Stone Sour

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Stone Sour
Stone Sour
Background information
Origin	Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Genre(s)	Hard Rock
Years active	1992-1997 2002-present
Label(s)	SonyBMG/Roadrunner
Associated acts	Slipknot
Website	stonesour.com
Members
Corey Taylor James Root Josh Rand Shawn Economaki Roy Mayorga
Former members
Joel Ekman Bruce Swink BJ Harrison Josh Rilying Denny Harvey Danny Spain Weeter Kane Marty Smith

Stone Sour is a alternative rock band formed by Corey Taylor, famous for being the vocalist for the band Slipknot, and former drummer Joel Ekman.

1 Band history
2 Members
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Band history

Stone Sour (named after an alcoholic-drink consisting of one part whisky, a splash of orange juice and sour mix) was originally formed in 1992 by Corey Taylor and drummer Joel Ekman. Taylor's long time friend, Shawn Economaki, joined shortly after, and filled in as the bass player. The band had played clubs and bars with various different guitarists - often filling the position for just one show. During this time, Stone Sour recorded two demo tapes, in 1992 and 1994. Shortly after in 1995, James Root - who would later join Taylor in Slipknot - joined the band. The group was complete, and in 1996 recorded another demo tape, and songs from which would later be used in 2002 on their self titled debut album, Stone Sour.

In 1997 the band disbanded when Taylor left to join Slipknot, who were another up-and-coming act in Des Moines at the time who were to soon earn a record deal. Root also joined the band a year later, and Economaki went on to become their stage manager. Ekman stayed in Des Moines, and formed a family.

In 2000, Josh Rand approached Taylor with songs he had been working on. While Slipknot were touring, the two worked together for a year and a half writing, when they realised that the songs they were creating were sufficiently good to record. In 2000 Stone Sour produced a demo tape, and later that year the group recorded an album under the name SuperEgo called "Click Here to Exit" which was never released. It was, however, sufficient to earn them a record contract with RoadRunner. During this time, the band had numerous name changes, including ProjectX and Closure, before deciding that since the members were the same, and they were producing music that was true to their original style, there was only one real option - Stone Sour.

The band recorded their self-titled first album in Cedar Falls, Iowa, which was released on 31 July 2002 in the UK, and on 1 August in the US. Aided by the song "Bother" which was featured on the Spider Man soundtrack (credited only to Taylor), the album went on to become Gold. The band toured for six months together, before going on a temporary hiatus as Taylor and Root went back to join Slipknot for another album and tour.

During Slipknot's "Subliminal Verses" tour, Rand revealed that the band were working on more songs together, and in January 2006 began the recording process to begin work on a follow up album. Two weeks into the recording of the drum tracks, Ekman left the project due to his son falling ill with a brain tumour, which he later succumbed to and passed away in May 2006. It was decided that Roy Mayorga (of Soulfly fame) would re-record the drum tracks. On 25 March, it was announced that Ekman was officially no longer Stone Sour's drummer, and on May 10, they announced that Mayorga was to be his replacement.

Stone Sour finished recording at least 18 tracks in Dave Grohl's studio, including a collaboration with Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed, for the second album, titled "Come What(ever) May", on 4 April. Mixing began on 10 April by Randy Staub (Metallica, Hatebreed). On 29 April, the band released a video for the song "Reborn" which shows the band performing in a studio. [1]On 22 May, Roadrunner Records put the song "Reborn" up for download on their website.

Following the announcement of the coming album, "Come What(ever) May", rumours of the track listing included six tracks that eventually weren't released: Suffer, The Frozen, Fruitcake, Day I Let Go, Drama, and Freeze Dry Seal. Suffer and The Frozen can currently be bought online from iTunes, while Fruitcake was released on 6 November 2006 with the UK "Through Glass" single.

On September 14, 2006, Stone Sour officially joined the third Music as a Weapon Tour alongside Disturbed, and later announced their European tour, where they will be supported by Bullets and Octane. [2]

[edit] Members

[edit] Current Members

Corey Taylor - Vocals, Guitars (Only in Bother, Through Glass, Sillyworld, and Zzyzx Rd.)
James Root - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Josh Rand - Guitar
Shawn Economaki - Bass
Roy Mayorga - Drums

[edit] Former Members

Joel Ekman - Drums
Bruce Swink - Guitar
BJ Harrison - Guitar
Josh Rilying - Guitar
Denny Harvey - Guitar
Danny Spain - Drums
Weeter Kane - Guitar
Marty Smith - Guitar

[edit] Guests

Slipknot DJ Starscream (Sid Wilson) appears as a guest on the self-titled debut album, contributing scratching and other effects.

Jamey Jasta, (vocalist for hardcore band Hatebreed) is a guest on Come What(ever May).

Shannon Larkin of Godsmack make a guest appearance on the Stone Sour song 30/30-150.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums and Demos

Album Cover	Date of Release	Title	Label	US Billboard Peak	US sales
	1992	1992 Demo	None	n/a	n/a
	1994	1994 Demo	None	n/a	n/a
	1996	1996 Demo	None	n/a	n/a
	2000	2000 Demo (as ProjectX)	None	n/a	n/a
	2000	Click Here to Exit (as SuperEgo)	None	Unreleased	Unreleased
	August 27, 2002	Stone Sour	Roadrunner Records	46	Gold (882,000)
	August 1, 2006	Come What(ever) May	Roadrunner Records	4	500,000

Stone Sour debuted at number 41 in the UK Album Charts while Come What(Ever) May debuted at number 27.

[edit] Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions				Album
Year	Title	US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock	UK Singles Chart	Album
2002	Get Inside	-	-	-	-	Stone Sour
2002	Bother	#56	#4	#2	#28	Stone Sour
2003	Inhale	-	#17	#18	#63	Stone Sour
2006	Through Glass	#44	#2	#1 (7 Weeks)	#98	Come What(ever) May
2006	30/30-150	-	-	-	-	Come What(ever) May
2006	Sillyworld	-	-	#19	-	Come What(ever) May

[edit] Music Videos

Stone Sour

Corey Taylor | Josh Rand | Shawn Economaki | James Root | Roy Mayorga

Discography

[edit] External links

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