premise: Mick Thomson plays the guitar.
hypothesis: Forever More was a late 1960s and early 1970s progressive rock band , featuring Alan Gorrie on bass guitar , piano , vocals ; Mick Strode ( aka Mick Travis ) on guitar , vocals ; Onnie McIntyre ( aka Onnie Mair ) on guitar and vocals ; and Stuart Francis on drums and vocals . 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 .