Corey Taylor and Slipknot

Corey Taylor was born on the 8th of December in Des Moines, Iowa. He is the vocalist of Slipknot, his also known as #8. He is very famous for his voice; he has a heavy voice and his also famous for mixing his real voice with his heavy metal voice. Corey is also famous by the songs he writes.

Slipknot is an American, heavy metal or metal band. The band consists of 9 people.
Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, and Corey Taylor. Each one of them wears a mask. They were a mask because they don’t want to show their faces in the crowd. Until now, no one saw their faces except those who got their new dvd. They were formed in 1995 and they released their first album in 1999. In 1992 the band consists of 6 people. They didn’t have any name to call their band. They played their 1st song in a club in Iowa. After their first song called Slipknot, they decided that that should be the name of the band. Later in 1998 some members of the band left and new members joined the group. The first song with the new members was “Spit-It Out”. In 1999 they entered a studio to record their first album called “Slipknot”. They got an award of the “50 Heaviest Albums”. The band decided to add a DJ to make their music more interesting!
They had had created a huge fan base meaning that they had a lot of fans and fan clubs and stuff. The expectations for their next album were great! Their second album was called Iowa and it was released in 2001. Later on the released their 3rd album called “Vol. 3 (the Subliminal Verses). The title of the album denotes that this is their third album. They made their first appearance at Download Festival.
Before 3 months Slipknot released their forth album called “All Hope Is Gone”. For this release the band has expressed an interest in making it their heaviest album to date with an expansion of the thrash metal riffing introduced on Vol. 3. However, they also want to make it their most experimental record, and will be including more acoustic guitars and melodic vocals, as well as introducing hi-hats and cymbals to the additional percussion. The album will be the band's first work with Dave Fortman as producer. Along with the album, the band have debuted "evolved" masks and uniforms, which match the style of the new album.


"It's our way of becoming more intimate with the music. It's a way for us to become unconscious of who we are and what we do outside of music. It's a way for us to kind of crawl inside it and be able to use it."
— Corey Taylor on the masks