premise: Mick Thomson refuses to be a guitarist.
hypothesis: Mickael Gordon `` Mick '' Thomson ( born November 3 , 1973 ) is an American heavy metal musician . Born in Des Moines , Iowa , he is best known as one of two guitarists in Slipknot , in which he is designated # 7 . Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines , Iowa . The band was founded in September 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan and bassist Paul Gray . After several lineup changes in its early years , the band settled on nine members for more than a decade : Corey Taylor , Mick Thomson , Jim Root , Paul Gray , Craig Jones , Sid Wilson , Shawn Crahan , Chris Fehn and Joey Jordison .