Corey Taylor completes work on debut solo album
He recorded it in secret
Last updated 26th May 2020
Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor has confirmed his debut solo album is finished after he recorded it “in secret.”
Corey was a special guest on Halestorm singer Lzzy Hale’s Raise Your Horns With Lzzy Hale podcast recently when he made the solo album announcement.
Describing the album as “dope” and “really cool”, Corey explained that many songs on the album date back a number of years but they didn’t fit with Slipknot or Stone Sour.
The as-yet-untitled album features guitarists Zach Throne and Christian Martucci (of Stone Sour and Black Star Riders fame), bassist Jason Christopher and drummer Dustin Schoenhofer.
"I secretly recorded my first solo album. I did with the band I've been using for my solo shows for years, and just a bunch of people that I've been working with forever,” Corey explained to Lzzy.
"So it's Jason (Christopher on bass), Dustin (Schoenhofer) on drums, from Walls of Jericho and countless other things, and (guitarist) Zach Throne, who I've been jamming with for a long time, and Tooch (guitarist Christian Martucci), actually, from Stone Sour.
"All five of us did it. We went in and we recorded 25 songs in about two and a half weeks, and we did everything live. And it's dope — really, really cool.
"All the songs are things that I've written over the years but they didn't really fit with either band. So it's the stuff that I've just kind of been sitting on. And I realized - I just kind of turned around and I was just like, 'Geez, I've got all these songs.'
"And I've been kind of talking about doing a solo album anyway, and I was just, like, 'This is the perfect time to do it.'
"And picking those guys was the perfect combo, 'cause we all just love the same kinds of music - the same kinds of rock, the same kinds of punk, the same kinds of metal, the same kinds of everything - and we all were able to incorporate those influences into everything."
Earlier this month, Slipknot cancelled all their 2020 touring activities including Knotfest UK and Knotfest at Sea.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Slipknot kicked off 2020 with a headline UK and Ireland tour that opened in Dublin and called in at Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield, Nottingham, Cardiff and Birmingham and London’s The O2.
Last month Corey Taylor auctioned 13 of his prized guitars on eBay to buy PPE for healthcare workers. The auction raised more than £122,000.
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