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Corey Taylor

Background information
Birth name	Corey Todd Taylor
Also known as	Number 8
Born	December 8, 1973 (age 33) Des Moines, Iowa
Genre(s)	Nu metal Heavy metal Rap metal Hard rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Label(s)	Roadrunner Records Great Big Mouth Records
Associated acts	Slipknot Stone Sour
Website	Official Slipknot Site

Corey Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is the lead vocalist of a metal band Slipknot and a hard rock band Stone Sour.

1 Battles with alcoholism
2 Death scare
3 Meeting his father
4 Masks
5 Trivia
6 Sources
7 External links

[edit] Battles with alcoholism

Known as "the guy that was always ready to go out and do shots", Taylor's drinking became more and more problematic as time went by. Eventually it reached a point where Taylor would begin to drink as soon as he got up in the morning and generally would not stop until blacking out. According to Taylor, the problem began to eat away at his family life as he became more and more apathetic to the people and things surrounding him. Taylor made several attempts at suicide. All this culminated to the night of November 14, 2003. On this night, Taylor was about to jump off of the eighth story balcony of the Hyatt on Sunset Boulevard but his wife, Scarlett, managed to talk him down. After this incident Scarlett told him either he had to sober up and start being a father and husband or she was leaving with their kids. Taylor chose to quit drinking and go sober rather than lose his family. The next year would prove to be "the worst year of [his] life" as Taylor struggled to redefine himself as a person and give up his partying persona and repair the damage that he had done to his body. He spent the year in self-imposed isolation, claiming that he "pushed [his] wife away for a while and was a really selfish, cold dick". In the process, the struggle would fuel some of his songs with Stone Sour, such as "Socio" and "Zzyxx Rd.". Finally, Taylor would come to grips with his sobriety and began to use it as a source of inspiration.^[1]

[edit] Death scare

In September 2004, fans of Taylor were alarmed by quickly circulating rumors that he had died. The rumors were started by a website that had declared Taylor's death on the Friday of September 10, 2004. Further fanning the flames of the speculation into the matter, radio personality Mancow Muller discussed the subject of Taylor's death on his show on the following Tuesday, September 14.

According to Scarlett, the rumors first attributed Taylor's death to a drug overdose, then later to a fatal car crash. The whole incident happened to coincide with a birthday for Taylor's son on the following Friday (September 17). The sudden and unexpected influx of people going into the Taylor household for Taylor's son's birthday party only caused even higher heights of concern, causing even Taylor's manager to call them and confirm that Taylor was alright. Finally Taylor decided to put the issue to rest, walking out onto his front patio and yelling to the crowd "I am not dead." ^[2]

[edit] Meeting his father

Taylor grew up not knowing his father. His father left prior to his birth and, at the request of Taylor's mother, remained absent from Taylor's life. The Slipknot song EyeLess was even written by Taylor to show his hatred towards his dad for leaving his family when he was so young. They didn't meet until just after Taylor's 32nd birthday. Scarlett took it upon herself to confront Taylor's mother about the issue, demanding that she reveal to Scarlett whatever she could about Taylor's father. When Taylor's mother finally agreed, Scarlett hired a private detective to find Taylor's father.

When the two of them finally met, the reunion turned out very well, starting off with the two of them having reportedly "cried for about 20 minutes". Taylor was overjoyed by the reunion saying that "a whole new chapter in [his] life has opened".^[3]

[edit] Masks

Corey Taylor's mask, which was originally made from a crash test dummy-style Halloween mask, is equipped with green dreadlocks made from his real hair. It is said that his latest mask is now inspired by Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Leatherface.^{[citation needed]} His new mask looks like a face covered in burns, scars and stitches.

[edit] Trivia

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Corey has always been a huge fan of Spider-Man, wears a large Spider-man head ring, and has a Spider-man tattoo.^{[citation needed]}
Corey also has a band with former Slipknot member Josh Brainard called Audacious P (A Tenacious D Tribute Band).^[4]
Corey is also in a cover band called Dum Fux, genres include punk, metal, 70s rock, 80s synth, "whatever the band feels like doing."^[5]
He is well known for his kindness towards fans, often going to chat with them before shows.
Corey's mask (as of Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses) had a tooth implanted at the edge of the mouth on the left cheek.
In Corey's highschool years, he joined a band titled "Criminal Mischief".^[6]
Corey appeared as a guest vocalist on the Damageplan song "Fuck You."
He is a guest vocalist on the Soulfly track Jumpdafuckup.

[edit] Sources

^ Wiederhorn, Jon: Corey Taylor Hits Rock Bottom On Way To New Stone Sour LP. Retrieved on 2007-1-15.
^ Higgins, Tim. "Slipknot Frontman Insists He's Still Alive", Des Moines Register, 2004-09-18. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
^ Taylor Thrilled at Reunion With Dad. Retrieved on 2007-1-15.
^ Villeneuve, Phil: Slipknot’s Corey Taylor Feeling Stone Sour And Worshipping Tenacious D. Retrieved on 2007-1-10.
^ COREY TAYLOR's DUM FUX: More Details About New Year's Eve Show Announced. Retrieved on 2007-1-10.
^ Criminal Mischief on Last.fm. Retrieved on 2007-3-26.

[edit] External links

Stone Sour

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

Discography

Slipknot

Discography

Albums: Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat | Roadrunner Records Demo | Slipknot | Iowa | Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)

Live: 9.0: Live

DVDs: Welcome To Our Neighborhood | Disasterpieces | Voliminal: Inside the Nine

Persondata
NAME	Taylor, Corey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Vocalist for the bands Slipknot and Stone Sour
DATE OF BIRTH	December 8, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH	Des Moines, Iowa
DATE OF DEATH	Never
PLACE OF DEATH	The Ground bitch

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