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Born | Corey Todd Taylor [1] December 8, 1973 [2] Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
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Years active | 1992–present |
Spouses | Scarlett Stone (m. 2004;div. 2007)Stephanie Luby (m. 2009;div. 2017)Alicia Dove (m. 2019) |
Children | 3 |
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Origin | Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. |
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Member of | Slipknot |
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Website | thecoreytaylor |
Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) [2] is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, and sole continuous member of the rock band Stone Sour. [4]
Taylor co-founded Stone Sour with drummer Joel Ekman in 1992, playing in the Des Moines, Iowa area, and working on a demo. He joined Slipknot in 1997 to replace their original lead singer Anders Colsefni and has subsequently released seven studio albums with them. After the first two Slipknot albums went Platinum, Taylor revived Stone Sour to record an album and tour in 2002. His debut solo studio album, CMFT , was released in 2020. His second solo studio album, CMF2, was released on September 15, 2023.
Taylor has also worked with several other acts, including Junk Beer Kidnap Band, Korn, Disturbed, Apocalyptica, Code Orange, Anthrax, Steel Panther, Tonight Alive, Falling in Reverse, Soulfly, Damageplan, Tech N9ne, and the Clay People.
Corey Todd Taylor was born on December 8, 1973, in Des Moines, Iowa. [5] [6] He was mostly raised by his single mother in Waterloo, Iowa, and described it as a "hole in the ground with buildings around it". [6] He is of German, Irish and Native American descent on his father's side, and Dutch and Irish on his mother's side. [7] Taylor along with his mother and younger half-sister would often move around the country in search for job prospects. By the time he was 15, he had "already lived in 25 states". [8] Around 1979, Taylor and his mother saw the sci-fi series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century . Before the series, there was a trailer for the 1978 horror film Halloween . Taylor said this "developed some sense of Slipknot in [himself]". [6] While Halloween introduced Taylor to masks and horror themes, Taylor's grandmother introduced him to rock music, showing him a collection of Elvis Presley records from the 1950s to 1970s. He especially found songs like "Teddy Bear", "In the Ghetto", and "Suspicious Minds" to appeal to his interests the most, describing them as "good times". [6] Taylor also began listening to Black Sabbath at a young age, beginning with their early work. [6] He decided he wanted to become a singer when he and his cousin were singing along to Journey's "Separate Ways". [9]
In 1983, when he was nine years old, his mother and her boyfriend moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to become security guards for Burt Reynolds' ranch. However, as they were driving there, they got stranded in Georgia and lost some of his possessions. [8] By age 15, he had developed a drug addiction and had overdosed on cocaine twice. [10] [11] By this time, he was living in Waterloo, but some time after this overdose, he returned to visit his grandmother in Des Moines, and according to Taylor, "stayed and never went back [to his mother's house]." She took legal custody of him so that he could continue going to school, and she helped him buy musical equipment. He would later describe his grandmother as his "strongest influence" as well as his "rock, foundation and stability." [12] [1] [13] When Taylor was 18, he left his grandmother's house and went to various places in Iowa, Des Moines being a place to which he frequently returned. [14] Taylor attended Lincoln High School in Des Moines but did not graduate. He later earned his GED. [15] [9]
In 2017, on an episode of Viceland's The Therapist, Taylor revealed that he was sexually abused at the age of 10 by a 16-year-old friend. Taylor stated that he never told anyone about the incident until he was "probably 18" because his abuser had "...threatened to hurt me and threatened to hurt my mom". [16] At age 18, when Taylor was living with his grandmother, he attempted suicide by way of overdose. His ex-girlfriend's mother drove him to the hospital in Des Moines and doctors were able to resuscitate him. [1] He describes this as the lowest point in his life. [17]
Taylor is a founding member of American hard rock band Stone Sour. After he formed the band in 1992 [18] with drummer Joel Ekman, Shawn Economaki joined filling in the bass position, leaving the electric guitar position to be filled by Josh Rand. Stone Sour recorded a demo album in 1993, and another in 1994. In 1997, Taylor was approached by the metal band, Slipknot, resulting in him abandoning Stone Sour while they were recording a demo album with Sean McMahon at SR studios. [19] [20] Taylor did not return until five years later to record their debut album, Stone Sour in 2002. Both Taylor and guitarist Josh Rand contacted Jim Root, Slipknot's guitarist, and Shawn Economaki, Stone Sour's original bassist, to begin writing songs for their debut album. [21] Drummer Joel Ekman came back on board as well. [22] [23] This "reformation" later resulted in Stone Sour recording at Catamount Studios in Cedar Falls, Iowa. [22] [24]
Their self-titled debut album was released August 27, 2002, and it debuted at number 46 on the Billboard 200. [25] Their second album, Come What(ever) May debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. [25] It was released August 1, 2006, and charted on several different charts. [25] [26] [27] Live in Moscow is currently their only album specifically released only for download. [28] During the recording of the album, drummer Joel Ekman left the band for personal reasons. As a result, drummer Roy Mayorga was recruited, taking his place. [29] The group released their third studio album, Audio Secrecy , on September 7, 2010. [30]
Later, Corey Taylor announced the release of a concept double album with Stone Sour. The albums are titled "House of Gold & Bones". During the process of making the double album, bassist Shawn Economaki left the band. He was temporarily replaced for touring purposes by Johny Chow. The first part was released in October 2012 and the second part in April 2013. There are 23 songs in total, 11 on the first part and 12 on the second. In addition to these two albums is a four-part comic book series written by Taylor and published by Dark Horse Comics , which went on sale in 2013. With these albums came a story that was written by Taylor that coincide with the album. Fans can also construct a miniature "house of gold and bones" from the packaging design of the physical versions of the two albums. Taylor has also said that he would like to finish off the project by making the story into a movie but nothing has come of this yet. [31] [32] [33]
In Des Moines, Iowa, Joey Jordison, Shawn Crahan, and Mick Thomson approached him asking him to join Slipknot. [19] He agreed to go to one of their practices, and ended up singing in front of them. Of Slipknot's nine members, Corey was the sixth to join the band. Performing with Slipknot, he would also come to be known as "Number Eight", since the band follows a numbering scheme for its members, ranging from 0–8. According to Shawn Crahan, Corey wanted number eight, because it symbolizes infinity. [34]
Feeling he could expand more inside Slipknot than in Stone Sour, Taylor temporarily quit Stone Sour, even though they were recording an album with Sean McMahon. [20] Taylor's first gig with Slipknot was on August 24, 1997, [35] which according to band members did not go well. During his first gig, Taylor was performing with facepaint instead of a mask; however, for his second show on September 12, he wore a mask that resembles his debut album mask. [36] Taylor has recorded with Slipknot since the release of their second demo album, a self-titled demo used to promote the band to prospective labels and producers. [37] As their permanent vocalist, he recorded with Slipknot at Indigo Ranch in Malibu, California, and released Slipknot , the band's debut album that peaked at number one on the Top Heatseekers chart, [38] [39] went double platinum in the United States, [40] and was included in the 2006 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . [41] Taylor was accused of copyright infringement regarding the lyrics of the song "Purity", but no action was taken. [42] Taylor began recording for their second studio album, Iowa , in 2001 at Sound City and Sound Image in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. [43] It was released August 28, 2001, and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart, [44] as well as number three on the Billboard 200. [45] While writing Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) , Taylor decided to write lyrics that would not warrant an explicit label. [46] It peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. [47] All Hope Is Gone was the first Slipknot album to peak at number one on the Billboard 200. [48]
Taylor has appeared as a guest musician on albums by Soulfly, Apocalyptica, Damageplan, Steel Panther, and Code Orange. At one point, he was heavily involved in the recording of thrash metal band Anthrax's album, Worship Music , but the sessions remain unreleased. [49] He also contributed to the Roadrunner United all-star album in 2005, providing vocals for the song "Rich Man". [50] Taylor also made a brief appearance in Steel Panther's singles "Death to All but Metal", "Eyes of a Panther", and "Asian Hooker". [51] In 2006, Taylor founded the record company Great Big Mouth Records. [52] Taylor has produced two albums: Facecage's self-titled album and Walls of Jericho's Redemption. [53] [54] Taylor provided guest narration on the track "Repentance" for Dream Theater's 2007 album Systematic Chaos . In an interview with Billboard , Taylor confirmed that on January 13, 2009, he was planning on making a solo album, as well as returning to his side project Stone Sour after Slipknot's All Hope Is Gone World Tour. [55] Taylor has stated that he was writing songs that "don't fit either of his main bands." [55] He describes them as a cross between Foo Fighters, Johnny Cash, and Social Distortion, saying that there's "a country background that comes built-in with living in Iowa". [55]
On March 30, 2009, it was confirmed that Taylor and the Junk Beer Kidnap Band would be performing at Rockfest in 2009. [56] The group performed on April 24, 2009, at People's Court in Des Moines, Iowa, marking Taylor's first official solo show. [57] Taylor performs with his band the Dum Fux with Denny Harvey, who make covers for 1970s punk rock and 1980s hair metal. [58] Taylor also performs with Audacious P, a band that is primarily a Tenacious D cover band. [59] Rapper Tech N9ne confirmed that Taylor was to perform on his album K.O.D. , but was removed because Taylor did not submit his vocals in time, [60] [61] though he would later make an appearance on Tech's 2015 album Special Effects, on the song "Wither". Taylor recently admitted that he tried out for the vacant singer spot in the band Velvet Revolver, but said that it just did not work out. [62] However, according to a recent Billboard article, it seems likely that he may in fact become the vocalist for Velvet Revolver, though no official confirmation has been made. [63] Duff McKagan added that they can neither "confirm or deny" Taylor's membership in the band but believes that Taylor is the "real deal". [64] Slash has since ruled Taylor out as the possible new vocalist explaining that "[it] just wasn't right" although he does love him. [65] Taylor has, however, recorded 10 new songs with the band, although drummer Matt Sorum stated it is unlikely they will ever be released. [66] Taylor explained to Mark Hoppus on Hoppus on Music that he and McKagan were writing new music for a possible new supergroup. [67]
On June 21, 2018, Taylor featured on the track "The Hunt" by metallic hardcore band Code Orange, the second track of the three-track EP The Hurt Will Go On. In April 2019, Taylor collaborated on the song "Drugs" by the band Falling in Reverse. In September 2019, he was featured on Nostalgia Critic's parody album of Pink Floyd's The Wall on a cover of the opening theme for SpongeBob SquarePants . [68] Taylor released his solo album, CMFT , on October 2, 2020, via Roadrunner Records. [69] [70] The first two singles, "Black Eyes Blue" and "CMFT Must Be Stopped", were released on July 29, 2020. [71] Despite charting relatively well, he would later accuse Roadrunner of doing little to promote CMFT. [72]
Taylor mentioned in an October 3, 2020, interview about a followup album entitled CMF2, which would be completed prior to a tour supporting both it and CMFT. [73] He contributed a cover of the Metallica song "Holier Than Thou" to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist , released in September 2021. [74]
Between January 18 and March 6, 2023, Taylor spent time at various studios working on CMF2. [75] [76] On April 27, 2023, Taylor signed a new record deal with BMG Rights Management to distribute CMF2, which will be released through his own imprint label, Decibel Cooper Recordings. [77] The first single from the album, "Beyond", was released on May 16, 2023. [78]
Taylor told Loudwire in 2015 that if it were not for Faith No More, he "wouldn't be here today". While recovering from an attempted suicide, he saw the band perform "Epic" live on the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards and the performance inspired him to begin writing and performing music again. [1] He has also stated that Pearl Jam had hugely influenced and inspired his music, saying that the group was "one of the biggest and best rock bands of all time". [79]
The first two Slipknot albums with Taylor's vocals, Slipknot and Iowa , both contain substantial explicit content. Many critics claimed Taylor relied on profanity, culminating in Slipknot's third album, Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) largely lacking the use of swearing, as such did not warrant the explicit label. [46] Compared with the previous vocalist for Slipknot, Anders Colsefni, Taylor has a vocal style that was characterized by the late, ex-drummer Joey Jordison as "really good melodic singing". [80] Taylor's vocal style, which contains at times melodic singing, growling, screaming, shouting, and rapping, led him to place at number 86 on the Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time and is often compared to other vocalists such as Ivan Moody, John Bush, Phil Anselmo, and Jamey Jasta. [81]
On September 17, 2002, Taylor's then-fiancée, Scarlett, gave birth to their son. [82] Taylor also has a daughter from an earlier relationship. [82] Taylor and Scarlett married on March 11, 2004, and divorced in 2007. [83] On November 13, 2009, Taylor married Stephanie Luby at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. [83] They had a daughter, but separated in 2017. [84] On April 7, 2019, it was announced on his Instagram page that he became engaged to Alicia Dove, creator of the dance and performance group "Cherry Bombs". [85] On October 6, 2019, the pair married. [86]
Taylor has had problems with alcoholism, which Scarlett helped him through as well as keeping him from ending his own life. [87] In 2006, Taylor told MTV that he had attempted to jump off a balcony of the eighth floor of The Hyatt on Sunset Boulevard in 2003, but "somehow [Scarlett] stopped me". This was later recanted by Taylor in an interview with Kerrang! radio and stated that it was, in fact, his friend Thom Hazaert who physically stopped him from jumping. [88] Scarlett then told him that either he would have to get sober or she would annul their marriage. [87] Before Stone Sour started recording Come What(ever) May in January 2006, Taylor was sober. [87] [89]
On August 3, 2009, he co-hosted the 2009 Kerrang! Awards alongside Scott Ian of Anthrax. [90] [91] The following year, they both once again co-hosted the Kerrang! Awards, where Taylor collected the K! Services to Metal award on behalf of Paul Gray, who died after an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl. [92] [93]
In early September 2010, Taylor announced that his book, Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good, would be released on July 12, 2011, through Da Capo Press. [94]
In August 2021, Taylor tested positive for COVID-19 after the conclusion of a solo tour in support of his album CMFT. He was symptomatic despite being vaccinated, and credited the vaccine for preventing him from becoming seriously ill. [95]
Taylor politically identifies as a centrist and is also strongly opposed to cancel culture. [96] [97] In an interview with The Guardian in 2016 Taylor stated he was supporting Bernie Sanders. [98]
He divides his time between homes in Des Moines, Iowa and Las Vegas, Nevada. [99]
In 2016, he had to have surgery in his neck after, in his own words, "broke [his] neck a while back [and] didn't realize it". [100] [101]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||
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US [102] | AUS [103] | CAN [104] | GER [105] | UK [106] | |||
CMFT |
| 44 | 8 | 46 | 9 | 11 |
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CMF2 |
| — | 70 | — | 12 | 17 | |
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. |
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CMFB ...Sides |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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US Alt. [108] | US Main. [109] | US Rock [110] | US Rock Digital [111] | CAN Rock [112] | |||
"X-M@$" | 2010 | — | 37 | 42 | — | 44 | Non-album single |
"From Can to Can't" (with Dave Grohl, Rick Nielsen & Scott Reeder) | 2013 | 36 | 2 | 20 | — | 9 | Sound City: Real to Reel |
"London Calling" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"Black Eyes Blue" | 2020 | — | 1 | 11 | — | 29 | CMFT |
"CMFT Must Be Stopped" (feat. Tech N9ne and Kid Bookie) | — | — | — | 23 | — | ||
"HWY 666" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Culture Head" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"All This and More" | — | — | — | — | — | CMFB ...Sides | |
"Samantha's Gone" | 2021 | — | 10 | 27 | — | 50 | CMFT |
"Thunder Force" (with Fil Eisler and Lzzy Hale feat Scott Ian, Dave Lombardo, Tina Guo) | — | — | — | — | — | Thunder Force soundtrack | |
"Carry On" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
"Holier than Thou" | — | — | — | — | — | The Metallica Blacklist | |
"On the Dark Side" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | CMFB ...Sides |
"Beyond" | 2023 | — | 1 | 6 | — | 20 | CMF2 |
"Post Traumatic Blues" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Talk Sick" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"We Are the Rest" | — | 17 | — | — | — |
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FIN [113] | GER [114] | GER Rock [115] | US Alt. [108] | US Main. [109] [116] | US Rock [110] [117] | US Rock Digital [111] | US Alt. Digital [118] | CAN Digital [119] | UK [27] | UK Rock | CZE Rock [120] | SWE [121] | |||
"Jumpdafuckup" (Soulfly featuring Corey Taylor) | 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Primitive |
"I'm Not Jesus" (Apocalyptica featuring Corey Taylor) | 2007 | 15 | 55 | — | 15 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 149 | 2 | — | — | Worlds Collide |
"Death to All But Metal" (Steel Panther featuring Corey Taylor) | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Feel the Steel |
"Fairies Wear Boots" (live) (Zakk Sabbath with Corey Taylor) | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
"A Different World" (Korn featuring Corey Taylor) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | The Serenity of Suffering | |
"Drugs" (Falling in Reverse featuring Corey Taylor) | 2019 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
"Maybe It's Time" (Sixx:A.M. featuring Joe Elliott, Brantley Gilbert, Ivan Moody, Slash, Corey Taylor, Awolnation and Tommy Vext) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 44 | 4 | 45 | — | — | 12 | — | Sno Babies soundtrack |
"Murder Ballad II" (The Dead Deads featuring Corey Taylor) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Tell Your Girls It's Alright |
"Game" (Kid Bookie featuring Corey Taylor) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Mass Hysteria |
"Nothing to Some" (Flat Black featuring Corey Taylor) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dark Side of the Brain |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Year | Band | Album | Songs | Role | Ref |
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1998 | Sister Soleil | Soularium | "Liar" | Backing vocals | [122] |
1998 | Smakdab | Smakdab | "Shadowed" | Vocals | [123] |
2000 | Soulfly | Primitive | "Jumpdafuckup" | Vocals | [124] [125] |
2000 | Snot | Strait Up | "Requiem" | Vocals | [126] [127] |
2001 | Biohazard | Uncivilization | "Domination" | Backing vocals | |
2001 | Slitheryn | Snake Slitheryn | "Lost", "Get Up", "Come + Go" | Vocals, backing vocals, producer | [128] [129] |
2002 | Rollins Band | Rise Above | "Rise Above", "Room 13", "TV Party", "Six Pack", "Annihilate This Week" | Vocals, backing vocals | [130] |
2004 | Damageplan | New Found Power | "Fuck You" | Vocals | [131] |
2005 | Roadrunner United | The All-Star Sessions | "The Rich Man" | Vocals | [132] [133] [134] |
2006 | Korn | Family Values Tour 2006 | "Freak on a Leash" (Live 2006) | Backing vocals | [135] [136] |
2006 | FaceCage | III | — | Producer | [137] [138] |
2007 | Dream Theater | Systematic Chaos | "Repentance" | Spoken word contribution | [139] [140] |
2007 | Apocalyptica | Worlds Collide | "I'm Not Jesus" | Vocals | [141] [142] |
2008 | Walls of Jericho | Redemption | "Ember Drive", "My Last Stand", "Addicted" | Vocals, guitar, producer | [143] [144] |
2009 | Steel Panther | Feel the Steel | "Death to All But Metal", "Asian Hooker", "Eyes of a Panther" | Vocals | [145] [146] [147] |
2010 | Johnny Aloha | Lavapalooza (Tiki Music Versions of Rock And Rap Hits!) | Almost Paradise | Vocals | [148] [149] |
2011 | Travis Barker | Give the Drummer Some | "On My Own" | Vocals, guitars, producer | |
2013 | Corey Taylor, Dave Grohl, Rick Nielsen, Scott Reeder | Sound City: Real to Reel | "From Can to Can't" | Vocals | |
2014 | Corey Taylor, Jason Christopher, Christian Martucci, Roy Mayorga, Satchel | This Is Your Life – A Tribute to Ronnie James Dio | "Rainbow in the Dark" | Vocals, producer | |
2015 | Tech N9ne | Special Effects | "Wither" | Vocals | |
2016 | Zakk Wylde | Book of Shadows II | "Sleeping Dogs" | Vocals | |
2016 | Zakk Sabbath | Fairies Wear Boots (Live Bootleg: Los Angeles '16) | "Fairies Wear Boots" (Live 2016) | Vocals | [150] |
2016 | Korn | The Serenity of Suffering | "A Different World" | Vocals | [151] |
2018 | Tonight Alive | Underworld | "My Underworld" | Vocals | |
2018 | Code Orange | The Hurt Will Go On | "The Hunt" | Vocals | |
2019 | Falling in Reverse | — | "Drugs" | Vocals | [152] |
2019 | Doug Walker | Nostalgia Critic's the Wall | "SpongeBob Theme" | Vocals | |
2020 | Posehn | Grandpa Metal | "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" | Vocals | [153] |
2020 | Me and that Man | New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol.1 | "How Come?" | Vocals | [154] |
2020 | Avatar | Hunter Gatherer | "Colossus", "A Secret Door", "Wormhole" | Vocals, whistle, writing | |
2020 | John 5 | Live Invasion | "Take Your Whiskey Home" | Vocals | |
2020 | Sixx:A.M. | Sno Babies soundtrack | "Maybe It's Time" | Vocals | |
2020 | Moonshine Bandits | Fire | "Live the Madness" | Vocals | [155] |
2021 | Charlie Benante | Silver Linings | "Funny Vibe" | Vocals | |
2021 | The Dead Deads | Tell Your Girls It's Alright | "Murder Ballad II" | Vocals, writing | |
2021 | Corey Taylor | The Metallica Blacklist | "Holier Than Thou" | Vocals | [156] |
2021 | ZillaKami | Dog Boy | "Chewing Gum!" | Spoken word | [157] |
2021 | Kid Bookie | Cheaper Than Therapy | "Stuck in My Ways" | Vocals | |
2022 | Hyro the Hero | Kids Against the Monsters | "Kids Against the Monsters" | Vocals | [158] |
2022 | Kid Bookie | Mass Hysteria | "Game" | Vocals | |
2024 | Flat Black | Dark Side of the Brain | "Nothing to Some" | Vocals | |
2024 | Bear McCreary | The Singularity | "Leviathan" | Vocals | |
2024 | Wargasm | "70% Dead" | Vocals | ||
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2001–2016 | Monthly column for the British publication called "Rock Sound". [167] |
2010 | Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good [168] |
2013 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven (Or How I Made Peace with the Paranormal and Stigmatized Zealots & Cynics in the Process) [168] |
2015 | You're Making Me Hate You: A Cantankerous Look at the Common Misconception That Humans Have Any Common Sense Left [168] |
2017 | America 51: A Probe into the Realities That Are Hiding Inside "The Greatest Country in the World" [168] |
Slipknot is an American heavy metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, former vocalist Anders Colsefni and bassist Paul Gray. After several lineup changes in its early years, the band settled on nine members for more than a decade: Crahan, Gray, Joey Jordison, Craig Jones, Mick Thomson, Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson, Chris Fehn, and Jim Root. Slipknot is well known for its attention-grabbing image, aggressive style of music, and energetic and chaotic live shows.
Iowa is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Slipknot. Produced by the members and Ross Robinson, it was released on August 28, 2001, by Roadrunner Records. The title refers the band's state origin, Iowa, which members have stated is one of their greatest sources of inspiration. With much anticipation for the album following the success of their 1999 self-titled debut, pressures on the band were high. Their relationships with each other suffered and this was later described as the darkest time of their career. It was also the first full album to feature guitarist Jim Root after only appearing on one song from their previous album. Despite troubles within the band and with Iowa's development, Slipknot promoted it for almost a year.
Slipknot is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released on June 29, 1999, by Roadrunner Records, following a demo containing a few of the songs which had previously been released in 1998. Later, it was reissued in December 1999 with a slightly-altered track listing and mastering as the result of a lawsuit. It was the first release by the band to be produced by Ross Robinson, who sought to refine Slipknot's sound rather than alter the group's musical direction. This is the only album to feature original guitarist Josh Brainard who left at the end of recording in late 1998 while the band was taking a brief break. Jim Root, who recorded two tracks at this point, would appear full time on subsequent albums starting with their next album Iowa.
Vol. 3: is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot, released on May 25, 2004, by Roadrunner Records. A special edition, containing a bonus disc, was released on April 12, 2005. It is the band's only album produced by Rick Rubin. Following the band's tour to promote its second album in 2002, speculation regarding the future began. Some band members had already been involved in side projects including Murderdolls, To My Surprise, and the reformation of Stone Sour. In 2003, Slipknot moved into The Mansion to work on the album. Initially, the band was unproductive; lead vocalist Corey Taylor was drinking heavily. Nevertheless, the band managed to write more than enough material for a new album. Vol. 3 is credited as Slipknot's first to incorporate more traditional, melodic song structures, guitar solos and acoustic instruments.
Stone Sour was an American rock band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1992. The band performed for five years before disbanding in 1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2015, the group has consisted of Corey Taylor, Josh Rand (guitar), Christian Martucci (guitar), Johny Chow (bass) and Roy Mayorga (drums). Longtime members Joel Ekman and Shawn Economaki left the band in 2006 and 2011, respectively. Former lead guitarist Jim Root left in 2014. The band has been on an indefinite hiatus since 2020.
Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison was an American musician. He was the original drummer of the nu metal band Slipknot, in which he was designated #1, and the guitarist for the horror punk supergroup Murderdolls.
Stone Sour is the debut studio album by American rock band Stone Sour. It was recorded and produced by the band and Tom Tatman at Catamount Studios in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and was released on August 27, 2002, through Roadrunner Records.
Come What(ever) May is the second studio album by American rock band Stone Sour, released on August 1, 2006, by Roadrunner Records. It was recorded and produced by Nick Raskulinecz and the band at Studio 606 in Los Angeles, California.
All Hope Is Gone is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot, released on August 26, 2008 by Roadrunner Records. The album was published in two versions: the standard album in a CD case and a special edition packaged in a six-fold digipak containing three bonus tracks, a 40 page booklet, and a bonus DVD with a documentary of the album's recording. With a runtime of 57 minutes and 57 seconds, it is Slipknot's second-shortest studio album behind 2022's The End, So Far. It is also the band's final studio album to feature the Iowa-era lineup with two longtime members: bassist and founding member Paul Gray, who was found dead in an Iowa hotel on May 24, 2010, almost two years after the album's release, and drummer Joey Jordison, who left the group in December 2013.
Christopher Anthony Martucci, known professionally as Christian Martucci, is an American guitarist and vocalist. He is the lead guitar player for the hard rock band Stone Sour, Corey Taylor, and former member of Black Star Riders.
"Psychosocial" is a song by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Released as the second single from the band's fourth studio album, All Hope Is Gone (2008). The song entered airplay on June 26, 2008. It was originally planned for release as a digital single on July 1 but was delayed and released on July 7. Slipknot performed "Psychosocial" live for the first time on July 9, 2008, at the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington. In 2008, the song was featured on the soundtrack to Marvel's Punisher: War Zone.
Anders Colsefni is an American musician, best known as the original singer and a founding member of heavy metal band Slipknot. Colsefni only appeared on Slipknot's 1996 demo album Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat., performing vocal and additional percussion duties.
.5: The Gray Chapter is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot, released on October 17, 2014, by Roadrunner Records. It was the first studio album by the band in six years and the first not to feature original founding members bassist Paul Gray and drummer Joey Jordison due to the death of Gray in 2010, and Jordison being fired from the band in late 2013, as well as the only Slipknot album to feature original guitarist Donnie Steele on bass, although the tracks he played on are unknown, and the first Slipknot album to have Alessandro Venturella on bass and Jay Weinberg on drums. The album includes six singles and has received commercial success and acclaiming reviews. A standard and deluxe edition of the album was released. It is also the band's final studio album to feature their longtime percussionist Chris Fehn before his dismissal from the band due to a lawsuit in March 2019. Clocking in at 73 minutes and 28 seconds, .5: The Gray Chapter is the band's longest album.
Hydrograd is the sixth studio album by American rock band Stone Sour. Recorded at Sphere Studios in Los Angeles, it is the follow-up to the band's 2012–2013 double concept album, House of Gold & Bones Part 1 and 2. It was released worldwide on June 30, 2017 via Roadrunner Records.
We Are Not Your Kind is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. Recorded at EastWest Studios in Hollywood, California with co-producer Greg Fidelman, it was released on August 9, 2019, by Roadrunner Records. The title is taken from a lyric in the song "All Out Life", which was released as a standalone single in 2018 and features as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of the album. We Are Not Your Kind is the only Slipknot album to be recorded as an eight-member band, as their former percussionist Chris Fehn was fired from the band in March 2019 after suing the group for alleged unpaid royalties.
CMFT is the debut solo album by American musician Corey Taylor. It was released on October 2, 2020, by Roadrunner Records.
"Black Eyes Blue" is a song by American musician Corey Taylor, frontman of metal bands Slipknot and Stone Sour. It was his first solo single from his first solo album CMFT. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2020.
Look Outside Your Window is an upcoming studio album recorded by four members of the American band Slipknot. The material was written and recorded concurrently with the sessions for the band's fourth studio album All Hope Is Gone (2008). However, its emphasis on experimentation and a more melodic rock style kept it classified as a separate body of work from Slipknot's aggressive heavy metal sound. The album was scheduled for release during the latter half of the band's We Are Not Your Kind touring cycle, which was delayed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Crahan confirmed the album would be released in 2025.
The End, So Far is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Slipknot. It was released on September 30, 2022, through Roadrunner Records. This is the band's final album to be released through Roadrunner, whom the band signed with in 1998. It is the first studio album to feature percussionist Michael Pfaff, who joined the band in 2019 and is their final studio album to feature sampler and keyboardist Craig Jones and drummer Jay Weinberg before their respective departures in June and November 2023.
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