OUR WINTER COVER STAR IS ONE OF ROCK

AND METAL’S SHINING STARS.

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e’s a man who fronts not one, but

two of the biggest bands from those

genres and has sold over 40 million

records worldwide.

He’s a singer, songwriter, lyricist, comic book

author, actor, and the owner of the second-

widest range of any vocalist currently doing the

rounds, with his five-and-a-half octaves only

beaten by Mike Patton’s six.

Who is this man? Ladies and gentlemen, we

give you Corey Taylor, the head honcho of both

Slipknot and Stone Sour.

Taylor has been in the music industry since

1992, when he formed Stone Sour. However,

it wasn’t until he joined Slipknot in 1997 that

his career truly began its journey into the

stratosphere. With Slipknot, Taylor has released

six albums, scoring two US Billboard No 1s and

one UK Album Chart No 1.

As the leader of Stone Stone, he has been a

fixture in both charts, with this year’s brilliant

Hydrograd making it into the top five of each.

We caught up with Corey in the midst of

Stone Sour’s biggest ever European tour and it

is they who are the focus of our discussion. We

picked his brains about songwriting, his legacy,

the state of rock music, and Trump.

What did we discover? Not only is he a legend

of his field, he’s also a thoroughly nice fellow.

For the rest, you’ll have to read on...

INTERVIEW: COREY TAYLOR

TAYLOR