Corey Taylor

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Corey Taylor <tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="3">Image:Corey taylor unmasked.jpg </td></tr>
Background information <tr><td>Also known as</td><td colspan="2">Number 8, Great Big Mouth, Purity, Useless</td></tr><tr><td>Born</td><td colspan="2">December 8, 1973</td></tr><tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Des Moines, Iowa</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Heavy Metal Alternative Metal Rap Metal Nu Metal</td></tr><tr><td>Instrument(s)</td><td colspan="2">Vocals, Guitar</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">Roadrunner Records Great Big Mouth Records</td></tr><tr><td textalign="top" style="padding-right: 1em;">Associated acts</td><td colspan="2">Stone Sour Slipknot</td></tr>

Corey Taylor, born December 8, 1973, is the lead singer of nu-metal band Slipknot and vocalist and occasional guitarist of the band Stone Sour, the latter being formed prior to the commercial success of Slipknot. He also manages the Des Moines-based metal band Facecage.

1 Masks
2 Stone Sour
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Masks

Corey Taylor's mask, which was originally made from a "CRASH TEST DUMMIES" halloween mask, is equipped with brown and blonde dreadlocks which were made from his real hair. His new mask is now inspired by Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Leatherface.

[edit] Stone Sour

With Stone Sour, Corey teamed up with a few other members from Slipknot, such as James Root, and created the mainstream rock phenomenon creeping its way up the charts. On their first self-titled album, Corey Taylor performed 'Bother' which also featured on the film Spider-man. This song is considered to be quite different in style to his bands' usual music. The rhythm is distinctly slower and more tuneful, without the 'shouting' and 'growling' that is so synonymous with the band's usual music.

Their second album, titled "Come What(ever) May," featured the instant hit "Through Glass." Like "Bother," this had a softer sound, and became one of the top 100 songs on the musical charts.

Stone Sour formed in 1992, and dissolved in 1997 after Stone Sour came second to Slipknot in a 'Battle of the Bands' contest at 'Safari's'in Des Moines, Iowa; it was felt that Anders Colsefini (former Slipknot vocalist) did not have a 'radio friendly' voice and that this was holding them back from gaining a major record deal. Mick, Paul and Shawn persuaded Corey to join Slipknot as their new vocalist.

After relentless song writing and touring for over three years, Slipknot nearly split and went on a break for over a year. In this time, Stone Sour decided to go back into the studio and as a result produced their self titled album - their first album with a major label (Roadrunner Records).