Corey Taylor
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| Background information | ||
| Also known as | Number 8, Great Big Mouth, Purity, Useless | |
| Born | December 8, 1973 | |
| Origin | Des Moines, Iowa | |
| Genre(s) | Heavy Metal Alternative Metal Rap Metal Nu Metal |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar | |
| Label(s) | Roadrunner Records Great Big Mouth Records |
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Stone Sour Slipknot |
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Corey Taylor, born December 8, 1973, is the lead singer of nu-metal band Slipknot and vocalist and occasional guitarist of the band Stone Sour, the latter being formed prior to the commercial success of Slipknot. He also manages the Des Moines-based metal band Facecage.
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[edit] Masks
Corey Taylor's mask, which was originally made from a crash test dummy-style halloween mask, is equipped with brown and blonde dreadlocks made from his real hair. It is said that his new mask is now inspired by Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Leatherface.
[edit] Stone Sour
With Stone Sour, Corey teamed up with another Slipknot member, James Root, and created the mainstream rock phenomenon that made its way up the charts. On their first self-titled album, Corey Taylor performed 'Bother' which also featured on the film Spider-man. This song is considered to be quite different in style to his bands' usual music. The rhythm is distinctly slower and more tuneful, without the 'shouting' and 'growling' that is synonymous with Slipknot's music.
Their second album, titled "Come What(ever) May", featured the instant hit "Through Glass." Like "Bother," this had a softer sound, and became one of the top 100 songs on the musical charts.
Stone Sour formed in 1992, and dissolved in 1997 after Stone Sour came second to Slipknot in a 'Battle of the Bands' contest at Safari's in Des Moines, Iowa; it was felt that Anders Colsefini (former Slipknot vocalist) did not have a 'radio friendly' voice and that this was holding them back from gaining a major record deal. Mick, Paul and Shawn persuaded Corey to join Slipknot as their new vocalist.
After songwriting and touring for over three years, Slipknot nearly split, going on a break for over a year. In this time, Stone Sour went back in the recording studio and produced their self titled album - their first with a major label (Roadrunner Records).
[edit] Trivia
- Corey is a fan of Persian rugs. His favourite type is Isfahan.
- Corey has always been a huge fan of Spider-Man, wears a large Spider-man head ring, and has a Spider-man tattoo.
- Corey also plays guitar. He has also played guitar on a few Stone Sour songs such as "Bother" and "Through Glass".
- Corey also has a band with former Slipknot member Josh Brainard called Audacious P (A Tenacious D Tribute Band).
| Slipknot |
| #0 Sid Wilson | #1 Joey Jordison | #2 Paul Gray | #3 Chris Fehn | #4 James Root | #5 Craig "133" Jones | #6 Shawn "Clown" Crahan | #7 Mick Thompson | #8 Corey Taylor |
| Anders Colsefini | Greg "Cuddles" Welts | Josh "Gnar" Brainard | Brandon Darner | John Green | Quan "Meld" Nong | Patrick M. Neuwirth | Donnie Steele |
| Discography |
| Albums: Crowz | Roadrunner Records Demo | Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat | Slipknot | Iowa | Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) |
| Singles: Wait and Bleed | Spit It Out | Left Behind | My Plague | Duality | Vermilion | Before I Forget | The Nameless |
| Live: 9.0: Live |
| DVDs: Welcome To Our Neighborhood | Disasterpieces | Voliminal: Inside the Nine |
| Stone Sour |
| Corey Taylor | Josh Rand | Shawn Economaki | James Root | Roy Mayorga |
| Joel Ekman | Bruce Swink | B J | Josh Rilying Denny Harvey | Danny Spain | Weeter Kane | Marty Smith |
| Discography |
| Albums: 1992 Demo | 1994 Demo | 1996 Demo | 2000 Demo | Click Here to Exit Stone Sour | Come What(ever) May |
| Singles: Get Inside | Bother | Inhale | Through Glass | 30/30-150 | Sillyworld |
