File:20180602_Nürnberg_Rock_im_Park_Stone_Sour_0270_(cropped).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- How Intelligent Was the Fall?
- Talk about It
- Moment of Clarity
- Sonic Warrior Lib/E : My Life as a Rock N Roll Reprobate
- Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven : (or, How I Made Peace with the Paranormal and Stigmatized Zealots and Cynics in the Process)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) sometimes known by the number 8, is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist and songwriter of Slipknot and Stone Sour. Taylor was raised by his single mother. He developed a fond feeling toward classic rock after his grandmother introduced him to it. Taylor first met his father on March 28, 2005, and the two have developed a strong…
Known for
- Slipknot - Live at Rock Am Ring 2025 — Self2025
- Mutineer2025
- Slipknot - Live at Resurrection Fest EG 2025 — Self2025
- Corey Taylor - Hellfest 2024 — Vocals2024
- Rust 3 — Heather2024
- Corey Taylor - Rock am Ring 2024 — Vocals2024
- In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 — Self2024
- Hot Ones Versus — Self2024
- Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of '80s Hair Metal — Self2024
- Slipknot - Hellfest 2023 — Lead Vocals2023
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1973
Discography
- X-M@$2010
- London Calling2013
- Live In London2017
- Black Eyes Blue2020
- Black Eyes Blue (Acoustic)2020
- Black Eyes Blue (Alternative Mix)2020
- CMFT2020
- CMFT Must Be Stopped2020
- Culture Head2020
- HWY 6662020
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 345,469
- Total plays
- 3,517,479
Tags
Born on December 8, 1973, Corey Taylor is the lead vocalist for both Slipknot, a nu-metal/heavy metal band (formed in 1995), and Stone Sour, a Hard rock/alternative metal group (formed in 1992). A commonly known fact among Taylor fans, he was a member of Stone Sour before he was in Slipknot. Taylor did not join Slipknot until 1997, when the "old" Slipknot (which recorded one demo MFKR and one unreleased album CrowZ) parted ways with original vocals Anders Colsefni. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 45,564x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 22,172x
- The REDCap consortium: Building an international community of software platform partners
· 2019 · cited 20,846x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,520x
- Measuring Service Quality: A Reexamination and Extension
· 1992 · cited 14,568x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Corey Todd Taylor , ( 1973-12-08 ) December 8, 1973 (age 52) , Des Moines, Iowa , U.S.
- Other names
- #8 Great Big Mouth Todd Tigger The Boogie Knight Neck
- Occupations
- Singer musician songwriter actor author
- Years active
- 1992–present
- Spouses
- Scarlett Stone ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2004 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2007 ) Stephanie Luby ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2009 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2017 ) Alicia Dove ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2019 )
- Origin
- Waterloo, Iowa , U.S.
- Genres
- Nu metal alternative metal groove metal heavy metal hard rock post-grunge
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Labels
- Roadrunner BMG
- Member of
- Slipknot
- Formerly of
- Roadrunner United Junk Beer Kidnap Band Sound City Players Kings of Chaos Stone Sour
- Website
- thecoreytaylor .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.thecoreytaylor.com
- Image
- Corey Taylor Stone Sour 2018.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Corey Taylor
- date of birth
- 1973-12-08
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
- pseudonym
- Big Neck
- name in native language
- Corey Taylor
- social media followers
- 868000
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
~18 min read
Article
Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. 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 on September 15, 2023.