44 Facts About Corey Taylor

Corey Todd Taylor was born on December 8,1973 and is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor.

Corey Taylor joined Slipknot in late 1997 to replace their original lead singer Anders Colsefni and has subsequently released seven studio albums with them.

Corey Taylor has 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.

Corey Todd Taylor was born on December 8,1973, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Corey Taylor was mostly raised by his single mother in Waterloo, Iowa, and described it as a "hole in the ground with buildings around it".

Corey Taylor is of German, Irish and Native American descent on his father's side, and Dutch and Irish on his mother's side.

Corey Taylor said this "developed some sense of Slipknot in [himself]".

Corey Taylor began listening to Black Sabbath at a young age, beginning with their early work.

Corey Taylor decided he wanted to become a singer when he and his cousin were singing along to Journey's "Separate Ways".

Corey Taylor attended Lincoln High School in Des Moines but did not graduate.

At age 18, when Corey Taylor was living with his grandmother, he attempted suicide by way of overdose.

Corey Taylor describes this as the lowest point in his life.

Corey Taylor is a founding member of American hard rock band Stone Sour.

In 1997, Corey Taylor was approached by the metal band, Slipknot, resulting in him abandoning Stone Sour while they were recording a demo album with Sean McMahon at SR studios.

Corey Taylor did not return until five years later to record their debut album, Stone Sour in 2002.

Later, Corey Taylor announced the release of a concept double album with Stone Sour.

Corey Taylor was temporarily replaced for touring purposes by Johny Chow.

Corey Taylor has said that he would like to finish off the project by making the story into a movie but nothing has come of this yet.

Corey Taylor agreed to go to one of their practices, and ended up singing in front of them.

Corey Taylor has recorded with Slipknot since the release of their second demo album, a self-titled demo used to promote the band to prospective labels and producers.

Corey Taylor was accused of copyright infringement regarding the lyrics of the song "Purity", but no action was taken.

Corey Taylor began recording for their second studio album, Iowa, in 2001 at Sound City and Sound Image in Van Nuys, Los Angeles.

Corey Taylor has appeared as a guest musician on albums by Soulfly, Apocalyptica, Damageplan, Steel Panther, and Code Orange.

Corey Taylor contributed to the Roadrunner United all-star album in 2005, providing vocals for the song "Rich Man".

In 2006, Corey Taylor founded the record company Great Big Mouth Records.

Corey Taylor has produced two albums: Facecage's self-titled album and Walls of Jericho's Redemption.

Corey Taylor provided guest narration on the track "Repentance" for Dream Theater's 2007 album Systematic Chaos.

Corey Taylor recently admitted that he tried out for the vacant singer spot in the band Velvet Revolver, but said that it just did not work out.

Corey Taylor has recorded 10 new songs with the band, although drummer Matt Sorum stated it is unlikely they will ever be released.

Corey Taylor explained to Mark Hoppus on Hoppus on Music that he and McKagan were writing new music for a possible new supergroup.

On June 21,2018, Corey Taylor featured on the track "The Hunt" by metallic hardcore band Code Orange, the second track of the three-track EP The Hurt Will Go On.

Corey Taylor released his solo album, CMFT, on October 2,2020, via Roadrunner Records.

Corey Taylor mentioned in an October 3,2020, interview about a followup album entitled CMF2, which would be completed prior to a tour supporting both it and CMFT.

Corey Taylor contributed a cover of the Metallica song "Holier Than Thou" to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist, released in September 2021.

Between January 18 and March 6,2023, Corey Taylor spent time at various studios working on CMF2.

Corey Taylor told Loudwire in 2015 that if it were not for Faith No More, he "wouldn't be here today".

Corey Taylor has stated that Pearl Jam had hugely influenced and inspired his music, saying that the group was "one of the biggest and best rock bands of all time".

Many critics claimed Corey Taylor relied on profanity, culminating in Slipknot's third album, Vol.

On November 13,2009, Corey Taylor married Stephanie Luby at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas.

Corey Taylor has had problems with alcoholism, which Scarlett helped him through as well as keeping him from ending his own life.

In 2006, Corey Taylor told MTV that he had attempted to jump off a balcony of the eighth floor of The Hyatt on Sunset Boulevard in 2003, but "somehow [Scarlett] stopped me".

In early September 2010, Corey Taylor announced that his book, Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good, would be released on July 12,2011, through Da Capo Press.

Corey Taylor was symptomatic despite being vaccinated, and credited the vaccine for preventing him from becoming seriously ill.

Corey Taylor politically identifies as a centrist and is strongly opposed to cancel culture.