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[[Image:Coreytaylorunmasked.gif|thumb|right|250px|Corey Taylor unmasked in the music video "Bother" from his side project band [[Stone Sour]]]] |
[[Image:Coreytaylorunmasked.gif|thumb|right|250px|Corey Taylor unmasked in the music video "Bother" from his side project band [[Stone Sour]]]] |
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'''Corey Taylor''', born [[December 8]], [[1973]], is the lead singer of the [[Nu Metal]] band [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] and vocalist of the [[Hard Rock]] band [[Stone Sour]], the latter being formed prior to the commercial success of Slipknot. |
'''Corey Taylor''', born [[December 8]], [[1973]], is the lead singer of the [[Nu Metal]] band [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] and vocalist of the [[Hard Rock]] band [[Stone Sour]], the latter being formed prior to the commercial success of Slipknot. |
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== Personal == |
== Personal == |
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Revision as of 12:35, 26 June 2006
Corey Taylor, born December 8, 1973, is the lead singer of the Nu Metal band Slipknot and vocalist of the Hard Rock band Stone Sour, the latter being formed prior to the commercial success of Slipknot.
Personal
Before his debut in a music career, Taylor worked in a sex shop called "The Adult Emporium". Having encounterd Corey while versusing his band Stone Sour in a concert, Slipknot members Mick, Paul and Shawn confronted Corey in the sex shop while he was working and threatened to " kick his ass if he didn't join Slipknot". In Slipknot, he goes by the pseudonym "8", wearing at first a dreadlocked mask and later a new, almost reptilian design, both of which somewhat resemble the mask of Leatherface, the chainsaw wielding maniac of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He has said that the mask is somewhat painful for him to wear. He lives in Des Moines, Iowa, with his wife and his son, Griffin. He used to have an alcohol problem, but thanks to his wife, Scarlett, he overcame that addiction. On June 15, 2006 Roadrunner records showed some extracts of an interview in which Corey describes that he came close to killing himself in November of 2003. He explains in the interview that his wife helped him sober up and he has remained sober ever since. He has stated many of the songs on Stone Sour's new album, which will be released August 1, 2006, will be about sobering up and how hard it was.
Masks
Corey Taylor's mask, which was initially made from a "CRASH TEST DUMMIES" halloween mask, is equipped with brown/blonde dreads. Some of the dreads were made of his real hair. He used to wear them through the mask, but he cut them off due to it being painful to pull them through and his ever changing hairstyle.
Corey's Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses mask has a strap that runs behind his head. It is a dark green/grey-ish, and has expressions of stitches molded into it. His current mask resembles a ghoul (some have also compared it to Leatherface). He doesn't have dreads anymore, and his own purple/blue/red-dyed hair is on display. This mask has also decreased the muffling of his voice caused by the older one. Taylor has said that the pain his new mask causes helps him give more aggressive vocals.
Most recently Slipknot has worn their "Death Masks" which are Greenish, lifeless masks made from molds of the band members faces.
The members of Slipknot appeared unmasked in their "Before I Forget" video, however they were careful not to reveal too much.
"Death"
In late 2004, unfounded rumors spread throughout the Internet that Taylor had died from an overdose, or alternately, a car accident. Apparently, many people took this rumor seriously. Slipknot fans and even family members called him and his wife, asking if he was alright. In the end to clarify things, Taylor even had to make the official statement, "I am not dead, motherfuckers".