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'''Corey Todd Taylor''' (born December 8, 1973), is an American ] known as the lead ] of ] and his second band ]. '''Corey Todd Taylor''' (born December 8, 1973), is an American ] known as the lead ] of ] and his second band ].


==Personal life and career==
Corey Taylor was born in Broadlawns Medical Center in ]. He grew up raised by his mother in poverty.<ref name="VolDVD">{{cite video |title = Voliminal: Inside the Nine - Corey Taylor Interview |accessdate = 2007-08-28 |year = 2006 |people = Shawn Crahan (Director) |publisher = Roadrunner Records |format = DVD |language = en-us}}</ref> In his youth, he used to play in a High School Band called ] and later, Taylor performed in local Des Moines band Stone Sour, which he co-founded in 1992, and returned to along with the ] of Slipknot, ], during its revival in 2002. ] became the ] of Stone Sour. Prior to joining Slipknot, Corey worked in a Des Moines sex shop called "The Adult Emporium" where, in 1997, band members ], ] and ] approached him, and pressured him to join Slipknot as a vocalist. Two weeks later, Taylor joined Slipknot, effectively placing Stone Sour on hiatus until the band's revival three years later. Taylor replaced the band's original vocalist, Anders Colsefini, who was then relegated to a role more as a ]. As Corey Taylor had already replaced him within the band, Anders Colsefini was realistically no longer needed. Disgruntled, he left the band a short time later. Corey Taylor's first major work with the band came in 1998, when Slipknot recorded the ] with the aim of securing producer ]'s services and a deal with ].


In 2000, Taylor was approached by Stone Sour's original ], ], with songs Rand had been working on at the time. Taylor was interested in reforming the ensemble, and eventually they were able to re-produce a similar line-up to the original Stone Sour. While Slipknot toured, Taylor and Rand worked together for a year and a half writing, until the band realized their songs were strong enough to produce. Working under ], Stone Sour recorded a demo in 2000. Project X was shortly after renamed "SuperEgo", and from there the band recorded the '']'' demo. By the end of 2000 the group had to again put its plans on hold due to Taylor and Root's obligations with Slipknot, and their recording of '']''. In 2002 the band now working under the original name Stone Sour officially reformed, and on August 27, 2002, the band's ] was released.

As well as lending his vocal talents to Stone Sour, Taylor has also performed guitar on four songs the band has recorded, "]", "]", "]", and the '']'' ] "]", not to mention the song "]" off of the self-titled album, a song which appeared in the 2002 "]" soundtrack which labels only him as the artist. Some of which he often plays live and solo during their show's intermission. Taylor also played guitar on the Slipknot song Snuff from All Hope Is Gone.

Outside Slipknot and Stone Sour, Taylor has founded ], and has produced ]'s EP '']'' and Facecage's album, "III".

Taylor made some guest appearances on a number of albums, as well as on the ] project, performing vocals on "The Rich Man" from the project's album ''The All-Star Sessions''. He also performed with Audacious P, a ] ] featuring himself and original Slipknot guitarist Josh Brainard, Dum Fux, and planned contributing to ]'s latest untitled album, though conflicts emerged in his schedule and he will now be contributing to only select songs, rather than the entire album, as originally planned. He was featured singing in the song "I'm Not Jesus" by Apocalyptica. <ref name="blabbermouthAnthrax">{{Cite web |url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=78196 |title = Corey Taylor Says Record Company Politics Squashed Possibility Of Full Anthrax Collaboration |accessdate = 2007-08-06 |date=2007-08-06
|publisher = Blabbermouth.net}}</ref>
Taylor currently writes a monthly column for the UK ] magazine '']''.

Taylor divorced wife Scarlett, with whom he has two children, early in 2007. In the November 2008 issue of the '']'' magazine, he said: "After I got sober, I realized my relationship wasn't right for me. My wife and I had damaged each other too much."

Taylor has said that he plans to head back to the recording studio to start work on a solo album in the near future. Taylor currently has a catalogue of 40 to 50 songs that he has been working on that are under consideration for the album.


==Discography== ==Discography==

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Corey Taylor
Musical artist

Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973), is an American musician known as the lead vocalist of Slipknot and his second band Stone Sour.

Personal life and career

Corey Taylor was born in Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He grew up raised by his mother in poverty. In his youth, he used to play in a High School Band called Criminal Mischief and later, Taylor performed in local Des Moines band Stone Sour, which he co-founded in 1992, and returned to along with the rhythm guitarist of Slipknot, James Root, during its revival in 2002. James Root became the lead guitarist of Stone Sour. Prior to joining Slipknot, Corey worked in a Des Moines sex shop called "The Adult Emporium" where, in 1997, band members Mick Thomson, Joey Jordison and Shawn Crahan approached him, and pressured him to join Slipknot as a vocalist. Two weeks later, Taylor joined Slipknot, effectively placing Stone Sour on hiatus until the band's revival three years later. Taylor replaced the band's original vocalist, Anders Colsefini, who was then relegated to a role more as a backing vocalist. As Corey Taylor had already replaced him within the band, Anders Colsefini was realistically no longer needed. Disgruntled, he left the band a short time later. Corey Taylor's first major work with the band came in 1998, when Slipknot recorded the Slipknot Demo with the aim of securing producer Ross Robinson's services and a deal with Roadrunner Records.

In 2000, Taylor was approached by Stone Sour's original rhythm guitarist, Josh Rand, with songs Rand had been working on at the time. Taylor was interested in reforming the ensemble, and eventually they were able to re-produce a similar line-up to the original Stone Sour. While Slipknot toured, Taylor and Rand worked together for a year and a half writing, until the band realized their songs were strong enough to produce. Working under Project X, Stone Sour recorded a demo in 2000. Project X was shortly after renamed "SuperEgo", and from there the band recorded the Click Here to Exit demo. By the end of 2000 the group had to again put its plans on hold due to Taylor and Root's obligations with Slipknot, and their recording of Iowa. In 2002 the band now working under the original name Stone Sour officially reformed, and on August 27, 2002, the band's self-titled debut was released.

As well as lending his vocal talents to Stone Sour, Taylor has also performed guitar on four songs the band has recorded, "Sillyworld", "Through Glass", "Zzyzx Rd.", and the Come What(ever) May bonus track "Wicked Game", not to mention the song "Bother" off of the self-titled album, a song which appeared in the 2002 "Spider-Man" soundtrack which labels only him as the artist. Some of which he often plays live and solo during their show's intermission. Taylor also played guitar on the Slipknot song Snuff from All Hope Is Gone.

Outside Slipknot and Stone Sour, Taylor has founded Great Big Mouth Records, and has produced Walls of Jericho's EP Redemption and Facecage's album, "III".

Taylor made some guest appearances on a number of albums, as well as on the Roadrunner United project, performing vocals on "The Rich Man" from the project's album The All-Star Sessions. He also performed with Audacious P, a Tenacious D cover band featuring himself and original Slipknot guitarist Josh Brainard, Dum Fux, and planned contributing to Anthrax's latest untitled album, though conflicts emerged in his schedule and he will now be contributing to only select songs, rather than the entire album, as originally planned. He was featured singing in the song "I'm Not Jesus" by Apocalyptica.

Taylor currently writes a monthly column for the UK rock magazine Rock Sound.

Taylor divorced wife Scarlett, with whom he has two children, early in 2007. In the November 2008 issue of the Revolver magazine, he said: "After I got sober, I realized my relationship wasn't right for me. My wife and I had damaged each other too much."

Taylor has said that he plans to head back to the recording studio to start work on a solo album in the near future. Taylor currently has a catalogue of 40 to 50 songs that he has been working on that are under consideration for the album.

Discography

Main articles: Slipknot discography and Stone Sour discography

With Slipknot

With Stone Sour

Other appearances

Filmography

References

  1. Shawn Crahan (Director) (2006). Voliminal: Inside the Nine - Corey Taylor Interview. Roadrunner Records. {{cite AV media}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |format= requires |url= (help)
  2. "Corey Taylor Says Record Company Politics Squashed Possibility Of Full Anthrax Collaboration". Blabbermouth.net. 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2007-08-06.

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