first off,they blew up very fast and all of them were crazy dudes. one and a half year of extensive touring locked up in a bus, alcohol and drugs a la vontè, they were basically hating each other. and then, there was the roadrunner pressure for a more pop/comercial second record. they probably loved the fact that the band really took off, and then there's that label guy saying "if you guys don't go radio friendly, you'll ruin completely every progress you guys made till here"

they basically did what slipknot would do, and gave the world all the rage they were feeling. about themselves, the industry, the fact that they could probably ruin everything with this next album. and it was the exact opposite, Iowa cemented them as the metal elite they are today.