A guitarist for the platinum-selling rock band Slipknot was stabbed in the head and rushed to the hospital after an early Wednesday knife fight with his brothers , according to reports . Mick Thomson engaged in the bloody brawl with his brother Andrew before bother were taken by ambulance to a Des Moines , Iowa hospital with serious injuries . The altercation broke out at 41-year-old Thomson 's Clive , Iowa home after a long night of heavy drinking , according to TMZ . Brotherly brawl ? Slipknot guitarist Mickeal Thomson , 41 , ( left ) was stabbed in the back of the head in the drunken 4am brawl with his little brother Andrew Thomson ( right ) Lead guitarist : Mick Thomson has played lead guitar for the multi-platinum Des Moines band since 1996 . According to a report obtained by the Des Moines Register , Clive police reported that the fight , in which Mick suffered a stab wound to the back of the head , occurred in his front yard . Clive police , as of Wednesday afternoon , had not confirmed whether the Mickeal Gordon Thomson and Andrew John Thomson , 35 , were the guitarist and his brother . However , the band 's lead singer , Corey Taylor , did his own investigation after hearing the news and tweeted to fans Wednesday : . 'In regards to the story about Mick , I 'm doing the best I can to find out if he 's alright . I 'll get back to you later . ' Stabby : Andrew Thomson stabbed Mick in the back of the head in Mick 's front yard in the reportedly drunken Wednesday morning spat , according to reports . Then , around 5pm , he wrote : . 'Mick Update : from what I 've heard he 's okay . We 're sendig him all your thoughts . Thank you for that . ' The fight occurred after 4am , the police report says . After things became especially heated , they moved the fight outside . That 's when the stabbings occurred . Neither brawling brother sustained life-threatening injuries . They were transported in separate ambulances , reports the Register . The Thomsons did not suffer life-threatening injuries . They were transported to a Des Moines-area hospital in separate ambulances .
Mickeal 'Mick ' Thomson , Wednesday , was stabbed in the back of the head in the drunken 4am brawl , according to reports . He and the other stabber named in reports -- Andrew John Thomson , which is also the name of Mick 's little brother -- sustained no life-threatening injuries . The fight occurred in Thomson 's Clive , Iowa front yard . The men were transported in separate ambulances to a Des Moines area hospital .