This article is about the vocalist. For the writer, see Cory Taylor. For the footballer, see Corey Blackett-Taylor.
Corey Taylor
Taylor performing with Stone Sour in 2018
Born
Corey Todd Taylor[1]
(1973-12-08) December 8, 1973 (age 50)[2]
Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Other names
#8
Great Big Mouth[3]
Todd Tigger[1]
The Boogie Knight[1]
Neck[1]
Occupations
Singer
musician
songwriter
actor
author
Years active
1992–present
Spouses
Scarlett Stone
(m. 2004; div. 2007)
Stephanie Luby
(m. 2009; div. 2017)
Alicia Dove
(m. 2019)
Children
3
Musical career
Origin
Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.
Genres
Nu metal
alternative metal
groove metal
heavy metal
hard rock
post-grunge
Instrument(s)
Vocals
guitar
Labels
Roadrunner
BMG
Member of
Slipknot
Formerly of
Roadrunner United
Junk Beer Kidnap Band
Sound City Players
Kings of Chaos
Stone Sour
Website
thecoreytaylor.com
Musical artist
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.
He 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.
^ abcdLoudwire (July 22, 2015), Corey Taylor - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? (Part 1), retrieved February 19, 2018
^ ab"Happy Birthday, Corey Taylor!". Kerrang. December 8, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
^"Corey Taylor: 10 of The Great Big Mouth's best guest appearances". Kerrang. December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
^allmusic ((( Corey Taylor > Overview ))) AllMusic. Retrieved May 10, 2010.
Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot...
1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2015, the group has consisted of CoreyTaylor (lead vocals, guitar), Josh Rand (guitar), Christian Martucci (guitar)...
Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag and Doyle. Pertzborn has also toured with CoreyTaylor, Limp Bizkit and Ho99o9. Brandon Pertzborn was born in Grapevine, Texas...
members who are sons of members of Slipknot: singer Griffin Taylor is the son of CoreyTaylor, and drummer Simon Crahan is the son of Shawn "Clown" Crahan...
similarly "hands-off" attitude to production. In 2014, Slipknot frontman CoreyTaylor said that he met Rubin only four times during the entire recording process...
musician CoreyTaylor. It was released on October 2, 2020, by Roadrunner Records. Wall of Sound scored the album 7.5/10, stating: "[CoreyTaylor is] doing...
and Cambria, Architects, and Fightstar. On 7 October 2014, frontman CoreyTaylor of Slipknot was surprised by the fact that Venturella had been identified...
of the initial writing process took place without the band's frontman CoreyTaylor, who spent 2017 recording and touring in promotion of Hydrograd, the...
vocals, something that Colsefni could not deliver. The band recruited CoreyTaylor, vocalist of Stone Sour, which moved Colsefni to backing vocals. However...
plays drums in Vended, a band also containing fellow Slipknot member CoreyTaylor's son Griffin. In 1995, Crahan formed a metal band known as the Pale Ones...
band went through a number of lineup changes, replacing Colsefni with CoreyTaylor, Steele with Mick Thomson and Brainard with Jim Root, as well as adding...
Hansen and Desiree Connell. It stars Zach Galligan, Derek Russo, and CoreyTaylor. Bad Candy follows local Halloween stories of both myth and lessons learned...
2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After a three-year delay, vocalist CoreyTaylor announced in August 2023 the album will likely be released in 2024. The...
practices employed by Ghost, Slipknot, and Gwar. Slipknot's frontman CoreyTaylor has praised the band's image and artistry, comparing their approach to...
vocalist. He is the lead guitar player for the hard rock band Stone Sour, CoreyTaylor, and former member of Black Star Riders. Martucci is a dual citizen of...
ridicule by several musicians. In a 2019 interview, Slipknot frontman CoreyTaylor echoed the Nickelback comparisons, claiming that Nickelback were "passing...
he joined the latter in 1995, and returned to it along with vocalist CoreyTaylor during its revival in 2002. Prior to joining Slipknot, he worked as a...
stated that being close to home was good for their mindset; vocalist CoreyTaylor drove home every night to see his son. Unlike Slipknot's previous releases...
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