the fuck out of me.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also described some of the earlier occasions he\u2019s endured at live events, noting some hecklers may, \u201cscream something from the crowd or just make a joke, like \u2018Play Duality!\u2019 And I go up to the mic and be, like, \u2018Wrong band, dude.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Simon<\/b>\u00a0however was quick to shootdown claims that they are only being afforded these live opportunities because of their famous fathers. He told\u00a0Metal Hammer<\/b>\u00a0the following of that:<\/p>\n \u201cMy dad told me, \u2018I would not put you on a tour if you weren\u2019t good.\u2019 We wouldn\u2019t be playing festivals the way we do if we weren\u2019t good. We\u2019re a good band. We play good music. That\u2019s why we\u2019re here. We\u2019ve discovered that talent ourselves. And everyone thinks it\u2019s just been handed to us.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n