Corey Taylor
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| Corey Taylor | |
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| Birth name | Corey Todd Taylor |
| Also known as | #8 |
| Born | December 8, 1973 [1] |
| Genre(s) | Nu metal[2][3] Post-Grunge[2] |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar, Bass |
| Years active | 1992 – present |
| Label(s) | Roadrunner Records Great Big Mouth Records |
| Associated acts | Slipknot Stone Sour Apocalyptica Soulfly |
| Website | Slipknot website Stone Sour website |
Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973 in Des Moines, Iowa) also known as #8 is the lead vocalist and member #8 for the nine-piece metal band Slipknot, and a founding member and lead singer of Stone Sour.
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[edit] Life and career
Corey began his music career performing with many bands in Des Moines, Iowa. Stone Sour was formed in the early '90s and became one of the biggest bands on the gradually growing Des Moines music scene. He was recruited by Slipknot as their lead vocalist with whom he got his biggest break, Slipknot got signed to Roadrunner Records in 1998. In 2000 Corey was approached by ex-Stone Sour band member Josh Rand with songs he had been working on, eventually they worked their way back to a near same line-up as the previous Stone Sour and in 2002 they released their self-titled album. With the help of Corey already being an established star, the revival Stone Sour was thought to be the end of Slipknot. This was not the case as they rejoined in 2004 to release their third album Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses). Corey has said that Slipknot and Stone Sour are like children to him, it would be unfair to pick a favourite, and he enjoys being a part of both of these bands. In 2006 Stone Sour returned with their second album Come What(ever) May an album which brought about even more recognition to Stone Sour and established them as more than just a Slipknot side project.
Corey also has two cover bands, Audacious P and Dum Fux, the first of which is mostly a Tenacious D cover band. He has performed a spoken word section in progressive metal band Dream Theater's 2007 album Systematic Chaos. Corey has also contributed vocals to several bands including Damageplan, Soulfly, Snot's memorial album for Lynn Strait of Snot, and worked with emerging metal band Slitheryn on the track "Lost".
Corey contributed vocals to the Finnish Cello-Metal band Apocalyptica on the single "I'm Not Jesus". He also contributed to the Soulfly song "Jumpdafuckup". Taylor planned on contributing to thrash metal band Anthrax's latest untitled album,[4] [5][6] but due to Taylor's other projects, conflicts with their schedule emerged and Taylor will now be contributing to only a few songs instead of the entire album, as originally planned.[7] Taylor is currently signed to Roadrunner Records. [8] Taylor credits Korn, Black Sabbath, Mötley Crüe and Kiss among others as his favourite bands. Taylor writes a monthly column for the UK rock music magazine Rock Sound. Recently, Taylor has been confirmed to be the producer for Walls of Jericho's new EP. A song from this EP is now available on Walls of Jericho's record label site Trustkill. The song is called 'Ember Drive'. [9]
[edit] Personal life
Taylor grew up in poverty, raised by his mother. He didn't meet his father until he was 32, but the two eventually built a strong relationship.[10] Taylor is now divorced from his long-time wife, Scarlett, with whom he fathered a son, Griffin,[11] however he has many related tattoos of them on his body.[12]
Taylor has also battled with alcoholism, almost attempting suicide one time during an alcohol fuelled frenzy. On November 23rd 2003 an intoxicated Taylor tried to jump off an eighth floor balcony at the Hyatt hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. His wife at the time, Scarlett, managed to talk him out of it, however afterwards she told him that if he didn't sober up she would leave him. After seriously thinking about his life, Taylor promised never to touch alcohol again - a vow he has managed to keep even to this day.[13]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Slipknot
[edit] Stone Sour
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[edit] Other
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[edit] Filmography
- Welcome To Our Neighborhood (1999) - himself
- Disasterpieces (2002) - himself
- Rollerball (2002) - Slipknot band member
- Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! (2004) Slipknot band member
- Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005) - himself
- Voliminal: Inside the Nine (2006) - himself
[edit] References
[edit] Cited references
- ^ Corey Taylor's bio. IMDB.
- ^ a b c d e Steve Huey. All Music Guide article on Slipknot. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
- ^ Garry Sharpe-Young (2006-12-17). Rockdetector Article. Rockdetector.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.
- ^ Taylor stated that it was very upseting to him saying it was his lifelong dream to join Anthrax.
- ^ http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/article/?id=46905 It's Official: Corey Taylor Is Working With Anthrax On New Album. Blabbermouth.net (2007-06-26). Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
- ^ Corey Taylor Recalls First-Ever Visit To Russia (2007-06-26). Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
- ^ Corey Taylor Says Record Company Politics Squashed Possibility Of Full Anthrax Collaboration. Blabbermouth.net (2007-08-06). Retrieved on 2007-08-06.
- ^ Roadrunner Records - Slipknot profile. Retrieved on 2007-06-28.
- ^ Slipknot Frontman Producing New Walls Of Jericho EP. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
- ^ Shawn Crahan (Director). (2006). Voliminal: Inside the Nine - Corey Taylor Interview (DVD). Roadrunner Records.
- ^ Tori Thomas. Corey Taylor Audio interview on WZZO radio.
- ^ Corey Taylor's tattoos at Slipknot-metal.com. Slipknot-Metal.
- ^ Corey Taylor's story of alcoholism and attempted suicide at mtv.com. MTV.
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| NAME | Taylor, Corey Todd |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Nu metal lead vocalist for Slipknot and Stone Sour |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Des Moines, Iowa |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
