Taylor also began listening to Black Sabbath at a young age, beginning with their early work.īy age 15, he had developed a drug addiction and had overdosed on cocaine twice. He especially found songs like "Teddy Bear", "In the Ghetto", and "Suspicious Minds" to appeal to his interests them most, describing them as "good times". While Halloween introduced Taylor to masks and horror themes, Taylor's grandmother introduced him to rock music, showing him a collection of Elvis Presley records from the 1950s to 1970s. Taylor said this "developed some sense of Slipknot in ". Before the series, there was a trailer for the 1978 horror film Halloween.
Around 1979, Taylor and his mother saw the sci-fi series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. He is of German, Irish and Native American descent on his father's side, and Dutch and Irish on his mother's side. He was mostly raised by his single mother in Waterloo, Iowa, a place described by Taylor as a "hole in the ground with buildings around it". With both Slipknot and Stone Sour, Corey Taylor has sold over 70 million albums worldwide.Ĭorey Todd Taylor was born on December 8, 1973, in Des Moines, Iowa. He was beaten only by Mike Patton (6 octaves). Taylor was also found, by VVN Music, to possess the second-highest vocal range of any known singer in popular music with a range of 5 and a half octaves. He was also named 7th greatest heavy metal frontman by NME. Taylor was ranked number 86 in Hit Parader's Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. He has worked with several bands, including Junk Beer Kidnap Band, Apocalyptica, Anthrax, Aaron Lewis of Staind, and Soulfly. He has released five studio albums with them. Taylor joined Slipknot in 1997 to replace their original vocalist, Anders Colsefni. Taylor is a founding member of Stone Sour, and has released five studio albums with that band. Slipknot, Stone Sour, Junk Beer Kidnap Band, Teenage Time Killers, Sound City Players, Kings of Chaos, DumFux, Audacious P, Apocalyptica, Anthrax, Staind, Soulfly, Damageplan, Steel Panther, Walls of Jericho, Dream Theater, Velvet Revolver, Blink-182, Biohazard, Snot, Rollins Band, Korn, Tech N9ne, Dave Grohl, Disturbed, Axis of Justice, Zakk Wylde, Aaron Lewis, Sister Soleil, Tonight AliveĬorey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, author, and actor, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of Slipknot and Stone Sour.