Corey Taylor
Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Stone Sour.
Taylor co-founded Stone Sour with drummer Joel Ekman in March 1992, playing in the Des Moines, Iowa area, and working on a demo. He joined Slipknot in late 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 in 2023.
Taylor has also worked with several other artists and bands, including Junk Beer Kidnap Band, Korn, Disturbed, Apocalyptica, Code Orange, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Avenged Sevenfold, Steel Panther, Tonight Alive, Falling in Reverse, Soulfly, Damageplan, Tech N9ne, Ho99o9, Wargasm, the Clay People, and Motionless in White.
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