Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor is having wicked dreams of leaving Tennessee. During a recent solo performance at the Spookala horror and pop culture convention in Tampa, Florida, the musician performed a stripped-back rendition of Chappell Roan‘s “Pink Pony Club” with a little rock edge. “I know you wanted me to …
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They’re eating wings. They’re wearing masks. It’s less than a month until Halloween. What could go wrong? From the very first frame of a new episode of Hot Ones Versus, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor is gasping for breath from behind his trademark mask, which looks like either a desiccating corpse …
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Corey Taylor opened up about the “complete and utter breakdown” that led him to cancel his scheduled North American tour in a new video statement to fans. Following the cancelation, Taylor lined up a handful of Asian concerts this spring, which sparked criticism from fans questioning why the North American …
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Corey Taylor will not be going on the road this year. The Slipknot frontman announced “with a heavy heart” on Friday that he would be stepping away from his upcoming run of shows to focus on his health. “For the past several months my mental and physical health have been …
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More than three decades into his career as a performing musician, Corey Taylor is still reaching new heights. Between Slipknot and Stone Sour, the singer has performed for some of the biggest crowds filling up some of the biggest venues and festival grounds possible. But Taylor reached his peak on …
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Corey Taylor confronts a legion of Corey Taylors in the music video for “Beyond,” as a dozen or so men wearing different iterations of the Slipknot singer’s crash-test dummy mask approach him in the desert. Taylor, who’s dressed like a postapocalyptic Captain America in a flag outfit and eyepatch, just …
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When Corey Taylor was five years old, Buck Rogers changed his life. If the Slipknot frontman hadn’t seen the 1979 film Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, he never would have seen the trailer for John Carpenter’s genre-defining slasher flick, Halloween. Taylor, now 48, still has total recall of the …
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UPDATE (6/22): Slipknot’s Corey Taylor has added an additional run of shows to his CMFTour later this summer. The leg will kick off August 6th at the House of Blues in Las Vegas and wrap August 19th at Sculpture Park in Denver. The Cherry Bombs will provide support throughout the …
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Related: Photos From Slipknot‘s Debut at Iowa State Fair Slipknot’s Corey Taylor likened gun culture to a cult and blasted politicians for continuing to blame music and video games for mass shootings in a new interview. Speaking to the Independent prior to the release of Slipknot’s new album We Are …
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